While goals are likely the first thing you think of when you start a new year, I always find myself looking at new books to read. I always have a list of books that I need to read. Some of them have been on there for quite awhile, yet others have only recently been added.

I read a lot. So I love to start out the new year with looking at recommendations and what books are on my list to read. This gives me a great start to the year and some ideas of what my goals should be for the next 3 months (I want to do goal planning every 12 weeks).

If you are looking for a couple of book recommendations, consider adding these to your list to get your year started off on the right foot.

Book Recommendations

The Advantage by Patrick M. Lencioni

The Advantage is a great book for any business that is growing rapidly and wanting to make sure they have their processes and systems setup and in place to help their leaders grow successfully. I found this book to be a quick read and have been able to apply pieces of the the advice in the book to my daily life.

Hooked: How to Build Habit Forming Products by Nir Eyal

If you are building products, it’s important that you take a look at this book. Nir walks you through the idea that your product helps to build habits inside of your users. As a product person, you want to know how your customers use your products. This book will not only help you with understanding how to think about your users, but will also help set the stage to your own thought process to build better products and how and what habits will be formed.

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works