Weiting's 2021 Books Read and Recommended

To be honest, I have a very hard time finding time to sit down and read. I'm not a fast reader. I find that I have a hard time focusing on text, videos, and audio for an extended period of time. I have been more of a learn-by-doing human.

I've picked up books, started it, and then stopped reading because "life got busy". That's a sorry ass of an excuse - I know.  I failed to complete several books - all listed below. 

It's emotionally painful for me because I want to read more and I want to read FASTER. There exists knowledge in books and I want to learn more. I believe that life's a lifelong learning journey. 

What's interesting is that it's very different from my ability to do deep work for several hours without interruption. No music, no social media, no phone distractions - I can do that no problem. But when it comes to reading, that is not the case.

With that in mind, I set out to read just 1 book a month in 2021. My thoughts were: if I can just read 1 book a month, I have grown a little bit wiser this month than where I was last month. 

On December 25, 2021, I counted the number of books I read. To my surprise, I finished 15 solid books. I didn't finish 1 book per month as some months got away from me. 

Some may look at this and laugh at the fact I was only able to read 15 books. For me, I celebrated because it's a win in my books and I will take it. 

1. What Happened to You? - Bruce D Perry, Oprah Winfrey

2. Who: The A Method for Hiring - Smart, Geoff, Street, Randy

3. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business - Hubbard, Douglas W.

4. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Exposed and Explained by the World's Two - Ries, Al, Trout, Jack

5. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon - Brad Stone

6. My Own Words - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett (With), Wendy W. Williams (With)