Books — Books

Another wonderful, complex, frustrating, insightful, challenging, and joy-filled year is coming to a close. Through all the twists and turn, long commutes and days off, the GATAC team remains committed to the philosophy of Reading, Thinking, Speaking, and Writing. In keeping with the cornerstone of that philosophy, we present the 2018, GATCT bookshelf. These titles will come as no surprise. The thousands of pages below will offer you personal challenges, new perspectives, unique insight and philosophical disagreement. Dig in an enjoy!

If there are books that you recommend for the start of 2019 or think should be read in the time remaining of 2018, leave a comment or send us an email and let us know!

Have a wonderful December and finish 2018 STRONG!

Greater Application's Book Shelf, 2018

Initial books on the shelf for 2019

As some of you know, the Greater Application Through Critical Thought (GATCT) construct has morphed dramatically over the past 18 months. This community began as a monthly intellectual pup crawl where instead of jumping from bar to bar we climbed stools and jumped from topic to topic. GATAC grew to include a monthly e-mail covering one specific topic or article. The pubs and emails then transformed into an organizational group on social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Here the subject matter expanded to include exciting or provocative books and podcasts. Today, GATCT has a website where the community can Read, Think, Speak and Write. Along this journey, the GATCT community has touched a great many and varying subjects. While migrating all past subject matter is not feasible, here is one touchpoint that is worth repeating. In no particular order:

Welcome to Greater Application's 2017 Reading List

Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action - Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't - Simon Sinek

Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders - L. David Marquet

Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae - Steven Pressfield

The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time - David L. Ulin

Democracy In America - Alexis de Tocqueville

Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - Malcolm Gladwell

When the Poor Boys Dance: The Odyssey of a Young Marine - G. F. Borden