The books thread!

UnixGuy

Happy New Year TE! it's almost 2019 (where did 2018 go...)

2018 was a busy year for me, and I managed to read few non-IT books, this was by far my most favourite book:

Maximum Achievement Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed by Tracy Brian

It was an overall excellent read, and dare I say, It's been a life changing book for me!

What's been your favourite book in 2018?

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stryder144

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins.

Swift6

The E-myth revisited, Michael E. Gerber

Meggo

Nonfiction: Writing Without Bullshit by Josh Bernoff (really recommend this for anyone looking to improve their writing)
Fiction: Uprooted by Naomi Novik (wizards, witches and magic. Borderline YA fiction, but a fun read)

DatabaseHead

I'm a very average writer @Meggo I'll take a look at that book.

UnixGuy

@Meggo is the writing book focused on business writing or just general writing? I need to work on my business writing skills. I'm learning little bit of business writing in the MBA but I there's no dedicated course to teach it!

Mike7

How to be Everything by Emilie Wapnick

Ted talk at
https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling

Meggo

@UnixGuy business. Here's a link to the description: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062477153/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_CUTkCbKFRHZXH

UnixGuy

Sweet! I just bought the book @Meggo it's like 2$ on kindle!!

I might just keep adding the (self-development) books that I read here... It'll be good to see what everyone else recommend

Daskery

The little prince and The Kite Runner.

NEODREAM

The Alchemist and The Transhumanist Wager

10Linefigure

Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall

Great book that talks about the complexities of the world and how physical geography and history still impacts us today, no matter how far technology has come in some places.

Dakinggamer87

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth - John Maxwell
Simply amazing and life changing!!

MalwareMike

This thread lead me to Amazon to review some of the books and now I have 7 books in my shopping cart, thanks

ruthbeck

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

tedjames

Does a CISSP prep guide count? That's all I had time to read...

stryder144

Dang it! I shouldn't have looked up the Brian Tracy book. Now I have added several more books to my Kindle account. Not to mention, I am currently studying for ITIL 4 Foundation and CISSP exams. Not enough time!

UnixGuy

@Meggo I finished writing without bullshit, I really liked it! I'm using a lot of those tips in my day to day work!

NetworkNewb

Digital Minimalism

anthonx

Meggo, So I bought the book (Writing Without Bullshit by Josh Bernoff) as you recommended but haven't read it yet. I find the books of Angela Maniak really helpful for report writing. Especially, the book "Writing High-Impact Reports". I also have her book on "Report Writing Internal Auditors". Anyways, Humble Bundle now has a collection for Write Like a Writer. It looks interesting but I wonder if anyone here bought the collection. If you can share your feedback, it will be most appreciated.

Meggo

@UnixGuy I'm so glad you liked it! It's still one of my favorites. I just finished this one over the weekend: https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Lies-about-Work-Freethinking-ebook/dp/B07C3ZT28C

If you're into leadership books, I think it's definitely worth reading. It's radically different than any other leadership book I've read, and co-authored by Cisco's Leadership and Team Intel leader. Ashley Goodall.

UnixGuy

NetworkNewb said:

Digital Minimalism

Everyone's talking about this! a couple of friends disabled their facebook permanently after reading this LOL

I love the author, I'll probably read it at some point

UnixGuy

I recently finished this, the author presents a challenging idea, and it'll probably change the way you think/see things

Breaking out of Homeostasis Achieve Mind-Body Mastery and Continue Evolving When Others Stagnate by Sunstrom Ludvig

the_Grinch

Hm might get that one!

UnixGuy

Well I've got 2 x weeks break from uni (not from work)...I'm catching up on some reading but all of it is exercise and fitness related. I'm planning to write my own book in the same genre so maybe I'll do that in the next couple months

Jimssin

Like this thread, always let me get a lot of information.

UnixGuy

Read two awesome books recently. I read in the train and in public transport as my time is all devoted to the MBA on top of full times work!

The first one I picked at an airport, fantastic insights into habits, what makes successful habits, how habits work, how to change them, organisational habits. Excellent read and I got a lot out of it.

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The second book is called Range by David Epstein (the Author of the Sports Gene / another fantastic book).

This book digs deep into the popular idea of hyper specialisation, early starts and the famous 10,000 hours rule. The book goes into research, historical examples, popular examples (Tiger woods, Nadal ..and heaps more). He argues that a diverse background and a 'late' start is an advantage in many fields. I thought this applies well to corporate world (and IT work).

Highly recommended!

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Barbarads

I like Miura Ziyuan, her writing is very natural, like a real story. My two favorite books are The Great Passage, Run with the Wind.

Dogstail

Sheepskin book is so good.

Meggo

This is probably one of the best books I've read in 2019. If you're even remotely involved in product dev, I recommend you check it out! https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-Create-Tech-Products-Customers/dp/1119387507/