A CEO recommends When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, a memoir by a neurosurgeon diagnosed with terminal cancer. He says it changed him more than typical business books, inspiring deeper thinking about meaning and mortality.
What would be your favorite book in the last 12 months? When Breath Becomes Air. So it's by Paul Kalanithi, who was a medical resident— I can't remember where. He passed away from cancer, and it's his memoir of his experience being diagnosed with cancer and the emotional and spiritual journey of living with that truth and having cancer, coming into remission for a period of time, and and then getting rediagnosed. And again, became a Founder's Journal episode because it moved me so much. But it's not a business book, which are oftentimes the best books, right? Like our book club right now, we're reading the Will Smith autobiography. I've learned more about myself as a professional from that than many business books. But it just, it creates amazing perspective and it really makes me appreciate every opportunity that I'm given.
