Best books read in 2019

November 12, 2019May 24, 2020Leave a comment

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As a published writer, I read a lot and consume many audiobooks.

During 2019, I consumed over 52 audiobooks via Audible (paid link) and Hoopla (free thanks to my local library).

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I wanted to share the two best books that I consumed in 2019. Both of these books are original, well-researched and have plenty of actionable advice. They are my favorites from 2019. You can see my favorite books from previous years here.

If you are looking for a holiday gift for someone (or yourself), take a look at these two new books:

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Best books consumed in the past few years

May 5, 2018May 8, 2019Leave a comment

Writers get better by writing more and reading more. Some writers will purposely read outside from their genre to learn something else.

Here are a few of the best books I have read in the past three years:
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
by Kim Scott

A Beautiful Constraint: How to Transform Your Limitations Into Advantages, and Why It’s Everyone’s Business

by Adam Morgan, Mark Barden

Before taking the altMBA, this was one of the books we were mailed and asked to read prior to the month-long course. Found the reframing of constraints from limitations to advantages very helpful with their models and real-world examples.

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
by Jake Knapp

Went to the book launch for this book, read this book, suggested a number of startups use this model to help them, led a 5-day workshop to use this Sprint process and it was very fruitful use of our time to resolve big challenges for those startups.

What are your favorite recent non-fiction books?

Tech Talk 3/31: Crowdfunding

March 8, 2018March 7, 2018Leave a comment

Interested in learning more about crowdfunding?

crowdfunding

Come to the Bluffton Community Library in Bluffton, SC for a presentation about Crowdfunding your own project on Saturday, March 31, 2018 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm.

Author Henrik de Gyor has successfully crowdfunded a project and interviewed other people who have raised tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars multiple times. Henrik also wrote a book about crowdfunding and will discuss all the crowdfunding platforms available today.