NATE CHECKETTS
Founder, Rhone Apparel
■ “Leadership and Self-Deception,” by the Arbinger Institute
An annual reread for me. A good reminder on how the way we think about and treat individuals really matters.
■ “The One Thing,” by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
All about focusing in on what matters most and prioritizing your day, week and ultimately life around priorities.
■ “Ready Player One,” by Ernest Cline
Great, fast read and unlike most sci-fi is set in the not-too-distant future and feels like a reasonable way technology can pull the world forward.
■ “American Sniper,” by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
More in-depth look at the deployments of Chris Kyle. Inspired to read after seeing the movie.
JAN KATZOFF
Head of global sports and entertainment consulting, GMR Marketing
■ “The Boys in the Boat,” by Daniel James Brown, about the University of Washington crew team that won at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and Stuart Scott’s “Every Day I Fight.” Both are inspiring.
Al Michaels’ new book, “You Can’t Make This Up,” for a little more lighthearted entertainment.
NICK SARGENT
VP of global business alliances, Burton
Rereading my favorites:
■ “The Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger
Classic book which most read in junior high, amazing to reread in your professional life.
■ “The Monkey Wrench Gang,” by Edward Abbey
Abbey is the consummate eco-terrorist in the West. I’ve traveled to many places the book references, including The Maze. Always fun to retrace the footsteps and enjoy the beauty the West has to offer.
New read:
■ “Killing Patton,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
I’m a WWII history buff, and enjoy sharing the stories of an incredible leader with my son.
AMY TRASK
Analyst, CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network
This summer I am reading two books and writing one (I am under contract to deliver a draft of “You Negotiate Like A Girl” by Sept. 1), so there’s a lot more writing than reading in my life right now. The two I have read or am starting:
■ “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” by Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman’s insights into how cognitive biases impair effective decision making.
■ “The English Spy,” by Daniel Silva
Silva’s latest thriller — and I do mean thriller — featuring Gabriel Allon, a spy and assassin. Just bought it a few hours ago, will start reading it this afternoon and will read it through the night and into the morning.
MIKE MURIANO
Senior coordinating producer, NFL Network
I used to read books one at a time. I saw a colleague carrying multiple books and asked how he reads more than one concurrently. He simply explained, “You watch and process more than one TV show over the same course of time. Why not books?” My own spin on that is I try to make sure they are different types of books. Easier for me to process if I’m bouncing between an instructional or self-improvement type book simultaneously with a biography/autobiography or fictional work. With that in mind, here’s what I’m reading or is on the docket:
■ “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful,” by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter
It was assigned reading via an executive coaching program, but is written in a way that makes it very readable. It provides great insight, observations and suggestions for ways to be a better leader, manager and teammate.
■ “The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film,” by Michael Ondaatje
This a reread for me, that I go back to now and again. It reads as more of a dialogue between two filmmakers talking about their process in writing, directing and editing a finished project. Just a cool read about the filmmaking process, both collaboratively and individually, prep through post
CHUCK WIELGUS
Executive director, USA Swimming
■ “Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup,” by Andrew Zimbalist
I always want to be reading a book that addresses some aspect of our industry.
■ “On the Move: A Life,” by Oliver Sacks
I love memoirs, and Oliver Sacks has lived an extraordinary life.
■ “Inside the Cage,” by Wight Martindale Jr.
Can’t pass up any book about my first love, playground basketball.
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JOHN WALSH
Consultant, ESPN / ABC
If the “Summer Reading” feature had a hall of fame, John Walsh would undoubtedly be part of its inaugural class. The newly retired ESPN executive has contributed his book lists several times, going back to the feature’s debut in 2006. With that in mind, and figuring life away from the hustle of Bristol might give him more time to dig into his bookshelf,
we returned to him with a familiar question: “What are you reading?”
Just finished “All Fishermen Are Liars,” by John Gierach and “Boy on Ice,” by John Branch. And of course “Every Town Is a Sports Town,” by George Bodenheimer.
The rest of my list, which I will not get to all of: “Being Nixon,” by Evan Thomas, “The Whites,” by Richard Price, “The Dog Stars,” by Peter Heller, “After The Tall Timber,” by Renata Adler, the Joseph Mitchell biography by Thomas Kunkel, and “The Ground Beneath Her Feet,” by Salman Rushdie. If I finish three, I will be happy.
