Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2025-05-08
Lenny Rachitsky & Jerry Colonna: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want? | Jerry Colonna (CEO of Reboot, executive coach, former VC)
Jerry Colonna is a world-renowned executive coach, a former venture capitalist, and the co-founder and CEO of Reboot, an executive coaching firm that combines practical leadership development with deeper self-inquiry.
Jerry Colonna recommended Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen and others and Soldiers.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Born to Run
Recommended“One of my favorite books is uh uh Bruce Springsteen's autobiography. And about in the middle of the book, he has this passage where he talks about having spent 25 years in psychoanalysis.”
Where to get it
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Soldiers
Recommended“I mean, I was uh reminded recently I'm reading a book called Soldiers and Kings, which I highly recommend, which is about human smuggling from Central America into the United States. And it's extraordinary book.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (11) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Reboot
“He's also partner at JP Morgan Chase and is the author of two books, Reboot and Reunion.”
Passing Reunion
“He's also partner at JP Morgan Chase and is the author of two books, Reboot and Reunion.”
Plugged Reboot
“I remember one time I was on the road doing a uh talk for uh I was promoting my first book reboot and I was at uh I think it's called the Fitzer Club in Philadelphia doing a fireside chat”
Plugged Reboot
“You know, I in in re in reboot, my first book, I tell the story of what I refer to as my pursuit of lemon drops.”
Plugged Reboot
“And so I told that story in reboot as part of my exploration into the core question of how did my relationship to money shape my career choices, shape my school choices, shape my own sense of safety and selfworth.”
Plugged Reboot
“My first book, Reboot, has a set of questions after every single chapter. We also have a journal that we put out that has questions and questions.”
Passing 10% Happier
“When when my first book came out, Dan Harris, who's a really good friend and client, I'm 10% Happier, said to me, uh, don't read the Amazon reviews.”
Plugged Reboot
“At the end of my days, this is a question in reboot. At the end of my days, what would I like the people who come after me to say about me?”
Plugged Reboot
“At the end of Reboot, I write about this uh this moment. And in this moment, I I'm I'm in Marin County. My wife Ally and and I are together and and I'm once again torturing myself with this question.”
Passing The Giving Tree
“Good, good call back. Uh, it sounds like the giving tree to me. Oh, yes. Yes. Shell Silverstein to to give people something to do with this uh this area of legacy.”
Plugged Reboot
“You know, to take a step back, the subtitle of my first book is leadership and the art of growing up. The art of growing up is a practice.”