#BookAWeek

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A few impactful from 2020

  • Drive Safe, Stop Safe - Eddie Chapman Jr., Zoe Haugo, and Neil Shulman, MD

  • Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

  • The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse - Charlie Macksey

  • The Question is "Why?" - Eric Steven Zimmer

  • 1919 - Eve L. Ewing 

  • Iyeska  - Charles Trimble

  • The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin

  • The Rapid City Indian School 1893-1933 - Scott Riney

  • The Sneetches and Other Stories - Dr. Seuss

  • The Book of Awakening - Mark Nepo

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A few favorites from 2019

  • Felicity - Mary Oliver

  • March: Book One - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell

  • The Sneetches and Other Stories - Dr. Seuss

  • 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

  • The Simple Path to Wealth - JL Collins

  • Leonardo Da Vinci - Walter Isaacson

  • Beneath A Scarlet Sky - Mark Sullivan

  • Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead 

  • Black Elk Speaks - John Niehardt

  • Loving You, Thinking of You, Don't Forget to Pray: Letters to My Son - Jacqueline L  Jackson

  • Leadership in Turbulent Times - Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • Jewish Pioneers of the Black Hills Gold Rush - Ann Haber Stanton 

  • The Book of Awakening - Mark Nepo

In 1990, I attended a sales conference in San Diego, CA that changed my professional life. During a session, a presenter encouraged the attendees to take away something meaningful they could apply to the way they did business. He challenged me, along with the rest of the audience, to read one book a week saying that it would, over time, provide a professional knowledge base for our chosen field that we could rely on and feel comfortable with. I  accepted the challenge!

Shortly after the conference, I began reading one book a week and have remained committed to this form of professional education.

You know what? The presenter was right!

I present the same challenge to you. I challenge you to read, think and apply. I too believe that the way to grow rich is through thought. Earl Nightingale said it best, “We become what we think about, most of the time.”

Happy Reading