The Personal MBA
I have been working on my career and focusing on personal development here lately. I just received a promotion at work and am now in a position of leadership, so I wanted to move past the basic skills that I learned earning my BA. I stumbled across the Personal MBA (pMBA) blog/reading list put up annually by Josh Kaufman and knew that I had to incorporate the reading program into my personal development.
I think this is a great resource to anyone looking to improve leadership and career skills. I love to read and am a lifelong learner. But the prospects of attending Grad School to work on my MBA is not something that I can see pursuing right now. The solution is The Personal MBA reading list.
The first two books I chose to read aren’t actually on this years list, but they have been on my to read list for quite a while. First up I read
This book is a fantastic guide to building relationships and networking (not a dirty word) in life and business. I had wanted to read this for a while after hearing wonderful things about the book, but I am naturally a wallflower. I am not one of the power networkers that you picture when you think about books like this. But that is the key to this book. Keith Ferrazzi walks you thru how to build meaningful relationships and friendships built around the “What you can do for them” concept instead of a cynical “What can they do for me” outlook. Mirroring advice by Dale Carnegie, the book puts emphasis on having something to say. I have to admit that I have been like the students Ferrazzi talks about that walk up after a lecture and say “Wow, that was great,” and then have nothing to add so I would end up feeling awkward and unsuccessful.
I highly recommend this book to everyone that needs a little help in building relationships, wether they be for business or otherwise.
Next up on my reading list is The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization by John C. Maxwell | LibraryThing
I’ll put up a quick recap of the book once I am finished.
I will be working thru the actual pMBA list here in the near future.
