My Reading List

This list is in no particular order and frankly just a random assortment of books that have inspired me over the years. People sometimes ask if I can recommend a book. It’s hard for me since I can’t read. Long story, but thanks to a learning disability I can’t make it much father than a paragraph before I forget what I just read. Listening to books has been a game changer though.

The thing about a reading list is it requires context. What we read today may not inspire us until next year. Or never. Some of these were assigned reading (school or work). Others, I was inspired by a podcast I was listening to because it was relevant at that time. But as I scrolled through the nearly 250 titles in my audible library these were the ones that stood out to me most as having influenced the work I do today. I used BOLD and UNDERLINE to highlight those that really stood out and I refer back to often.

  • The Gift of Fear – Gavin De Becker
  • Outliers – Malcom Gladwell
  • Half the Sky – Nicholas D. Kristoff & Sheryl WuDunn
  • Tipping Point – Malcom Gladwell
  • On Killing – Dave Grossman
  • The Nerdist Way – Chris Hardwick
  • Start With Why – Simon Sinek
  • Drive – Daniel Pink
  • Tell My Sons – Mark Weber
  • EntreLeadership – Dave Ramsey
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
  • Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
  • The Signal and The Noise – Nate Silver
  • Fierce Conversations – Susan Scott
  • The Oz Principle – Connors, Smith, and Hickman
  • Change the Culture, Change the Game – – Connors and Smith
  • How Did That Happen? – – Connors, Smith, and Hickman
  • Switch – Chip Heath and Dan Heath
  • Made to Stick – Chip Heath and Dan Heath
  • Blink – Malcom Gladwell
  • Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
  • True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership – Bill George
  • The Essential Drucker – Peter F. Drucker
  • Good to Great – Jim Collins
  • Black Hearts – Jim Frederick
  • The Outward Mindset – The Arbinger Institute
  • The Speed of Trust – Stephen R. Covey
  • The Culture Code – Daniel Coyle
  • The Accidental Creative – Todd Henry
  • Left of Bang – Patrick Van Horne & Jason Riley
  • Neuroscuplting – Lisa Wimberger
  • Braving the Wilderness – Brene Brown
  • 12 Rules for Life – Jordan Peterson
  • Grit – Angela Duckworth
  • Radical Candor – Kim Scott
  • Talking to Strangers – Malcom Gladwell
  • Learn or Die – Edward D. Hess
  • Extreme Ownership – Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
  • Make it Stick – Peter Brown
  • The Things The Carried – Tim O’Brien
  • The Power of Moments – Chip Heath and Dan Heath
  • Lean In – Sheryl Sandburg
  • The Effective Manager – Mark Horstman
  • The Future Leader – Jacob Morgan
  • Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
  • Polyvagal Theory – Bryan Miller
  • Meltdown – Chris Clearfield
  • The advantage – Patrick Lencioni
  • Personality isn’t Permanent – Benjamin Hardy
  • Mental Models – Kevin Ericcson
  • The Upside of Stress – Kelly McGonigal
  • First, Break all the Rules – Marcus Buckingham
  • The Choice – Dr. Edith Eva Egar
  • The 4-hour workweek – Tim Ferris
  • Tools of Titans – Tim Ferris
  • Die Empty – Todd Henry
  • Herding Tigers – Todd Henry
  • The Leadership Challenge – Kouzes and Posner
  • Tribe of Mentors – Tim Ferris
  • Brain Centric Design – Richard Carr
  • The Four Agreements – Miguel Ruiz
  • Micro Resilience – St. John & Haines
  • Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
  • Training at the Speed of Live – Ken Murray