I was inspired by this post by Julien Smith Jan. 1st. I love it. And I am doing it. I am going to read one book a week in 2010.
I’ve been wanting to read more books. And the pile of unread material is stacking up nicely in both my office and next to the bedside table. It’s time to focus. Julien’s post was all I needed to get a goal in mind and get motivated. And of course, business authors are pretty darn important to us here in the High Velocity organization with our Video Dust Jacket Tour…
So, I will post once a week to let you know how I am doing, and to catalog all the books I am reading. Wish me well! If you want your book added to this reading list, EMAIL ME HERE!
Ultimately, all 52 books will be listed below. Here is the initial list:
WEEK ONE [January 1 - January 7] Conventional Wisdom, How Today’s Leaders Plan, Perform, and Progress Like the Founding Fathers, by Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
WEEK TWO [January 8 - January 14] The Tipping Point, How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell
WEEK THREE [January 15 - January 21] Think About It…96 challenging ideas to accelerate the methodical, relentless, continuous improvement of your sales process, by Todd Youngblood
WEEK FOUR [January 22 - January 28] Permission Marketing, Turning Strangers Into Friends, And Friends Into Customers, by Seth Godin
WEEK FIVE [January 29 - February 4] Linchpin, Are You Indispensable?, by Seth Godin
WEEK SIX [February 5 - February 11] Marketing: Unmasked, Insider’s Tips + Tricks For Success In Small Business Marketing, by Stephanie Frost + Erik Wolf
WEEK SEVEN [February 12 - February 18] Survival Is Not Enough, Zooming, Evolution, and the Future of Your Company, by Seth Godin
WEEK EIGHT The Leap, How 3 Simple Changes Can Propel Your Career from Good to Great, by Rick Smith
WEEK NINE Blue Ocean Strategy, How To Create Uncontested Market Space and Make The Competition Irrelevant, by W. Chan Kim + Renee Mauborgne
WEEK TEN Selling To The C-Suite, by Nicholas Read + Stephen J. Bistritz
WEEK ELEVEN My Little Black Book To Success, by Tom Marquardt
FUTURE BOOKS:
Drive, by Daniel Pink
Escape from Cubicle Nation, by Pam Slim
Business Stripped Bare, by Richard Branson
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good job– putting Seth Godin books in there will get you ahead really quickly and give you room for more dense volumes. cheers man.
Thanks Julien. Appreciate you checking in. Yeah, as you can see, got a large stack of unread books, and many are Seth’s. Got “The Dip” in reserve for when I fall behind…