I love reading! When most of my peers were struggling learning to read simple words I was reading full novels, such as the Hardy Boys. By the time I was 10 years old (maybe earlier, my parents might remember) I had amassed a library that covered one entire wall of my bedroom. I noticed that as time has passed there are more demands on my attention and reading books has slowly fallen away. In fact in all of 2016 I did not read a single book! That needed to change. For 2017 I set what I thought at the time was an ambitious goal:
Read a minimum of two books per month; one for education and one for pleasure.
Once I got rolling I blew that goal right out of the water with 45 books!
I want to see if I can nearly double that number to 80 books in 2018.
January
– Piranha by Clive Cussler
– Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller
– How’s your soul by Judah Smith
– American Assasin by Vince Flynn
February
– Vision Blockers by dr Eric Scroggins
– Marine Diesel Mechanics by Nigel Calder
March
– Presidents Shadow by Brad Meltzer. Poorly written
– Emperors’ Revenge by Clive Cussler
– How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
– The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner
– Be a People Person by John C Maxwell
April
– Seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey
– How to build a website by Greg Rickaby
– *Do not recall the title :(*
May
– Sea Trials by Wendy Hinman
– 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
– The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2017-2020
– Tightwads on the Loose by Wendy Hinman
June
– I would like to inform you that tomorrow we will die with our families
– 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C Maxwell
July
– 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C Maxwell *Yes I read it twice!
– JMT training materials
August
– JMT training materials
– 15 Laws of Growth by John C Maxwell
September
– 15 Laws of Growth
– JMT coach training resources
October
– Start with Why – Simon Sinek
– Good Leaders ask Great Questions – John Maxwell
– JMT Coach Training
– The White Mountains by John Christopher
– The City of Gold and Lead by John Christophero
– The Pool of Fire by John Christopher
November
– Extreme Ownership
– Structuring Zero Down Deals with Joe Crump. *Poorly written. Tries to write from the buyer and seller perspective at the same time. Only about lease to own contracts.
– The Bootstrap VA by Lisa Morosky
– 7 Years to 7 Figure Wealth by Brandon Turner
– Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
– How to create your ultimate mastermind team by Liz Seda & Scott insmore
– Return of Tarzan
– The beasts of Tarzan
December
– Put your dream to the test – John Maxwell
– Son of Tarzan
– The lean startup
– Acres of Diamonds by Russel Conwell
– The Personal MBA