Katrina Carlsen

Filipino American in Dallas and beyond

READING LIST

Here is a list of the books I’ve read over the last several years


2022

  • Keep Going by Austin Kleon

  • Making Numbers Count by Chip Heath & Karla Starr

  • https://bit.ly/KatReads

2021

  • Wolfpack by Abby Wambach

  • Life is Good by John and Bert Jacobs

  • Vivid Vision by Cameron Herold

  • Building a Storybrand by Donald Miller

  • Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

  • Think Again by Adam Grant

  • Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

  • Vibrate Higher Daily by Lalah Delia

  • Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

  • The Growth Gears by Art Saxby and Pete Hayes

  • Atomic Habits by James Clear

  • Leading Things You Didn’t Start by Tyler Reagin

  • Measure What Matters by John Doerr

  • Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game by Dr. Joseph Parent

  • High Output Management by Andrew Grove

  • Drive by Daniel Pink

  • The Business Playbook by Chris Ronzio

  • The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen


2020

  • Know What You’re For by Jeff Henderson

  • The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack

  • Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

  • The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

  • Mindfulness by Mark Williams, Danny Penman

  • The Power of Now by Eckart Tolle

  • When Life Gives You Lemons by Gerald Fadayomi

  • Joy at Work by Marie Kondo, Scott Sonenshein

  • Zero to One by Peter Thiel

  • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

  • Made to Stick by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

  • Everything is F*cked by Mark Manson

  • Upstream by Dan Heath

  • Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug

  • How to Punch Sunday Jitters in the Face by TK Kader

  • What You Do is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz

  • Wild Success by Amy Posey, Kevin Vallely

  • How I Built This by Guy Raz

  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijoeoma Oluo

  • Applied Empathy by Michael Ventura

  • Stretch: Unlocking the Power of Less by Scott Sonenshein

  • Stories that Stick by Kindra Hall

  • Great at Work by Morten T Hansen

  • The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

  • Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

  • Originals by Adam Grant

  • Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators by Vijay Govindarjan, Chris Trimble

  • Radical Candor by Kim Scott

  • Leading Change by John P Kotter

  • Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet David

  • The Wisdom of Compassion by Victor Chan, Dalai Lama

  • Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

  • Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

  • The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz

  • More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys

  • Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

  • Creativity Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull

2019

  • Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

  • The Power of Moments by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

  • The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

  • Remarkable by David Salyers

  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

2018

  • Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

  • Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon

  • Brains on Fire: Igniting Powerful, Sustainable, Word of Mouth Movements by Robbin Phllips, Greg Cordell, Spike Jones

  • Everybody Writes by Ann Handley, Vahe Habeshian

  • Startup Leadership by Derek Lidow

  • The One Thing by Gary Keler

  • Traction by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

  • Building on Bedrock by Derek Lidow

  • Becoming by Michelle Obama

  • Playing to Win by A.G Lafley, Roger L. Martin