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

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25
50

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19
25

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8
25

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10
50

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50
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85
100

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150
100

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Carol S. Pearson

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Alexandre Dumas

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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PlatoJames 1860-1907 Adam

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C. G. Jung

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Greatest 100 Classics

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Author
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PlatoJames 1860-1907 Adam
Reading
Plato
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Plato
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Plato
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Plato
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Virgil
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Epictetus; Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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The Greatest Story Ever Told--So FarThe Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far
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Bruce Lee The Art of Expressing the Human BodyBruce Lee The Art of Expressing the Human Body
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The Three-Body ProblemThe Three-Body Problem
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Cixin Liu

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The Future of the BodyThe Future of the Body
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Michael Murphy

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Body Mind Mastery
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Dan Millman

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The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan YewThe Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
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The Body Keeps the ScoreThe Body Keeps the Score
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

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