On my bookshelf...

In 2018, I decided to go through all the books I have and pare down. Also, I decided to have some fun with it. Since I had just watched a few episodes of “Tiny House Living”, I asked myself, “If I lived in a tiny house and could only have ten books, which ten would it be?” (list below)

  1. Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout by Rick Rigsby, PhD. (2006)

  2. How to Study in College by Walter Pauk (1984, 3rd Ed.)

  3. The Aneid by Vergil translated by Robert Flagels (2006)

  4. The Basilica of Saint Paul: Outside the Walls by Anna Marie Cerioni and Roberto Del Signore (1991)

  5. Poems for Peter by Lysbeth Boyd Borie (1928)

  6. When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner (1981)

  7. The Max Strategy: How a Businessman Got Stuck at an Airport and Learned to Make His Career Take Off by Dale Dauten (1996)

  8. Interaction of Color by Joseph Albers (1971, 2nd Ed.)

  9. Understanding Wall Street by Jeffrey B. Little and Lucien Rhodes (1991, 3rd Ed.)

  10. The Torah: The Five Books of Moses translated by The Jewish Publication Society of America (1962)

I kept more than these ten books, but these ten have a special place on my bookshelf. Book number two got me started on studying time management and productivity, when I was in high school. Book number three comes from my BA in Classical Civilizations. Book number seven, was recommended by a friend and is one of the best business books I have read (I reread it every year). Book number ten was a gift from the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Sisterhood on the occasion of my Bat-Mitzvah in 1986.

business, journey, WisdomMali MayerComment