A curated bookshelf of the titles our guests would hand a young person about to start university — on habits, building businesses, and thriving in the age of AI.
Each shelf below reflects what a leader of that profile would most likely recommend to an ambitious student. Read them, and you'll carry the same foundations into your own journey.
Leading a major bank across a region demands character and relationships above all. These two classics build the personal foundation every business leader stands on.
A timeless framework for personal and professional effectiveness, built on character and principles like being proactive and beginning with the end in mind.
The classic on building genuine relationships, communicating with empathy, and earning trust — foundational skills for any leader or banker.
Building enduring companies in Latin America takes vision and grit. These books show how great organizations are really built — and what perseverance looks like.
A landmark study of what separates merely good companies from truly great ones — disciplined people, thought, and action over flashy strategy.
The candid, gripping memoir of Nike's founder — a real-world lesson in perseverance, risk, and building a global brand from nothing.
Strategy consulting rewards clear thinking and disciplined habits. These two books sharpen how you build systems and focus — the engine behind consistent performance.
The definitive guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones through tiny 1% improvements. You don't rise to your goals — you fall to your systems.
Why the ability to focus without distraction is becoming rare and immensely valuable — and how to cultivate it in a noisy, AI-saturated world.
Fintech sits at the crossroads of startups, money, and technology. These three books cover how to build something new, test it lean, and harness AI from day one.
PayPal co-founder's contrarian playbook on building startups that create something genuinely new, rather than copying what already works.
The methodology behind modern startups: build, measure, learn. How to test ideas fast and cheaply before betting everything — essential for fintech founders.
By a Wharton professor: the most practical guide to working alongside AI as a collaborator. The single best starting point to build real AI fluency today.
A pioneer of exponential thinking, Diamandis would point an ambitious young person toward the future: how technology compounds, and how bold entrepreneurs can shape it.
Diamandis's own optimistic manifesto: how exponential technologies like AI and robotics will solve humanity's biggest challenges within our lifetime.
A practical playbook for entrepreneurs who want to use exponential technologies to build big and impact billions. "A book every entrepreneur should read."
How converging technologies — AI, robotics, biotech — are accelerating change and reshaping every industry faster than anyone expects.
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