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The best resources on strategy
The other day I was speaking with a friend who expressed an interest in business strategy. I collected some of my favorite books, sites, and podcasts to share with him. This is a lightly edited form of this list. Most resources are oriented towards startups, investing, or sports. I’ve also included a crash course with just 4 short resources that should get you 80% of the way there on strategy. If you enjoy those then you can find all of my favorite strategy resources below.
Strategy Crash Course:
“Work as hard as you can. Even though who you work with and what you work on are more important than how hard you work.” - Naval
Watch This: This is Water - Perspective on how to live
Read This Thread: Naval, How to Get Rich - How to Get Rich
Read this Speech: Mirrored Reciprocity - A foolproof framework for interacting with the world
Read this Book: Antifragile
That’s it! If you enjoy those then you will probably like the list of resources below.
All Resources
Sites
“We all believe that we are at the precipice of an enormous crossroad in American politics. But what if it’s not a choice at all? What if the choice has already been made for us?” - Epsilon Theory
Stratechery - Tech Strategy
Farnam Street - Mental Models
Epsilon Theory - A Unique Perspective on Finance and Politics
Paul Graham - The definitive guide to startups
Threads & Essays
“Every single other person in the whole world, has this list in their head – trustworthy, principled, courageous, competent, loyal, kind, understanding, forgiving, unselfish, and in every single one of your interactions with others, be the list!” - Mirrored Reciprocity
Naval, How to Get Rich - How to Get Rich
Mirrored Reciprocity - A foolproof framework for interacting with the world
pmarca - On Startups, Strategy, & Productivity
How to Make Wealth - Wealth
Keep Your Identity Small - Identity and influence on thinking
Sam Hinkie Resignation Letter - Prescient and Powerful
Career Advice - Best of the Best
The Days are long but the decades are short - On time horizons
How to be successful - Quick guide to progress
Dennis Rodman and the art of portfolio optimization - Investing strategy through basketball strategy
Steve Yegge - The differences between Amazon and Google
Books
“Curiosity is antifragile, like an addiction, and is magnified by attempts to satisfy it—books have a secret mission and ability to multiply, as everyone who has wall-to-wall bookshelves knows well.” - Antifragile
Poor Charlie’s Almanack - Mental Models, Psychology, and UnCommon Sense
Antifragile - Non-linearity, practical stats, and payoffs
Winning Ugly - On tennis and how to win as an underdog
Podcasts
“Failure comes from a failure to imagine failure” - Josh Wolfe, Invest Like the Best
Invest Like the Best - Incredibly insightful conversations
The Knowledge Project - Mental model
Venture Stories - Fresh takes on startups
Email me your favorite sites, books, and podcasts on strategy!