Currently down a rabbit hole

The Rabbit Hole

I spend an unreasonable amount of time following interesting ideas. One book becomes three. One podcast becomes a new perspective. One AI tool becomes an entirely different way of working.

Curiosity has a habit of introducing itself as a quick search and leaving three hours later with seventeen open tabs and a completely unrelated question. I'm not complaining.

This is a small collection of the books I've highlighted, the conversations I've replayed, and the tools that have quietly changed how I think and work. Not because they're the best. Because they stayed with me.

Browse responsibly.

Read

These aren't every book I've read. They're the ones I still think about. Some challenged my assumptions. Some gave me practical frameworks. A few completely changed the direction of my career.

I don't recommend books because I agree with every page. I recommend them because they gave me something worth thinking about.

Thinking Better

These changed how I think.

How to Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard Measure What Matters by John Doerr The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek Start With Why by Simon Sinek When by Daniel H. Pink Zero to One by Peter Thiel Built to Last by Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras Good to Great by Jim Collins Great by Choice by Jim Collins & Morten T. Hansen Turning the Flywheel by Jim Collins

Building Businesses

These changed how I build.

Built to Sell by John Warrillow The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber The Lean Startup by Eric Ries The Lean Machine by Dantar P. Oosterwal The Automatic Customer by John Warrillow Scaling Up Excellence by Robert I. Sutton & Huggy Rao The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau 100 Side Hustles by Chris Guillebeau 10X Is Easier than 2X by Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy The 10% Entrepreneur by Patrick J. McGinnis

Entrepreneurship

Books that reminded me entrepreneurship is mostly mindset.

Homeless to Billionaire by Andres Pira Why Sell Tacos in Africa? by Paul Oberschneider Called to Create by Jordan Raynor Business Boutique by Christy Wright 6 Months to 6 Figures by Peter Voogd Onward by Howard Schultz The Way of the Spiritual Entrepreneur by Pauline Nguyen

Productivity & Performance

Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss Crushing It! by Gary Vaynerchuk #AskGaryVee by Gary Vaynerchuk The School of Greatness by Lewis Howes

Leadership & People

The Go-Giver by Bob Burg & John David Mann Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman by Gail Evans You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School by Mac Anderson

Listen

Sometimes a single conversation changes the way you see something. A running list of shows worth your ears — some about business, some hosted by women building things, a few for the quieter questions.

Business

iilluminaughtii Blair Zion How I Built This Guy Raz HBR IdeaCast Harvard Business Review The GaryVee Audio Experience Gary Vaynerchuk A Toast to Life Podcast A Toast to Life The Goal Digger Podcast Jenna Kutcher Earn Your Leisure Rashad Bilal & Troy Millings The Knowledge Project Shane Parrish The $100 MBA Show Omar Zenhom My First Million Sam Parr & Shaan Puri WorkLife Adam Grant The Diary of a CEO Steven Bartlett Business Wars David Brown The Money with Katie Show Katie Gatti Tassin Startup Stories (Mixergy) Andrew Warner Dare to Lead Brené Brown Financial Feminist Tori Dunlap Planet Money NPR Entrepreneurs on Fire John Lee Dumas The Tim Ferriss Show Tim Ferriss

Women-Hosted, for Entrepreneurs

Design Matters Debbie Millman The Heart Kaitlin Priest Spent Lindsay Goldwert Raise Your Hand Say Yes Tiffany Han The Broad Experience Ashley Milne-Tyte Sampler Brittany Luse Entrefamily Stephanie Langford Women of the Hour Lena Dunham Science Vs Wendy Zukerman Invisibilia Alix Spiegel, Lulu Miller & Hanna Rosin Being Boss Emily Thompson & Kathleen Shannon Happier Gretchen Rubin Magic Lessons Elizabeth Gilbert After the Jump Grace Bonney The Great Girlfriends Show Sybil Amuti & Brandice Daniel She Means Business Carrie Green The Allusionist Helen Zaltzman StartUp Lisa Chow

Spiritually Curious

Know Thyself Know Thyself Soul Rising Amy Brookes & Erin Marie Tara Brach Tara Brach Happy Hour For The Spiritually Curious Dr. Sandra Marie Oprah's Super Soul Oprah

Explore

People often ask which AI tools are actually worth trying. This is a running list, organized by category rather than ranked.

