If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you probably realize how important acquiring knowledge is to me. I love learning! And up until June, I did most of that through Audible books on my commute. However, now that I work from home, I didn’t make it through as many books as I normally would during a year. That was probably the only bummer about losing my commute. But I made a big attempt during the first half of the year to compensate, and I’ll certainly squeeze in another one or two during my holiday travels.

Here’s my recap:

• A Curious Mind by Brian Grazer
• The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson
• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
• Smart Change by Art Markman
• Christian Meditation: A Short Introduction by Tobias Amadei
• Steelheart: The Reckoners, Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson
• Stoneheart: The Stoneheart Trilogy, Book 1 by Charlie Fletcher
• Vagbonding by Rolf Potts
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• Visioneering: God’s Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Vision by Andy Stanley
• Thinner in 30 by Jenna Wolfe
• The 40 Hour Work Year by Scott Fritz
• You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One) by Jeff Goins
• Restless: Because You Were Made for More by Jennie Allen
• Leap First by Seth Godin
• Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer
• The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
• Legendarium by Michael Bunker and Kevin G. Summers
• The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
• Ex-Muslim: How One Daring Prayer to Jesus Changed a Life Forever by Naeem Fazal with Kitti Murray
• Living Forward by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy

If you need more suggestions, here are my previous lists:

• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011

And if you’re in a short or no commute situation like me, but you still want to learn, try podcasts. I began substituting more podcasts for books since they are shorter, but still convey a lot of information. Here are the ones that top my list:

• The Tim Ferriss Show
• Christy Wright’s Business Boutique
• Budgets and Cents
• Building a Story Brand with Donald Miller
• In Plain Sight Podcast to End Human Trafficking
• Sexploitation
• The All Indie Writers Podcast
• Beyond Your Blog Podcast
• The Ray Edwards Show
• Coffee with Chris Caine

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