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The first day of my career began with 1,000 people being laid off citing āpost-merger efficiencies.ā I was the young whippersnapper walking in as many more were walking out, boxes in hand. I saw, firsthand, the impact of uncertainty, lack of clear and transparent communications, and leadership, not just on performance, but also on the health and well-being of the colleagues around me. In that first job I became fascinated and obsessed with how work can be something we enjoy and find meaning in. Since then, Iāve devoted my career to making work more inspiring, engaging, and fulfilling. This became my passion and cause because I felt the very opposite.
As a budding professional I was told not to be so kind to others, so I wasnāt taken advantage of.
Changing who I was and wanted to be didnāt seem like the right recipe for my success. Grantās debut book has likely had the most impact on how I show up in my career and in life ā that being a giver can be the key to our success and fulfillment. A must read for anyone who wants to do well while doing good.
A groundbreaking look at why our interactions with others hold the key to success, from the bestselling author of Think Again and Originals
For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in today's dramatically reconfigured world, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. In Give and Take, Adam Grant, an award-winning researcher and Wharton's highest-rated professor, examines the surprising forces that shape why some people rise to the top of the success ladder while others sink to the bottom. Praised by social scientists, business theorists, and corporateā¦
Iāve spent most of my career helping companies figure out how to become more relevant to their customers. And the more time I spent understanding what makes a brand relevant, the more I realized it was the same thing that makes a life relevant.
Just as a brand needs to uniquely give something to its customers, human beings also need to give in some way to be relevant in this world.
So if what I writeāand the books I recommendācan even in the smallest way guide some company or individual toward a more important, more meaningful, more relevant lifeā¦well then, I guess my job here will be done.
The message is simple: Offer something meaningfully different than anyone else to your prospective customers...clearly communicate that difference...and youāll be on the path to greater relevance.
I canāt tell you how many times Iāve referred back to this book for guidance on category creation, naming, brand leadership, and more.
Positioning teaches you how to create a unique position for your brand in the minds of your target audience, and how to communicate that position effectively. It's all about standing out, being different, and showing your customers why they should choose you over your competitors.
Published more than 40 years ago, I find Positioning to be incredibly relevant and insightful even today. It continues to be a must-read for anyone looking to take their brand to the next level!
The first book to deal with the problems of communicating to a skeptical, media-blitzed public, Positioning describes a revolutionary approach to creating a "position" in a prospective customer's mind-one that reflects a company's own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of its competitors. Writing in their trademark witty, fast-paced style, advertising gurus Ries and Trout explain how to:
Make and position an industry leader so that its name and message wheedles its way into the collective subconscious of your market-and stays there
Position a follower so that it can occupy a niche not claimed by the leader
Avoid lettingā¦
Iāve spent most of my career helping companies figure out how to become more relevant to their customers. And the more time I spent understanding what makes a brand relevant, the more I realized it was the same thing that makes a life relevant.
Just as a brand needs to uniquely give something to its customers, human beings also need to give in some way to be relevant in this world.
So if what I writeāand the books I recommendācan even in the smallest way guide some company or individual toward a more important, more meaningful, more relevant lifeā¦well then, I guess my job here will be done.
This book is a game-changer for anyone who wants to grow their business and make their clients fall in love with them.
It's all about understanding what your clients really want and need, and then delivering it to them in a way that is authentic and meaningful.
I love Beckwith's short-chapter writing style as itās very easy to read, and his insights are incredibly valuable.
Putting his thoughts into practice, like āRespect your clientās time,ā āBe specific,ā āBefore you pick a name, test it.ā āTake time and write notes by hand.āā¦will all help make you more relevant and more trusted by your clients.
So if youāre looking to create a roadmap on how your team can better connect with your own clients and make them feel truly appreciated, What Clients Love will help you build it.
In WHAT CLIENTS LOVE, Harry Beckwith discusses effective business tactics with the practical, down-to-earth style that has made him a best-selling author and trusted marketing expert. He explains the sheer simplicity of a marketing plan - how to find your company's position, how to define a brand and how to manage that brand so it has its full and overwhelming impact. With sections such as 'Thinking and Planning', 'Communicating' and 'Serving The Client', Beckwith shows how effective marketeers need to be brief, succinct and 'cut to the close'.
WHAT CLIENTS LOVE also reveals the very nature of a service andā¦
Tap Dancing on Everest, part coming-of-age memoir, part true-survival adventure story, is about a young medical student, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor raised in N.Y.C., who battles self-doubt to serve as the doctorāand only womanāon a remote Everest climb in Tibet.
Iāve spent most of my career helping companies figure out how to become more relevant to their customers. And the more time I spent understanding what makes a brand relevant, the more I realized it was the same thing that makes a life relevant.
