The citation chain
The conversation between any two books
Pick two books. We’ll trace the shortest chain of citations connecting them — every link is a real passage where one author picked up another’s book.
4 steps between these books
Each step is a real passage from one book referencing another.
- 1
Zero to One references The Innovator's Dilemma
Thiel critiques Christensen's incremental disruption framework.
- 2
Disrupt Yourself references The Innovator's Dilemma
Johnson worked with Christensen and directly applies the Innovator's Dilemma's S-curve disruption model to individual careers
- 3
Disrupt Yourself references Mindset
References Dweck's Mindset research on growth mindset as essential for embracing personal disruption
- 4
Atomic Habits references Mindset
Clear references Dweck's growth mindset research as foundational to identity-based habit change. Believing you can change is the first step to actually changing.




