My Bookshelf

If you are interested in developing your career, instructional design, or learning & development, I warmly recommend the books below. Note that this page includes Amazon affiliate links that are used to pay for website hosting (on the off chance I make any money from them at all!).

• Designing Your Life by Burnett and Evans. This is the book that I wish I had read in college and during my 20s. And during my 30s, come to think of it.
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• The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams. Just a couple chapters into this book, I knew that my basic layout/design sense was already markedly improved (which may or may not be saying much). I know I make design errors left and right, but this book has definitely saved me from making worse blunders.
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• The eLearning Designer's handbook by Tim Slade. An excellent resource. I've reviewed it here.
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• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. This book was incredibly important during the actual process of my career transition when I had to pay sharp attention to my goals and commitments.
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• The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier. As someone with a natural tendency to jump in quickly with advice and start blabbing, this book has a good dose of medicine that has helped me to have some better conversations (still working on it, though ...).