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The books shaping
how I think and work.

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Ideas become useful
when applied.

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01 / My bookshelf

Five books.
Five useful lenses.

This is not a ranking. Each book helps me examine a different part of strategy, work and personal growth.

Decision-makingPrinciplesRay Dalio
01

Principles

Ray Dalio

A framework for turning experience into repeatable principles, making better decisions and building systems that learn from reality.

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AccountabilitySkin in the GameNassim Nicholas Taleb
02

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A sharp exploration of risk, fairness and why advice carries more weight when the person giving it shares the consequences.

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MarketingDay Trading AttentionGary Vaynerchuk
03

Day Trading Attention

Gary Vaynerchuk

A practical view of how brands can understand modern attention, adapt creative work to platforms and connect relevance to sales.

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SEO · FrançaisRéussir son référencement WebOlivier Andrieu
04

Réussir son référencement Web

Olivier Andrieu · French edition

A structured French-language reference for understanding the foundations, techniques and long-term discipline behind effective SEO.

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Resilience · FrançaisForcez votre destinAnthony Bourbon
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Forcez votre destin

Anthony Bourbon · French edition

A direct message about resilience, ambition and passion—and the responsibility to keep moving despite difficult circumstances.

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02 / What connects them

Reading for ideas
I can put to work.

The best books do more than inform. They provide mental models that improve decisions, strategies and execution.

01

Systems

Turn experience into principles that can be applied again.

02

Accountability

Connect decisions to their real consequences.

03

Attention

Understand where people focus and why.

04

Craft

Build durable expertise through disciplined practice.

05

Resilience

Continue moving when the path becomes difficult.

A personal belief

“Tell me what is in your bookshelf, and I will tell you who you are.”

Books reveal the questions we choose to explore

Yannick Dangoumba

About the curator

Yannick Dangoumba

Senior SEO & GEO strategist and content designer based in Brussels. Interested in search, technology, history, business and the ideas connecting them.

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