What books are you planning to read in 2015?
It seems like a daunting task to create a list of books, conferences, and other learning opportunities, but as we begin the year together, it seems having a plan is the best (and only way) to ensure we take growth steps.
One thing: Before you look at my list, I’d love to know what YOU are planning to read. Even better, what have you read that is a MUST READ that I’m missing on my list?
Also, in case you’re wondering, here were my favorite books from 2014!
Here are the books I’m planning to read in 2015.
Personal Development
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
The In-Between: Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing
by Jeff Goins
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World
by Rosalind Wiseman
Professional Development and Leadership
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry by John Piper
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
Everything Connects: How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation, and Sustainability by Faisal Hoque
Small Move, Big Change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently by Caroline L. Arnold
The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization by Peter F. Drucker
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Dont by Simon Sinek
The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
by William Rosen
The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson
Likeable Leadership: A Collection of 65+ Inspirational Stories on Marketing, Your Career, Social Media & More by Dave Kerpen
Rapid Results!: How 100-Day Projects Build the Capacity for Large-Scale Change by Robert H. Schaffer
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven D. Levitt
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
Spiritual
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality by Richard Beck
A Tale of three Kings: A Study in Brokenness by Gene Edwards
A Framework for Understanding Poverty; A Cognitive Approach by Ruby K. Payne
Communication and Preaching
Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today by John R.W. Stott
Saying It Well: Touching Others with Your Words by Charles R. Swindoll
The Serious Guide to Joke Writing: How To Say Something Funny About Anything by Sally Holloway
The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny by Peter McGraw and Joel Warner
Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron
Fiction
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King
Biography
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General
by Bill O’Reilly
