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- The 5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman, had a big impact on my relationships

- Tantra Sex - Kerry & Diane Riley, control & enjoy sexuality on an other level

- Intimacy & Desire: Awaken the Passion in Your Relationship - David Schnarch

The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis - Richard Heuer

  - Concise introduction of how the mind works, biases, dealing with uncertainty, critical thinking, and dealing with complexity.
The Pyramid Principle - Barbara Minto
  - Logic in writing and thinking.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson
  - Inspiration for better thinking.
fs.blog
  - Mental models, better thinking, decision making.

The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson.

Love every page of it. Its ci-fi, climate fiction, plays 10-20years in the future and tells eye whiteness stories about what people experience during extreme weather events. Plus how the global community is failing to address the crisis. It s mixing storytelling with climate science, sustainability, economics, politics, crypto.

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig.

Being an extravert the book inspired me on how to get energy from my inner world of ideas and images during quarantine. Beautiful metaphors and philosophical inquiries into values.

I had the same problem at work. My former manager recommended me to read about storytelling and especially “the pyramid principle” [1] by barbara minto. It helped me a lot in how to frame a message and make the message logically easiest to absorb.

[1] Barbara Minto - The Pyramid Principle