Favorite books:

• You Brain at Work: http://www.amazon.com/Your-Brain-Work-Strategies-Distraction/dp/0061771295 (this one is game-changing)
• Quiet Leadership: http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Leadership-David-Rock-ebook/dp/B000XUBC04/
• The Power of Habit: http://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/
• The Medici Effect: http://www.amazon.com/The-Medici-Effect-Elephants-Innovation/dp/1422102823
• The 4-Hour Workweek
• Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think

Favorite podcasts (new addition 10/24):

• Radiolab via NPR. The following is my favorite episode – 9 Volt Nirvana: http://www.radiolab.org/story/9-volt-nirvana/
• Startup via @abelexberg. Listen to them in order, starting with episode 1 – How not to pitch a billionaire: http://hearstartup.com/episodes/1-how-not-to-pitch-a-billionaire
• The Reboot Podcast via executive coach, Jerry Colonna: http://www.reboot.io/podcast/
• The Growth Show via HubSpot: http://www.hubspot.com/podcast

Favorite 30-day challenges:

If you’re not familiar with the 30-day challenge format, I highly recommend watching Matt Cutts, head of the Search Quality team at Google, shed light on it during his TED talk.

• Take one photo every day
• Paleo challenge: Eat whole30 for 30 days
• Fitness challenge:  5 hours of physical activity each week.
• Pescatarianism: I learn that I do not like the limitations of being a vegetarian, plus I didn’t feel any different.
• New recipe challenge: Make one new recipe every day for 30 days

Favorite websites:

• Wait but Why: http://waitbutwhy.com
• Avinash Kaushik’s website. He is a Google Fellow and has some remarkable thought-provoking content: http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/
• Seth Godin’s blog: http://sethgodin.typepad.com

Favorite free tools:

• Evernote
• Trello
• Spotify
• Canva
• Grammarly

Favorite artists:

• RAC (Musician)

• Tribe Society (Band)

• Atoni Gaudi
• Edgar Allen Poe