Just as a brand needs to uniquely give something to its customers, human beings also need to give in some way to be relevant in this world.
So if what I writeāand the books I recommendācan even in the smallest way guide some company or individual toward a more important, more meaningful, more relevant lifeā¦well then, I guess my job here will be done.
Ned has a gift for asking the kind of thought-provoking questions that get us to think deeply about our lives, relationships, and faith.
His books are filled with questions that will challenge and inspire you to live a life of purpose and passionāand will help you connect in a more meaningful way with the people you love.
Iāve found that whether you're a young person just starting out in life or a seasoned adult looking for fresh insights, thereās something valuable in every one of these books.
Ready to go deep with the people who matter most to you? Then grab one of these books and start asking some big questions!
Research shows that few things affect the quality of our lives more than the quality of our relationships. We long for friendships where we're known and appreciated, but we're often left unsatisfied. The problem is we canāt create meaningful relationships with superficial conversation.
That Question Book: Friends Edition is your tool to solve that problem. These 360 conversational questions create fun and meaningful interaction with any gathering of friends, leading to the authentic connections you desire.
That Question Book: Friends Edition. Because life is better when relationships are better.
I believe deeply that, as messy and painful as life is, there is always joy, and usually humor, to be found. The book I wrote, Leavingās Not the Only Way to Go, pulls from some of the painful experiences Iāve had, and I often find myself following my description of the book, about two women who meet in a grief group, with ābut itās not a downer!ā Itās true, because Leaving is also inspired by all the joy and connections Iāve made for myself, even in the midst of loss. I learned how to balance the two sides of life through books like the ones on this list.
Iāve singled out the story āUp and Comers,ā the tale of an indie band whose members have superpowers (but only when theyāre drunk) because of its bisexual narrator, but every story in this collection has similar merits: a delightfully odd premise, a grim honesty about how bad life can get, and an unrelenting humor about how ridiculous life always is in spite of the grimness.
Maybe everything is meaningless and absurd, but Iām still here, and so are you, so letās have a good laugh at ourselves while we can!
Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg delivers a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about loveāthe best and worst thing in the universe.
Featuring:
ā¢ A young engaged couple forced to deal with interfering relatives dictating the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices for their wedding.
ā¢ A pair of lonely commuters who ride the subway in silence, forever, eternally failing to make that longed-for contact.
ā¢ A struggling employee at a theme park of U.S. presidents who discovers that love canāt be genetically modified.
The 14th century had it all: the 100 Years' War, near-constant famines, and, of course, the Black Plague. As a medievalist studying the art of the time, I was struck by the representations of Death that emerged from this near-perfect storm of misery. Yes, Death was often portrayed accompanied by demons and devils, lumped willy-nilly with evil. But it was more often portrayed in the Danse Macabre as a skeletal partner, leading everyoneāPope and Emperor, Lord and Laborerāon a merry dance. I know it was meant as a warning, but I found the Danse Macabre to be oddly comforting, a vision of an ultimate democracy, with Death the final partner and companion to us all.
Leavittās story is a fairytale and like all good fairytales, there is a handsome prince except this one is played by Lord Death himself.
I love Keturah. She is brave enough not to be afraid and big-hearted enough to see beyond Deathās terrifying purpose to the underlying sadness of the feared and hated outsider. Through the course of the book, she also comes to appreciate the meaning he brings to life.
āIt was Death whoā¦made her see the sun in the blue sky and hear the trees in a spring wind. He made her see how much she loved her friendsā¦Made her love the breath in her lungs. She knew she had never been truly alive as when she met him. Never so happy and content with her lot until she was touched by the sorrow of him.ā
A young woman makes a bargain with Death himself-and only true love can set her free-in this spellbinding YA fantasy romance for fans of Robin McKinley.
For most of her sixteen years, beautiful Keturah Reeves has mesmerized the villagers with her gift for storytelling. But when she becomes hopelessly lost in the king's forest, her strength all but diminished, she must spin the most important of tale of life. With her fate hanging in the balance, she charms Death himself-a handsome, melancholy, and stern lord-with a story of a love so true that he agrees toā¦
Dream It, Design It, Live It will empower you to create more happiness, abundance, and fulfillment while honoring your values for self-care, life-work balance, and living your truth.
Diana Drake Long is recognized as one of the world's master coaches, and her Dream It, Design It, Live It system givesā¦
Coming-of-age stories fascinate me because they are all so different. While we each experience many of the same events, each personās story is unique. I like to read about how they first understood love or how they met their best friend. I like to try on their life for a bit, walk around in their shoes, and then return to my reality with the person Iāve worked so hard to become. The more I read other peopleās stories of growing up, the more I feel we all harbor the same worries about ourselves and our future. We all struggle with similar problems while becoming who weāre meant to be.
