Books
Books

Books

The books I read in order to write.

At The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles, CA.
At The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles, CA.
With the books I read in 2020.
With the books I read in 2020.
Meeting my favorite author: Dr. Fritjof Capra.
Meeting my favorite author: Dr. Fritjof Capra.
My favorite memory as a kid was when my dad would take me to the Hayward Public Library to checkout some books. I still remember the layout and I find that when I’m lost in a reverie, I think about being in that library curled up with a stack of books. This is my happy place. That enthusiasm never escaped me — till this day I rack up credit card points in exchange for a massive 3,000 volume personal library. This is why I work, to bring these comforts to my life so I can time travel in my head to worlds of past or fiction. While I do consume these books, in 2020 I realized I need to also be a creator. I started writing my first book, Manifest. Since then, I’ve found that I’m equally as happy writing as I am reading — and recently I’ve been charting a career path that allows me to combine the two. Heaven really does exist and it’s when I’m reading & writing. If you’re a fellow bibliophile, don’t hesitate to reach out. A shared love of reading is a deeply understood bond between people.

Books I’m Writing

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I’m a published author who writes across a wide range of topics.

Published Books

  • Manifest → This book explores the vast terrain of mathematics, starting with the history of mathematics, extending to complex problems in theoretical physics, and surveying the most important unsolved problems & conjectures. Click here to purchase.
  • Archimedes’ Lever → A practical guide to navigating organizational politics, incentives, and power dynamics through strategic decision-making, situational awareness, and leverage.

Upcoming Books

  • The Grimoire of Wealth → A set of business case studies from the Gilded Age highlighting the chaos of the times & surfacing valuable business lessons.
  • The Art of Leisure → An argument not in rejection of hustle culture, but in a resurgence in leisurely time to do deep thinking. Stemming from the Greek word askoleia, readers will learn about how downtime allows one “to become”.
  • The Power We Inherit → An exploration into the various archetypes stemming from the relationship between fathers and sons throughout history.

Books I’m Reading

Annual Reading Goals

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Reading Goals

Goal
Current
Target
Progress
Number
45
50

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19
25

●●●●●●●○○○ 76%

8
25

●●●○○○○○○○ 32%

10
50

●●○○○○○○○○ 20%

50
50

●●●●●●●●●● 100%

150
100

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85
100

●●●●●●●●○○ 85%

Current Progress

Title
Author
Progress
Leo Tolstoy

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

○○○○○○○○○○ 4%

Frederich Nietzche

○○○○○○○○○○ 7%

Carol PearsonHugh K. Marr

●●●○○○○○○○ 33%

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

●○○○○○○○○○ 20%

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

●●●○○○○○○○ 33%

Plutarch

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The Classics

The Divine Comedy of Dante AlighiereThe Divine Comedy of Dante Alighiere
Title
Author
Reading Status
Plutarch
Reading
Dante Alighieri
Read
Dante Alighieri
Read
Homer
Read
Plato
Read
Plato
Read
Plato
Read
Plato
Read
Epictetus; Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Read
Plato
Read
Virgil
Read
Dante Alighieri
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Reading List

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Reading
What Story are You Living?
What Story are You Living?
Carol PearsonHugh K. Marr

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Up Next
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Backlog
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Read
The Future of the BodyThe Future of the Body
The Future of the Body
Michael Murphy

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The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan YewThe Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew

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Reading List → Antiquity & Modern