Happy Friday, everyone! Your responses to yesterday’s prompt (what life skill has been most important to your success?) have been brilliant — I’d highly suggest going back and reading through them for some great personal development inspiration! It’s been a challenge blogging every day this week — but there was something refreshing about making it part [...]
Books
Once, during a “restful” vacation in which I read five non-fiction/personal development books, my brother nicknamed me Jenny Highlighter Hands. What can I say? I love books (the paper kind!) and have read over 200 business and self-help books on every topic under the sun – it’s my favorite way to learn, grow and cope with whatever life throws my way. Below is just a sampling of the most powerful books; follow all of my reviews on Good Reads.
- Audible.com Review & Free Audio Book!
- The Personal MBA: Interview
- E-Book: You Don’t Need a Job, You Need Guts
- Celebrating The Book of Awesome
- On Generosity and Gold Dust: Lessons from a Mentor
- Big Rocks, Frogs and Productivity
- Celebrate Your Life
- Must-Read Career Book for Life After College: @ the Entry Level
- Ten Books that Changed my Life
- John Wooden on Life and Leadership
“Best of” book notes:
- Book Notes: Steering by Starlight (Martha Beck – Wizard vs. Lizard: The Battle for Your Brain)
- Book Notes: Zen and the Art of Happiness
- Book Notes: The War of Art
- Living with Joy: Book Notes
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Hidey, ho good neighbors! It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for our fourth giveaway this week. It also means that we’re one day closer to Friday And yes, even though I no longer work in an office, I still look forward to Fridays! Today’s book is a game-changing one. I’ve already shared the impact that [...]
Have you ever let uncertainty hold you back? Have you let fear stand in your way of doing something important in your life, or of creating something meaningful? I’d be shocked if the answer was no. I know that I’ve wrestled with uncertainty countless times — I’m sure we all have — which is why [...]
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I like getting to say hello to you every day Today I’m excited for two reasons: I have a guest post up on one of my all time favorite blogs, Think Traffic by Corbett Barr. The post is called From Blogging to Published Book: The Nitty Gritty Pros, Cons and Considerations. I detail [...]
Thank you all for your wonderful comments on last week’s post! As a thank you for being such a wonderful community of readers and friends, I’m hosting a book-a-day giveaway this week…get excited! September is one of the big months for book publishing, and I’ve got some awesome books to share with all of you. I’ll [...]
As summer winds down, many of us experience Birthday Party Syndrome — which my friend Erin refers to as the sadness you experience after a fun weekend or vacation – just like when you were five years old and started crying when everyone left your birthday party (BPS is magnified in proportion to how much [...]
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