I look forward to reading a few of these - probably when they’re available at my local library.
Adam, would you consider linking to these books on Bookshop.org rather than Amazon, so people can choose to support independent bookstores with their purchases?
Melinda Gates also has a great YouTube channel where she talks about transitions in her "Moments That Make Us" interview series https://youtube.com/@melindagates
Your book recommendations are fantastic, but I struggle with one thing—I often forget them by the time they’re published. I wonder if this experience ties into some kind of psychological bias—perhaps something related to delayed gratification or memory recall? In any case, have you ever considered revisiting your recommendations when they actually come out? A reminder post could be really helpful!
You can preorder them (on audible or amazon anyway) which I do, and guessing that helps the author come out strong with sales as soon as they hit the market which I like to help support.
Adam - I'd love to understand what your reading process looks like when it comes to books like this. Maybe you've answered some of these questions before, but I doubt you've answered them all in one place. Could you do a deep dive sometime?
What I'm wondering:
Do you read them all, cover to cover? Do you speed read? Are you reading sections, and if so, how do you select? Are you having members of your team do any of the reading and summarize for you? Are you reading reviews or analysis before, during, or after the book? Do you annotate?
Going even further.... how does reading trade books, especially those in genres further away from your core discipline, fit to your schedule? Are you reading early in the morning, during lunch break, or right before bed? Are you crushing most of these during long plane rides to clients or events, or during commutes? Or are they done via audiobook while working out or doing chores?
Finally - how does this get prioritized with reading more of the scholarly research in your field, or the results and reports and plans related to the primary research that you're leading? Pulling back, how do you prioritize between reading, and all the other activities you perform (teaching, writing, speaking, marketing, parenting) that demand your attention?
Thanks for your spring recommendations. Something to go through and take a pick from is always valuable. Looking forward to it. I'm a slow reader but I steadily build piles of them, read and finished - proof that I need a conveyor belt of good books.
Hey @Adam Grant not sure if you’ve been keeping tabs on the evil investment overlord, Mr. Taylor, but he keeps sending robot disciples to reply to comments every few months that get everyone’s hopes up for a split second by thinking you’ve somehow replied to their comments.
I look forward to reading a few of these - probably when they’re available at my local library.
Adam, would you consider linking to these books on Bookshop.org rather than Amazon, so people can choose to support independent bookstores with their purchases?
Good idea! I’ll try that if they have easy affiliate links!
Came here to say exactly this!
Melinda Gates also has a great YouTube channel where she talks about transitions in her "Moments That Make Us" interview series https://youtube.com/@melindagates
Your book recommendations are fantastic, but I struggle with one thing—I often forget them by the time they’re published. I wonder if this experience ties into some kind of psychological bias—perhaps something related to delayed gratification or memory recall? In any case, have you ever considered revisiting your recommendations when they actually come out? A reminder post could be really helpful!
You can preorder them (on audible or amazon anyway) which I do, and guessing that helps the author come out strong with sales as soon as they hit the market which I like to help support.
Ohhhh, Suleika and Maggie
Adam - I'd love to understand what your reading process looks like when it comes to books like this. Maybe you've answered some of these questions before, but I doubt you've answered them all in one place. Could you do a deep dive sometime?
What I'm wondering:
Do you read them all, cover to cover? Do you speed read? Are you reading sections, and if so, how do you select? Are you having members of your team do any of the reading and summarize for you? Are you reading reviews or analysis before, during, or after the book? Do you annotate?
Going even further.... how does reading trade books, especially those in genres further away from your core discipline, fit to your schedule? Are you reading early in the morning, during lunch break, or right before bed? Are you crushing most of these during long plane rides to clients or events, or during commutes? Or are they done via audiobook while working out or doing chores?
Finally - how does this get prioritized with reading more of the scholarly research in your field, or the results and reports and plans related to the primary research that you're leading? Pulling back, how do you prioritize between reading, and all the other activities you perform (teaching, writing, speaking, marketing, parenting) that demand your attention?
Thanks for your spring recommendations. Something to go through and take a pick from is always valuable. Looking forward to it. I'm a slow reader but I steadily build piles of them, read and finished - proof that I need a conveyor belt of good books.
Great. Thank you
Thank you this is very helpful
Amazing, thank you fir sharing!!!
Thanks bruh.
Hey @Adam Grant not sure if you’ve been keeping tabs on the evil investment overlord, Mr. Taylor, but he keeps sending robot disciples to reply to comments every few months that get everyone’s hopes up for a split second by thinking you’ve somehow replied to their comments.
I love your recommendations, Adam. Thanks for sharing.
So many of these sound excellent - thank you for the recommendations!
Perfect. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for this.
I can’t wait until some of these are available!
I loved ‘‘The Next Day’’