As we’re still early in the year, I’m cognisant that some of you may have set reading goals for yourselves.

It’s a great practice to get into and something I’ve been doing for a number of years.

In doing so, I wanted to share something I’ve noticed the Commandant of the Marine Corps does that most executives fail to capitalize on.

Every year, the Commandant publishes the Commandant of the Marine Corps Professional Reading List (CPRL).

​It’s broken into the following 6 categories with 10 books per category.

The list is updated bi-annually, meaning that twice per year the Commandant archives a certain number of titles and replaces them with a handful of fresh titles in order to remain relevant, current, and promote professional discussions amongst all Marines.

Each year, Marines are required to read a minimum of five books from the CPRL.

You can access the CPRL Here and you can also access the most recent update post from the Marine Corps if you’d like to see how they disperse the bi-annual updates here.

There are some great books on the list and quite a few that I’ve added to my own personal reading list after a quick review.

Here’s a question I’ve often thought of… most of us are avid readers, so what’s stopping us from publishing our own reading lists that we share with our clients, prospects, and friends?



​I’ll be putting a revised version together soon, but if you’d like to review the most recent list I’ve published you can find of the following article: I’m Too Busy To Read

To your success,

Nate

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