I’ve been asked quite a few times how I get so much done in such a short amount of time while still producing work that’s 100% top-notch.
My secret?
It’s not really a secret. I just read a lot!
Below is my list of books that everyone should read.
7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
The 7 habits of highly effective people give you the tools and basis for what I describe as being as close to a “perfect” person as you can be. It goes over how to change your mindset, how to think about value from a different perspective, and how to work with others in a highly effective manner.
Deep Work
Have you ever felt yourself just… consumed by Slack? By email? By thoughts in your mind that literally server no purpose other than to irritate and/or distract you? Deep Work helps you fix that by providing key analysis and tools on how to think properly from a depth perspective.
The Practicing Mind
As humans, we’re always thinking about the future, the past, what happened 1 year ago, or 5 years ago, or what’s going to happen in 1 or 5 years. Very rarely are we actually present. Whether we’re in our phones doom scrolling or thinking about a situation that hasn’t occurred yet. Being in the present and staying truly focused on what’s in front of you has become an impeccable skill. The Practicing Mind teaches you how to regain consciousness.
Atomic Habits
Building a habit is incredibly easy! I mean, think about it. Reaching for that donut or ice cream after dinner every night. Not going to the gym and instead watching TV. Going on Tik Tok instead of working. Well, yeah, building habits are easy… but are those the habits that you want? Atomic Habits teach you essentially how to be just a little bit better every day. I’m not even saying a 1% difference. I’m saying a fraction of 1% every single day can do wonders for your future.
So Good They Can’t Ignore You
To wrap up this post, I give you the golden nugget. So Good They Can’t Ignore You goes into how to build a career that will last a lifetime. Seriously, if you go through this book, I can almost guarantee you that even if something catastrophic like a layoff occurs, you’ll be back on your feet in no time. Be so undeniably good at something that no one can ignore you.
Other than the book link, here’s a YouTube video that should put the motivation of this book in light.
PURPOSELY Exploiting A Kubernetes Cluster
There’s only one way to secure a Kubernetes cluster from an application stack (Deployments, Pods, ConfigMaps, Secrets, etc etc.) perspective, and that’s to see and
Exploiting (Pentesting) An AWS EKS Cluster
By default, Kubernetes clusters are not secure in the slightest. Everything from: Not being forced to set SecurityContexts. The default Service Account is used to
AppSec: The Security Specialty That Rules Them All
In this blog post, you’ll learn about what AppSec (Application Security) is, what you need to break into AppSec, various AppSec tools, AppSpec terminology, and
Attacking A Kubernetes Cluster (Enter Red Team Mode)
There have been several reports over the years from organizations like Red Hat and various security research firms and independent engineers that give us a
Implementing Kubernetes Pod Security Standards
Just about every security issue is due to a misconfiguration. Think about it – security bugs are always due to some misconfiguration at the code
Why Python Is Good For Cybersecurity
Whether you’re in the game of automation/scripting or software engineering, there’s a typical question that you’ll ask yourself. “Why this language?”. The answer could be
What You ACTUALLY Need To Know For A Cybersecurity Job
Cybersecurity is arguably the “coolest” IT-style job role in 2024 (others may put cloud-native in that category). Because of that, many engineers are trying to
Impacts Of Not Setting Requests, Limits, and Quotas
Despite the innovation in the tech space from mainframes to servers to virtualization to cloud to Kubernetes, one thing holds true – resources are resources.
Treat Your Platform Engineering Implementation Like A Product
Open up a web browser. Google “What is Platform Engineering?”. You’ll be greeted with a massive amount of links. As you go through each Google
2 thoughts on “Top 5 Books For 2022”
Great list – I would add the Phoenix Project.
Totally agree! That’s a great book. This list is more from a mindset/psychology perspective. Phoenix Project would be on my “Top 5 Tech Mindset Books” list.