My summer reading picks
I’m a voracious reader and always look forward to this time of year when I get a bit of extra time to relax and recharge with a good book.
One of the people I turn to for recommendations is Indigo CEO, Heather Reisman. Heather recently challenged me to come up with my own list, so here it is: 10 great reads for the summer.
Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb
Principles by Ray Dalio
Sapiens: A brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
The Hard thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
A Life Well Played by Arnold Palmer
Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Hillbilly Elegy: A memoir of a family and culture in crisis by J.D. Vance
Elon Musk: Telsa, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastical Future by Ashlee Vance
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
What are your recommendations?
Director, Digital Experience at Frontdoor, Inc.
5 年Radical Candor, The Underground Railroad, and Hillbilly Elegy are all outstanding reads. I would also recommend Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek and Daring Greatly and Dare to Lead by Brené Brown.
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CRISC, SCF (SABSA), PMP, ISP 27001 LA, ITIL, SCJP
6 年The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits (By C.K.Prahalad).?The book (as the title suggest) is about one of the approach to tackle the “Poverty” and to take on this issue in a much different way. It elaborates the approach not only by theory but by some of the successful examples across the world.
Fundamental Research Analyst | Lifelong Learner |
6 年Principles by Ray Dalio is an excellent gift to everyone who wants to be successful in life. I find it full of simple & effective rules for self improvement: - Be an independent thinker - Learn from mistakes & don’t repeat the same mistakes; make new ones & learn! - Quality of your decisions will determine the quality of your life! - Look for meaningful relationships In the words of Ray Dalio: “they’re the recipes for success. And if one operates in a principled way, where you know your principles and you’re refining them and you’re clear about them, magical things happen. And I feel a responsibility to pass those things along and then let people do whatever they want with them.”
Business System Analyst
6 年I would recommend?The Art of? everything; Mindsharing.?So what exactly is Mindsharing anyway and why is it so important to not just all of us, but for business too? Lior Zoref calls “Mindsharing a form of crowdsourcing that doesn’t ask people to think for us but instead to think with us”. What I found captivating reading this book, is the real life stories and business case examples of the extraordinary potential that is possible when you combine, technology to foster authentic relationships, strategically, organically; not only for personal, but business as well. Once you start reading this book, you will not be able to stop!