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September Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in September 2025

This month, I leaned hard into entrepreneurship in my September Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in September 2025. I started my September reading list with Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in His Own Words—a collection of his speeches, interviews, and emails revealing the man behind Apple’s success. Next, I read The Fish That […]

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August Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in August 2025

For my August reading list, I leaned more into entrepreneurial books. The month started with Tao Te Ching: A New English Version, an ideal mental reset. Next came The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport—a deep dive into Formula 1. Next came The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang

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July Reading List: 5 Best Books I Read in July 2025

In July, I read a few books that I think you’ll enjoy. Excellent Advice for Living is my go-to self-help book—always worth revisiting every year. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success has a slightly woo-woo title, but like Excellent Advice for Living, it packs a year’s worth of wisdom into a quick, powerful read. I

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June Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in June 2025

My June reading list was all over the map—self-help, a spy novel, investing, Louisiana history—but every book helped me explore something I care about more deeply. Each month I share what I’ve been reading—books that help me think more clearly, work smarter, or just unwind. Here’s what I read in June: For everything I’ve read

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May Reading List: 5 Best Books I Read in May 2025

May had five Fridays, which gave me extra time to finish an additional book. Here’s my May reading list—a well-rounded mix of philosophy, business, fiction, personal growth, and golf instruction: For everything I’ve read this year—including these five—check out my full reading lists [HERE]. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the

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2024 Reading List: My 51 Best Books of 2024

What a reading year in 2024! I read 51 books this past year spanning book categories of Energy, the American Revolution, Finance and Investing, Entrepreneurship, Fiction, the Civil War, Philosophy and Stoicism, Self Help, Parenting, Sports, and New Orleans. I certainly grew from reading each of these books in my best books of 2024 list.

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