Your Summer Reading List is Available Now!
(We are sharing our top 6 picks!)
With vacations or staycations planned, it’s the perfect time to crack the spine of a book in the beautiful outdoors. Double-tasking during your summer relaxation is easy with books that help you grow, sharpen your skills, and uplift your mindset.
If you are still in doubt about the benefits of reading top business titles this summer, check out some of the reasons it can be good for some low-key professional development:
- Increased empathy – Understanding the human psyche can help you grow more empathetic and, in turn, help you become a better leader.
- Increased vocabulary – Reading anything helps increase your vocabulary. When you read books related to business, leadership, industry, etc., you start to increase your vocabulary related to your career.
- Fresh perspectives – Downtime is a great time for reflection. Reading a book by a ‘thought leader’ on management styles, company culture issues, or productivity allows you to benefit from someone else’s experience.
- Inspiration for the creative flow – Creativity is like a muscle; the more you use it, the stronger it gets! Reading books on topics related to your career for pleasure can help stimulate your creative muscle. You’ll arrive back at work after your summer break feeling invigorated and full of fresh ideas.
- Upskill your toolbox – Keeping your skills up to date has never been more important. Our environment evolves at a fever pitch due to technology, societal forces, and hyper-competition.
We’ve put together a list of books that we’ve either read or have come recommended to us. Stay on top of your game by taking in the latest book titles that support your career growth path…
Here are our top 6 summer reading picks!
The Practice by Seth Godin
Marketing guru Seth Godin is well-known for best-selling titles like Linchpin, Tribes, and The Dip. The Practice is a book designed to inspire artists, writers, and entrepreneurs to put their best work out into the world. The book focuses on creativity and outlines the premise that consistent practice of its pursuit is the best way forward. The Practice is perfect for you if you need help to get unstuck and find the courage to make and share creative work.
Buddha and the Badass by Vishen Lakhiani
New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Forget Hustling is also making a splash with this book that challenges deeply held beliefs about work, success, and life. The premise is that you integrate the Buddha and the Baddass to experience life at a different level that operates from a space of bliss, ease, inspiration, and abundance.
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned by Bob Iger
Another #1 New York Times bestselling author, Bob Iger, shares his memoir of leadership and success. The book about the tales of the executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year; shares the ideas and values he embraced during his fifteen years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies and inspiring the people who bring the magic to life.
The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz
Author, Mike Michalowicz, found himself trying to grow his first company and chasing customers left and right, putting in twenty-eight-hour days, eight days a week. The punishing grind left him in a place where he was barely breathing. That’s when he discovered an unlikely source of inspiration—pumpkin farmers. The idea – plant the right seeds, don’t waste time doing a bunch of different things just to please your customers. Instead, identify the thing you do better than anyone else and focus all of your attention, money, and time on figuring out how to grow your company doing it.
The E-Myth Revisted
by Michael E. Gerber
In this instant classic, Gerber defines the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs along with the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work of a business can successfully run the business. Drawing on years of consulting experience, the author flushes out the many ways that assumptions, expectations, and even technical expertise can get in the way of running a successful business.
Million Dollar Coach: The 9 Strategies That Drive a 7-Figure Coaching Business by Taki Moore
Million Dollar Coach is a go-to resource for coaches that lays out ways to increase the income you earn, work when and how you want, as well as watch your clients get incredible results.
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