Mark's 2022 Reads
Mark's 2021 Reads
Mark's 2020 Reads
Below are the books I read in 2020. I have tried to divide them by how much I enjoyed them and how valuable I found them. Click to buy on Amazon via my referral link (price stays same for you but helps support the SportsBiz Book Exchange).
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Highly Recommended:
Them: Why We Hate Each Other - And How to Heal, Ben Sasse
High Output Management, Andrew Grove
Richard Nixon: The Life, John Farrell
The Coddling of the American Mind, Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio
The Science of Self Learning, Peter Hollins
Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
Recommended:
The Upside of Stress, Kelly McGonigal
The Design of Everyday Things, Donald Norman
The Inner Game of Tennis, Timothy Gallwey
Travels with Epicurus, Daniel Klein
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass
Dueling with Kings, Daniel Barbasi
The Death of Ivan Ilych, Leo Tolstoy
Two Americans, William Lee Miller
Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, And Adapt, Multiple Authors
The Cold War: A New History, John Lewis Gaddis
Gridiron Genius, Michael Lombardi
Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything, Jennifer Armstrong
Winning is Not a Strategy, Zac Logsdon
The Dichotomy of Leadership, Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy
The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones, Rich Cohen
The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols, Jocko Willink
Machine Learning: The New AI, Ethem Alpaydin
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson
The Tao of Charlie Munger, David Clark
Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees, Paul Gallico
Chernobyl 01:23:40, Andrew Leatherbarrow
Worst. President. Ever, Robert Strauss
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome, Anthony Everitt
The Happiness Equation, Neil Pasricha
Artificial Intelligence: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, Sarah Frier
Reconstruction: A Concise History, Allen Guelzo
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius, Ryan Holiday
The Sharing Economy, Arun Sundararajan
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Castle on Sunset, Shawn Levy
Others:
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters, Peter Korn
Grace will Lead Us Home, Jennifer Berry Hawes
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe
How Smart Machines Think, Sean Gerrish
When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron
Everybody Lies, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
A Life Well Played, Arnold Palmer
Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
Everybody Lies, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
You Are Not A Rock, Mark Freeman
Previous Years’ Reads
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Sue Thaden (From Now On) Joins The Sports Leadership Podcast for Episode 43
Sue Thaden, who I have had the pleasure of knowing for several years, has done amazing work with her two companies - CRi, an IT staffing firm and From Now On, who builds mobile apps in the sports market. Sue joined us on Episode 43 to discuss her background as an entrepreneur and company founder for two successful companies.
She shares some great tips on hiring, developing your people, and keeping them engaged. Kevin and I really enjoyed this conversation and I’m sure you will too!
If you have not yet, please subscribe to the Sports Leadership Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or Google Play.
How I Read 100 Books a Year
The Sports Leadership Podcast Breaks Down The Last Dance
Texas A&M Deputy AD Kristen Brown Joins The Sports Leadership Podcast for Episode 40
Keep Chopping Wood - Talking Kevin's New Book on Episode 39 of the Sports Leadership Podcast
This week, Sports Leadership Podcast co-host Kevin DeShazo releases his fantastic new book, Keep Chopping Wood.
We dive into the book in Episode 38 and discuss everything from the genesis of the book, its writing and publishing, and the initial feedback he’s received.
Episode 38 of The Sports Leadership Podcast Is a Conversation with Fellow Podcast Host Jake Hirshman
Lessons from Jim Host's New Book, "Changing the Game"
Blake Lawrence Talks NCAA NIL Developments and Building a Business on the Sports Leadership Podcast
Bryan Bedford Chats Tech, Venues, and Remote Leadership in Episode 36 of The Sports Leadership Podcast
Episode 35 of The Sports Leadership Podcast
Double Down on Gratitude
Introducing the Sport Media & Tech Podcast
Listen to a panel discussion filled with knowledge from three industry professionals who direct products, manage media, build content, engage people and measure the results. Kara Baker, Director Digital Partnership & Operations Golf Channel – Orlando, FL, Eric DeSalvo, Assistant AD #Content, UCF – Orlando, FL and Joey Nelson, Digital Marketing Manager, Adidas – Portland, OR.
Generalist or Specialist - Mark Discusses on Life in the Front Office Podcast
I took a break from hosting to join Jake Hirshman’s great Life in the Front Office podcast.
