After reading at least 1/4 of the books that is on your reading list, I can say that there is a lot of benefit in learning what others have done. Although it is sometimes harder to convince myself to learn from other people’s mistakes and successes, in the end, I would much rather follow a successful leader who has been down the road already than to poke along in the dark. Also, I am finding that after reading and applying some of the teachings from those books, I am reading other author’s recommendations that recommend things to do that I have been already been doing. Let’s keep our personal recommended reading list growing!