*Some of the items listed on this page have affiliate links, which may, if you choose to purchase it, send some affiliate income my way. I include them only because I buy or use or have bought these myself, and I’ve enjoyed them enough to want you to know about them, too — or I look forward to enjoying them, based on experience or trusted recommendations.
*** I welcome suggestions for items to add to this list. I’m adding to it as I go.
Books
- Black Box Thinking: Marginal Gains and the Secrets of High Performance by Matthew Syed
- Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
- The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) by Don Miguel Ruiz (also the audiobook)
- The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery (A Toltec Wisdom Book) by Don Miguel Ruiz & Don Jose Ruiz (also the audiobook)
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Prosperous Writer by Honorée Corder
Documentaries
- The Game Changers (2019) Full Movie Documentary (YouTube): “A UFC fighter’s world is turned upside down when he discovers an elite group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie.”
Courses
Content Marketing Certification Program (CMC) with Smart Blogger Campus & Jon Morrow (graduated in December, 2020)
Apps
- AnyList app (productivity: lists)
- Pocket (or Instapaper)
- eBay (for books, clothes, etc.)
- Udemy (for courses on coding, confidence, writing & editing, etc.)
- Productive Habit tracker app
- I Am Sober app
- Do Meditate app for Android
- Credit Karma app
Self-Care Products
- Skin Care products by Cera Ve, TruSkin, Bliss, etc. (always open to new budget-friendly discoveries)
- Thrive Causemetics
- (more coming)