What books have you read?

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I've read a variety of books across different genres. Here's a list of some of the books I've read:

  1. MAKE by Pieter Levels
  2. Build by Tony Fadell
  3. 12 Months to $1 Million by Ryan Daniel Moran
  4. Elon Musk Biography by Ashlee Vance
  5. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson
  6. Getting Real by Basecamp
  7. Authority: A step-by-step guide to self publishing by Nathan Barry
  8. The Art of Focus by Dan Koe
  9. Hard Times Create Strong Men by Stefan Aarnio
  10. The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida
  11. Jobs to Be Done: Theory to Practice by Anthony W. Ulwick
  12. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
  13. 1984 by George Orwell
  14. Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman
  15. Senior Engineer Mindset by Swizec Teller
  16. Jupiter Travels by Ted Simon
  17. Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
  18. Extra Focus by Jesse J. Anderson
  19. Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
  20. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
  21. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore, Doug Gillette
  22. Never Enough by Andrew Wilkinson

These books cover a range of topics from personal development and business to travel and fiction. If you have any recommendations, feel free to share!

📖 Goal: 52 books in a year | Matt Spear

📖 Goal: 52 books in a year | Matt Spear

2/16/2024

Matt Spear challenges himself to read 52 books in a year as a means of cultivating a reading habit, developing personal discipline, and investing in self-improvement, setting flexible rules such as allowing audiobooks and previously started books to count towards his goal. By week 7, he has already read 15 books across various genres, tracking his progress through Beeminder and publicly documenting his journey to create accountability and motivation.

https://mattspear.co/blog/52

What I'm Doing Now | Matt Spear

What I'm Doing Now | Matt Spear

8/1/2021

In August 2021, Matt Spear shares his current focus on building an audience through digital products, learning to write, and exploring potential content creation, including developing a YouTube channel that combines travel, digital nomad lifestyle, and engineering. His goals include creating high-quality curated resource guides, improving his writing skills, potentially authoring a book on education and learning, and experimenting with startup ideas centered around knowledge sharing and education.

https://mattspear.co/blog/now-2021

Tiny Wins 2022 | Matt Spear

1/10/2023

In 2022, the author documented a year of "tiny wins" - small achievements and personal growth milestones across various domains including software development, travel, personal projects, and continuous learning. Throughout the year, they traveled extensively across multiple countries, worked on personal and freelance tech projects like Method and Progress, completed numerous online courses, read books, experimented with new technologies, and maintained a spirit of curiosity and self-improvement while embracing a nomadic lifestyle.

https://mattspear.co/wins-2022

Tiny Wins 2023 | Matt Spear

2/16/2024

In 2023, Matthew Spear documented a year of personal and professional "tiny wins" while traveling through various countries in Southeast Asia and Japan, including Thailand, Malaysia, Bali, Vietnam, and Japan. His journey encompassed diverse experiences such as launching digital products like Peek and Veda, learning new technologies, attending tech meetups, completing online courses in AI and programming, mentoring, exploring different cultures, and celebrating personal milestones like turning 30, all while maintaining a spirit of continuous learning and personal growth.

https://mattspear.co/wins-2023