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My Top Books in 2023 I'm looking forward to surpassing my goal of reading 50 books again for the Goodreads 2023 Reading Challenge! This year I've had a large number of books I gave 5 stars, so I took extra time to enjoy them. For many years I gave myself the excuse that I didn't have the time to sit down and read, and barely read 1 book a year. So how did I do it? Well listening to audiobooks while driving or training for sports to stay in shape  https://ninja.ninjaforlife.com/ definitely helps. Luckily books in Amazon Kindle format can also be read by Echo devices and even using the Alexa app. My top books by category read in 2023 were: Data & AI • Power and Prediction https://amzn.to/411oHAn • The Signal and The Noise https://amzn.to/3GpKTup Business/Technology • Chip War https://amzn.to/3R5KEcR • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making https://amzn.to/3RpoDag • Sandworm https://amzn.to/3TcuHo5 Mindset/Motivational • Motivational Legends

Geeking out on Data & AI I tend to obsess over at least one subject to keep me always learning new things, and this time it is Data & AI: Data - it is all around us, & tools like Microsoft Power BI allow us to harness that power. Since it is one of our main tools used at work, I knew I needed to use it more. Luckily, Microsoft Learn offers free hands-on labs that walk you through all the basics. After completing their cloud skills challenge at one of their recent events, I was offered a discount to take the Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300) exam. After attempting the exam, I'm glad to share that I passed! AI - I'm also amazed by how powerful AI tools can help us out with daily tasks. My main go-to is ChatGPT for generating content, summarizing content, & much more. And if you have Microsoft Edge, Bing Chat is built into the browser & lets you do things like summarize articles & generate images. I enjoy sharing what I'm learning, so I'm putting toget