The Growth Library

The books and thinkers behind the framework, curated for people mid-crossing.

The Threshold Framework wasn't built in a vacuum; it stands on decades of research about why capable people stall, and what actually gets them moving. This is that shelf, and if you're between who you've been and who you're becoming, it's a good place to start.

The Core Shelf

Good to Great by Jim Collins, book cover

Good to Great

by Jim Collins

Where "right people, right seats" comes from, named honestly as part of this framework's lineage. Collins tells you to find the right seat; the Threshold Framework is how you build one that doesn't exist yet.

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The Prosperous Coach by Rich Litvin and Steve Chandler, book cover

The Prosperous Coach

by Rich Litvin & Steve Chandler

For the builders: the case for creating anything meaningful one powerful conversation at a time, instead of through volume and noise. A model this practice runs on.

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The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, book cover

The Let Them Theory

by Mel Robbins

Let other people think what they think and do what they do, then put all of that reclaimed energy into your own next move. A perfect companion for anyone learning to be the main character of their own story.

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Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap, book cover

Financial Feminist

by Tori Dunlap

Money is leverage at every threshold, and Tori Dunlap of Her First $100K teaches women to negotiate, save, and invest without shame. A raise conversation backed by real numbers is a crossing this practice knows well.

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Voices Worth Following

Two podcasts earn a permanent spot in the rotation. Radical Candor with Kim Scott teaches feedback that cares personally and challenges directly, which is the same quadrant this whole practice lives in. The Financial Feminist with Tori Dunlap treats money as leverage at every threshold, from the raise conversation to the first paying client.

Beyond those: Jerry Colonna and the Reboot Podcast for depth and radical self-inquiry. Michael Bungay Stanier for the craft of better questions. Tara Mohr for women's leadership. Mel Robbins for the push to act on what you already know. Follow one at a time; depth beats volume here too.

Read Along

Each month, the newsletter takes one idea from this shelf and turns it into something you can use that week: a question, an exercise, or a pattern to watch for in your own stall. There's no homework guilt and no book-report culture here, just one good idea at a time.