Words of worth
These books have profoundly impacted my approach to design ethics, team collaboration, and craftsmanship. Pro-tip: I highly recommend using the Libby app (and your local library card) to read or listen to most of them for free.
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why.
Laurence Gonzales
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Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown
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Good to Great
Jim Collins
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
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Intercom on Jobs to be Done
Intercom
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The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo
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Nomadic Furniture (2 volumes)
James Hennessey and Victor Papanek
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Nonviolent Communication
Marshall Rosenberg
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Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
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Permanent Record
Edward Snowden
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Ruined by Design
Mike Monteiro
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Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon
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Thinking with Type
Ellen Lupton
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Ways of Seeing
John Berger