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 for 2005
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Family
• Marriage Under
Fire by Dr. James Dobson
(September, 2004)
• Tough Stuff by Charles
Swindoll (November, 2004)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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