Leaders are learners, and learners are leaders. Here’s a solid list of books with some great takeaways. You can see My Reading List for 2023 here.
- Atomic Habits by James Clear (second time).
- The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann.
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason.
- Out of the Maze by Dr. Spencer Johnson.
- Win the Day by Mark Batterson.
Each of these classics is an easy read and chock full of wisdom, inspiration, and life-changing experience. Pick up any of these, and you’ll be better for the read. They’re easy to read and clearly understood with amazing insight. Here are some of my quick refrigerator takeaways.
- Winners and losers have the same goals.
- Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese. (Sorta like new wine doesn’t do well in old wineskins).
- When you change what you believe, you change what you do.
- Focus more on what can go right than what can go wrong.
- Identity comes before goals. In fact, your identity should beget your goals.
- Forget about win-win; forget about 50-50. Focus on the other person’s win. Fifty-fifty is a losing proposition.
- You can’t go in two directions at once. If you chase two rabbits, you will catch neither one.
- Tell me the last time you were uncomfortable, and I’ll tell you the last time you grew. ~Mark Batterson.
- Most of us don’t get what we want because we don’t really know what we want.
- You don’t find time, you make time.
- Focus on what you have, not on what you don’t have.
- Control what you can control. Don’t fret over what you can’t control.
- Religion is spelled do. Christianity is spelled done.
- A good player works hard to win the game everyone else is playing. A great player creates a new game that favors their strengths and avoids their weaknesses.
- Being broke and being rich are both decisions. What you focus on is what you get. This works with money, friends, relationships, time, and dreams. #thinkaboutit