Recent Reads

I've recently finished reading a few books that I haven't mentioned and all of them are worth mentioning.

The first is Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. This is an absolutely fanstastic biography of the man who gave us E = mc^2. The book covers the entire period of his life and dives into the physics and the politics and the religion of Einstein. It's a very long book (704 pages) so (as usual) I recommend the unabridged audiobook version from Audible.com. Pick up Einstein: His Life and Universe to dismiss the urban legends surrounding Einstein (he really was a good student) and learn a great deal more about the man who transformed the landscape of physics in the 20th century.

The next book I recommend is The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization by Thomas Kelley and Jonathan Littman. This is a great book of examples of innovative thinking. If you read much in the way of business strategy or business improvement you've probably come across a lot of books that provide great theory with no good examples. The Ten Faces of Innovation is a good book with plenty of examples that really spark ideas and thinking. It does read like an advertisement for Ideo in places, but overall this book is worth the time and the money.

Finally, I just finished reading The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin. The Dip is a very quick read that's very worth the time. If you read Seth at all (online or offline), you probably already know that this book is something you need to examine. I was fortunate enough to attend Seth's seminar in Tempe last month, so reading The Dip was a quick reminder of the ideas I received at the seminar. Read The Dip and become Best in the World.

To find any of the books I've mentioned above on the Audible.com web site, try the following search: