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Jacob's Favorite Books & Podcast Picks
A curated collection of the books that have shaped my thinking on cybersecurity, leadership, strategy, and life. Browse by category or search for a specific title.
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Field Manual for Cyber Incident Handling and Response: Prevent. Respond. Recover.
Austin Weedor, Jacob Ideji
The CISO Evolution: Business Knowledge for Cybersecurity Executives
Matthew K. Sharp, Kyriakos Lambros
The Art of Attack: Attacker Mindset for Security Professionals
Maxie Reynolds
Ransomware Protection Playbook
Roger A. Grimes
The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime
Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden
A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back
Bruce Schneier
Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
Ted Koppel
The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics
Ben Buchanan
The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age
David E. Sanger
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
Andy Greenberg
The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
Richard A. Clarke, Robert K. Knake
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Kim Zetter
Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It
Robert K. Knake, Richard A. Clarke
Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
Fred Kaplan
Facing Cyber Threats Head On: Protecting Yourself and Your Business
Brian Minick
Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
Christopher Hadnagy
The Dark Side of the Hacking World: What You Need to Know to Guard Your Precious Assets and Remain Safe
Mike Mason
Physical Red Team Operations: Physical Penetration Testing with the REDTEAMOPSEC Methodology
Jeremiah Talamantes
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
Richards J. Heuer Jr.
The Lazarus Heist: Based on the No 1 Hit Podcast
Geoff White
Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global
Geoff White
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
Andy Greenberg
Tor Darknet Bundle (5 in 1) — Master the Art of Invisibility
Lance Henderson
Invisibility Toolkit: 100 Ways to Disappear and How to Be Anonymous From Oppressive Governments, Stalkers & Criminals
Lance Henderson
Tor and the Dark Art of Anonymity: How to Be Invisible from NSA Spying
Lance Henderson
Breakpoint
Richard A. Clarke
Pinnacle Event: A Novel
Richard A. Clarke
Hacking: Become a World-Class Hacker, Hack Any Password, Program or System with Proven Strategies and Tricks
Hacking Studios
The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
Matt Mochary, Alex MacCaw, Misha Talavera
Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking
Mehdi Hasan
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
Peter M. Senge
Effective Communication Skills
Dalton Kehoe, The Great Courses
The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons from the Greatest Speeches in History
John R. Hale, The Great Courses
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
Adam Grant
The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom
Stephen D. Brookfield
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Adam Grant, Sheryl Sandberg
Power Moves: Lessons from Davos
Adam Grant
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant
Risk: A User's Guide
Stanley McChrystal, Anna Butrico
True North: Leading Authentically in Today's Workplace
Bill George, Zach Clayton
Discover Your True North: Expanded and Updated Edition
Bill George
Trust and Inspire
Stephen M.R. Covey
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
Colin Powell
Ego Free Leadership: Ending the Unconscious Habits That Hijack Your Business
Brandon Black, Shayne Hughes
Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success
Sylvia Ann Hewlett
The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations
James M. Kouzes, Barry Posner
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently
John C. Maxwell
Be a People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships
John C. Maxwell
The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
John C. Maxwell
Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
Andrew Roberts
Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United
Alex Ferguson, Michael Moritz
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It
Marshall Goldsmith
Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement
Aubrey C. Daniels
The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership: Achieving and Sustaining Excellence Through Leadership Development
Jeffrey Liker, Gary L. Convis
Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change
Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink
Rule the Room: A Unique, Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Making a Successful Presentation
Jason Teteak
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience
Carmine Gallo
The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't
Carmine Gallo
Mandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
Richard Stengel
StandOut: The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution
Marcus Buckingham
The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know
Dianna Booher
The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships
Michael P. Nichols PhD
Speaking Effective English!
Bettye Pierce Zoller
The Mastery of Speaking as a Leader
Terry Pearce
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Stephen R. Covey
Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust
Adam Kahane
Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It
John C. Maxwell
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
On War
Carl von Clausewitz
33 Strategies of War
Robert Greene
The Strategy Collection: The Art of War, The Prince, and The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi, Niccolò Machiavelli, Sun Tzu
Strategy: A History
Lawrence Freedman
Strategy Masters: The Prince, The Art of War, and The Gallic Wars
Niccolò Machiavelli, Julius Caesar, Sun Tzu
Mao Tse-Tung On Guerrilla Warfare
Mao Tse-Tung
Napoleon Bonaparte: Maxims of War
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon: A Life
Andrew Roberts
Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy: The Timeless Leadership Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder
Partha Bose
Hannibal
Patrick N. Hunt
The Art of Military Strategy: Lessons from Sun Tzu, Alexander the Great, and Napoleon Bonaparte
Joseph Steele
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Command Sergeant Major Eric L. Haney
Hell Week and Beyond: The Making of a Navy SEAL
Scott McEwen
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen
The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents
Mark Perry
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
Richard A. Clarke
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
Giles Milton
Diversion and Deception: Dudley Clarke's 'A' Force and Allied Operations in World War II
Whitney T. Bendeck
Sun Tzu & Machiavelli Leadership Secrets
Anthony D. Jensen
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything
Bryce G. Hoffman
Red Team: How to Succeed by Thinking Like the Enemy
Micah Zenko
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal
The Meditations: An Emperor's Guide to Mastery
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday
Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday
Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday
Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
Ryan Holiday
Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
Ryan Holiday
Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds.
