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Pat Williams' Recommended Reading

Overview

The average man, upon finishing high school, will not read another book the rest of his life. That's sad because reading is the brain's best exercise. It's apparent that if you want to continue to grow personally and professionally, and if you want your brain to get stronger as you grow, you must read.

My challenge to you is to read one hour a day. I don't care if it's one 60-minute session, two 30-minute sessions, six 10-minute sessions or sixty 1-minute sessions. If you read one hour a day at an average pace, you will have read one book in a week--that's 52 books in one year! And if you read five books on any one subject, you can be considered a world-leading authority on that subject. So if you read one book a week for one year, you would be a world-leading authority on 10 subjects!

The following are books I've recently read and am pleased to recommend to you. I encourage you to read. It's the best thing you can do for your career, your family and yourself.

I'd love to hear what your reading. Send me your reading recommendations so I can pick them up at my neighborhood Barnes and Noble!

Recommended Books by Subject

Leadership

Winning the NFL Way by Bob LaMonte (September, 2004)
The Revolutionary Communicator by Jedd Medefind and Erik Lokkesmoe (September, 2004)
Quotable Dean Smith by David Scott (September, 2004)
You Play to Win the Game by Herm Edwards (September 2004)
The Great Communicator by Dick Wirthlin (September 2004)
Walking with the Wind by John Lewis (September 2004)

Happy Days are Here Again by Steve Neal (September 2004)
The Powell Principles by Oren Harari (October, 2004)
Confidence by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (October, 2004)
The Lombardi Rules by Vince Lombardi, Jr. (October, 2004)
Because He Could by Dick Morris (October, 2004)
The Book on Leadership by John MacArthur (November, 2004)
Listening Leaders by Dr. Lyman K. Steil & Dr. Rickard K. Bommelje (November, 2004)
No Substitute for Victory by Theodore and Donna Kinni (March, 2005)
Winning by Jack Welch (April, 2005)
Soldier, Statesman, Peacemaker by Jack Uldrich (April, 2005)
Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden (April, 2005)
John F. Kennedy on Leadership by John A. Barnes (May, 2005)
Leading with Billy Graham by Jay Dennis (May, 2005)
The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life by Steve Leveen (May, 2005)
Certain Trumpets by Garry Wills (May, 2005)
25 Ways to Win with People by John C. Maxwell (June, 2005)
The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham by Harold Myra and Marshall Shelley (August, 2005)
Sweet Success by Bill Byrd (October, 2005)
The Leadership Game by Tom Mullins (October, 2005)
The Winning Spirit by Joe Montana (October, 2005)
Katharine Graham by Robin Gerber (October, 2005)
Greatness by Steven F. Hayward (October, 2005)
The Leader's Mentor edited by Ian Jackman (October, 2005)
Leadership Next by Eddie Gibbs (November, 2005)
Fit In Stand Out by Blythe McGarvie (November, 2005)


Character

A Matter of Character by Ronald Kessler (September, 2004)
Character by Chris Wallace (October, 2004)
Bold Dragon by Emory M. Thomas (October, 2004)
Hearths Touched with Fire by Elizabeth Dole (October, 2004)
The Long Goodbye by Patti Davis (November, 2004)
• American Heroines by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (November, 2004)
Who Are You? by Stedman Graham (June, 2005)
A Resilient Life by Gordon MacDonald (August, 2005)
Super Health by KC Craichy (November, 2005)


Business

What I Learned from Sam Walton by Michael Bergdahl (September, 2004)
Fraternity by Bob Greene (October 2004)
We Got Fired! by Harvey Mackay (October, 2004)
Talk Your Way to the Top by K. Daley & L. Daley-Caravella (October, 2004)
• How Good Do You Want to Be by Nick Saban with Brian Curtis (November, 2004)
The Success Principles by Jack Canfield (December, 2004)
Winning with People by John C. Maxwell (January, 2005)
Joy at Work by Dennis W. Bakke (April, 2005)
The Wal-Mart Way by Don Soderquist (April, 2005)

Management Secrets from the New York Yankees Dynasty by Lance A. Berger (May, 2005)
The One Thing You Need to Know by Marcus Buckingham (November, 2005)


Family

Marriage Under Fire by Dr. James Dobson (September, 2004)
Tough Stuff by Charles Swindoll (November, 2004)


History

Into the Unknown by Jack Uldrich (September, 2004)
Adams Vs. Jefferson by John Ferling (September, 2004)
Ulyssess S. Grant by Josiah Bunting III (September 2004)
Ulysses S. Grant by Michael Korda (October, 2004)
Lee and Grant by Major Charles R. Bowery, Jr. (October, 2004)
George Washington by Joseph Ellis (October, 2004)

