This year, I’ve had the pleasure of listening and reading over 50 books. Here are some that I highly recommend reading in 2020.
Category: Books
Ikigai: A Reason To Jump Out Of Bed Every Morning
Follow your ikigai. There is a passion inside you, a unique talent that gives meaning to your days and drives you to share the best of yourself until the very end. If you don’t know what your ikigai is yet, your mission is to discover it.
Manager to Leader in One Minute
I just finished reading One Minute Manager. Deceptively simple, and measurably effective, the secrets of one-minute management will help you boost profits, productivity, and purpose immediately. I wanted to share the management principles that spoke to me and might speak to you as well. I give those to you now and highly recommend that you get the book. But if you only have a minute, read this instead.
Ed Catmull’s Top Tips on Business Culture and Leadership
Creativity, Inc. is a manual for anyone who strives for originality, fosters problem-solving, and pushes its employees to new heights. In going through this book, I pulled out takeaways across all the chapters that I will re-read periodically. I give those to you now and highly recommend that you get the book. But if you've only 5 minutes, read this instead.
10 Actionable Ideas From the Book “Ego Is The Enemy”
I recently read "Ego Is The Enemy" by Ryan Holiday. This blog post covers the main lessons in the book and actionable quotes that I found most interesting.
10 Books That Will Make You a Better Writer
The ultimate book list on writing recommended by writers, creators, and world-class performers.
Decisive: A Guide to Good Decisions
How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work.
How to Create the Most Effective Messaging for Your Brand
A guide to building a StoryBrand so customers will listen.
Bill Campbell’s Leadership Playbook
The takeaways and excerpts from Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell.
Writing Tools that Will Impress your Readers
This is an article of scraps and morsels on many points to sharpen your writing — collected from On Writing Well book.