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Inspirational Books and Podcasts In An Economy Of Disruption

Reflective Thinking — Creative Thinking — Lateral Thinking — Convergent Thinking — Divergent Thinking

I am a veteran of the now dying “old school journalism” of “just the facts mam.” The news industry is a case study in disruption and creative destruction caused by the Internet and Web 2.0.

The rapid change in a globalized economy is the norm. Permanent economic dislocation is the norm.

The traditional job model of learning for the first 25-years of your life and getting a job is obsolete.

65% of children in grade school today are predicted to work in jobs that have yet to be invented.

62% of jobs will be in danger within the next 10-20 years.

For example, autonomous vehicles will potentially destroy 2.5 million truck driving jobs.

Your skills can quickly become irrelevant.

There’s only one person interested in your success and well being. That person is you and you alone.

Don’t count on learning on the job. In today’s marketplace, most managers and companies don’t develop talent and leadership.

Can you hear the thundering hoofbeats of the next Google or Amazon coming to eliminate your job or stamp out your business model?

The good news is that Alexa and robots can’t replace creativity — at least not yet.

We need to nurture creative thinking skills and a personal growth mindset to stay attuned and ahead of inevitable change.

Learning is a lifetime pursuit.

This Reflective Thinking reading list and podcast listening list reflects my personal guide to lifelong learning.

I read and listened to everything listed here. I keep it updated.

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Personal Improvement & Attentive Productivity Reading List

Choose To Win: Transform Your Life, One Simple Choice at a Time by Tom Ziglar

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way To Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

The Right—and Wrong—Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made and Unmade by Carter Cast

Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity by Charles Duhigg

The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant by James Fell

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman

Podcast Episodes

How To Future Proof Your Career Get Your Self Optimized Podcast featuring Carter Cast former CEO of Walmart.Com and VC.

Personal Happiness and Fulfillment Reading List

Authentic Happiness: by Martin Seligman

Kriegie (Prisoner of War in WWII): by Kenneth Simmons an inspiring story of an American airman who bailed out over German in October of 1944 and was liberated by General Patton in person at the end of April 1945.

Positivity: by Barbara Fredrickson

Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want by Nicholas Epley