As someone who consumes a lot of content, and I mean A LOT, I often get asked by friends and colleagues to recommend stuff to consume. And I love doing just that. If fact, my entire professional life is devoted to helping people discover great content with my sites like The News Funnel.

I know that a lot of what I consume is some heavy stuff, but hey, that's just my personal preference :)

So, if you are looking for some great summer content, I would suggest the following based on what I have recently consumed...

BOOKS:

I try and finish a new book every few weeks. While most of them are spiritual in nature (Buddhism), I do read a wide spectrum of books. And many aren't even new books. Regardless, I am always discovering great things to read. Here are three great ones:

Shoe Dog

When Breath Becomes Air

The Book of Joy

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

The Alchemist

DOCUMENTARIES:

I am obsessed with documentaries. I watch at least one per week. Here are a few I watched recently that I absolutely loved:

13th

Cartel Land

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

Marley

FIve Came Back

PODCASTS:

Another one of my obsessions is podcasts. I listen to them while I am running, driving or just on a walk. Sometimes ten minutes here and ten minutes there. And I get through them. I have about ten I listen to regularly but these are three amazing ones I listen to as soon as they come out:

Walter Isaacson's "Trailblazers"

Reid Hoffman's "Masters of Scale"

Malcolm Gladwell’s "Revisionist History"

NPR's "How I Built This"

Marc Maron's "WTF"

I hope you can find the time to enjoy some of these suggestions and would love to hear what others are listening to, reading and watching!

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