Here are some of Ron’s favorite books. Check them out!

HUMOR

Glickman, David (2018). Speaking of Funny: 77 Ways to Add Humor to Any Presentation

Klein, Allen (1989). The Healing Power of Humor: Techniques for Getting Through Loss, Setbacks, Upsets, Disappointments, Difficulties, Trials, Tribulations, and All That Not-So-Funny Stuff

Martin, Steve (2008). Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life

Robertson, Jeanne (2015). Don’t Let the Funny Stuff Get Away

MINDFULNESS

Goldstein, Joseph (2016). Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

Harris, Dan (2019). 10% Happier Revised Edition: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works–A True Story

Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2013). Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

Kabat-Zinn, Jon (1994). Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Rinpoche, Sogyal (2002). The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Tolle, Eckhart (2004). The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

WRITING

Allen, Neal & Lamott, Anne (2025). Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences

Lamott, Anne (1995). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

King, Stephen (2010). On Writing

WORK, LIFE, HEALTH, COMMUNICATION

Alda, Alan (2018). If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating

Buettner, Dan (2012). The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest

Chapman, Gary (2015). The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

Covey, Stephen (2020). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Crowley, Chris & Lodge, Henry (2019). Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, Sexy, and Smart–Until You’re 80 and Beyond

Frankl, Viktor E. (2006). Man’s Search for Meaning

Colvin, George (2010). Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Pressfield, Steven (2012). The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Pulde, Alona & Lederman, Matthew (2017). The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet

Reynolds, Garr (2008). Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) 3rd Edition

Rosenberg, Marshall (2015). Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides

FICTION & NON-FICTION

Bryson, Bill (1998). A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Golding, William (1954). Lord of the Flies

King, Stephen (2011). 11/22/63

Krakauer, Jon (1997). Into Thin Air

Williams, John (1965). Stoner

McEwan, Ian (2001). Atonement