books
My kids are still young, so I have a few more years before I'll be recommending adult-level non-fiction, but I was thinking recently about what books will be at the top of my list to recommend to my kids. My current list of top recommendations for them are:
lessons-learned
After hearing Oliver Burkeman on a podcast last month, I listened to his Meditations for Mortals audiobook and was blown away -- it felt like he was talking directly to me through the book. As I listened to the book, I was struck with the (incredibly rare for me) desire
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I recently enjoyed the Die With Zero audiobook. I thought, based on the title, it would be about being generous, giving away your money to your kids and charities before you die, so they can use the money sooner. While that's touched on, the focus is on the
books
It's not much fun to carve out time to write things down about who can do what -- there are many more fun things leaders can do. But if you don't invest the time in that, then the people who work for you, and colleagues outside
books
A friend and mentor of mine brought me two big boxes of books a while back, which I appreciated, and I asked him about what the catalyst was for him to give them away. He explained that he realized, based on his age (60s) and the number of books he
books
I've recently been reading a great book (with a not so great title, as I think its value is much broader than just career reflection) called Finding a Job You Can Love, which was written way back in the stone age of 1999. It's written from
agile
A few days ago, East City Book Shop hosted Cal Newport and David Sax for a book event to chat about David's new book The Future is Analog, which talks about the how when digital transformation happens, there's often an opposing trend, such as vinyl records
books
When I've chatted with people in the past about how to plan/manage their careers, I would often to refer to the book What Color is Your Parachute as my go-to recommendation, as it's packed with great resources (a great friend of mine referred me to
agile
Here's a list of books, podcasts, conferences, frameworks, methodologies, models, and other resources related to designing and building great organizations that I think are worth checking out. If you have any recommended additions, please email or send me a tweet. Books, Frameworks, and Standards Resource Key Takeaways Additional
books
The Amazon Kindle is great and it's incredible it was introduced almost 8 years ago. I realize it can still be a controversial topic for hard-core readers regarding whether paper for e-ink is better, but for anyone who doesn't own a Kindle or does and doesn&
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I recently read Education of Millionaires, which wasn't about at all what I expected but turned out to be a great read. It was a mix of: * Inspirational stories about people who created great lifestyles, often through startup companies, without impressive academic credentials * Identification of key skills to
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A few weeks back, I read most of Millionaire Mind (it's so freeing to realize that you don't have to finish books or read them in order -- thanks Mark and Bob) and was impressive with a couple of great concepts (Julien Smith summarized the book