A Guide to the Good Life

Marc Andreessen Co-Founder/Andreessen HorowitzBest (?) walk through the ancient/current philosophy of Stoicism. You can't control other people but you can control yourself, so do that. (Source)

Timothy Ferriss Author & EntrepreneurRecommends this book

Jason Fried Co-Founder/BasecampThe book that had the biggest impact on me this year was “A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy”. (Source)

Phil Libin CEO/EvernoteA very interesting read. (Source)

Tobi Lütke Founder & CEO/ShopifyOne of the best books I’ve ever read. (Source)

David Heinemeier Hansson An easy way to learn about [Stoicism] and recognize why this resonates. (Source)

Emrys Westacott Irvine counters the common perception of Stoicism as advocating a rather tedious, self-denying, joyless existence. He shows it’s really not like that. (Source)

Derek Sivers Almost too personal for me to give an objective review, because I found when reading it that the quirky philosophy I've been living my life by since 17 matches up exactly with a 2000-year-old philosophy called Stoicism. Mine was self-developed haphazardly, so it was fascinating to read the refined developed original. Really resonated. (Source)

Massimo Pigliucci It’s a sort of philosophical judo, what Bill practises. As a result, he’s been a much happier person. (Source)

Mike Benkovich Honourable Mentions: Four Hour Work Week, The Happiness Hypothesis, Meditations, Catch 22, A Guide To The Good Life. (Source)

Scott Perry The historic Stoic and Buddhist texts are very accessible, but William Irvine’s A Guide to the Good Life is a gentle introduction to Stoicism’s relevance to modern life and touches on its similarities to Buddhism. (Source)