In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Devin Maddox, the Trade Books Publisher at B&H Publishing Group. In this conversation, they talk about how to build a library.

Questions:

* What have you been reading recently?

* Do you prefer print, digital, or audiobooks?

* Have you read everything in your library?

* What are some of your favorite books?

* What book would you tell your 20 year old self to read?

QUOTES

“You’ve got to have a Bible intake strategy”

“I ask three questions: do I want my kids to have this? Would I want to give this book away as a gift? Would I find this book useful again to reference in my work?”

“The best books we ought to give to our friends and order another one.”

“That’s what the blank pages in the front and back are for, they are there for you to take notes.”

“I look at books as little missionaries that we get to send into other people’s lives.”

“When you read a lot, you learn to read quickly and comprehend better. It’s deliberate practice.”

“Most books, I’m reading the first and last sentence of every paragraph and then figuring out, do I want to read this paragraph.”

“It says a lot about you, not only what books you read, but what books you re-read.”

“There are some books that ought to be beautiful.”

“I’m a reader because my parents were readers.”

“I really do think leaders need to be reading fiction.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Legacy of Faith Library

HeReadsTruth legacy books

Reflections on the Bible: Human Word and Word of God by Bonhoeffer

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Reclaiming Hope by Michael R. Wear

Upstarts by Brad Stone

Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Baibin

Unfinished Agenda: An Autobiography by Leslie Newbigin

Fool’s Talk by Os Guinness

Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday

Succession by Not Tichy

The Content Trap by Bharat Anand