THE LIBRARY

The literature
behind Compass.

Every pillar has a shelf. These are the books and papers that shaped how Compass measures each dimension. Read one this month.

BODY

Sleep, movement, nutrition, energy.

5 ESSENTIALS
01
Why We Sleep
MATTHEW WALKER
BOOK
02
Outlive
PETER ATTIA
BOOK
03
Bigger Leaner Stronger
MICHAEL MATTHEWS
BOOK
04
Breath
JAMES NESTOR
BOOK
05
Huberman Lab: Sleep Toolkit
ANDREW HUBERMAN
PODCAST

MIND

Focus, learning, mental sharpness.

5 ESSENTIALS
01
Deep Work
CAL NEWPORT
BOOK
02
Peak
K. ANDERS ERICSSON
BOOK
03
The Beginning of Infinity
DAVID DEUTSCH
BOOK
04
A Mind for Numbers
BARBARA OAKLEY
BOOK
05
On Learning How to Learn
COURSERA · OAKLEY + SEJNOWSKI
COURSE

MONEY

Financial security + freedom.

5 ESSENTIALS
01
The Psychology of Money
MORGAN HOUSEL
BOOK
02
I Will Teach You to Be Rich
RAMIT SETHI
BOOK
03
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
JOHN C. BOGLE
BOOK
04
Die With Zero
BILL PERKINS
BOOK
05
Your Money or Your Life
VICKI ROBIN
BOOK

WORK

Meaning, craft, autonomy.

5 ESSENTIALS
01
Drive
DANIEL H. PINK
BOOK
02
Give and Take
ADAM GRANT
BOOK
03
So Good They Can't Ignore You
CAL NEWPORT
BOOK
04
The E-Myth Revisited
MICHAEL E. GERBER
BOOK
05
Do the Work
STEVEN PRESSFIELD
BOOK

BONDS

Friends, family, love.

5 ESSENTIALS
01
The Good Life
WALDINGER + SCHULZ
BOOK
02
Attached
AMIR LEVINE + RACHEL HELLER
BOOK
03
Nonviolent Communication
MARSHALL ROSENBERG
BOOK
04
Hold Me Tight
DR. SUE JOHNSON
BOOK
05
Harvard Study of Adult Development
WALDINGER et al.
RESEARCH

SPIRIT

Meaning, practice, presence.

5 ESSENTIALS
01
Man's Search for Meaning
VIKTOR FRANKL
BOOK
02
Meditations
MARCUS AURELIUS
BOOK
03
The Untethered Soul
MICHAEL A. SINGER
BOOK
04
Waking Up
SAM HARRIS
APP + BOOK
05
Letters from a Stoic
SENECA
BOOK

PLAY

Joy, creativity, wonder.

5 ESSENTIALS
01
Play
STUART BROWN, M.D.
BOOK
02
Flow
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI
BOOK
03
The Artist's Way
JULIA CAMERON
BOOK
04
Big Magic
ELIZABETH GILBERT
BOOK
05
Finite and Infinite Games
JAMES P. CARSE
BOOK

LEGACY

Contribution, mentorship, what outlives you.

5 ESSENTIALS
01
From Strength to Strength
ARTHUR C. BROOKS
BOOK
02
Range
DAVID EPSTEIN
BOOK
03
Man's Search for Meaning
VIKTOR FRANKL
BOOK
04
The Second Mountain
DAVID BROOKS
BOOK
05
Being Mortal
ATUL GAWANDE
BOOK