Reading Goal Update!

It’s update time on this one:

Goal 3: Read more books, targeting 10 non-fiction books for the year.

Task 1: Finish reading ‘Leadership Gold’ by John C. Maxwell, for half-credit.

I was able to complete this task, I finished reading the last of ‘Leadership Gold’ while airborne between Omaha and Denver.  Many of the lessons that John Maxwell talks about really resonated with me, especially given the current condition of my workplace.  It is very interesting to read leadership books sitting in my current job role, where I am aware of the decisions and the decision-making process of those above me but also in touch daily with the results of that process.  This book really crystallized some of the anecdotal evidence that I’ve been collecting about where leadership fails at my workplace.

Not being one to consider myself perfect, I also had to take stock and figure out if I was contributing to the problem, either in mindset or by my actions.  I took away a few corrective actions I can make now, and a wealth of cautionary tales.  Whether our not my own leadership chooses to make changes, I hope that the experience of reading this book will help me be more educated and not repeat the mistakes that I can observe.

Now it’s time to set a new task so this goal keeps on a-rollin’:

Task 2: Finish reading Ervin Somogyi’s ‘The Responsive Guitar’ for half-credit.

This one is in support of my guitar building hobby as well as my desire to finish up reading books that I have started.  This one may take a bit longer to complete, since Somogyi’s book is considerably academic in nature and can be a more difficult read.  I really want to make the effort to get through and understand this one before I move into his next book and get further into completing my first guitar (see previous goals post).

Total Books Read in 2012: 0.5 / 10