I've read 300+ books in the last 5 years.
Here are the 13 that will CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
Here are the 13 that will CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
1. Extreme ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
This book made me realize we each have more agency in our lives and our work.
And taught me practical steps to take control wherever I could.
This book made me realize we each have more agency in our lives and our work.
And taught me practical steps to take control wherever I could.
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
I am someone who wants to say 'yes' to everything.
This book taught me the power of getting focused on what truly matters in life.
I reread this book often to remind me to separate the essential from the noise.
I am someone who wants to say 'yes' to everything.
This book taught me the power of getting focused on what truly matters in life.
I reread this book often to remind me to separate the essential from the noise.
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
I have always felt like an outsider and struggled to feel like I belonged.
This book taught me that when I am comfortable being authentically myself, I feel belong everywhere without needing to belong anywhere.
I have always felt like an outsider and struggled to feel like I belonged.
This book taught me that when I am comfortable being authentically myself, I feel belong everywhere without needing to belong anywhere.
The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
I knew I believed in the power of positivity, but this book taught me the science of why and research-proven methods on how to cultivate happiness in my life.
I've used this book to turn positivity skeptics into believers many times.
I knew I believed in the power of positivity, but this book taught me the science of why and research-proven methods on how to cultivate happiness in my life.
I've used this book to turn positivity skeptics into believers many times.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
This book uses data to show how the world is designed by and for men, making women less safe.
It is the perfect explanation for why we NEED representation in government, technology, and business.
This book uses data to show how the world is designed by and for men, making women less safe.
It is the perfect explanation for why we NEED representation in government, technology, and business.
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
This book transformed my thinking about how to make progress in my life. I always focused on big efforts and dramatic wins.
This book taught me the exponential impact of small consistent actions.
This book transformed my thinking about how to make progress in my life. I always focused on big efforts and dramatic wins.
This book taught me the exponential impact of small consistent actions.
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
This book fed my fire and motivation to be the bravest, boldest woman I can be.
Everyone should read this book to understand how society's gender expectations limit our ability to fully express ourselves and live authentically.
This book fed my fire and motivation to be the bravest, boldest woman I can be.
Everyone should read this book to understand how society's gender expectations limit our ability to fully express ourselves and live authentically.
Atomic Habits by James Clear
This book took what I learned in Compound Effect and helped me put it into practice.
It is THE book about habit design that makes a complex psychological premise feel approachable and actionable. It's a powerhouse.
This book took what I learned in Compound Effect and helped me put it into practice.
It is THE book about habit design that makes a complex psychological premise feel approachable and actionable. It's a powerhouse.
The Universe Has Got Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein
This book came at the perfect time in my life. I'd gone through a string of bad luck, betrayals, and disappointments and I was losing my hope.
This book got it back -- permanently.
This book came at the perfect time in my life. I'd gone through a string of bad luck, betrayals, and disappointments and I was losing my hope.
This book got it back -- permanently.
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Written by one of the world's foremost experts on trauma, it is a tough read but explains how we store trauma in our bodies, how it's more common than we think, and the devastating impact it has on all of us.
Life changing.
Written by one of the world's foremost experts on trauma, it is a tough read but explains how we store trauma in our bodies, how it's more common than we think, and the devastating impact it has on all of us.
Life changing.
Reboot by Jerry Colonna
I have given this book to at least 10 people.
It helped me see an existential mid-life crisis as a personal rebirth.
And lean into it to launch the most transformative, high-growth period of my life.
I have given this book to at least 10 people.
It helped me see an existential mid-life crisis as a personal rebirth.
And lean into it to launch the most transformative, high-growth period of my life.
This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
I didn't necessarily have a drinking problem, but I wanted to start drinking less.
By the time I was done with this book, with zero effort, my relationship with alcohol changed and I was drinking a fraction of what I had before.
I didn't necessarily have a drinking problem, but I wanted to start drinking less.
By the time I was done with this book, with zero effort, my relationship with alcohol changed and I was drinking a fraction of what I had before.
Manβs Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away"
This powerful book about a man's survival of the holocaust and his ability to turn pain, trauma, and terror into meaning is inspiring.
Must read.
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away"
This powerful book about a man's survival of the holocaust and his ability to turn pain, trauma, and terror into meaning is inspiring.
Must read.
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