The Reading Challenge Group discussion

From October to December I am planning to finish this decade of a year by reading 12 self-development books on leadership, resilience and change management! I hope to take at least 1 point from each book I read and apply in my life. The first book I will be reading is No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline.

I am super excited as this month kickstarts the 90-Day Reading for Self-Development Challenge from The Book Club 52|52: Reading for Self-development & Growth

I've made a pledge to read 12 books on business leadership and entrepreneurism during this period. I'll let you know how I get on in this thread, but if you would like to join me you can find out more information here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

#1. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Key Takeaways: Practice and hard work is the key to success. Beware of self-deception due to unconscious bias.


#2. No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline

Key Takeaways: The importance of taking personal responsibility and applying self-discipline in life. I rather like the idea of creating the 'disaster report' when facing up to fears.

#3. The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work

Key Takeaways: This book just had so many potential takeaways that it was hard to really nail it down to just one! There are some great scientific studies presented in this book that show in life how we can be bound by our own constraints. When we become aware of this we can further our growth, which leads to goals. Goals should always be growth rather than success based!

#4. Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results

Key Takeaways: How will power (self-discipline) and not motivation drive us towards our goals. It's the smaller habits that can be the most important to form.

#5. Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less - and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined

Key Takeaways: A great reminder that sometimes less is really more and 'chasing' does not get us ahead. I will be setting time limits/time frames and instead of hunting out new resources I plan to work with what ever I have got and stick to my own path - not get distracted by what others have/have done. Creativity is key.

6. Brian Tracy's Eat That Frog!

Key Takeaway: Defeating procrastination by focusing on values, planning time and complete hardest most important tasks first.

"Tackle every day like you’re leaving for a trip the next."

What are you reading this weekend? 📚

If you would like to learn more about the 90-Day Self-Development Challenge visit: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

#7. The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Is You: Command an Audience and Sell Your Way to Success

Key Takeaway: I have read a lot of self-development books this year and this book covers a lot of similar themes, however something I will be applying is the 'Strike Method' in order to grab the attention of the audience when I am public speaking.

Sorry... I've been really busy and not got around to updating my own reading list, whoops. Here are my reads of November!

#8. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad OnesAtomic Habits

#9. Do Breathe: Calm your mind. Find focus. Get stuff done

#10. Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

#11. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us