![]() Walking the Tightrope of Reason – Robert Fogelin – 2003, 192 pages – A dense book on philosophy. Finite and Infinite Games – James Carse – 198, 152 pages – Throughout the book I was begging for some examples of the complex thoughts Carse proffers. Drive – Daniel Pink – 2009, 230 pages, – Pink clarifies the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation a must read for managers the best leadership book I’ve read in six months.Ĩ. ![]() The Book of Joy – Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams – 2016, 348 pages, – Abrams interviewed these two great men to get their thoughts on important issues such as forgiveness, gratitude, compassion, generosity and how to overcome the obstacles of joy. Employee Engagement for Dummies – Bob Kelleher, 2014, 343 pages, – I’ve read seven books on employee engagement and this is the best one.Ħ. Night School – Lee Childs – 2016, 359 pages – Reading Childs is like watching an action movie, predictable and simple, but at times, that’s what I need, particularly on transatlantic flights.ĥ. ![]() The Midnight Palace – Carlos Ruiz Zafon – 2011, 298 pages, – I thoroughly enjoyed Zafon’s The Shadow of the Wind, but this novel didn’t connect.Ĥ. Create Your Future the Peter Drucker Way – Developing and Applying a Forward Focused Mindset – Bruce Rosenstein, 2014, 164 pages, – Good thoughts about staying fully alive and forward-thinking.ģ. Purely anecdotal, the book has little to offer.Ģ. Employee Engagement: Lessons From the Mouse House – Pete Blank – 2012, 113 pages, – I am suspect of any book printed in 14pt. The numbers in brackets represent how I rate each book on a scale from 1 (not good) to 10 (exceptional). At the bottom of this list are my six favorites. Here’s a list of the books I read and processed in 2017. ![]() (Don’t overlook the word process in the previous sentence it’s the key to learning from reading.) I wrote a post about the benefits of reading along with some suggestions on how to maximize learning from reading – Read. Now, my goal is to read and process one book a week. During those years I didn’t read one book cover-to-cover. One of my regrets in life is that for a decade (around age 40-50) I punched pause on my learning and grew intellectually disengaged and stale. ![]()
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