I get asked all the time, “How do you make time to read so much?” Or people say things like: “I wish I enjoyed reading as much as you.” “Any time I pick up a book, I fall asleep!” I do enjoy the occasional dose of self-deprecating talk. I try not to take myself tooContinue reading “Practical Advice to Enjoy Reading More”
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The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
Physical Copy: Audiobook: By: Patrick Lencioni Rating: A+ I am doing a deep dive into books about building a world-class team. In searching for the best books, this book popped up in top list after top list. The author illustrates the 5 dysfunctions of teams through a fable of a fictitious struggling Silicon Valley startup.Continue reading “The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”
The Win-Win Wealth Strategy: 7 Investments the Government Will Pay You to Make
Physical Copy: Audiobook: By: Tom Wheelwright Rating: A- You should emulate Donald Trump! Don’t be triggered… By that I mean, I want you to understand the purpose of the tax code and invest your money accordingly. The common fallacy that our culture and media spread is that the rich don’t pay taxes because they cheat.Continue reading “The Win-Win Wealth Strategy: 7 Investments the Government Will Pay You to Make”
Accounting for the Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
Physical Copy: Audiobook: By: Dawn Fotopulos Rating: A “If you want to be successful at managing a business, you need to become proficient at handling certain numbers. Put simply, you need to be able to read and understand your financial dashboard.” Your Financial Dashboard: The Net Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and Balance Sheet YourContinue reading “Accounting for the Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners”
A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus In The C-Suite
Physical Copy: Audiobook: By: Trey Taylor Rating: A- Intro: What is a CEO supposed to do? In an entity like the US federal government, imagine asking the President to swab the decks of a battleship because a Seaman is on leave. This is happening in businesses all over the world, CEOs are constantly doing workContinue reading “A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus In The C-Suite”
Faith Driven Entrepreneur
Physical Copy: Audiobook: By: Henry Kaestner Rating: A Our vocational ministers are vital to God’s kingdom. Few Christians would argue that. However, our Entrepreneurs are JUST AS VITAL to the kingdom. Just as every other uniquely gifted skillset God has given his children. We are not good at telling that story and modeling that toContinue reading “Faith Driven Entrepreneur”
The Infinite Game
Physical Copy: Audiobook: By: Simon Sinek Rating: A “Our lives are finite, but life is infinite. We are the finite players in the infinite game of life. We come and go, we’re born and we die, and life still continues with us or without us.” The concept of the Infinite Game is that businesses developContinue reading “The Infinite Game”
Building Type Basics For Senior Living
Physical Copy: By: Perkins Eastman Rating: A This was my third “Senior Living” focused book. This was an actual textbook. But it WAS readable. It went over all of the things to consider when developing and constructing a senior living facility. There is a lot of intentionality that goes into the buildings to support andContinue reading “Building Type Basics For Senior Living”
Top 5 Books of 2022
Drum roll please….. Here are my top 5 books that I read in 2022. Below are brief descriptions of each book, links to purchase them, and links to my full reviews! Enjoy and use these for your New Year’s Book Reading Resolutions! Audiobook: By: Gino Wickman Rating: A+ Simply put, this is THE book thatContinue reading “Top 5 Books of 2022”
The Intentional Father
Physical Copy: By: Jon Tyson Rating: A+ This is one of the more important books to me. Being a Dad is one of the most important roles I will play in my life. This summary is a longer one. It is meant to be prescriptive. At the end, I created a checklist to summarize theContinue reading “The Intentional Father”