How to Take Radical Ownership of Your Life and Career — Claire Hughes Johnson

Conscious Business

Fred Kofman

“And he wrote this book Conscious Business, which I recommend to, I don't recommend a lot of business books, I'm just going to be perfectly honest Tim”— Claire Hughes Johnson

Awareness

Anthony de Mello

“The book I've probably gifted most to my friends and house guests and so on in the last few years is actually a very short book called Awareness by Anthony de Mello, which is outstanding.”— Tim Ferriss

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

“Let's talk about a non-business book, and that book is To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. What is your history with this book and why do you recommend it?”— Tim Ferriss

Little, Big

John Crowley

“the one that blew my mind, and nine out of 10 people hate this book... it's Little, Big by John Crowley... It is so unbelievably good.”— Tim Ferriss

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

“I'll usually steer them to, say, Ted Chiang short stories like Exhalation is his second collection.”— Tim Ferriss

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

“If you said to me, what's the other To the Lighthouse, I would say One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez, and my introduction to magical realism.”— Claire Hughes Johnson

An Irish Goodbye

“I watched it last night called An Irish Goodbye... It is hilarious and profound and outstanding... one of the better short films I've ever seen.”— Tim Ferriss

Insights Discovery

The Insights Group (inferred)

“I would say there's one that's called, I think if you just Google, it's Insights Discovery, which is to me more effective than Myers-Briggs.”— Claire Hughes Johnson

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

“But if you read A Room of One's Own, it's basically one of the earliest feminist manifestos that exist.”— Claire Hughes Johnson

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

“I actually decided to write it on Mrs. Dalloway, which is another one of her novels because I love the parallels from Mrs. Dalloway”— Claire Hughes Johnson

The Passion

Jeanette Winterson

“the parallels from Mrs. Dalloway with a book called The Passion by Jeanette Winterson”— Claire Hughes Johnson

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson

“who had broken through with a memoir called Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”— Claire Hughes Johnson

Sexing the Cherry

Jeanette Winterson

“And then had published this book, The Passion, and then a book called Sexing the Cherry, and she's published now several books”— Claire Hughes Johnson

John Wick

“It's like John Wick in some sense. I'm kidding. I'm kidding.”— Tim Ferriss

The Neverending Story

Michael Ende (inferred)

“So as a kid there were books like The Neverending Story, and then later Dune, for instance.”— Tim Ferriss

Dune

Frank Herbert (inferred)

“So as a kid there were books like The Neverending Story, and then later Dune, for instance. Science fiction.”— Tim Ferriss

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

“Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein, which were also very condensed thought experiments.”— Tim Ferriss

High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil

“My working-with-me document was published in Elad Gil's book, High Growth Handbook, and it went a little bit viral.”— Claire Hughes Johnson

Pulp Fiction

“They send The Wolf from Pulp Fiction. They send it out to do the dirty work.”— Tim Ferriss

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The Myers-Briggs Company (inferred)

“Myers-Briggs, DiSC, Enneagram. I mean there's Discovery Insights, there's the Hogan Assessment”— Claire Hughes Johnson

DiSC assessment

“Myers-Briggs, DiSC, Enneagram. I mean there's Discovery Insights, there's the Hogan Assessment — that's 170 questions.”— Claire Hughes Johnson

Hogan Assessment

Hogan Assessment Systems (inferred)

“there's the Hogan Assessment — that's 170 questions. There's the Big Five personality test.”— Claire Hughes Johnson

Big Five personality test

“the Big Five personality test is very simple. It's available for free online... the research supports that they're pretty indicative of certain human behaviors.”— Claire Hughes Johnson

CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder)

Gallup (inferred)

“There's a lot of them. StrengthsFinder. It goes on and on. (Claire: StrengthsFinder, good one.)”— Tim Ferriss