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Leadership and Self-Deception

The Arbinger Institute (inferred)

“the timeless books are, one we'll call Leadership and Self-Deception. It's really a book about self-awareness that we really handed out to the firm”— Aryeh Bourkoff

Scale

Geoffrey West

“The other two timeless books are a book called Scale by Geoffrey West that is all about why some things last minutes.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

Scarcity

Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir (inferred)

“The third one is a book called Scarcity. I think we're moving from a period of abundance to scarcity.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

The House of Rothschild

Niall Ferguson

“I like all the Niall Ferguson books. I read The House of Rothschild, the J.P. Morgan books.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

The Last Tycoons

William D. Cohan

“I actually read Bill Cohan's book on the Lazard, Last Tycoons. Really good book.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

“John Steinbeck, The Pearl, a recommendation of a friend of mine who's in the business. I reread the other day, great book.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

“And I love The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway. Tim Ferriss: Yeah, great book.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

The Second Mountain

David Brooks

“another book I would say is David Brooks' The Second Mountain. It's a really interesting book.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

Travels with Charley

John Steinbeck

“Travels with Charley, if anyone has not read that nonfiction account of him traveling across the United States with his dog, it is absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious”— Tim Ferriss

Visual Basic for Dummies

“I left, bought Visual Basic for Dummies, bought a laptop, drained my account, and got subletted an apartment, started learning the thing.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

Rattle and Hum

U2 (inferred)

“It's "Hawkmoon Rising," Rattle and Hum. YouTube on the Rattle and Hum album was the only place you could find, I think.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

A Banker's Journey

Daniel Gross (inferred)

“I'm reading a book now called A Banker's Journey about Edmond Safra's journey, a banker from Brazil. It just came out.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

The Islander

Chris Blackwell

“I'm reading a book now by Chris Blackwell about the music industry and his forming in the music industry and founding Bob Marley and U2”— Aryeh Bourkoff

Like a Rolling Stone

Jann Wenner

“Jann Wenner just came out with a book today I'm looking forward to buying, the Rolling Stone editor and founder.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

Netflix (inferred)

“Netflix has Formula 1: Drive to Survive, right? In some ways, I think podcasting is the same thing.”— Aryeh Bourkoff