The different stages below include chronological suggested readings that will help in understanding and appreciating important ideas and perspectives. Some of these super ideas have been mentioned in The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom, and others serve to build on certain themes.

The assumption is that between half an hour to one hour per day can be dedicated to this project

• this is where the expected timeline for each stage comes

The different readings and suggestions are included in tabular form in the last page of this document. They have been categorized into the different spirals and the different stages. To get the complete information about any of the books, check the ‘References’ document.

Stage 1 : Basics-I – 10 Books – ~ 4 months

1. Six Thinking Hats (De Bono)
2. The Lessons of History (Durant)
3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Covey)
4. The Mind Map Book (Buzan)
5. What the Numbers Say (Niederman)
6. The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
7. Think-Grow Modules : Personalities & Behavior ¹
8. Think-Grow Modules : Succeed
9. Think-Grow Modules : Win-Win
10. Choose One :
11. How to Win Friends and Influence People (Carnegie)
12. One of [ Brain Power or Verbal Intelligence ] (Both by Buzan)

¹ For the Think-Grow Modules, check out the ‘Apps List’ Document, or go to: ahijazi.website

Stage 2 : Basics-II – 10 Books – ~ 4 months

1. How to think like Leonardo Da Vinci (Gelb)
2. Thinking in Systems (Meadows)
3. Choose One :
4. Atomic Habits (Clear) or Tiny Habits (Fogg)
5. The Psychology of Money (Housel)
6. Peak (Ericsson)
7. Think-Grow Modules : The Better Brain Library
8. Naked Statistics (Wheelan)
9. Choose One:
10. The Richest Man in Babylon (Clason)
11. Cashflow Quadrant (Kiyosaki)
12. Think-Grow Modules : Lead
13. Choose One:
14. Building a Second Brain (Forte)
15. Net Work (Anklam)

Stage 3 : Insights & Synthesis – 10 Books – 4 to 5 months

1. Fuzzy on the Dark Side (Hijazi)
2. The New Leaders (Goleman)
3. The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Gracian)
4. The Art of Thinking Clearly (Dobelli)
5. The 80/20 Principle (Koch)
6. Creativity, (Catmull)
7. Emotional Intelligence (Goleman)
8. Choose One :
9. Freakonomics (Levitt)
10. The Great Mental Models-I (Parrish)
11. One Small Step : The Kaizen Way (Maurer)
12. The one left/not chosen from 10 [Stage 2]