Under God by Toby Mac and Michael Tait (November, 2004)
• Carry a Big Stick by George Grant (November, 2004)
Echoes from the Smithsonian by John McCollister, PhD (December, 2004)
The Night of the Long Knives by Paul R. Maracin (January, 2005)
American Brutus by Michael W. Kaufmann (January, 2005)
Standing Next to History by Joseph Petro (May, 2005)
In the Footsteps of Churchill by Richard Holmes (May, 2005)
Lost Triumph by Tom Carhart (May, 2005)
The Sword of Lincoln by Jeffrey D. Wert (May, 2005)
1776 by David McCullough (June, 2005)
General George Washington by Edward G. Lengel (September, 2005)
America's Women by Gail Collins (September, 2005)
Condi vs. Hillary by Dick Morris (October, 2005)
Truman by David McCullough (October, 2005)
Washington's Secret War by Thomas Fleming (October, 2005)
Grant and Sherman by Charles Bracelen Flood (October, 2005)
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers edited by Myrlie Evers-Williams and Manning Marable (October, 2005)
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-hwan (October, 2005)
The Commanders of Chancellorsville by Ed Longacre (October, 2005)
The Most Exclusive Club by Lewis L. Gould (October, 2005)
• Perfect Soldier by Terry McDermott (October, 2005)
Ben Franklin by Blaine McCormick (October, 2005)
She Would Not Be Moved by Herbert Kohl (October, 2005)
A People's History of the Civil War by David Williams (October, 2005)
The First American Army by Bruce Chadwick (October, 2005)
River Run Red by Andrew Ward (October, 2005)
Nothing But Victory by Steven E. Woodworth (October, 2005)
Coming Home to Myself by Wynonna Judd (November, 2005)
The Hitler Book by Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl (November, 2005)
After Daybreak by Ben Shephard (November, 2005)
Here's Johnny by Ed McMahon (November, 2005)
COMCASTed by Joseph N. DiStefano (November, 2005)
Sandra Day O'Connor by Joan Biskupic (November, 2005)
A People's History of the Civil War by David Williams (November, 2005)
Lincoln in the Times by David Herbert Donald and Harold Holzer (Eds.) (November, 2005)


Sports

Ted Williams by Leigh Montville (September, 2004)
Bart Starr by David Claerbaut (September, 2004)
Let Me Tell You a Story by John Feinstein (October, 2004)
The Last Season by Phil Jackson (October, 2004)
Wilt by Robert Cherry (October, 2004)
Madmen's Ball by Mark Heisler (November, 2004)
I Remember Woody by Steve Greenberg & Dale Raterman (November, 2004)
The Heisman by Bill Pennington (November, 2004)
Favre by Brett & Bonita Favre (November, 2004)
Oh My! by Dick Enberg (November, 2004)
• An American Treasure by Steve Bisheff (November, 2004)
Where Else Would You Rather Be? by Marv Levy (December, 2004)
Cousy by Bill Reynolds (January, 2005)
Last Time Out by John Nogowski (January, 2005)
Cubs Nation by Gene Wojciechowski (February, 2005)

America's Game by Michael MacCambridge (March, 2005)
Did Babe Ruth Call His Shot? by Paul Aron (March, 2005)
How About That! by Stephen Borelli (April, 2005)
1939: Baseball's Tipping Point by Talmage Boston (May, 2005)
It's Only Me by John Underwood (May, 2005)
Wooden by John Wooden (June, 2005)
I'm Just Getting Started by Jack MeKeon (June, 2005)
The Wizard of Westwood by Dwight Chapin and Jeff Prugh (June, 2005)
Scout's Honor by Bill Shanks (August, 2005)
Mental Toughness by Karl Kuehl, John Kuehl & Casey Tefertiller (September, 2005)
First in Thirst by Darren Rovell (September, 2005)
Praying for Gil Hodges by Thomas Oliphant (September, 2005)
The Last Coach by Allen Barra (September, 2005)
You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned by Swen Nater and Ronald Gallimore (October, 2005)
My Forty Years at Georgia by Vince Dooley (October, 2005)
Only with Passion by Katarina Witt (October, 2005)
True Blue by Dick Weiss (November, 2005)
Driven from Within by Michael Jordan (November, 2005)
Tarheels Where Have You Gone? by Phil Ford (November, 2005)
Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Hardwood by Jim Sumner (November, 2005)
The Scouting Report by Dale Murphy (November, 2005)
The Super Bowl published by Ballantine Books (November, 2005)


Religion

Hell? Yes! by Robert Jeffress (October, 2004)
• Searching for Heaven on Earth by David Jeremiah (October, 2004)
The Best Question Ever by Andy Stanley (November, 2004)
Who Can You Trust? by Howard E. Butt, Jr. (November, 2004)
Gadzooks! by Paul J. Batura (November, 2004)
Under God by Toby Mac & Michael Tait (December, 2004)
You, the Warrior Leader by Bobby Welch (March, 2005)
Leading with Integrity by Fred Smith, Sr. (May, 2005)
God and the Oval Office by John C. McCollister, Ph.D. (June, 2005)
So, You Want to Be Like Christ by Charles Swindoll (September, 2005)
Fascinating Stories of Forgotten Lives by Charles Swindoll (November, 2005)


Featured Book of the Month
Who Wants to Be A Champion?