My book reading plan for 2018

This is the first year that I have planned out my reading. This is an extract of my learning and development plan for 2018 and is also part of my response to my One Word of “focus” in 2018. See the full story here.

Also, ideally, I am looking for people to read 1 or more of these books with me in the appropriate month or any month. I am happy to do anything with anyone on any of these books.

To fulfil my core desire of being simultaneously a generalist and a specialist, I will focus my learning in 2018 as follows:-

1. In January to further encourage my voracious appetite for learning, I will read and apply Walter Isaacson's Leonardo da Vinci
2. in February to address my issue of being easily distracted and to start working and reading more deeply, I will read and apply Cal Newport's "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World"
3. in March to understand Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and set my 1st set of personal OKRs, I will read and apply Christina R. Wodtke's "Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results"
   
   April will be a rest/holiday month.
   
   
4. In May to understand and assess my level of professionalism in my service delivery across all areas of my life, I will read and apply David Maister's "True Professionalism: The Courage to Care About Your People, Your Clients, and Your Career"
5. in June to improve my level of productivity, I will read and apply Charles Duhigg's "Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business"
6. in July to read and learn from a discipline I am unfamiliar with, I will read and apply Atul Gawande's "Better: A Surgeon's Notes On Performance"
   
   August will be a rest/holiday month.
   
   
7. In September to further craft my work style, I will read and apply "Manage Your Day to Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus & Sharpen Your Creative Mind" by various authors including Seth Godin, Scott Belsky, Dan Ariely et al and edited by Jocelyn K. Glei.
8. In October to explore the impact of technology on human relationships, I will read and apply Sherry Turkle's "Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other"
9. In November to explore what it means to belong and to be a member of a community, I will read and apply Brene Brown's "Braving the Wilderness: The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone"
   
   December will be a rest/holiday month.