Books That Changed Me

“The more that you read, the more things you will know.  The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”  

– Dr. Seuss

Currently, my pile of books is growing faster than I’m reading.  When I look at this list of influential books, I’m amazed at how many books I got read when I was working crazy hours. Now that I’m ‘retired’, I never seem to have the time to read.  Of course, I’m getting 8-9 hours a night of sleep instead of 5-6 hours, so that’s part of it.  These books all made me think differently about something, and changed me because of it.

• The Bible
• Leadership Freak blog, Dan Rockwell
• Give and Take, Adam Grant
• The Speed of Trust, Stephen M. R. Covey
• Better Off, Eric Brende
• Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert
• Go Put Your Strengths to Work, Marcus Buckingham
• Getting Things Done, David Allen
• The Blue Zones, Dan Beuttner
• Essentialism, Greg McKeown
• First Break all the Rules, Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
• The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni
• Start with Why, Simon Sinek
• Spark Joy, Marie Kondo
• Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
• Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely
• Helping People Win at Work, Ken Blanchard & Gary Ridge
• Tribe of Mentors, Timothy Ferriss
• Deep Work, Cal Newport
• Things that Matter, Joshua Becker
• Subtract, Leidy Klotz
• The Comfort Crisis, Michael Easter