We are here to make it even easier, with your best beach reads for the long weekend and beyond.
From building your leadership muscles to flexing your resilience; from figuring out how stress can work FOR you to learning how to reset after a setback, and so much more, we’ve got the right book on this list.
We’ve chosen these books because they are not only incredibly insightful, but they are easy to read packed full of fascinating, entertaining stories.
book #1 – SHATTERPROOF by DR. TASHA EURICH What if, instead of merely “bouncing back” from stressors and setbacks, we could harness them for forward growth?
Whether you’re grappling with work stress, personal challenges, or the chaos of everyday life, Shatterproof offers an urgent alternative to stoic endurance as the only strategy for survival. Combining cutting-edge research, practical tools, and insights from her own struggle with a life-defining health crisis, Dr. Tasha Eurich will overturn your beliefs about what it takes to thrive through adversity, offering a scientifically supported system to help you feel better, do better, and live better than before.
book #2 – connectable by Ryan Jenkins Connect your workforce, improve engagement, and drive productivity to undreamed-of levels
Ryan Jenkins & Steven Van Cohen help leaders tackle the issue of worker loneliness head on to transform an isolated workforce into one that’s happier, more engaged, and more productive. With more than a decade of experience spent helping companies lessen worker loneliness, Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen distill their methodology, showing you what’s causing today’s loneliness, the role inclusion plays in solving it, and how you can decrease loneliness and increase belonging, engagement, and performance with employees at every level―including yourself.
book #3 – Calm within the storm by Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe A tender, powerful, and achievable path to the everyday resiliency we all need to navigate the uncertainty in our lives.
An inspiring new voice in resiliency, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe believes that our modern conception of resiliency as “fighting” or being “tougher” is misguided. Learning happens when we are able to trust and feel safe; fear and shame are barriers, not facilitators, for authentic growth, acceptance, and change. In Calm Within the Storm, Dr. Robyne maps out a kinder approach to taking on the challenges of life and developing authentic self-alignment and balance.
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Instead of wondering what’s next for your career, take back control and actively steer the course. By choosing the right path, you’ll take charge of your future and redirect your career trajectory. Mary Kelly & Meridith Elliott Powell will help you create a custom plan tailored to your career goals.
No matter what title you hold today, don’t spend another day leaving your future to others. Take the driver’s seat. We’re confident you’ll love the results, and we’re excited to join you on this incredible journey!
book #5 – Reset with Resilience by Mandy Gill Acting tough is not the same as being tough.
Mandy Gill, a renowned athlete, entrepreneur, and behavior change expert, shares her unique insights into why resetting with resilience equips each of us to navigate and overcome challenges not just in this moment, but for sustained long-term growth. In this book, Mandy gives you the roadmap to persevere and confront the inevitable hard moments—when there is doubt and the desire to quit—and provides strategies to overcome lack of motivation and to find willpower.
book #6 – Iron Cowboy by James Lawrence A lifetime’s worth of intensely lived experience packed into twenty riveting chapters.
When James Lawrence (aka the Iron Cowboy) announced his plan to complete 50 Full Distance Triathlons in 50 consecutive days in all 50 states, the only person who believed that he could pull it off was James himself (and his wife, Sunny). In 2015, he set a record for completing 50 Ironman distances in 50 states in 50 days, surviving tropical storms, internal bleeding, hypothermia, hyperthermia, dehydration, nerve damage, infected foot blisters, a blood-clot scare… and more!
book #7 – The Reset Mindset by Penny Zenker It all starts with a Reset Moment.
In The Reset Mindset, productivity expert Penny Zenker (aka The Focusologist) reveals a proven method that not only ensures that you never get “stuck” again but can also unlock new levels of performance personally and collectively. Regardless of your job title or situation, the simple three-step Reset Practice—1: Step Back; 2: Get Perspective; 3: Realign—will help you adapt quickly, reduce complexity, simplify decision-making, and keep you focused on the right things so you can achieve your work, relationship, and leadership goals.
book #8 – Springboard by Dr. Rebecca Heiss What if we’ve been trying to get rid of the very thing that brings us the opportunity for our greatest level of performance, meaning and purpose?
Backed by decades of research Dr. Rebecca Heiss provides a detailed roadmap for profoundly changing our professional and personal lives through the Fear(less) Stress Framework. With surprising truths gleaned from proprietary research, as well as case studies, interviews, and validated tests readers can use to deeper their own personal understanding of their cumulative stress through fresh, actionable tools that anyone can use to channel their peak performance even under the most challenging circumstances. *available for pre-order
book #9 – Shut up & Keep talking by Bob Pisani What was it like to witness these events firsthand, at the center of the financial world?
Bob Pisani is Senior Markets Correspondent for CNBC and has spent the past 25 years on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stories from the front line of finance for all the major events of the last quarter century, including the Asian Financial Crisis, the dot-com bubble and collapse, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the Great Financial Crisis
book #10 – Dare to Fly by Martha McSally “Courage isn’t magic or genetics. It is a choice. By choosing to do things afraid, you discover your own power to overcome.”
Martha McSally, combat pilot, survivor, U.S. Senator is an extraordinary achiever. Initially rejected from Air Force flight school because she was too short, she refused to give up, becoming the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and the first to command a combat fighter squadron in United States history. . In this powerful, uplifting book, McSally reflects on her successes and failures, shares key principles that have guided her, and reveals invaluable lessons to break barriers, thrive through darkness, and make someone proud in your life.
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