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Hello,

Happy 2020 to you! It’s hard to believe we’ve entered a new decade, let alone a new year! I hope you have big plans and goals for the year. For me, I plan to have more opportunities for speaking and writing on neurosurgery and Cognitive Dominance.

I also have a new article out on Business Insider. It lays out 3 decade resolutions I believe will create a positive impact on your life and give you a kick-start to the year. Give it a read and let me know your thoughts! 

Lastly, I want to share seven books that I read over the last decade which have left a significant impact on my life. I highly recommend you check them out if you haven’t read them yourself!

The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield  
This book motivated me to get my book written. I had so many roadblocks and SNAFUS along the way and this book kept me on track. One of the most inspiring books I’ve ever read. I bet I’ve read it 6 times!

The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell 
My dad gave me this book 25 years ago and I never read it. While I was cleaning out my parents’ library, I stumbled on his personal copy with notes and bookmarks. WOW! This book is literally the history of the world wrapped up in three hundred pages. Well worth the read and illustrates Jordan Peterson’s comment that a story is like a little map of the world.

Antifragile, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb  
I love reading this guy’s stuff. He’s so smart and well-read. Also, I love the attitude- irreverent and unapologetic. I learned a lot in this book and use a lot of his material when I lecture at West Point.

12 Rules of Life, by Jordan Peterson  
This book is packed with really powerful information. I wish I read it before reading his first book Maps of Meaning (a masterpiece, a very dense masterpiece). A great thinker.

Getting Things Done, by David Allen
This book caused me to refine my daily operating system and helped me a lot by laying out a tickler file system, which decreases stress and helps me be more efficient. 

The Diamond Cutter, by Geshe Michael Roach
This is a meandering read, but it got me to get back into meditation. I liked his recommendation to create a spot in the house where I go to meditate every day and to spend a few moments straightening up first- sort of a metaphorical cleaning of the mind. Good stuff.

The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg
An excellent summary of what makes us tick and how we can obliterate useless or even destructive habits in our life.

Honorable Mention: 
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, by Chris Hadfield
This book is an enjoyable story of a man hell-bent on getting into space. It gave me the idea to model some of my books like his. An interesting and creative character who I hope to meet someday.


I wish you a great rest of your month and I hope 2020 continues to treat you well.

Warmest regards,
Mark
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