I read voraciously, a pile of books and articles monthly. Many are interesting and informative, but a few stand out because they influenced my thinking or behavior in a significant way. As I join others in looking back at 2016, here are the standouts that stuck with me and that I ve most frequently mentioned to others.

Show notes

David Whyte’s Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

Derek Siver’s Relax for the Same Result

Tim Urban’s The Tail End

Steven Pan’s The Interleaving Effect: Mixing It Up Boosts Learning

Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing

dam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer’s Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both

Shankar Vedantam’s Hidden Brain episode, When Great Minds Think Unlike: Inside Science’s “Replication Crisis”