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The Roman philosopher Epictetus once said, “Books are the training weights of the mind”.
Reading is an exercise that enriches the way we think, feel, and behave. Reading makes it possible to reach a new understanding about ourselves and the world and to expand our knowledge.
In this article, Paul Jun draws up a subjective list of the books he feels are timeless and helpful in both our personal and professional endeavors. Actually reading reflects a willingness to learn and change minds, to be open to new ideas and concepts that may indeed bolster both personal and professional endeavors.
Here is the list:
1. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays translation)
2. Mastery by Robert Greene
3. Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
4. Linchpin by Seth Godin
5. inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity by Tina Seelig
6. Lying by Sam Harris
7. Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits by Debbie Millman
8. Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War edited by Larry Hedrick
9. Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
10. How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One by Stanley Fish
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In an article published on Lifehack, Joe Vennare identifies some 15 best books especially would-be leaders need to read to define leadership and how to apply it, to communicate and motivate teamwork, and to keep going on.
According to John Coleman, ‘broad reading habits are often a defining characteristic of our greatest leaders’. Reading has shown to lead many benefits in leadership development. It improves communication, emotional intelligence and organizational effectiveness and reduces stress.
Nowadays business people seems to be reading less. Sometimes because they are not sufficiently convinced of the importance of reading. In other cases because they don’t know what they should read or they think they don’t have the time.
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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
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Time constraints are constantly limiting our ability and efficiency in reading books and, above all, retaining what we have read in the long run.
Upgrading our reading skills would certainly help us in optimizing the time and effort we put into it, bringing positive benefits in our daily life and work.
In this article from blinkist.com, Caitlin Schiller lists 6 science based tips aimed at improving our reading method:
Click here to read the full article.
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On December 2014 Bob Sutton, Professor at Stanford University, published the long-awaited list of 12 books (or 13…) recently published books that every leader should read.
This is the list:
1. The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer.
2. Influence by Robert Cialdini.
3. Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath.
4. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
5. Collaboration by Morten Hansen.
6. Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie.
7. Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull.
8. Leading Teams by J. Richard Hackman.
9. Give and Take by Adam Grant.
10. Parkinson’s Law by the late C. Northcote Parkinson.
11. To Sell is Human, by Dan Pink.
12. The Path Between the Seas by historian David McCullough.
Sutton suggests also to add a 13th book published in April 2015: Work Rules by Laszlo Bock.
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The Roman philosopher Epictetus once said, “Books are the training weights of the mind”.
Reading is an exercise that enriches the way we think, feel, and behave. Reading makes it possible to reach a new understanding about ourselves and the world and to expand our knowledge.
In this article, Paul Jun draws up a subjective list of the books he feels are timeless and helpful in both our personal and professional endeavors. Actually reading reflects a willingness to learn and change minds, to be open to new ideas and concepts that may indeed bolster both personal and professional endeavors.
According to John Coleman, ‘broad reading habits are often a defining characteristic of our greatest leaders’. Actually reading has shown to lead many benefits in leadership development: it improves communication, emotional intelligence and organizational effectiveness and reduces stress.
Unfortunately, nowadays business people seems to be reading less, maybe because they are not sufficiently convinced of the importance of reading, they don’t know what they should read or because they think they don’t have the time.
In this article on Lifehack, Joe Vennare identifies some 15 best leadership books especially would-be leaders need to read to define leadership and how applied it, communicate and motivate teamwork, and keep going on.
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