In no particular order. Last updated: 5/4/25

Creativity
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Specifically chapter 4

Almanak
Naval Ravikant

Zero to One
Peter Thiel

The Mountain in The Sea
Ray Naylor

Before the startup
Paul Graham

What I worked on
Paul Graham

How to Do What You Love
Paul Graham

You and your research
Richard Hamming

You Should Be Working On Hardware
Casey Handmer

Soul
Disney

Draymond Green Interviewing Steph Curry
Draymond Green

Other good ones

• https://austinhenley.com/blog/lessonsfrommyphd.html
• https://github.com/okhat/blog/blob/main/2024.09.impact.md
• https://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful
• https://giansegato.com/essays/how-to-choose-your-college-degree