5 books to read before your 30th birthday

Reading and understanding these will give you an edge

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Little differences over a long lifetime create big disparities. This is the nature of compounding. If you make decisions only a little better than your cohort, that should translate into a big difference down the line.

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Shane Parrish is a Canadian writer, blogger, and coffee lover living in Ottawa, Ontario. He is known for his blog, Farnam Street, which features writing on decision making, culture, and other subjects.