The books that shaped my 2016

‘Love of learning’ in VIA and ‘Learner’ in Gallup, is one of my top strengths, and it typically manifests as either participating in a lot of MOOC‘s or reading a lot of books. I’m trying to move more towards learning by doing, and moving more towards applied concerns, but I guess some reflection on the books I read in 2016 and which left a mark on me are in order. I read a total of 16 books completely in 2016 as per goodreads, and I had set a challenge of reading at least 25 books in the year, so I did fall short of target. Not all books I read made a lasting impact and here are the ones that did. First off, I read Poke, from start to finish, on the very first day of the year and here is my review that I posted on goodreads. Started the new year in a meta way by reading this book about starting and initiating, and found it such an interesting read that finished it in one setting. A really good book to hone up your ‘Activator’ strength. Motivated to start and ship ( and fail, and succeed) multiple projects this year. And that set the tone for the year, where I did start multiple times, and fail and fail fast, and maybe ship once or twice too.   Next up was Leadership, again a short book finished in a short time with an equally short review: Leadership: What Every Leader Needs to Know by John C. Maxwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars a good short read about why and how to increase your influence View all my reviews   A bo...
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