Finished
A Reply to the Church of the Firstborn of
the Fullness of Times:
After Joseph Smith died there was confusion about where the Priesthood
authority would continue.
Anthem: Quick read, Ayn Rand. Certain words like “I” are forgotten in
this dystopian world.
Bleachers: Really good illustration of high school football and all the intrigue
of a Grisham novel.
Death to the BCS: Argument for 16 team playoff system.
Defender of the Faith: B.H. Roberts is a forgotten hero in early
church history development.
Divine Providence: Short story depicting the immigration of
Australian saints to Utah via a ship which is shipwrecked.
Driven: Larry Miller was an inspiring businessman, philanthropist,
and entrepreneur.
Enders Game: Better than the movie.
Enders Shadow: One of the reasons the movie wasn’t
perfect was because it didn’t capture the essence of Bean.
Freakonomics: Absolutely blows your mind with unique similarities
pointed out in seemingly different arenas.
Gadianton Robbers Series: Excited read as a kid, I still imagine
Lamanites running around BYU campus.
Green Eggs and Ham: Dr. Seuss’ Bday today I think.
Hall-Roethlisberger Family History: I am proud of my family heritage.
How to Win Friends and Influence People: Very applicable principles are taught in
this book which helped me realize how to treat people better and be more down
to earth.
How Will You Measure Your Life: Work-life balance.
Into Thin Air: Very cool, real-life book about a Mt.
Everest climb gone bad.
Jesus The Christ: Thick and awesome reference for deep
doctrinal understanding of Jesus Christ.
Joseph Smith Rough Stone Rolling: Joseph Smith was a real person. He knew,
his followers knew it, and I know it. And he is as true a prophet as ever.
Life Money Outline: This is actually my first publication
(only one copy in existence). Quick read which details financial education to
be applied at different stages of life, from birth to school to marriage to
kids to retirement to death.
Mistakes Were Made, But Not by Us: The first book I read in college was about
cognitive dissonance and opened my eyes to how good the human mind is at
rationalizing.
Mormon Temple Development: With recent adjustments to Mormon
endowment videos I was intrigued as to how worship in the temple as evolved
with modern culture and technology. The book is very repetitive and dry but has
some interesting nuggets.
Nail It Then Scale It: Good book for entrepreneurs. Pretty simple
concept: Don’t make too much of your product before people actually show
interest in buying it.
Narnia Series: First books I remember my Mom reading to
me.
New Ideas from Dead Economists: Not recommended for your first economic
book. But if you’re interested in Keynesian economics, sure read it.
One L: Harvard Law student complains about how hard his first year
of law school was.
Our Heritage: Basic history of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Our Search for Happiness: No Will Smith in it but this was my first
favorite book. It changed my life and I encourage anyone who needs a quick read
to read it.
Rich Dad Poor Dad: First finance book I read. I didn’t really
understand it all but it changed my understanding of what an asset was.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: It is all about Quadrant 2 people!
Seven Tipping Points that Saved the World: Interesting historical reflection on major
battles and moments which if they had gone the other way, our world would
simply not be the same as it is.
Superfreakonomics: More random research presented in an
enjoyable way.
Teachings of Presidents of the Church:
Joseph Smith: I read this
on my two-year Mormon mission and it illustrated my mind to the wild man who
was Joseph Smith. One of my favorite summers was living in Missouri where I
imagined Joseph riding across the plains and fighting for the restored Gospel.
The Associate: Grisham novel about a young aspiring
lawyer who gets blackmailed for some ugly incidents at a frat party.
The Automatic Millionaire: Set up a direct deposit to a savings
account for 10-20% of your income, we naturally can live off of less if we
never even see the money hit our bank account.
The Basics of Islam: Dr. Ray Huntington taught an excellent
class at BYU which helped me appreciate these major religion.
The Book of Mormon: “A man will get nearer to God by abiding
by its precepts than by any other book.”
The Broker: Grisham spends a couple hundred pages showing us how a
pardoned criminal learned Italian in order to avoid being killed by the
Chinese, Israelis, and several others.
The Chamber: Changed my opinion of capital punishment.
Yes I do believe that justice can only be exacted by God.
The Five Love Languages: Love me? Give me physical touch and words
of affirmation. Want me to love you? Tell me what your love language is and I
will try my best.
The Giver: I thought the movie adaptation was great. This book was the
first book I read which took control of my imagination.
The Holy Bible: It is a well-read collection of books and
should be read more often. My experience in Jerusalem completely changed my
perception of the Bible, particularly the Jewish nature of both the Old and New
Testaments (Christianity didn’t begin with Jesus, and Judaism didn’t die with
Jesus (call me if you want more explanation because I can understand that is debatable)).
The Mormon Way of Doing Business: Mormonism has produced some excellent
business leaders who live high quality lives and interact superiorly in the
secular world.
The O'Reilly Factor: Bill O’Reilly is cocky, sexually immoral,
and often misleading… but he also makes some dang good points and I am glad I
watched him almost every day at six o’clock with my Dad.
The Runaway Jury: Movie might be better.
Thieves of State: My most recent finish has me questioning
more about what US foreign policy in the Middle East is doing. It was
eye-opening to understand what the major motivation/foundation of terrorist
organizations is….corruption in their often western-backed governments.
This is my God: I love Jewish people. I wanted to marry a
Jewish girl once-upon-a-time.
Warbreaker: Probably the only true, heavy, fantasy book I have finished.
It has intriguing philosophy about gods combined with very imaginative
literation.
Wooden: John Wooden is one of my idols. His pyramid of success, seven
daily principles, and example are awe-inspiring.
Near Future
Awaken the Giant Within
Dune
Friday Night Lights
Parley P Pratt Autobiography
Speaker for the Dead
Tale of Two Cities
The Quran
Favorite College
Textbooks
Human Anatomy
Human Intimacy
Nation of Nations
Real Estate Principles
Viajes
Writing and Speaking for Business
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