{"id":1531,"date":"2015-05-26T17:07:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T17:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2015-05-26T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T17:07:13","slug":"summer-2015-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=1531","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2015 Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1532\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/coffee-books-1600x1200-wallpaper-1109136.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1532\" src=\"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/coffee-books-1600x1200-wallpaper-1109136-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"coffee-1600-1200-wallpaper\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/coffee-books-1600x1200-wallpaper-1109136-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/coffee-books-1600x1200-wallpaper-1109136-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/coffee-books-1600x1200-wallpaper-1109136-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/coffee-books-1600x1200-wallpaper-1109136-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/coffee-books-1600x1200-wallpaper-1109136.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">coffee-1600-1200-wallpaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reading is one of the most important things you can do to learn, grow and improve yourself.\u00a0 I love to read and I try to read one or two books a month.\u00a0 I also listen to pod casts, and audio books to keep feeding my mind good stuff.\u00a0 As a leader this is vital to keep stretching and pushing yourself to get better.<\/p>\n<p>So over the next several months I plan on doing a lot of reading.\u00a0 I have carved out some extra time to allow for this by taking some vacation time and incorporating it into my regular work schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the books I am currently reading and several I plan on reading later:<\/p>\n<p>Business Books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rocket-Fuel-Essential-Combination-Business\/dp\/1941631150\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432657732&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=rocket+fuel\">Rocket Fuel<\/a> by Gino Wickman and Mark Winters<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others\/dp\/1591845327\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432660005&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=leaders+eat+last\">Leaders Eat Last<\/a> by Simon Sinek<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Procrastinate-Purpose-Permissions-Multiply-Your\/dp\/0399170626\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432657827&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=procrastinate+on+purpose\">Procrastinate On Purpose<\/a> by Rory Vaden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spiritual and Personal Growth:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Soul-Keeping-Caring-Most-Important\/dp\/0310275962\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432657872&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=soul+keeping\">Soul Keeping: Caring For The Most Important Part of You<\/a> by John Ortberg<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Open-What-Happens-Honest-Accountable\/dp\/1400205301\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432657940&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=open+what+happens+when+you+get+real\">Open<\/a>: What Happens When You Get Real, Get Honest and Get Accountable by Craig Gross and Adam Palmer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mrs-Thrive-Perfectly-Imperfect-Marriage-ebook\/dp\/B00O50MNWE\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432658015&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=mr.+and+mrs+how+to+thrive\">Mr. and Mrs. How to Thrive in a Perfectly Imperfect Marriage <\/a>by Kurt W. Bubna and Blake Atwood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/LEAD-Gods-Sake-Parable-Leadership\/dp\/1414370563\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432658052&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lead+for+gods+sake\">Lead for God&#8217;s Sake!<\/a> A Parable for finding the heart of leadership by Todd G. Gongwer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/YouVersion-Bible\/dp\/B004MC8CA2\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432658176&amp;sr=8-9&amp;keywords=Bible\">Proverbs &#8211; The Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Audio Books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Power-Vulnerability-Teachings-Authenticity-Connection\/dp\/B00D1Z9RFU\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432658251&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+power+of+vulnerability\">The Power of Vulnerability<\/a> by Brene Brown<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Four-Seconds-Counter-Productive-Habits-Results\/dp\/0062372416\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432658275&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=four+seconds\">Four Seconds <\/a>by Peter Bregman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration\/dp\/0812993012\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432658310&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=creativity%2C+Inc.\">Creativity, Inc.<\/a> by Amy Wallace, Ed Catmull<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just for Fun:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Killing-Kennedy-Camelot-Bill-OReilly\/dp\/0805096663\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432658347&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=killing+kennedy\">Killing Kennedy<\/a> by Bill O&#8217;Reilly and Martin Dugard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meditations-New-Translation-Modern-Library\/dp\/0679642609\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432658385&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=meditations\">Meditations<\/a> by Marcus Aurelius<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading is one of the most important things you can do to learn, grow and improve yourself.\u00a0 I love to read and I try to read one or two books a month.\u00a0 I also listen to pod casts, and audio books to keep feeding my mind good stuff.\u00a0 As a leader this is vital to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=1531\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Summer 2015 Reading List&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-change","category-leadership","category-personal-growth","category-spiritual-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1534,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions\/1534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}