• Unconditionally adding value to others can be the key to becoming a successful giver
• Successful givers are prestige-focused, practicing “powerless communication”
• Motivation is the #1 factor of success, often outweighing hard work and luck

Give and Take (Adam Grant) - http://amzn.to/2EuGOnT

• Key elements of today’s tribes are leaders, followers, and common ideas.
• Great leaders go beyond managing resources.  They create change you believe in.
• By the time you think culture is ready for your innovation - you’re almost too late!

Tribes (Seth Godin) - http://amzn.to/2G7Ijcd

• 3 keys to financial success - thrift, wealth, planning
• Smaller/consistent monetary gains beat get-rich-quick schemes
• Time can be one of the greatest money multipliers for those who start early

Retirement savings calculator - https://www.daveramsey.com/smartvestor/investment-calculator

Bubble tea - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea

The Richest Man In Babylon (George Clason) - http://amzn.to/2rp2fDZ

• The signal is the truth.  Noise is anything that distracts from it
• Successful predictions synthesize seemingly insignificant, disconnected ideas
• Data is not the only factor driving forecasts.  Accuracy, honesty, economics, and other values also play a significant role

The Signal and the Noise (Nate Silver) - http://amzn.to/2lJfeKF

• Steve Jobs in three words:  Intense.  Binary.  Perfectionist.
• Apple innovated game-changing products - from the iPod and iTunes to the iPhone and Mac
• Simplistic and highly functional design meshed with intentional hardware and software integration

Steve Jobs (Walter Issacson) - http://amzn.to/2D5fXNc

Differential Privacy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy

Key Takeaways - Success is not a random accident - Learn to trust the process over the end product - The cumulative benefit of a slight edge life far outweighs any single effort

The Slight Edge (Jeff Olson) - http://amzn.to/2AyKVAx

Key Points

• Technical experience is a weak indicator of business strength
• Focus on working on your business as opposed to in it
• Prototype your processes.  Drive your business towards a clone-able model.

The E-Myth Revisited (Michael Gerber) - http://amzn.to/2jVaCQC

Key Points

• People thrive on praise - use it strategically before correction
• Be careful to value others above yourself
• Quickly admit your faults while minimizing corrections directed at others

How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie) - http://amzn.to/2AgZiZ8

Key Takeaways

• If you don’t prioritize your life someone else will
• Less is more - prioritize only the top 10% of your life’s important activities
• Intentionally add 50% buffer time and opt to under-promise while over-delivering

Essentialism (Greg McKeown) - http://amzn.to/2zyKTab

Key Points

• Success is dependent on how well you can challenge the status quo
• Business is not a virtue - in fact, it indicates laziness
• Structure your “information diet” with a selectively ignorant approach

#1 Takeaway - Emphasize quality of time over quantity to help challenge corporate America norms and become a successful entrepreneur.

The 4-Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss) - http://amzn.to/2ysAMAm

Essentialism (Greg McKeown) - http://amzn.to/2zyKTab