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At the beginning of 2015, my main goal was personal development. I wanted to improve my knowledge and understanding of life and business, and I wanted to improve my ability to deal with life’s challenges. So I set a target to read at least 40 books. Initially, I was moving at a fast pace, but had to slow down as the year wore on. Why? I started working. I went from averaging 4 books a month to just 2.
Nevertheless, I have made progress that I can be happy about. So here are all the books I have been able to read this year (in no particular order). Let’s see which of them you have read too.
1. Sam Walton - Made in America by Sam Walton (with John Huey)
2. Winning by Jack Welch
3. The E Myth by Michael Gerber
4. Purple Cow by Seth Godin
5. The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
6. Tongues - Beyond the Upper Room by Kenneth E. Hagin
7. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
8. Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
9. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
10. The Brutal Simplicity of thought by Maurice Nathan Saatchi
11. The New Rules - Emotional Intelligence by Dr. Rob Yeung
12. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
13. The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
14. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (for the record, I hated this book. It was phony for my liking)
15. The Everything Store by Brad Stone
16. Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras
17. Good to Great by Jim Collins
18. Living as a Christian by A.W. Tozer
19. The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
20. Thinking for a Change by John C. Maxwell
21. Everyone Communicates Few Connect by John C. Maxwell
22. Becoming a Person of Influence by John C. Maxwell
23. Stars Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon
24. The Prisoner of Zenda by Sir Anthony Hope
25. The Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy
26. How They Started - How 30 Good Ideas Became Great Businesses (ed. by David Lester)
27. How They Started (Digital) - How 25 Good Ideas Became Spectacular Digital Businesses (ed. by David Lester)
28. Rich Habits - The Daily Habits of Wealthy Individuals by Tom Corley
29. Great Brand Blunders by Rob Gray
30. The Rules of Life by Richard Templar
31. How to Get Things Done Without Trying Too Hard by Richard Templar
32. The Rules of Work by Richard Templar
33. The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
34. To Know Him by Gloria Copeland
35. The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
36. The Man God Uses by Oswald J. Smith
37. Soaring On Your Strengths by Robin Ryan
38. How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
39. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
40. the Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
These are the books I’ve read this year (as much as I can remember). There are probably others I can’t remember. As they come back to me, I will update the list. At the end of the year, I will rate the 20 best books, according to how much they have taught and influenced me.
So, tell me, which of these books have you read and what did you learn from it/them?
Wow this is amazing. This is a great list, can't wait to see your top 20 lists.
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This is really good. Sad to say, I haven't read much this year. I have a few books I'd like to read, but haven't gotten around to it. I guess that should be on my next list of goals.
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I haven't read jack this year :(
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Amazing! I didn't even read up to this but I read a good number of great books. I'll up my game next year though and definitely saving this list. I have most of them as E-books but I prefer hard copies lol. You're such a voracious reader- love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat key lessons did you learn from these books? How did they help you generally? I see most of them are business/mind related...
The key lessons I learned from the books are:
Delete1. Find what works best for you and build your life around it.
2. There are many ways to look at life, and problems. Attitude really is everything.
3. No worthwhile achievement is easy to come by. But at the same time, you shouldn't kill yourself.
Generally, these books gave me a fresher, more mature perspective of life. At least I'm better off for reading them. :)
Great lessons. Indeed attitude is everything and I think to a good extent it determines if an individual actually achieves their purpose on earth or not.
DeleteSo, we should be expecting something greater on your end next year right? :D
You keep count? I actually don't. I only know I read not less than three books a week.
ReplyDeleteI will check out some of the books you've listed. :)
Alright. Let me know what you think about them when you do :)
DeleteI'd love to read some of the books you've listed but social media won't let me. Instead of reading a book I'll be reading people's rants on Twitter and also blogs.
ReplyDeleteYou're really going to have to block out all the noise. Focus on the more important things :)
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ReplyDeleteThat's good to hear 😀
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