- Ryan Holiday
- Robert Greene
- The Laws of Human Nature (2018)
- Mastery (2012)
- 33 Strategies of War (2007)
- 48 Laws of Power (2000)
- Nassim Taleb
- Skin in the Game (2018)
- Antifragile, by Nassim Taleb (2012)
- Steven Pressfield
- Turning Pro (2012)
- Do the Work (2011) — Preparation
- The War of Art (2002) — Resistance
- Principles, by Ray Dalio (2017)
- Deep Work, by Cal Newport (2016) — Focus
- Grit, by Angela Duckworth (2016) — Passion & Perseverance
- Peak, by Anders Ericsson (2016) — Preparation & Practice
- Getting Things Done, by David Allen (2015) — Workflow
- Essentialism, by Greg McKeown (2014)
- The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg (2014) — Workflow
- The Organized Mind, Daniel J. Levitin (2014)
- Quiet, by Susan Cain (2013)
- Drive, by Daniel Pink (2011)
- Flow, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2008) — Effortless Performance