📚 Books that have shaped your life and career

I love this topic! Immediately two books come to mind: 

1. Extreme Ownership by Jocko Wilkins and Leif Babin: This is a very popular book and concept. Overall, this book is great not just for work, but for personal growth as well. Taking the mindset that you own everything in your world, whether you are a manager or not, will just change the way you operate. 
2. Make it Stick by Peter Brown: This book is really good and reminding us of the fundamentals and foundational components of how we learn, not just memorize. I think it’s a great book for all individuals in the learning and training field to read and remember different components of learning we may have forgotten or not even have learned ourselves. 

I can give five books that I would say are the five books that consistently quote from on a regular basis. They have certainly impacted my day to day. (List not in a particular order)

The Energy Bus - Jon Gordon

Emotional Design: Why We Love or Hate Everyday Things - Don Norman

Don’t Make Me Think - Steve Krug

Understanding by Design - Wiggins and McTighe

Bible

Oooh! I see two already listed that I can give a whole bunch of thumbs up to: Make It Stick and Understanding by Design. These have guided my practice for years. So too has the Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning edited by Richard Mayer for thinking about learner engagement and retention. 

The End of Average by Todd Rose is somewhat L&D adjacent in that creating one-size-fits-all experiences ends up fitting no one in particular. Yet, we still do this day in and day out with everything else in our lives.

Extreme Ownership is a great read for anyone in a leadership role. It challenges you to focus on what you can own and influence rather than what's getting in the way. Simple concepts, but very powerful in practice.

Great topic. A business-y book that I recommend and one that I have picked up off the shelf and re-read chapters a few times is….  Build by Tony Faddell.  He was a tech guy, interesting career. Nest, iPhone, and other items

Three books that has the most effect on me

• Atomic Habits,
• CEO Excellence,
• Zero to One

Urban Myths about Learning and Education 

By: Pedro De Bruyckere, Paul A. Kirschner and Casper D. Hulshof

Blow-your-mind and really change your perspective on some of the most well-known Learning “facts” that appear to be myths.