Reading List for the Year.

I recently joined the EntreLeadership All Access program.  This is a division of the Dave Ramsey products for those who want to know.  My goal is to take our businesses to another level, what ever that may be for each of the businesses.  Part of my All Access membership involves them throwing out a book each month for us to read and discuss once a month in the "book club" 

So far, I have had a great deal of fun.  This isn't a teaching exercise from the staff, they are reading the book along with us and we just get together and discuss what we learned or what struck us or what we enjoyed in it for a month.  

So far I have read the first two books along with them since I joined.  The first was
Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith.  The second is Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.

My third book is on the way so before I start it I am trying to finish The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. by Marie Kondo. 

One of the things that has challenged me for the remainder of this year and a long time to come I hope is to read as much as I can.  Two reasons have presented themselves to me to cause this.  Well one really but put in two parts.  Dave Ramsey organization over and over says.. "Leaders are Readers"  and I have also heard quoted in various places.  "if you want to be an authority on a subject, it takes 10,000 hours of research and practice on that subject."  That means that at my point in life, I really don't have the time it would take to go to college and get a masters in HR and a masters in Business Development and a degree in what ever they call the degree in dispatching.  But I CAN figure out area by area what I need to know and I can read, listen to videos, research, and find those who already know what I need to know and are willing to share it with the rest of the world and I can spend that 10,000 hours of "my own time" learning and growing and being the best at this business that I can be.

The goal that I have set for myself at this point is two books a month.  It doesn't matter what the page count in the book is but two books a month, minimum.  I also plan to actually READ the books so that I can take notes.  Audio books are great for some people but I tend to not focus well and space in and out.  Any of the things I listen to I end up listening to three or four times so its just easier to take the time to read. 

I will over time update the books that I am reading at the time either on this blog or one of my other blog spaces titled My Own Front Door. 

If you have read any of the books and would like to discuss them, I would love to have people jump in and share with me. 

What business books have YOU read that mattered to you?