Books really are the windows to a person’s worldview—we’ll delve into that as we welcome back Joe Byerly in today’s episode of Tactical Friday. Joe will share with us the tactics of self-development, which consists of having a carefully curated set of books. The author, the publisher, and the translator does matter when it comes to picking up books to read and that will greatly improve your reading experience as well as your progress on self-development. Let’s jump right in and listen to the vast worldviews each of Joe’s books can bring.
Things you will learn in this episode: [00:01 - 7:33] Opening Segment I welcome back Joe Byerly to the show Quick recap from last Monday’s episode Tactics of self-development Being an active reader and writing down notes Book selection Lessons that Joe has learned when choosing books Knowing the author Knowing the publisher Taking the translation into consideration Talking to a mentor
[7:34 - 19:32] Guidelines When Reading a Book I share the books that influenced me throughout my career What I’ve learned from these books Importance of footnotes in books Way to trace back and dive deeper Reading multiple books at the same time Reading expansively Joe’s thoughts on having power without having a character See links below for more reading recommendations
[19:33 - 21:14] Closing Segment How to connect and find more of Joe Byerly See links below Final words
Tweetable Quotes: “Knowing what other people got out from a book, it gives me a lens to jump into the book with.” - Joe Byerly “Going that far back and looking for wisdom is applicable because time really is the great auditor of wisdom.” - Joe Byerly
Resources Mentioned https://amzn.to/2MdwQj9 (Meditations by Marcus Aurelius) https://amzn.to/3iR7SlD (The Landmark Thucydides) https://amzn.to/3qUvd8L (Platoon Leader) https://amzn.to/2MvHami (Extreme Ownership) https://amzn.to/3cuZeIr (The Power Broker) https://amzn.to/2M4f6H0 (The Great Influenza) https://amzn.to/2L0RbaU (Dying Every Day) https://amzn.to/3pug0Lo (Plato Symposium) https://amzn.to/36j5FKp (Call Sign Chaos) https://amzn.to/3ppZtbd (The Discourses of Epictetus)
To connect with Joe, you can visit his https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-byerly-bb67a377 (LinkedIn) and https://twitter.com/jbyerly81 (Twitter), or you can sign up in his monthly reading list from http://www.fromthegreennotebook.com (www.fromthegreennotebook.com). Connect with his blog through https://twitter.com/FTGNotebook (Twitter), https://www.instagram.com/fromthegreennotebook/ (Instagram), and https://www.facebook.com/fromthegreennotebook (Facebook). Also do check out his podcast, “https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-green-notebook/id1537731886?i=1000496306038 (From the Green Notebook)”.
Guest email: jbyerly81@gmail.com
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