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Shane Parrishbook recommendations

Shane Parrish is the founder of Farnam Street Media and the CEO of Syrus Partners, a private investment company. Shane is on the Board of Directors for WeCommerce.

Quotes & Sources

Shane Parrish on Living within Limits
"You need to read the source material over and over in order to soak up the available wisdom."

Shane Parrish on Seeking Wisdom
"Inspired by Munger, [the author's] put together a book of the big ideas that carry a lot of weight in life."

Shane Parrish on Sam Walton
"The big lesson I took away from [this book] is that you don’t need to come up with all the ideas yourself."

Shane Parrish on Information
"Explores information as it relates to both philosophy and science."

Shane Parrish on Man's Search for Meaning
"As hard as you think your life is, it pales in comparison to Auschwitz."

Shane Parrish on The Lessons of History
"I’ll be re-reading this a few times."

Shane Parrish on The Power Broker
"It’s amazing. But it’s not a light read."

Shane Parrish on Managing Oneself
"An excellent short read."

Shane Parrish on Walden
"A reflection on simplicity."

Shane Parrish on Buffett
"By pure luck I came across this book and it introduced me to the thinking of Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger."

Shane Parrish on Charlie Munger
"Does an extraordinary job of curating, synthesizing, and organizing the vast wisdom Munger has left for humanity."

Shane Parrish on The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
"Packed with unforgettable wisdom and penetrating insights, your mental gears will be working overtime."

Shane Parrish on How to Read a Book
"If you believe that you’re not getting everything out of your reading that you should, this book is awesome."

Shane Parrish on Poor Charlie's Almanack
"If it’s knowledge and not credentials you’re after, [read this book]."

Shane Parrish on Tiny Beautiful Things
"Ran me through the range of emotions from happy to crying."

Shane Parrish on Wild
"Ran me through the range of emotions from happy to crying."

Shane Parrish on Rework
"This book showed me that I wasn’t alone or crazy."

Shane Parrish on Meditations
"Really helped foster my interest in philosophy."

Shane Parrish on When Genius Failed
"It was great to re-read this."

Shane Parrish on Antifragile
"Changed how I see the world."

Shane Parrish on Superforecasting
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