Robin ChienThe shelf
Fifty-two of about a hundred. Pull one out.
Every book on my list has a permanent number. These fifty-two have public notes so far, each ending with the one rule I took from it.
Building a StoryBrand
Donald Miller
Your audience is the hero. Your job is to be the guide who hands them a plan.Read the note →
How I read
A production line, not a talent.
How I turn books and the lives of people I admire into rules I actually use. It is a production line, not a talent.
I keep a numbered list of the books I want to work through, currently about a hundred. Every title earns its place against the five areas of my life I care most about: career, capital, personal growth, health and family. The numbers are permanent. Book 01 is always Book 01, which means my notes, files and audio reviews can all point at the same thing.
People I study
I don’t study what they did. I study the rules they kept.
Charlie Munger
Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Borrow the big ideas from many fields. One toolbox makes every problem look the same.
Read the note →Demis Hassabis
Co-founder of DeepMind
Fei-Fei Li
Stanford professor and co-founder of World Labs
Sometimes the most useful work is building the foundation everyone else needs.
Read the note →Howard Marks
Co-founder and Co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management
Know where we are in the cycle. Don’t pretend to know what comes next.
Read the note →Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon
Sort decisions by whether they can be undone, and set the speed to match.
Read the note →Jensen Huang
Co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA
Build the platform before anyone asks for it, and keep funding it through the doubt.
Read the note →Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers guard, 1996 to 2016
Lisa Su
Chair and CEO of AMD
Make fewer bets, commit to them fully, and let delivery do the talking.
Read the note →Mohnish Pabrai
Founder of Pabrai Investment Funds
Copy proven ideas without embarrassment. The goal is a good outcome, not an original one.
Read the note →Morris Chang
Founder of TSMC
Never compete with your customers. Make their success your business model.
Read the note →Peter Attia
Physician and author of Outlive
Ray Dalio
Founder of Bridgewater Associates