I was completely enthralled by Levithanās main character, A, and how they become a different person every day. The idea of falling in love or having a career or even pursuing an interestāa sport, an instrument, an art formābecomes impossible when you live a life like A does.
I related to the idea that A couldnāt present as an individual, that they could only be whoever they ended up being for the day. Starting over every 24 hours was worse than waking up every morning as the same wrong person. At least I had the benefits of making friends, learning guitar, and having a family. The story made me so sad for Aās loneliness yet made me feel much less alone.
Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.
Thereās never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. Itās all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justinās girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be withādayā¦
As a human, I struggle with staying connected during conflict. Because conflict naturally shows up in all relationships, I had to figure out how to do it better, or die alone! My path has woven through studying conflict resolution, becoming a relationship therapist, doing deep learning within my own life partnership, and exploring the realm of somatic psychology in my doctoral work. I long for a world where we have the skills we need to work through conflict without resorting to violence. In my dreams, the world is able to coexist with love and conflict. Our relationships thrive when we speak our full truth, and embody our values in action.
My mantra used to be, "Being in relationship is hard!" I thought that having a healthy relationship meant non-stop effort. What I didn't realize is that relationships become easier when you have the right skills.
David Richo breaks down the necessary skills for effective relating in a way that honors your past, your humanity, and your compassion. Finding this book was like finding a key that unlocked happiness in my personal and business relationships. With thoughtful explanations and practical skill building, this is a must-read for those who are done suffering with painful relationship patterns.
This beloved book has touched hundreds of thousands of lives with its profound and actionable advice. Retaining the core message of becoming more mindful in our relationships, this edition includes new and revised material that addresses how we live and love today. A new preface touches on David Richoās experience with the book over time and outlines the key updates, including attention to online dating and modern communication styles as well as new perspectives on anger and ending relationships.
āMost people think of love as a feeling,ā says Richo, ābut love is not so much a feeling as a wayā¦
She Drives Me Crazy does a fantastic job mashing up two of the greatest tropesāenemies-to-lovers and fake datingāand combining them with a spin on the classic sports romance genre by having both basketball player Scottie and cheerleader Irene be girls. Itās not all fun and gamesāScottie is nursing a breakup in a painfully relatable fashionābut it is a lot of fun and games, and Quindlen definitely knows how to write romance, too.
āA little sweet, a little sharp.ā āBooklist, starred review
High school nemeses fall in love in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy, a queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston.
After an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, Irene Abraham, head cheerleader for the Fighting Reindeer.
Irene is as mean as she is beautiful, so Scottie makes a point to keep her distance. When the accident sends Ireneās car to the shopā¦
We all want peace. We all want a life of joy and meaning. We want to feel blissfully comfortable in our own skin, moving through the world with grace and ease. But how many of us are actively taking the steps to create such a life?
As an author, speaker, and teacher of love, my life purpose revolves around the belief that love and acceptance are the keys to healing the world. I have been blessed with the privilege of traveling the globe, sharing messages of love and healing with audiences of many cultures and beliefs. My message is simple, positive thinking and self-love are the keys to freedom, peace, and joy. I firmly believe that Love is the source and substance of the universe; it is how we got here and what sustains us. My aim is that these recommendations provide you with inspiration and/or instruction on expanding your love for personal and global healing.
Having been raised in a dysfunctional, mostly loveless environment, I arrived at adulthood starved for love, a perfect setup for failed codependent relationships.
Finally, around age 45, rich love lessons began to find their way to me, not the least of which was this life-saving book. Dr. Buscaglia was the first and perhaps only university professor to teach love. He convinced USC to let him teach a class dedicated to love, and only two years later, his course, Love 101, was maxed out with 200 students and a waitlist of 600.
Mainly consisting of lecture transcripts delivered to people of many ages and backgrounds, you will find the content warm, gracious, humorous, and humble. So, open your heart and mind, and be prepared to receive the wonder of love.
A collection of lectures by New York Times bestselling author, professor, and PBS motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia, Living, Loving, & Learning combines essential insights and teaching anecdotes to create a delightfully informative text on how to love.
Living, Loving, & Learning is the only complete collection of Leo Buscaglia's popular lectures, originally delivered via in-person talks and eventually broadcast to worldwide audiences on PBS. Drawing on his personal life and including practical experience gathered while teaching his renowned "Love Class" at the University of Southern California, Buscaglia's personal stories are amusing and informative depictions of how to live a lifeā¦