In 2008, one of my goals was to read one book a month. I have never been a big reader. In high school, I can only remember reading one book from cover to cover though many books were assigned to us. I don’t remember reading anything cover-to-cover in college either. One of the challenges that I faced heading into law school was that I didn’t like to read and as you may have heard, most law schools assign a hundred pages or so each night not just to read, but to study and know as well.
During law school I got much better at reading and got where I enjoyed it. But mostly, I wanted to be able to read the things that I wanted to read. In 2008, I decided it was time to start reading more and as one of my “personal development goals” I was going to read every month. I think reading is very important and it is a great way to get inside the head of some of the greatest thinkers of today and of history.
I got started late in 2008, but was able to pull off the average. Here are the 12 books that I read in 2008:
- The Servant Leader by Ken Blanchard
- No More Mondays by Dan Miller
- Simple Church by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger
- Chazown by Craig Groeschel
- Cure for the Common Life by Max Lucado
- No More Mondays by Dan Miller (Again)
- Essential Church by Thom Rainer and Sam Rainer
- Entrepreneurial Faith by Kirbyjon Caldwell and Walt Kallestad
- The 9 to 5 Window by Os Hillman
- Caught Between a Dream and a Job by Delatorro L. McNeal II
- The Upside of Adversity by Os Hillman
- Wide Awake by Erwin Raphael McManus
In 2009, my new reading goal is 24 books. I will be doubling my reading load for the year, but so far I am right on track.
