My Favorite Books of 2024
This year was an exceptional year of reading and I want to share just a few of my favorite books.
Category: Book Review
Marty Cagan’s Transformed: A Guide to Product Operating Model Success
Marty Cagan’s new book, Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model, is a fantastic overview of how to move an organization to the product operating model. Let’s look at a few of its key points.
Do Nothing: Like Your Life Depends On It
The book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee is one of my favorite books of the year. It gives you permission and reasons to slow down. Here I look at some of the specific gems I took away from the book.
Invisible Women: A Book Review
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez unveils the shocking ways that a world designed for men by men systematically discriminates against and endangers women. You’ll never see the world the same way after reading this book!
Stephen King’s On Writing: A Book Review
Stephen King’s memoir, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is hands-down the best book on writing I’ve ever read. Part memoir, part writing guide, this book is a treasure trove of fascinating information for aspiring writers and fans of King’s work alike.
Make Time: A Book Review
In today’s fast-paced world, finding time for what truly matters can feel like an elusive goal. In their book Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day, authors Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky offer a guide for focusing on the things that bring us joy and fulfillment.
Deep Work: A Book Review
What are we missing out on when we spend most of our time in meetings and answering emails? Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport answers that question and helps us get back to focused work.
My Favorite Books from 2023
In 2023, I did a lot of reading. I only reviewed a small fraction of my favorite books last year, so here’s the full list of books worth reading.
Upstream: A Book Review
A book review about Dan Heath’s latest book Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen and how we’re using the knowledge at Singlewire.
Rest: A Book Review
I came across an interesting title that I hadn’t read yet called Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. This concept is right up my alley. I’ve always been a strong believer that you are far more productive (and happy!) when you work a regular workweek and keep your nights and weekends free.