How to Cultivate High Performance — Reed Hastings, Co-Founder of Netflix

Tuxedo Park

“one of the books that inspired me was a biography of Alfred Lee Loomis titled Tuxedo Park”— Tim Ferriss

Beyond Entrepreneurship

Jim Collins

“I've read at least in two places about your fondness for Beyond Entrepreneurship, Jim Collins, but specifically the first 80 pages”— Tim Ferriss

Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

“Patrick Lencioni's, you know, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Advantage, those are excellent.”— Reed Hastings

The Advantage

Patrick Lencioni

“Patrick Lencioni's, you know, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Advantage, those are excellent.”— Reed Hastings

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

“on the more human side, Sapiens, Yuval Harari's book of sort of the meaning of life and understanding the big picture, is extraordinary”— Reed Hastings

I Am Woman

“I just watched a Helen Reddy biography, I Am Woman... it's a super well-done biopic.”— Reed Hastings

The Big Short

“it's like the guy who did Big Short and, you know, those kinds of things. If you guess right on a big movement of the stock market”— Reed Hastings

LinkedIn

LinkedIn (inferred)

“start on LinkedIn and look for mutual connections. And the key is that the reference has to be closer to me”— Reed Hastings

The Overstory

Richard Powers (inferred)

“I know you read the and liked The Overstory, I believe. Yeah, but no, I don't read that much.”— Tim Ferriss

Waiting for Superman

“when you see a movie like Waiting for Superman, I'm not sure if you're familiar with the documentary, but you can leave the theater feel quite demoralized”— Tim Ferriss