My Top Books of 2020

I love reading.

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Although the pandemic mostly knocked my life on its ass, it also gave me extra space to read. So I’ve read a lot of good books in 2020.

And I wanted to share with you the best of the best (in my humblest of opinions).

Set out below are my favourites of this year (some of them were released before 2020 - this was just the year I read them).

For each book, I talk about my biggest takeaway. The best thing that’s stuck with me since reading the book.

Here are the five books that earned (in my eyes at least) an honourable mention. For more information on my biggest takeaway from each book, simply click the link (or listen to the podcast, as I touch on all of them):

1. High Performance Habits by Brendan Burchard

2. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber

3. Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee

4. So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport

5. Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

Now, on to the best book(s) of 2020.

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Of course, me being me, I couldn’t pick one top book of 2020 so I picked two. 🤷‍♂️

WINNER - Atomic Habits by James Clear

Atomic Habits is an tightly-focused look at building (and breaking) habits.

And the most interesting thing I read in this book was about building an identity. It’s this idea that every time we take an action, we cast a vote for the type of person we want to be.

So if you want to change your identity, it’s not done in one fell swoop, it’s done by taking consistent action, day in and day out, which really resonated with me.

Don’t know where to start? Don’t worry about it. Just start small and start now.

As well, no election is won with 100% of the vote. Have an off day?

Don’t sweat it, just keep casting votes until your identity is what you want it to be.

Also WINNER - Personality Isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy

Over the last two years, I’ve been really focused on my “authenticity”.

Just trying to become who I am.

And Personality Isn’t Permanent turned this upside down.

Hardy asks the question - who is exactly the same person as they were 10 years ago?

Well, not me, that’s for dang sure.

So if I’m changing all the time, is the question that matters really “who am I?”

I think no.

The question that matters is actually “who do I want to be?”

Who do YOU want to be?

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Thank you all for following along in 2020, I’m so grateful for each and every one of you.

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