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A Year in Books — 2020
35 (plus one) books and quotes that shaped and inspired me in 2020
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” — Jhumpa Lahiri
With actual travel being a bit of an issue in 2020, books have become even more of a medium to journey into distant lands and enter the minds of brilliant thinkers past and present.
Personally, books have always been a central part of my life. But this year, this relationship got taken to another level.
In May this year I published my own book Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress together with my co-author John Fitch and our amazing illustrator Mariya Suzuki.
The book immediately became an Amazon bestseller in multiple categories, and we’ve been extremely humbled by the positive feedback we’ve received. And it’s only the beginning of this journey.
So while I only read 35 books this year, compared to 49 books in 2019 and 38 books in 2018, this year more than any other has been a year of books…
