Reading is important. It expands the mind, opens new perspectives, brings ideas to life, gives clues on how to create carefully crafted communication, and brings joy and surprise. Every one should read more.
I’m doing my best to read more this year. Lots more. So far in 2013, I’ve read 18 books and re-read 3 or 4 others. (It’s a little short of where I’d like to be.) Here are a few of my favorites so far:
The Icarus Deception
by Seth Godin. Fly closer to the sun. Art is about making a map and not following one. Connect and be human.
The War of Art
by Steven Pressfield. Fight the Resistance. Do the work and show up. Important work will never be easy, but it’s always worth it.
Wrecked
by Jeff Goins. Traveling to other places opens your worldview and wrecks you, in a good way. Once you see the world bigger, you can’t unsee it.
Steal Like an Artist
by Austin Keon. We are a sum of our influences, so embracing this fact frees us to remix and create “new” things.
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee. Classics are still around for a reason. Read one.
Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller. The best way to communicate a truth is a story.
What books have you enjoyed lately?
