37 Books for 2018 and a Goal – ElPropósito2 min de lectura

A book list has always been my frame of reference and the support I need to decide what to read. Here’s what I’ll be reading in 2018

First, this isn’t a final list. New books come out throughout the year, friends make recommendations and so on, so it pays to stay open to new options and accept that the list will change. Last year I started with this list https://wp.me/p8aOaj-6b and finished with this one https://wp.me/p8aOaj-7S. Even so, 63% of the books I ended up reading came from the original list. The rest were titles added for the reasons above. The main thing has always been to enjoy it, and second, to meet my goal.

Thank you to all the friends and family who sent me their recommendations one way or another. You can see the joy when someone recommends a book from the heart, and it almost always comes with "this one’s amazing," "you can’t miss this one," "I couldn’t put this one down," "I read this one when I was…" Those words mean a lot and keep me motivated, and what I like most is going back to that person to talk about the book.

This year’s reading goal is still a stretch. At a minimum: "Read 2 books a month in 2018."

Here’s my list. I hope it’s a useful reference, and as always, thank you for your comments.

My own picks:

1. Principles
2. Entrepreneurial You
3. WTF?: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us
4. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
5. Sapiens
6. Consíguelo
7. Competing on Analytics
8. Argentinos, volumes 1 and 2
9. The Innovators
10. Einstein
11. Leonardo da Vinci

Books recommended by friends:

12. 1984
13. Brave New World
14. A sangre y fuego
15. O Jerusalem!
16. Is Paris Burning?
17. El hechizo de Caissa
18. Flow
19. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
20. Atlas Shrugged (recommended by two friends, so it’s going on the list no matter what)
21. Exponential Organizations
22. What Every Body Is Saying
23. The Life Coaching Handbook
24. Braving the Wilderness

Books left over from last year:

25. Deep Work
26. Sleep Smarter
27. The Revenge of Analog
28. World Without End
29. The Lean Startup
30. The Innovator’s Dilemma
31. Zero to One
32. The Gene: An Intimate History
33. The Third Wave
34. Start with Why
35. Together Is Better
36. The 5 Love Languages
37. How Will You Measure Your Life?

A big hug and my best wishes for 2018

Author: Rodrigo Baccaro

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