About

My LinkedIn profile is HERE.

Roles I enjoy:

• Leadership Coach

• Teacher of Engineering, Design Thinking, Making

• Community Organizer

• Maker / Inventor

• Musician

• Speaker

• Athlete

• Husband

• Father

• Brother

• Son

• Friend

• Student of Life

Contact

• • email:  tom@tomheck.com

My Projects

Take a look at some of my projects HERE

Books I Like

[spiritual]

• There's a Spiritual Solution To Every Problem by Dr. Wayne Dyer

• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

• A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

• Beyond Belief - The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels

• The Passion Test by Janet and Chris Atwood

[fiction]

• Peter and the Star Catchers [series] by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

• The Martian by Andy Weir

• Freedom (TM) by Daniel Suarez

• Daemon by Daniel Suarez

[non-fiction]

• The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier

• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

• The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson

• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

• 1776 by David McCullough

• Manhunt by James Swanson

• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

• Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

• Extreme Ownership - How Navy SEALS Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

• Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World by Tony Wagner

• In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

• How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough

• Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

• The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy

[personal development]

• Way of the Peaceful Warrier by Dan Millman

• Power vs. Force by David Hawkins

• Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins

• Beyond Success by Brian Biro

• How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb

• Nonviolent Communication: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values by Marshall Rosenberg PhD

• The Heart's Code by Dr. Paul Pearsal

[business]

• TRIBES by Seth Godin (anything by Seth is a must read)

• The Go Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann

• Made To Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

• The Long Tail by Chris Anderson

• FREE: the future of a radical price by Chris Anderson

• DRIVE: the surprising truth about what motivates us by Dan Pink

• A Whole New Mind by Dan Pink

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

• Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni

• The Three Signs of a Miserable Job by Patrick Lencioni

• Linchpin by Seth Godin

• Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

• The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

• The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris

• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

Magazines I Like

• Make

• Fast Company

• Wired

Musicians/bands I like

• Peter Gabriel

• Bruce Hornsby

• Bruce Molsky

• Sam Bush

• James Taylor

• BB King

• Bonnie Raitt

• Tim O'Brien

• Doc Watson

• Steve Winwood

• U2

• Beausoleil

• Enya

• The Chieftans

• Tony Furtado

• Eric Clapton

• Santana

Radio/podcasts I like

• Unlocking Us with Brene Brown

• Wait Wait Don't Tell me

• This American Life

• Fresh Air with Terry Gross

• Planet Money

• Freakonomics

• Embeded (NPR)

• Akimbo (Seth Godin)

• Radio Lab

• Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell

• Serial

• The Daily (New York Times)

• Post Reports (Washington Post)

• Prof G

• At the Table (Patrick Lencioni)

• Working Genius Podcast (Patrick Lencioni)

TV/web shows I like

• Ted Lasso (series)

• Fantastic Fungi (documentary)

• Star Wars (movies and live action series)

• TED talks

• Mythbusters

• Dirty Jobs

• Mark Rober