The Reading Project
I love to read. More so to learn vs entertainment. Sometimes I write about the books I’ve read, often times I don’t.
2022
Re-think- Adam Grant (meh)
Bird by Bird- Ann Lamott (Loved it)
7 Powers- Foundations of Business Strategy-
Ego is the Enemy- Ryan Holiday (Loved it)
Blue Ocean Strategy- Renée Montborgne & W. Chan Kim (Loved it)
4000 Weeks- Oliver Burkeman (Loved it)
The Obstacles is the Enemy- Ryan Holiday
The Power of Now- Ekhart Tolle (Meh)
Mastery- Robert Greene (Loved it)
Inspired- Marty Cagan (Decent)
Built to Last- Jim Collins (Decent)
Soundtracks- Jon Acuff (Disliked it)
2021
The New New Thing- Michael Lewis (Decent)
The Old Man and The Sea- Ernest Hemingway (Decent)
Never Split the Difference- Chris Voss (like it)
Better Together- Simon Sinek (Meh)
Superforecasting- Dan Gardner & Philip Tetlock (Liked it)
Lost Connections- Johann Hari (Meh)
Essentialism- Greg McKeown (Liked it)
Meditations- Marcus Aurelious (Liked it)
The Psychology of Money- Morgan Housel (Loved it)
The Innovator’s Dilemma- Clayton Christensen (Decent)
12 Rules of Life- Jordan Petterson (Disliked it)
Measure What Matters- John Doer (Liked it)
Socrates in 90 Minutes- Paul Strathem (Liked it)
Thinking in Bets- Annie Duke (Liked it)
2020
Good to Great- Jim Collins (Loved it)
Ernest Hemingway on Writing- Larry W. Phillips
Multipliers- Sue Wiseman
First, we make the beast beautiful- Sarah Wilson (Liked it)
The Richest Man in Babylon- George Samuel Classon
When breathe becomes air- Paul Kalanthi (Loved it)
The man who solved the market- Gregory Zuckerman (Loved it)
Open- Andre Agassi (Decent)
Organized Mind- Daniel J Levitin
The Highly Sensitive Person
Leadership Lessons from Sports- Harvard Business Review (liked it)
Managing Yourself- Harvard Business Review
2019
Sapiens- Yuval Noah Harari
Atomic Habits– James Clear (Loved it)
The Happiness Advantage– Shawn Anchor (Liked it)
The Last Lecture– Randy Pausch (Loved it)
Range– David Epstein (Loved it)
Educated– Tara Westover (Loved it)
The Making of a Manager- Julie Zhuo
The 4hour Chef- Tim Ferris
Drive- Dan Pink
Meditations- Marcus Aurelius
High Output Management- Andrew Groves (Liked it)
2018
Tribe of Mentors- Tim Ferries (Liked it)
Thinking Fast, and Slow- Daniel Kahneman
Insight- Tasha Eurich
Tipping Point– Malcolm Gladwell (Liked it)
Predictable Revenue– Aaron Ross (Meh)
The Science of Selling– David Hoffeld (Meh)
2017
Tools of Titans– Tim Ferris (Liked it)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck– Mark Manson (Decent)
Rich Dad, Poor Dad- Robert T. Kiyosaki
Liar’s Poker- Michael Lewis
The War of Art– Steven Pressfield
More Than Cashflow– Julie Broad
The Lean Startup– Eric Ries (Loved it)
Shoe Dog- Phil Knight (Loved it)
Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons- Ben Hogan (Liked it)
Things a little bird told me- Biz Stone (Meh)
How will you measure your life- Clayton Christensen
The Checklist Manifesto- Atul Gawande
Originals– Adam Grant
Predictive Analytics– Eric Siegel
Zero to One– Peter Thiel (Liked it)
Storytelling with data– Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
The $100 Startup– Chris Guillebeau
Grit– Angela Duckworth
The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho
Crossing the Chasm- Geoffrey A. Moore
The Challenger Sale– Matthew Dixon & Brent Adamson
Pitch Anything– Oren Klaff (Meh)
The New Father– Armin Brott
2016
Outliers- Malcolm Gladwell
Start with Why- Simon Sinek
Give and Take- Adam Grant