Man. 2019 was jam-packed with “to-do”. My list seemed to get longer as the year went by. With so much “to-do” some things slipped to the wayside. I only read seven books this year. SEVEN. For me, that’s not good enough. I know I can do better. And, I can tell myself all day that there were plenty of good reasons that I didn’t read more. But if I’m honest, truly honest, I got lazy. Don’t get me wrong, I accomplished a lot of goals this year. But I know myself. I could have read more.
Why am I saying this?
Because I am going to kick my own butt into high gear for 2020! I want 2020 to be my best year yet. And I want your year to be the same. Who is with me?
In 2018, I read 24 books. I know I can do that again. So this year, I am striving to read 36 books. Oy. Did I just say 36?! What am I thinking?! This is going to be difficult. But I believe I can stretch myself to where I want to be and this is just one way of doing that. Did you know the average CEO reads 5 books every month, for a total of 60 books per year? Warren Buffet says, “Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest.” It’s all a mindset. Set your mind now to accomplish your reading goal. You can do it! We can do it!
Okay. So here are my 2020 picks for reading:
| Fake Robert Kiyosaki | |
| Tools of the Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers Timothy Ferriss | |
| The Right It: Why So Many Ideas Fail and How to Make Sure Yours Succeed Alberto Savoia | |
| Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares | |
| Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability Steve Krug | |
| 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People Susan Weinschenk | |
| Radical Candor Kim Scott | |
| Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Chip & Dan Heath | |
| Eat that Frog! Brian Tracy | |
| The 4-Hour Work Week Timothy Ferriss | |
| Organize Tomorrow Today Dr. Jason Selk & Tom Bartow | |
| Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Cal Newport | |
| 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think Laura Vanderkam | |
| Surge: Your Guide to Put Any Idea Into Action Matt Kane, Steve Garguilo and Sergiy Skoryk | |
| Today & Tomorrow Henry Ford | |
| Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption Thales Teixeira | |
| Social Media Marketing for the Future: Strategies for 2020 & Beyond: Stay Ahead of the Competition JE Ford | |
| The Business of Social Media: Clients & Customers Not Just Likes & Followers Angela K. Denton | |
| Shoe Dog Phil Knight | |
| Essentialism Greg McKeown | |
| The Answer John Assarsaf | |
| Zero to One Peter Thiel | |
| Simplify: How the Best Businesses in the World Succeed Richard Koch | |
| The Thank You Economy Gary V | |
| Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business Frances Frei and Anne Morris | |
| Unleash the Power of Storytelling: Win Hearts, Change Minds, Get Results Rob Biesenbach | |
| Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies Michael Gerber | |
| Lay an Egg and Make Chicken Soup: The Holistic Innovation Process from Concept to Market Expansion Arie Bush | |
| Atomic Habits James Clear | |
| The Essays Warren Buffett | |
| The Innovator’s Dilemma Clayton Christensen | |
| The Four Steps to the Epiphany Steve Blank | |
| Serve to Lead James Stroke | |
| Idea to Execution Ari Meisel | |
| The 80 / 20 Principle Richard Koch | |
| Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got Jay Abraham |
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