“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” — Oscar Wilde
I read a lot of books.
By a lot, let’s say about 5 or more per week.
I read both fiction and non-fiction. I read fiction slowly, in general. Non-fiction, I read fast, and with an intent to learn.
A colleague asked me the question, “What are 25 Books that I read that changed my life?” He followed with, “What are 10 Books I plan to read?”
Here are my answers to those questions …
25 Books that Changed My Life
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Awaken the Giant Within
- Blue Ocean Strategy
- Crucial Conversations
- Eat for Health
- Feeling Good
- Go Put Your Strengths to Work
- Influence without Authority
- Leadership on the Line
- Money: Master the Game
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go
- Patterns of High-Performance
- Principle-Centered Leadership
- Screw It Let’s Do It
- The 80/20 Individual
- The 8th Habit
- The Dip
- The Leadership Challenge
- The Little Engine That Could
- The Power of Full Engagement
- The Tao of Jeet Kune Do
- The War of Art
- Unlimited Power
- Work from the Inside Out
- Your Road Map for Success
10 to Read
- Adventures in Business
- Find Your Extraordinary
- Healthy Brain, Happy Life
- How To Have a Good Day
- Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
- Sprint: Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
- Superbosses
- The Industries of the Future
- The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces that Will Shape Our Future
- The Unlimited Self
Happy reading and may the wisdom of the ages help you do great things in this life time.
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Great lists! We’re on the same page—so to speak—re: many of the life changers. I’d have to add Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman as well as The Charge by Brendon Burchard—both of which I read about here at Sources of Insight:
https://sourcesofinsight.com/lessons-learned-from-peaceful-warrior
https://sourcesofinsight.com/the-charge-activating-the-10-human-drives-that-make-you-feel-alive
But most of all, J.D., it’s your very own Getting Results the Agile Way that’s been the big game changer for me:
https://sourcesofinsight.com/getting-results-the-agile-way
Thank you!!!
Great adds … Peaceful Warrior is truly an epic classic for mindful change.
The Charge is also a great reminder to live, to love, and to matter with all your heart, and to do what makes you come alive.
I live the Agile Way, and I think you were a big part of helping the book hit higher notes.
Thank you,
JD
Fabulous list – many are life changers for me too. Agree with Jimmy May that “Getting Results the Agile Way” would be on my list of top 25 life changers for me.
Wow — it looks like my book really hit a sweet spot!
Thank you,
JD
Very interesting books, JD. Thanks for sharing!
This is truly my short-list of books I find myself reflecting on often.
Thank you,
JD
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