Here are some recommendations for books that I have read over the past several years. Feel free to reach out with any recommendations!

Strength & Conditioning/Human Performance

CEO Strength Coach by Ron McKeefery

The Intent is to Grow by Jesse K. Wright

The Quadrant System: Navigating Team Stress in Sport by Daniel Bove

Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky

Impostor Coach: Mental Health Strategies in Strength and Conditioning by Dave Downey

Reverse Engineering the Sport: The 8 Vector System by Nick DiMarco & Jordan Nieuwsma

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

The Coach’s Guide to Optimizing Movement by Pat Davidson

Rants of a Strength and Conditioning Madman by Kurt Hester

Charlie Francis Training System by Charlie Francis

High-Low Sequences of Programming and Organizing Training by James Smith

Conscious Coaching by Brett Bartholomew

Isometrics for Performance by Max Schmarzo & Matt van Dyke

Force and Power: Maximizing Performance with VBT by Tony Guiliano & Ty Terrell

Athletes Heal Faster by Sean Light

The High Performance Coaching Blueprint by Lumin Sports

The Sports Gene by David Epstein

The Golden Age of Strength & Conditioning

Movement Over Maxes by Zach Dechant

Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins

The Circadian Code by Dr. Satchin Panda

Leadership

W1NNING: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness by Tim Grover

Chosen Suffering: Becoming Elite in Life and Leadership by Tom Ryan

High Ten by Martin Rooney

Chop Wood Carry Water by Joshua Medcalf

Winning the Game of Belief: Cultivating the Cultural Grit That Defines America’s Greatest Coaches by Charlie Sullivan

The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath

The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn

Legacy by James Kerr

The Hard Hat by Jon Gordon

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon

Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court by Jay Bilas

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

Raise Your Game by Alan Stein Jr.

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

Coach to Coach by Martin Rooney

Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman & Rom Brafman

Personal Development/Life

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

Never Finished by David Goggins

Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig

Deep Work by Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida

Letters to Sam by Daniel Gottlieb

On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins & Sandra Blakeslee

Make Your Bed by William McRaven

The Cost of These Dreams by Wright Thompson

The Power of Mental Wealth: Success Starts from Within

The 9 Ancestral Tenets by Liver King

The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant

I’ll Show You by Derrick Rose

Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields

Elon Musk: Tesla, Space X, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance

You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney

Think Like a Freak by Stephen J. Dubner & Stephen Levitt

Becoming the Iceman by Justin Rosales & Wim Hof

Finance

Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship With Money by Joseph Dominguez

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

The Way of the Wolf by Jordan Belfort