Agency
Martin Seligman
Progress follows the belief that you can reach your goals, and that belief can be built.
Suresh's Deck
I read at least 100 books a year.
This is the shelf, kept in public, and 3 things live on it. The first is the books I finished last month, with the film where I talk them through. The second is the 2 books open on my desk right now. The third is the full catalogue of 2025, all 100 of them, each with its gist in under a minute of reading and its 8 page note free for the asking.
Read what calls to you. Pass on what does not. The right book at the right moment can change a year.
New this year. Where I have written an operator's note, the whole 8 pages come to you on WhatsApp for nothing. Ask by name and it arrives.
01 Last month
In October 2026 I finished 12 books, and here is the film where I talk them through.
Every month I put the finished pile on camera and say what each book actually argues, in plain words, in under 5 minutes. Not summaries read from somewhere else. My own reading, dated, so you can see the practice is alive rather than take my word for it.
The same 12 books are written out in full in the October reading list, so you can read it rather than watch it.
Aligned
Kristen Holmes
Your body runs on timing, not willpower, so line up sleep, light, training and rest to last for years.
Brain Defenders
David Perlmutter
Most brain decline shares one root cause, and your daily choices can turn the brain's guard cells back to healing.
Global by Design
Amos Winter and Vijay Govindarajan
Learn what the world's poorest buyers truly need, design fresh, and the product can sell everywhere.
No Experience Necessary
Ronnen Harary
Your twenties are the best time to start something, because waiting has a hidden cost.
Situated
Angela Duckworth
Willpower is the weakest way to change, so change your space, your peers, your mentors and your culture.
The 12 Levers
Spencer Greenberg and Jeremy Stevenson
459 tools from 106 books fit into twelve levers, and reading is not enough, so you must try them.
The Art of Fighting
Priya Parker
Avoiding conflict buries real needs, and a fight held with care can make a group stronger.
The Case for Quitting
Lindsay Crouse
Grit can become a trap, and knowing when and how to stop sets you free to start again.
The Frenchmen
Emily Eakin
French theory was built out of war, madness and secrets, and it still shapes how we fight over truth.
The Genius and the Impostor
Josh Turknett
The Impostor says your limits are set, but the brain keeps growing, so curiosity, practice and rest win.
Think Before You Think
Adrian Owen
IQ tells us little, and six executive skills matter most, trained by how you choose to use your mind.
02 My current reads
I read 2 books at a time, and these are the 2.
When one finishes it comes off the desk and the next one goes on the same day. If you find the same 2 sitting here in 2 months, write to me and tell me I have stopped reading.
Book one
Agency
Martin E. P. Seligman
Book two
Aligned
Dr Kristen Holmes
03 The Top 100
All 100, in the order they sit on the shelf.
Every one of these was read and catalogued in 2025. The gist is my own reading of the book rather than a summary from somewhere else. Where the 8 page operator's note exists you can ask for it by name, and it reaches you on WhatsApp at no charge.
I read at least 100 books a year and I catalogue every one of them.
This page is the list from 2025. It is here because the reading is part of the work rather than a hobby beside it, and because a founder deciding whether to spend an evening on a book deserves an honest opinion from somebody who finished it.
04 Free · Nothing to sit through
Name a business book. I will send you 8 pages on it.
I read 100 books in 2025 and I wrote an operator's note on each one I could use. Each note runs to 8 pages. I write it myself, from the book itself, for a man running a factory in Ambattur rather than a company in California. There is no charge and there is no call to sit through.
Name it and it comes to you
97 notes written and ready today. The rest are being written. Ask anyway and I will tell you where yours sits.
05 What an operator's note is
It runs to 8 pages, and it is written from the book for a man running a factory.
- 01Pages 1 to 4. What the book actually saysThe key points in plain language, in the order you would use them, with the parts that do not survive contact with your floor left out. And I say plainly what the book is, whether it is a school textbook, a memoir, or a consultant selling his own method.
- 02Page 5. A diagnosis you score yourselfYou answer 10 questions yes or no and you get a score out of 10. It takes about 4 minutes, and it tells you where you actually stand rather than where you hope you do.
- 03Page 6. A sheet you fill from your own numbersThe sheet works on your own figures rather than on the book's examples, and your figures are what make it real.
- 04Page 7. What to do in the next 7 daysOne move, small enough to actually happen, named clearly enough that on Monday morning you know exactly what to do first.
06 One ask
Name a book. That is the whole of it.
Tell me a title from the 100 and the 8 pages come to you on WhatsApp. I will not call you and I will not add you to anything.