Book and Movie Recommendations

Book and Movie Recommendations

On this page, you’ll find some of my personal recommendations for books and movies that could support you on your journey of personal and professional growth.

At the top, I’ve listed titles that are especially dear to me and that I always return to (they’re slightly bolded for easier recognition), but that doesn’t mean the others are any less valuable—some might turn out to be exactly what you need. If necessary, we can also categorize the books into different themes to make browsing easier.

Some of them include links to reviews if you’d like a quick overview of the books or movies mentioned below.

This list will be continuously updated.

 

 

📚 Books

(bolded titles are personal favorites you return to often)

  • Way of the Peaceful Warrior – Dan Millman

  • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

  • Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse

  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck* – Mark Manson

  • The War of Art – Steven Pressfield

  • The Everyday Hero Manifesto – Robin Sharma

  • 12 Rules for Life – Jordan Peterson

  • Atomic Habits – James Clear

  • Trillion Dollar Coach – Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle

  • Never Split the Difference – Chris Voss

  • Good Vibes, Good Life – Vex King

  • Who Moved My Cheese? – Spencer Johnson

  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz

  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay Gibson

  • Meditations – Marcus Aurelius

  • Be Water, My Friend – Shannon Lee

  • Mindset – Carol Dweck

  • The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

  • The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  • Zen Stories and Sayings

  • Everything is Fcked* – Mark Manson

  • The 5AM Club – Robin Sharma

  • As a Man Thinketh – James Allen

  • Originals – Adam Grant

  • Ego is the Enemy – Ryan Holiday

  • You Were Born Rich – Bob Proctor

  • The Ride of a Lifetime – Robert Iger

  • Karma – Sadhguru

  • Self Leadership & The One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard

  • The Art of Thinking Clearly – Rolf Dobelli

  • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us – Daniel Pink

🎬 Movies & TV Series

  • Equilibrium

  • The Last Samurai

  • Hitch

  • Shark Tank

  • Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones

  • Coach Carter

  • The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition

  • Sly (Sylvester Stallone documentary)

  • Arnold (Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary)

  • Peaceful Warrior (film adaptation of Dan Millman’s book)