BOOKS & PODCASTS

  1. "The Singularity is Nearer" by Ray Kurzweil — Brett’s Take

  2. "The Worlds I See" by Dr. Fei-Fei Li — Brett’s Take

  3. "Machines of Loving Grace" by Dario Amodei — Brett’s Take

  4. "The Coming Wave" by Mustafa Suleyman — Brett’s Take

  5. "The Whole Story" by John Mackey — Brett’s Take | Transcript

  6. “Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for An Age of Crises” by Jonathan S. Blake and Nils Gilman — Brett’s Take

  7. "Pattern Breakers: Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future" by Mike Maples Jr. and Peter Ziebelman — Brett’s Take

  8. My soul quest begins in December in Kerala, India with "Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds" — (full documentary – a must-watch!)

  9. “Proof of Heaven” by Eben Alexander in December in Kerala — (thanks to Bob Frachtman)

  10. “The Map of Heaven” and “Living in a Mindful Universe” by Eben Alexander in December in Kerala

  11. My introduction to Mark Gober’s work in January — “An End to Upside Down Thinking” and “An End to Upside Down Living”, plus his podcast “Where Is My Mind?” 

  12. My introduction to the “Buddha at the Gas Pump” podcast (thanks to Mark Gober's work)

  13. “LSD and the Mind of the Universe” by Chris Bache - discovered through the Buddha at the Gas Pump podcast 

  14. “The Grand Biocentric Design” by Robert Lanza in February

  15. “Observer” by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress in February

  16. “The Order of Time” by Carlo Rovelli in March

  17. “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself” by Joe Dispenza in March (thanks to John Mackey)

  18. “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho in March 

  19. “Lights On” by Annaka Harris in March

  20. Introduced to "The Telepathy Tapes" podcast and listened to all episodes

  21. “Recapture the Rapture” by Jamie Wheal in April

  22. “Many Lives, Many Masters” by Dr. Brian Weiss in April

  23. “The Celestine Prophecy” by James Redfield in April

  24. “More Than the Sun and the Stars” by Adam Dorr in April

  25. “The Seat of The Soul” by Gary Zukav in May

  26. “11 Days in May” by JD Messinger in May

  27. “The Untethered Soul” by Michael Singer in May

  28. “Signs” by Laura Lynne Jackson in June

  29. “Awareness” by Anthony de Mello in July

  30. “The Mindful Body” by Dr. Ellen Langer in July

  31. “Journey of Souls” by Michael Newton in August

  32. “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig

  33. "How to Surrender to God" by Dr. David Hawkins

  34. “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl (read years ago and quoted in "The Entrepreneur's Essentials")

  35. “The Bhagavad Gita” (Stephen Mitchell’s translation)

  36. Brett’s short story “God’s Final Exam” as the positive way to awaken

  37. “The Immortality Key” by Brian Muraresku