Professional Development is not a maybe I’ll get to it. It’s absolutely critical to your professional and financial life.
Reading, seminars, listening to books are invaluable tools that broaden your paradigm and open you up to new ways of thinking and viewing the world.
From a work perspective what PD does is it puts you in the “value” up scale not the “risk” scale.
Below is a list of audiobooks that I have listened to in 2016. In total, I have listened to well over 480 audio books in 13 years and that does not include ongoing formal education and seminars/coaching I’ve attended and completed.
Some might be thinking, “I’m just too busy” and can’t fit another “to do task” in the list. You know what not many can, so listening and or read in N.E.T (no extra time events), like commuting and exercising.
The fact is that one of these books or classes are run by some of the world’s best instructors. They may give you an insight that will change your life both professional and personal life forever. Biggest investment you can make is in yourself. Get to.
Get to.
| 2016 Professional Reading | Author | MM/DD/YYYY | Total Hrs | |
| 1 | Retire Inspired | Chris Hogan | 12-26-16 | 9:24:00 |
| 2 | Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover | Summary & Review | Ant Hive Media | 12-26-16 | 0:36:00 |
| 2 | The 4 Disciplines of Execution | Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling | 12-26-16 | 8:27:00 |
| 3 | How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making | The Great Courses | 12-26-16 | 11:50:00 |
| 4 | Influence | The Great Courses | 12-08-16 | 6:11:00 |
| 5 | The Psychology of High Self-Esteem | Nathaniel Branden | 11-21-16 | 5:31:00 |
| 6 | Elevate: Self Awareness Through Courage, Potential, and Fulfillment | Dr. Keppen Laszlo | 10-10-16 | 7:56:00 |
| 7 | Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data | Charles Wheelan | 10-10-16 | 10:48:00 |
| 8 | I Know What to Do, So Why Don’t I Do It? | Nick Hall | 10-10-16 | 10:05:00 |
| 9 | The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being | The Great Courses | 10-10-16 | 13:57:00 |
| 10 | Job Interview Patterns | Aleksey Sinyagin | 09-08-2016 | 2:13:00 |
| 11 | How to Build a Blog that Counts | Raj Subramanyam | 09-08-2016 | 5:42:00 |
| 12 | The Little Book of Persuasion: Defend Yourself by Becoming a Skilled Persuader | Sia Mohajer | 09-08-2016 | 2:27:00 |
| 13 | The Coaching Habit | Michael Bungay Stanier | 09-08-2016 | 3:10:00 |
| 14 | Fanatical Prospecting | Jeb Blount | 09-08-2016 | 8:26:00 |
| 15 | Algorithms to Live By | Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths | 09-08-2016 | 11:50:00 |
| 16 | It’s Your Ship | D. Michael Abrashoff | 09-08-2016 | 6:24:00 |
| 17 | The Greatness Within You Les Brown | Les Brown | 09-08-2016 | 4:46:00 |
| 18 | The Way of the SEAL PDF | Mark Divine, Allyson Edelhurtz Machate | 09-08-2016 | 7:50:00 |
| 19 | The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule | Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D. | 07-21-16 | 7:41:00 |
| 20 | Do You Talk Funny? | David Nihill | 07-21-16 | 4:12:00 |
| 21 | Hypnosis for business | William Lockhart | 07-21-16 | 4:10:00 |
| 22 | Hypnosis: Instant Hypnosis Secrets You Need to Know | Dane Xander | 07-21-16 | 0:42:00 |
| 23 | Big Results: The Steps to Getting the Results You Want, and Why Setting Goals Never Works | Robert Greene | 07-21-16 | 0:38:00 |
| 24 | Conversation Tactics: Wittiness, Banter, Likability: Strategies to Command Social Situations, Book 3 | Patrick King | 07-21-16 | 2:32:00 |
| 25 | Options Trading: A Beginner’s Guide to Options Trading: Learn How to Make Money with Stock Options | Matthew Maybury | 07-21-16 | 1:24:00 |
| 26 | The Energy of Words: Use the Vibration of Language to Manifest the Life You Desire | Michelle Arbeau | 07-21-16 | 7:28:00 |
| 27 | Anyone Can Write Books: Get Motivated, Get Inspired, Conquer Your Limitations, and Write Some Books! | Dominic Cruz | 07-21-16 | 0:30:00 |
| 28 | Law of Attraction | Harrold Glenn | 07-21-16 | 0:50:00 |
| 29 | Ask: The Counterintuitive Online Formula to Discover Exactly What Your Customers Want to Buy…Create a Mass of Raving Fans…and Take Any Business to the Next Level | Ryan Levesque | 06-16-16 | 6:13:00 |
| 30 | 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management | Kevin Kruse | 06-16-16 | 3:10:00 |
| 31 | Managing Projects | Harvard Business Review | 06-16-16 | 1:11:00 |
| 32 | Triggers | Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter | 06-16-16 | 6:36:00 |
| 33 | Are You Fully Charged? | Tom Rath | 05-21-16 | 3:22:00 |
| 34 | Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (Without Money or Muscle) | Deepak Malhotra | 05-21-16 | 6:59:00 |
| 35 | The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Any Manager, Team Leader, HR Professional, or Anyone Who Wants to Resolve Disputes and Increase Productivity | Barbara Mitchell, Cornelia Gamlem | 05-21-16 | 4:25:00 |
| 36 | Living with a SEAL | Jesse Itzler | 05-21-16 | 5:18:00 |
| 37 | The Secret to Success | Eric Thomas | 04-29-16 | 5:29:00 |
| 38 | Now Is Your Moment of Greatness!: 30 Rags to Riches Stories That Will Inspire You | Maxwell Harris | 04-29-16 | 3:00:00 |
| 39 | #AskGaryVee | Gary Vaynerchuk | 04-29-16 | 11:37:00 |
| 40 | Living Forward | Michael Hyatt, Daniel Harkavy | 04-29-16 | 4:20:00 |
| 41 | How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships | Leil Lowndes | 03-04-2016 | 8:59:00 |
| 42 | Acing the Interview: How to Ask and Answer the Questions That Will Get You the Job! | Tony Beshara | 03-04-2016 | 9:05:00 |
| 43 | Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used, Third Edition | Peter Block | 03-04-2016 | 9:21:00 |
| 44 | The Like Switch PDF | Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins | 03-04-2016 | 7:40:00 |
| Hours | 264:25:00 | |||
| Days | 11.5 days | |||
| Weekly | 5hrs | |||
| N.E.T | No Extra Time |
2017 reading list goal is to get to 60 audio books.
Gary Tremolada 