In no particular order. Last updated: 11/11/24

Creativity
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Specifically chapter 4

Almanak
Naval Ravikant

Zero to One
Peter Thiel

The Mountain in The Sea
Ray Naylor

Before the startup
Paul Graham

What I worked on
Paul Graham

How to Do What You Love
Paul Graham

You and your research
Richard Hamming

You Should Be Working On Hardware
Casey Handmer

Other good ones

• https://austinhenley.com/blog/lessonsfrommyphd.html
• https://github.com/okhat/blog/blob/main/2024.09.impact.md
• https://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful
• https://giansegato.com/essays/how-to-choose-your-college-degree