Below are books that Karl recommends. This list is not complete, is roughly grouped by Functional Fitness areas and will be updated often. Watch for book summaries, grouping by subject and links to the books online soon. If you know one that I need to list, let me know.
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Professional Fitness
What the CEO Wants You to Know, Expanded and Updated: How Your Company Really Works – Ram Charan
Boots to Loafers, Finding Your New True North – John Phillips
On Assimilation: A Ranger’s Return from War – Leo Jenkins
Set Up for Success: A Veteran’s Guide for Re-acclimation – Joel Carpenter
Never Split the Difference – Chris Voss
Emotional Fitness
Functional Emotional Fitness: A Gut-Brain Solution for Reprogramming Any Thought Emotiona and Behavior – Dr. Kelly Burris
QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life – John G. Miller
Find Your Why – Simon Sinek
First Train out of Denver – Leo Jenkins
A Warrior’s Garden – Malachias Doc Gaskin
Fishers of Trout and Men: Protectors of the Realm – Richard C. Raugust
Spiritual Fitness
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
The Inside-Out Revolution: The Only Think You Need to Know to Change Your Life Forever – Michael Neill
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years – Donald Miller
7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
Physical Fitness
USMC Prep – Twelve Week Training Program – Nicholas Koumalatsos and Josh Honsberger
Protein Power – Michael R Eades and Mary Dan Eades
Social Fitness
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
The Cookie Thief – Kirk Weisler
Together is Better – Simon Sinek
The Dog Poop Initiative – Kirk Weisler
Historical/War Experiences by Veterans
Violence of Action: The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror – Marty Skovlund
Lest We Forget: A Ranger Medic’s Story – Leo Jenkins
Of Their Own Accord – Gary Dolan
Heart of a Ranger: The True Story of Cpl. Ben Kopp, American Hero in Life and Death – Bill Lunn (Bill is not a veteran but this fits perfectly here)
Ranger – A Soldier’s Life – Col. Ralph Puckett
The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers – Nick Irving
A Night in Pech Valley: A memoir of a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Global War on Terrorism – Grant McGarry
A Tale of the Grenada Raiders: Memories in the Idioms of Dreams (Tales of the Rangers) Volume 1 – Stephen Trujillo