Below is a list of some of the more important references that went into this Blueprint. The list is not comprehensive. It would be impossible to list all the data, research and thinking that I used. I will not list research studies because hundreds went into this and it would take too long. Rather this list comprises some of the most important books on the topic which you can further read to deepen your understanding
The Molecule of More - Daniel Lieberman
Thinking Fast, and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Why the West Rules - for Now - Ian Morriss
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg
How Emotions are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett
Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers - Robert Sapolsky
A world without Email - Cal Newport
A Primate’s Memoir - Robert Sapolsky
Journey of the Mind - Ogi Ogas
Lost Connections - Johann Hari
The Trouble with Testosterone - Robert Sapolsky
How to Change Your Mind - Michael Pollan
Human Behavioural Biology - Robert Sapolsky
The World Until Yesterday - Jared Diamond
Designing for Behaviour Change - Stephen Wendel
The Brain, The Story of You - David Eagleman
The Elephant in the Brain - Kevin Simler
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely
Catalyst, How To Change Anyone’s Mind - Jonah Berger
The Circadian Code - Satchin Panda
The Undiscovered Self - Carl Jung
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert Cialdini
Primate Change - Cregan-Reid Vybarr
The Coddling of the American Mind - Jonathan Haidt
The Social Animal - David Brooks
Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels - Ian Morris
How to do Nothing - Jenny Odell
Four Hour Workweek - Tim Ferriss
The Upside of Irrationality - Dan Ariely
The Fat Switch - Richard Johnson
The Omnivore’s Dilemma - Michael Pollan
Stillness is the Key - Ryan Holiday
Lessons of History - Will Durand
Strangers to Ourselves - Timothy Wilson
Tribe of Mentors - Tim Ferriss
A Hunter-gatherer’s Guide to the 21st century - Heather Heying
Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz
The Origin of Our Species - Chris Stringer
Psychology of Money - Morgan Housel
The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
The Dawn of Everything - David Graeber
How the World Really Works - Vaclav Smith
The Courage to be Disliked - Ichiro Kishimi
Algorithms to Live By - Brian Christian
Willpower Instinct - Kelly McGonigal
The 80/ 20 Principle - Richard Koch
Superforecasting - Philp Tetlock
Just Babies, The Origin of Good and Evil - Paul Bloom
The Comfort Crisis - Michaesl Easter
The Ego and the Id - Sigmund Freud
The Signal and the Noise - Nate Silver
A More Beautiful Question - Warren Berger
The Antidote - Oliver Burkeman
Extreme Ownership - Jocko Willink
The Lucifer Effect - Philip Zimbardo
The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday
Reframing: Neurolinguistic Programming and the Transformation of Meaning - Richard Bandler
Frogs into Princes - Richard Bandler