Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. -Richard Steele
2019 List of the Books I have read:
- The Diamond Age -Neal Stephenson
- Man Up -Bedros Keuilian
- The Richest Man in Babylon -George S. Clason
- The Book of Five Rings -Miyamoto Musashi
- Mini Habits -Stephen Guise
- Invent It, Sell It, Bank It -Lori Greiner
- Pilgrim’s Progress -John Bunyan
- Speak to Win -Brian Tracy
- Can’t Hurt Me -David Goggins
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck -Mark Manson
- The Virtues of War -Steven Pressfield
- Pushing to the Front -Orison Swett Marden
- Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us -Seth Godin
- The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath -William Walker Atkinson
- Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy World -Gary Vaynerchuk
- Dune -Frank Herbert
- Dune Messiah -Frank Herbert
- Children of Dune -Frank Herbert
- Skin in the Game -Nassim Nicholas Taleb
2018 List of the Books I have read (Books in bold will most likely be read again):
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain
- Freakanomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything –Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin –Benjamin Franklin
- Walden –Henry David Thoreau
- 12 Rules For for Life: An Antidote to Chaos –Jordan B. Peterson
- Meditations –Marcus Aurelius
- The Alchemist –Paulo Coelho
- Siddhartha –Hermann Hesse
- As a Man Thinketh –James Allen
- Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual –Jocko Willink
- The Master Key System –Charles F. Haanel
- The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles –Steven Pressfield
- R.R. Tolkien: A Life Inspired –Wyatt North
- The Warrior Ethos –Steven Pressfield
- Intermittent Fasting –Michelle Johnson
- Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires –Timothy Ferriss
- Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War –Dakota Meyer
- Sam Walton: Made in America –Sam Walton
- The Afghan Campaign –Steven Pressfield
- The Metamorphosis –Franz Kafka
- Matterhorn –Karl Marlantes
- Think and Grow Rich –Napolean Hill
- 1984 –George Orwell
- Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action –Simon Sinek
- Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial Destiny –Tony Robbins
- Ambition and Success –Orison Swett Marden
- John Wesley Hardin: Texas Gunman –Lewis Nordyke
- Lord Byron: The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Romantic Poet –Charles River Editors
- How to Win Friends and Influence People –Dale Carnegie
- Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion –Gary Vaynerchuk
- The Elements of Style –William Strunk Jr.
- The Ego is the Enemy –Ryan Holiday
- Open –Andre Agassi
- Iacocca: An Autobiography –Lee Iacocca