Books

Currently reading

Dune by Frank Herbert

A coach’s guide to developing exemplary leaders by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

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Books I’ve read

2022

  1. January: The Time Machine and Other Stories by H. G. Wells (gifted by Griffin Yang)
  2. April: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight (recommended by Leo Siu)
  3. June: How much land does a man need? and other stories by Leo Tolstoy (gifted from Serena Yang)
  4. November: Coaching for performance by John Whitmore (recommended by John Novosad)

2021

  1. January: Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything by Alexandra Carter (recommended by John Novosad)
  2. February: The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger (recommended by Leo Siu)
  3. September: Principles by Ray Dalio (recommended by John Novosad
  4. October: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (recommended by Rick Mickelson)

2020

  1. January: Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts (recommended by John Novosad)

2019

  1. January: Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon (recommended by Georgina MacDonald)
  2. April: Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka (recommended by Jana O’Connor)
  3. May: Never Give Up: Jack Ma In his Own Words by Suk Lee and Bob Song (recommended by John Novosad)
  4. November: Getting to Yes Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury (recommended by Jill Strachan)
  5. December: Leadership is an Art by Max De Pree (recommended by John Novosad)

2018

  1. January: Discipline Without Damage: How to Get Your Kids to Behave Without Messing Them Up by Dr. Vanessa Lapointe
  2. March: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen (recommended by John Novosad)
  3. June: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
  4. October: Future Edge by Joel Arthur Barker (recommended by John Novosad)

2017

  1. February: Speak like Churchill and Stand like Lincoln by James C. Humes (Notes)
  2. December: You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

2016

  1. January: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
  2. February: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (recommended by David Crow)
  3. March: The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley
  4. April: Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell (PDF)

2015

  1. January: The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard (recommended by Brian Westgate)
  2. March: Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
  3. August: General System Theory Foundations, Development, Applications by Ludwig von Bertalanffy
  4. November: The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams by Ken Blanchard, Donald Carew and Eunice Parisi-Carew
  5. December: The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkeys by Kenneth Blanchard, William Oncken and Hal Burrows (recommended by Brian Westgate)

2014

  1. June: Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers by Michael C. Jackson
  2. November: Do Fathers Matter? What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We’ve Overlooked by Paul Raeburn

2013

  1. February: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick (Indirectly recommended by the Seattle Museum)
  2. March: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Recommended by Marcelle Harapiak)
  3. April: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (Recommended by Russell Books – 734 Fort Street)
  4. June: The Chrysalids by John Wyndham (Recommended by Nathan Hudon)
  5. July: Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results by Thomas Davenport, Jeanne Harris and Robert Morison

2012

  1. January: Paranoia – Joseph Finder (Recommended by Keely Thornton)
  2. December: Meditations – Marcus Aurelius (Recommended by Ryan Holiday)

2010

  1. Cashflow Quadrant – Robert T. Kiyosaki (Recommended by David Coey)

2009

  1. How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie (Recommended by Leo Siu)

2008

  1. Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell (Recommended by Catherine Larson)
  2. The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama

2003

  1. Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert T. Kiyosaki (Recommended by David Coey)

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