Ryan Holiday
The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature
Robert Greene
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power
Robert Greene
The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life
Epictetus
The Enchiridion & Discourses
Epictetus
On the Shortness of Life
Lucius Seneca
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Donald Robertson
The Trial and the Death of Socrates
Plato
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth: Awakening Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle
Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises
Eckhart Tolle
Transcending the Ego: Finding Our Roots in Being
Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle's Findhorn Retreat: Stillness amidst the World
Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle on Great Western Classics: Reflections on the Writings of Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Thomas a Kempis, and Plutarch
Eckhart Tolle
The Four Agreements
don Miguel Ruiz
The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery
don Miguel Ruiz
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Mark Nepo
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Deepak Chopra M.D.
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
Paradise Lost
John Milton
Books That Matter: The Analects of Confucius
Robert André LaFleur
Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad
Mark W. Muesse, The Great Courses
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams
The Bible
Various Authors
The Qur'an
Various Authors
Awake! Magazine
Jehovah's Witnesses
The Three Magical Books of Solomon
King Solomon et al.
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Ethan Mollick
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari
The Coming Wave: AI, Power, and Our Future
Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
Kai-Fu Lee
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
The Unicorn Project: A Novel About Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
Gene Kim
The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance
Matthew Brennan
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World
Brad Stone
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) 2022: A Beginners Guide On Investing, Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Peer To Peer
Dave Shamrock
Blockchain Basics + NFTs for Beginners + Cryptocurrency DeFi Investment Guide
Nakamoto Satoshy
Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Donella H. Meadows
Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
Patrick McGee
Peter Thiel — Facebook, PayPal, Palantir: How the Godfather of Silicon Valley Conquered the World
Max Chafkin
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Advisors: Tax-Free Wealth: How to Build Massive Wealth by Permanently Lowering Your Taxes
Tom Wheelwright CPA
The Money Code: Become a Millionaire with the Ancient Jewish Code
H. W. Charles
Money. Wealth. Life Insurance.
Jake Thompson
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
Donald Miller
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Malcolm Gladwell
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini
Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini
Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider
Stacy Spikes
Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms
Shellye Archambeau
Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire
Reginald F. Lewis, Blair S. Walker
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing
Harry Beckwith
Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising
Ryan Holiday
Matter: Move Beyond the Competition, Create More Value, and Become the Obvious Choice
Peter Sheahan, Julie Williamson
Close That Sale!: The 24 Best Sales Closing Techniques Ever Discovered
Brian Tracy
The Psychology of Selling: The Art of Closing Sales
Brian Tracy
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Roger Fisher, William Ury
Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations
William Ury
Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact
Phil M. Jones
The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Shu Hattori
Unique: Telling Your Story in the Age of Brands and Social Media
Phil Cooke
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
Jenny Blake
The 8 Laws of Corporate America: The Laws to Moving Through Complicated Situations and Coming Out on Top
Robert Greene
Your Dream Job in a Handshake: How to Ace Your Job Interview!
Marc Divine
The Perfect Day to Boss Up: A Hustler's Guide to Building Your Empire
Rick Ross, Neil Martinez-Belkin
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson
Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon
Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
David Goggins
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
David Goggins
Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
Steve Magness
Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
Jim Kwik
Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential
Shirzad Chamine
Mindset Secrets for Winning: How to Bring Personal Power to Everything You Do
Mark Minervini
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins
Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Brené Brown
Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Brené Brown
From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
Arthur C. Brooks
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
David Brooks
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up
James Hollis PhD
Unleash the Power Within: Personal Coaching to Transform Your Life!
Tony Robbins
The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
Paulo Coelho
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson
Read People like a Book: How to Analyze, Understand, and Predict People's Emotions, Thoughts, Intentions, and Behaviors
Patrick King
The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
David Robson
Calm, Cool, Collected: How to Demolish Stress, Master Anxiety, and Live Your Life
David De Las Morenas
High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way
Brendon Burchard
On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life
John O'Leary
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah
Ikigai: Los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz
Héctor García, Fransec Miralles
The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over
Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins Ph.D.
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
John Medina
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Joseph Murphy
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Philip Zimbardo
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir
Ursula Burns
Mastery
Robert Greene
The 50th Law
50 Cent, Robert Greene
The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management
Hyrum W. Smith
In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People
George K. Simon Jr. Ph.D.
I Hate You — Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
Jerold J. Kreisman MD, Hal Straus
Acres of Diamonds: Discovering God's Best Right Where You Are
Jentezen Franklin
Dr. Phil McGraw: Life Code
Dr. Phil McGraw
Speak with Clarity Hypnosis: Speak Clearly and Confidently Every Time
Hypnosis Live
The Creative Thinker's Toolkit
Gerard Puccio, The Great Courses
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
World Order
Henry Kissinger
On China
Henry Kissinger
The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World
Barry Gewen
A Macat Analysis of Henry Kissinger's World Order
Bryan R. Gibson
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
When Women Ruled the World
Kara Cooney
Seeing Like a State
James C. Scott
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
Joseph Henrich
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Joseph Henrich
The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
Robert Wald Sussman
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
Who Rules the World?
Noam Chomsky
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order
Noam Chomsky
On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare
Noam Chomsky, Andre Vltchek
Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Propaganda and the Public Mind
Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian
Surviving the 21st Century
Noam Chomsky, José Mujica, Saúl Alvídrez
The Modern Scholar: Six Months That Changed the World — The Paris Peace Conference of 1919
Dr. Margaret MacMillan
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
Margaret MacMillan
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
Dean Jobb
Al Capone's Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition
John J. Binder
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Andrew Roberts
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
Liza Mundy
Athenian Democracy: An Experiment for the Ages
The Great Courses
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell
Podcast Picks — Coming Soon
A hand-picked selection of podcast episodes and series that have influenced my perspective. Stay tuned.