In the past 12 months, I have made an active effort to increase my reading. It is always something I have enjoyed, and was actually a keen reader at school, but with work consuming my life and no energy left when I went to bed, my habit of reading for 15 minutes before sleeping slowly slipped away. After reintroducing a number of positive habits into my life (with the help of the app Habit-Bull) I have pushed myself to read more – and have covered lots of material in the past 12 months! I was motivated to list all of these courtesy of a fitness specialist called Marcus Smith (@mjd_smith) I follow on Instagram, who shared his reading last from the past 24 months.
Some books I have not included as they were “holiday books” (I like Crime fiction) and did not influence any part of my daily routine, my teaching or my lifestyle. All of the books listed below I took at least one aspect from and allowed to shape some aspects of my thinking. Some of these are really excellent books that I will certainly read again in a year or so.
2018:
Tribe of Mentors – Tim Ferris
The Greatest – Matthew Syed
Stronger – Jeff Bauman
The Learning Rainforest – Tom Sherrington (@teacherhead)
The Talent Code – Daniel Coyle
Relentless – Tim Grover
Black Box Thinking – Matthew Syed
Ali: A Life – Jonathon Eig
Bounce – Matthew Syed
2 Hours – Ed Caesar
The Chimp Paradox – Prof Steve Peters
Chasing Excellence – Ben Bergeron
Walking the Himalayas – Levison Wood
Above Head Height – James Brown
Losing My Virginity – Richard Branson
Run, Ride, Sink or Swim – Lucy Fry
Eat & Run – Scott Jurek
2017:
Running With the Kenyans – Adharanand Finn
The Way of the Runner – Adharanand Finn
5000-1 The Leicester City Story – Rob Tanner
Saban – The Making of a Coach – Monte Burke
100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers – Ross McGill (@teachertoolkit)
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
Inside Team Sky – David Walsh
Deskbound – Kelly Starrett
The 1997 Masters – My Story – Tiger Woods
The Killing School – Brandon Webb
Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston
On the bookshelf and hoping to read in the next couple of months:
Podium – Ben Oakley
Talent lab – Owen Slot
Rules of The red rubber ball – Kevin Carroll
Developing better athletes, better people – Jim Thompson
Elevating your game – Jim Thompson
Any recommendations? Would love to hear…….
I’ve listed 21 books here: https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2017/12/22/book-influences/
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