Technology changes quickly. This page will too.

AI Orchestration & Automation

ZapierConnects thousands of apps so your AI tools actually talk to each other.

Chatbots

ChatGPTThe most flexible, easiest all-around chatbot to start with. ClaudeThoughtful and creative, especially strong at building things in real time. Meta AIBuilt right into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp for AI where you already are.

AI Agent Builders

Zapier AgentsTurns a chatbot into a teammate that can take action across your apps. BotpressA developer-grade platform for building serious, custom bots.

Search Engines

PerplexityCites real sources and stays on topic through follow-up questions. KomoLets you pick your AI model and search style, from quick answers to deep research. BraveA privacy-first search engine with AI answers and none of the tracking.

Content Creation

JasperBuilt for teams that need a high volume of on-brand content, fast. AnywordBreaks writing into steps so you never face a blank page. WriterBuilt for big companies that can't afford an inaccurate claim to slip through.

Grammar & Rewording

GrammarlyThe reliable, everywhere-you-type grammar and tone checker. WordtuneGreat for finding a better way to say something you've already written. ProWritingAidA Grammarly alternative with deep style stats and a lifetime plan.

Video Creation & Editing

RunwayGenerates and edits video with genuinely impressive control. DescriptEdit video by editing the transcript — the cuts follow the words. Google Veo 3Cinematic AI video, complete with sound and lip-synced dialogue.

Image Generation

ChatGPT (image)Simple, accurate image generation that takes feedback well. MidjourneyThe most artistic, striking image results of the bunch. IdeogramThe rare image generator that actually gets text right.

Vibe-Coding Tools

LovableSketches the plan before writing code, so nothing feels like a black box. BoltMore technical control, with real integrations for backend, payments, and version control.

Social Media Management

FeedHiveMakes repurposing old content into new posts effortless. FlickAn AI co-writer for brainstorming and scheduling social posts. BufferTailors your message to fit each platform's tone automatically.

Voice & Music Generation

ElevenLabsThe most polished AI voice platform, with hundreds of realistic voices. HumeLets you design an emotionally expressive voice from a text prompt. SpeechifyTurns anything you read into audio, in a voice you actually enjoy.

Knowledge Management & AI Grounding

MemTags and connects your notes automatically so you stop organizing and start writing. NotionGrounds answers in your own workspace instead of the open internet. EvernoteCleans up messy, fast-typed notes into something coherent.

Task & Project Management

AsanaUses your project history to suggest smarter goals and catch risks early. ClickUpAn AI assistant that can navigate, summarize, and answer questions about your whole workspace. HiveBuilds a full project plan, phases and all, from a single sentence.

Transcription & Meeting Assistants

FirefliesTranscribes meetings and tracks the topics that came up along the way. AvomaLooks at how you talk in meetings, not just what was said. GranolaA quiet notepad that fills in the blanks from the transcript afterward.

Scheduling

ReclaimProtects the habits and focus time you'd otherwise lose to your calendar. ClockwiseBuilt for teams, and promises to hand you back an hour a week. MotionSlots your tasks onto the calendar based on priority, automatically.

Email

ShortwaveThe most AI-loaded inbox tool right now, if you're on Gmail. Microsoft Copilot Pro for OutlookEven coaches you on tone before you hit send. Gemini for GmailSummarizes threads and drafts replies right inside Workspace.

Slide Decks & Presentations

GammaKeeps decks, docs, and pages visually cohesive from one prompt. CanvaTurns a prompt into a fully designed, editable deck in seconds. Beautiful.aiHandles the layout and style so every slide looks consistent.

Resume Builders

TealTracks your job search and shows how your skills match each role. EnhancvAn AI assistant that rewrites your resume until it passes ATS checks. KickresumeBuilds a resume from scratch just by answering a few questions.

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The internet has no shortage of recommendations.

These just happen to be mine.

Some of them will probably change. Hopefully. That usually means I'm still learning.

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