The year end is upon us, so here is my annual completed reading list from 2021. There weren't any bad reads. I spent a lot of time reading and re-reading Job, Ecclesiastes, and Hebrews. Job has become one of my favorites, and I think it is one of the greatest writings of all time with its timelessness and structure. With the other reads, there is a mix of fiction and non-fiction with the intent being to increase specific acumens. Looking back on my list of reads caused me to reflect on the year and everything that was happening as I was reading these books. What a crazy year full challenges and blessings! Anyway here is the list:
Reclaiming Surrendered Ground: Pretecting your Family from Spiritual Attacks - Jim Logan
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism - Doris Goodwin
Quality - Donna Summers
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of Nabisco - Brian Burrough & John Welyar
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power - Jon Meacham
Burn-in: A Novel of the Robotic Revolution - PW Singer & August Cole
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization - Peter Senge
Churchill - Paul Johnson
George Washington: The Founding Father - Paul Johnson
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlen
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War - Robert Gates
Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy Seals
Knowledge of the Holy - AW Tozer
The Bronze Scar: Understanding How PTSD Feels to Help Victims and Those who Support Them - Steve West
Русские сказки: Russian Fairy Tales - Svetlana Bagdasaryan
Everyday Virtues - John Crossen
Lemay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis Lemay - Warren Kozak
Certain to Win: The Strategy of John Boyd Applied to Business - Chet Richards
Strategic Management - Frank Rothaermel
10 Virtues of Outstanding Leaders - Al Gini & Ronald Green
Beowulf
In 2022, my reading goal is to continue developing my business and military acumen. Additionally, I plan to layer in some works on reading and writing more effectively, thinking about thinking, and diversity and inclusion management. Feel free to comment with good reads you have encountered.
Some final thoughts, don't undervalue reading fiction. Reading fictional works is one of the best ways we can develop our imagination faculties. Coupled with works that increase technical acumen, a healthy consumption of fictional writings can aid in developing the brain's ability to conduct mental simulations, evaluate alternative actions and outcomes, and more thoroughly consider problems at hand all of which are reliant on a well-developed and maintained imagination.
