The speed of learning and developing new skills is a superpower in today’s workplace. The more you learn and the faster you can grow capabilities - the greater your advantage will be and the more amazing things you will accomplish. All great leaders are readers.

Here’s a list of books that have helped me sharpen my thinking and build my capabilities. I hope they help you on your journey of learning. If you don’t have time to read the book, check out the Blinkist app which has summaries that take less than 15 mins to read or listen to.

Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day by Todd Henry

Indistractable: How to control your attention and choose your life by Nir Eyal

Deep Work: Rules for focused success in a distracted world by Cal Newport

The Five Second Rule: The fastest way to change your life by Mel Robbins

Whats In It For Them: 9 Genius Networking Principles to get what you want by helping others get what they want by Joe Polish

Limitless: Upgrade your brain, learn anything faster and unlock your exceptional life by Jim Kwik

Four Thousand Weeks: Time management for mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck by Chip & Dan Heath

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it by Chris Vos.

An Everyone Culture: Becoming a deliberately developmental organisation by Robert Keegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey.

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify your message so customers will listen by Donald Mille

The First 20 Hours: How to learn anything fast by Josh Kaufman

Six Simple Rules: How to manage complexity without getting complicated by Yves Morieux and Peter Tillman

Objections: The ultimate guide for mastering the art and science of getting past no by Jeb Blount

Oversubscribed: How to get people lining up to do business with you by Daniel Priestley

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: by Jim Dither, Diana Chapman and Haley Warner Klemp

Coming Alive: Four tools to defeat your inner enemy, ignite creating expression and unleash your souls purpose by Barry Michels and Phil Stutz

All Marketers Are Liars: Discover why authenticity is the best marketing of all by Seth Godin

Accelerating performance: How organisations can mobilise, execute and transform with agility by Colin Price and Sharon Toye

The Song of Significance: A new manifesto for teams by Seth Godin

Build the Life you Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier by Arthur C Brooks and Oprah Winfrey

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande

The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch

Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier by Kevin Kelly

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A counterintuitive approach to living a good life by Mark Manson

Hidden Potential: The science of achieving greater things by Adam Grant

Originals by Adam Grant

The Antidote: Happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking

High Performance Habits: How extraordinary people become that way by Brendan Burchard

8 Rules of Love: How to find it, keep it and let it go by Jay Shetty

Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential by Carol Dweck

Living a Committed Life: Finding freedom and fulfilment in a purpose larger than yourself by Lynne Twist