Life Goals & Book Lists

Life Goals: Again, as per the usual, it has changed a bit.  I think I need to be more focused so I’m just going to stick to 2 this month and see what happens.

• Learning Kannada:  I want to get super fluent in the next 4 months.  It is going to happen.  I have learned the days of the week!
• Reading good books- that is still going strong

Reading List:

Excited that I stayed on track and got to finish 4 books last month.  My favorite was Mrs. Kennedy and Me.  It didn’t get too much into JFK and his affairs, but it was incredibly insightful and made me wish I were Jackie Kennedy.  It was fascinating reading that at the same time as I was reading about Marilyn Monroe’s life because of the alleged connection between JFK and Marilyn Monroe.

• Finished Books:

1. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
2. The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding
3. I Suck at Girls
4. Marilyn & Me: A Photographers Memoirs

• Personal Development:

1. The Power of Habit (43%)
2. The 4-Hour Workweek (54%)
3. A Year of Living Consciously
4. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity (45%)
5. HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Managing Yourself (6%)
6. The Greatness Guide (50%)
7. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (11%)

• General Non Fiction:

1. Wild (4%)
2. In the Garden of Beasts (4%)
3. Growing Up Bin Laden (8%)
4. Catherine the Great (6%)
5. Steve Jobs (5%)
6. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (15%)
7. My Spiritual Journey (Haven’t Started)
8. Lets Pretend this Never Happened (71%)
9. Full Frontal Feminism (33%)
10. Drinking: A Love Story (3%)

• Business:

1. HBR’s 10 Must Reads: Strategy (8%)
2. Good To Great (54%)
3. Stop Workplace Drama (39%)
4. Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way (36%)
5. The Brand Gap (17%)
6. Founders at Work (70%)
7. The Lean Startup (86%)
8. The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success (12%)
9. The Future Beyond Brands: Lovemarks (haven’t started)
10. The Essential Drucker (Haven’t Started)
11. HR Transformation (10%)

• Fiction:

1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (12%)
2. Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy (haven’t started)