Seth Godin:
Most organizations think nothing of having twenty valuable employees spend an hour in a meeting that’s only tangentially related to their productive output.
But if you’re sitting at your desk reading a book that changes your perspective, your productivity or your contribution, it somehow feels like slacking off…
I work from home, for myself, and it is still a mental hurdle to allow myself time in the day to read and learn without it feeling like slacking off.
Seth’s got a great list of books. Here are a few I’d put in: