Favourite Things

People

Shane Parrish’s Farnham Street for how to think

Paul Graham for essays on modern life

Liz Fosslien for illustrations

Tim Ferriss for long-form podcasts

James Clear for short- and long-form articles and book summaries

Maria Popova’s Marginalian for essays on how to live

George Saunders’ Story Club lessons on storytelling

Jim Collins’ for vast material on greatness

Talks and articles

Richard Hamming’s You and Your Research on which problems to solve

Jim Collin’s talk Seven Questions: Learning from Young Leaders

George Saunders commencement speech on kindness