Books, Tools, and Beyond

Morgan J. Lopes
1 min readAug 2, 2018

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Each year I consume hundreds of hours worth of content and experiment with hundreds of tools. The following books and podcasts continue to shape the way I see and interact with the world. The tools have been battle tested and managed to survive.

This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it’s a start.

Books

E-myth Revisited. Michael Gerber

Extreme Ownership. Jocko Willink

Traction. Gino Wickman

The Power of Habit. Charles Duhigg

The Obstacle is the Way. Ryan Holiday

The ONE Thing. Gary Keller

The 10x Rule. Grant Cardone

Deep Work. Cal Newport

The Compound Effect. Darren Hardy

Smartcuts. Shane Snow

The Effective Executive. Peter F. Drucker

Peak. Anders Ericsson

Podcasts

EOFire. John Lee Dumas

James Altucher Show.

Tony Robbins Podcast.

Masters of Scale. Reid Hoffman

The 7 Figure CEO. Casey Graham.

Akimbo. Seth Godin.

Remork. The team at Basecamp.

Seeking Wisdom. David Cancel and Dave Gerhardt

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. Craig Groeschel

Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast. Andy Stanley

Tools

Polymail. Powerful email tool to run multiple inboxes.

Slack. Communication tool.

Evernote. Impromptu note taking.

Asana. Team project management and personal task management.

Calendly. Meeting scheduler.

MailChimp. Email marketing management.

Realtime Board. Digital whiteboard.

Audible. Audio books on demand.

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Morgan J. Lopes
Morgan J. Lopes

Written by Morgan J. Lopes

CTO at Fast Company’s World Most Innovative Company (x4). Author of “Code School”, a book to help more people transition into tech.

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