Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

What Should I Read Next?

What Should I Read Next?

Answering the question of, What should I read next? is nearly impossible to answer in a vacuum.

I immediately want to throw a dozen qualifiers at it.

  • What are your interests?
  • Do you want to learn something?
  • Or do you want to be entertained?
  • Do you like poetry?
  • How old are you?
  • What are your 7 favorite books thus far?
  • Who are your 3 favorite authors?

Unknowns aside, here are 10 books that, I believe, everyone could benefit by reading at some point.

  1. The Seven Decisions, By: Andy Andrews
  2. The Obstacle Is the Way,  By: Ryan Holiday
  3. Resilience,  By: Eric Greitens
  4. Mastery, By: Robert Greene
  5. A Million Miles In A Thousand Years, By: Donald Miller
  6. Man’s Search For Meaning, By: Viktor Frankl
  7. The Alchemist, By: Paulo Coelho
  8. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, By: Scott Adams
  9. Anything You Want, By: Derek Sivers
  10. Love Does, By: Bob Goff

And remember, if you are ever in doubt about where to turn:

Read on a whim! And read widely!

So I travel mute among these books, these eyeless men and women that people the empty plain. I wake up thinking: What am I reading? What will I read next? I’m terrified that I’ll run out, that I will read through all I want to, and be forced to learn wildflowers at last, to keep awake.

-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim At Tinker Creek

Joy Of Writing

Joy Of Writing

I hope you write for the joy of writing.

Maybe you write for the cathartic way that writing allows you to explore new ideas and wrestle with old ideas.

I hope you use it as a creative outlet and that you eventually get paid for what you write.

But most of all, I hope you do it for the simple joy of it.

Like laying in bed early in the morning before the day starts, and taking long lunches, my desire for you – for me – is a writing life filled with spending our days on something we enjoyed, something that brought us purpos.

And – yes – of course, I hope you do it forever.

I have written because it fulfilled me. Maybe it paid off the mortgage on the house and got the kids through college, but those things were on the side—I did it for the buzz. I did it for the pure joy of the thing. And if you can do it for joy, you can do it forever.

-Stephen King, On Writing

Sterling Terrell