Reading List
Here’s a complete list of the books, articles, or resources I’ve mentioned or read for the newsletter.
Last updated 1/31/2024
The books at the end are the ones I’ve read the most recently.
ADHD Science
ADHD 2.0 - Written by some of the leading ADHD researchers today.
Women with ADHD - A great read for women first coming to terms with ADHD (per my wife’s suggestion).
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain - Why and how exercise is so important to all of us, especially those with ADHD.
Visual Thinking - How some think in pictures while others think in words. I learned I’m a visual thinker and that’s common for neurodiverse people.
Attention Span - in progress
ADHD Experiences
Adult ADHD, How to Succeed as a Hunter in a Farmer’s World - A quick read for those with entrepreneurial spirits who want to harness their ADHD.
ADDitude - The leading multi-format publication platform for ADHD news, help, and info.
Raised on Ritalin - An ADHD history, overview, and personal experience written in comic book form.
adhddd.com - Webcomics about ADHD
Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD - An easy-to-read guide for strategies to cope with your ADHD.
Product Management
Thinking in Bets - A book about decision making. The biggest thing for me was changing my mindset from everything in life being “right or wrong” to best probability. It’s helped me overcome some of my shame and be a better PM.
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World - Stories about the importance of having a breadth of experience in creating breakthroughs. It helped ease the shame of having different careers by reminding me that it’s my diverse life experiences that make me a powerful PM and Coach.
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love - A class book on product management. I bought it, listened to 2 chapters, and haven’t gone back yet.
The Product Book: How to Become a Great Product Manager - A free eBook from the product school on how to be a great PM.
Brand Mysticism: Cultivate Creativity and Intoxicate Your Audience - A memoir from someone who created a number of well-known alcoholic brands and 99% have ADHD. I enjoyed the story and the ADHD-friendly format it was written in.
Lenny’s Newsletter - A newsletter and podcast all about product management.
The 1-page Marketing Plan - A quick read on how to create a marketing plan for small businesses.
Play Bigger - How designing category design increases your probability of success in the market. Includes stories from how well-known companies created their own to succeed.
Human Experience
How to be an Antiracist - Learn how to overcome the power dynamics of being in a marginalized group. Be it due to racism, gender, color, or disability.
Atlas of the Heart - Learn how to describe and feel emotions better.
Dare to Lead - On deck to read.
64th Man - Learning the power that comes from letting go and finding new paths in a way only John Cena can teach.
This Book Will Make You Kinder - How to develop your empathy muscle told through animal cartoons and accessible philosophy. I feel better prepared to choose kindness in hard decisions after reading this book.
Crying in H Mart - A memoir about grief and losing a mother to cancer. As someone losing their mom to cancer right now, this book hit home and is amazing.
One Thing Better - Each week, the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine shares one way to improve your work — and build a career or company you love.
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity - (in progress)
Coaching
On Becoming a Leadership Coach - A collection of academic essays on what it is to be a coach.
Co-Active Coaching - On deck to read.