The preacher of my childhood church, Norman Bales, had a huge influence on me beyond just, y'know, teaching me scriptures and what it meant to be a Christian - which, incidentally, doesn't seem to be anything close to what many consider Christianity today - but that's another post.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Day 2: 15 Influential Speakers - Pastor Norman Bales
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
That One DARE Speaker...
THAT ONE D.A.R.E. Speaker. No idea who it was, but he came in to our Jr. High, I believe, and put the fear of God in us. Even then, my thoughts basically went to "I could say that better than he is".
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Monday, January 1, 2024
Books Read in 2023
I wanted to cut down a bit on the number of books I read in 2023 from the prior year - and succeeded a bit. 80 books last year, 46 this year (or 60, when you add in Volumes 1-11 of Sandman, and 3 other large comic book compilations). So that is a big reduction. In 2024, I'll try to cut it even further, and focus more on the books I'm reading, and re-read some old books as well.
Reading is always valuable - but it can become a bit of a time suck, as well. Making quantity a goal tends to diminish returns.
Physical Books
Steve
Jobs - Walter Isaacson - 578
The
Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - 312
Kindle Books
The
9 1/2 Unbreakable Rules of Marketing - Cathey Armillas & Jeff
Berry - 242
Resilience
- Rick & Forrest Hanson - 283
World
Class Speaking in Action - Valentine, Others - 387
Bundle
Your Brilliance - Nancy Giere - 159
No
BS Guide to Powerful Presentations - Dan Kennedy - 166
Performing
Under Pressure - Hendrie Weisinger & J.P. Pawliw-Fry - 302
Million
Dollar Coach - Taki Moore - 172
Get
Rich Now - Brain Tracy - 214
The
Greatness Mindset - Lewis Howes - 322
Secret
Formulas of the Wizard of Ads - Roy Williams - 240
Wizard
of Ads - Roy Williams - 245
The
Feiner Things - Erick Feinendegen - 278
Million
Dollar Consulting - Alan Weiss - 306
Speak
to Reach - Joe Grondin - 95
Total Pages (Physical and Kindle): 4382
Total Books (Physical and Kindle): 16
Audio Books:
Be Obsessed or
Be Average - Grant Cardone - 11:04
Radical
Confidence - Lisa Bilyeu - 7:07
How To Be
Heard - Julian Treasure - 12:29
Becoming a
Sales Pro - Tom Hopkins - 5:00
Billion Dollar
Club - Lawrence Ingrassia - 8:35
The Power of
One More - Ed Mylett - 5:19
Put Your Ass
Where Your Heart Wants to Be - Steven Pressfield - 1:55
Unf**k Your
Brain - Faith G. Harper - 3:39
Differentiate
or Die - Jack Trout, Steve Rifkin - 6:18
Deliberate
Discomfort - Jason BA Van Camp - 10:36
The Decision -
Kevin Hart - 5:54
Tireless - Kim
Lorenz - 10:19
Do One Thing
Well - Daniel Roberts - :55
How to Own
Your Own Mind - Napoleon Hill - 7:45
Two Weeks
Notice - Amy Porterfield - 7:38
10x Mentor -
Grant Cardone - 11:37
Mindset -
Carol S. Dweck - 10:23
Do It Selling
- David Newman - 5:30
The Science of
Motivation - Brian Tracy, Dan Strutzel - 7:06
How to Talk to
Anybody, Anytime, Anywhere - Chris Widener - :33
Learned
Optimism - Marty Seligman - 1:23
The Confidence
Gap - Russ Harris, Stephen Hayes - 7:39
Never Finished
- David Goggins - 11:06
10x is easier
than 2x - Dan Sullivan w/ Dr. Benjamin Hardy - 9:58
The Success
Lie - Janele Bruland - 4:28
Hello, Fears -
Michelle Poler - 6:08
Making It So -
Patrick Stewart - 18:50
Disability
Pride - Ben Mattlin - 9:51
High
Self-Esteem and Unshakable Confidence - 6:12
The
Story of You - Steve Chandler - 5:15
Total Hours: 210:21
Total Books: 30