3 business books you need to read in 2022
The new year has begun, so there’s no better time to enjoy the fresh start and change your life. It’s time to reflect on what you’ve always wanted to do, but never took the time to plan.
Let me help you. Three remarkable books have fallen on my desk that I believe will help you have a happier and more productive year, whatever specific goals you hope to achieve.
1. Choose your story, change your life: silence your inner critic and rewrite your life from the inside out
Kindra Room, WSJ bestseller and Chief Storytelling Officer at SUCCESS Review, says it’s time to stop telling each other negative stories. In his new book, Choose your story, change your life, Hall points out that none of us recognize the self-sabotage we do to ourselves on a daily basis. The book will help you control the stories you tell yourself.
Hall writes: “While you have no choice whether or not to tell stories – whether or not you want the story to happen – the good news is that the choice of stories you tell is entirely up to you. Because that while there are certainly stories that block you, that make you feel heavy and make you wonder if you will ever cross the great divide, there are also stories that can set you free. can uplift you and overcome challenges, stories that can break down barriers. [The] science, research and evidence from each of our own experiences in this difficult, wonderful, story-filled world point to one powerful thing: if you can change your story, you can change your life.”
2. Take Charge: How Self-Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career
Today, everyone is looking for a new career or a new opportunity, and many hire a coach to push them to go from a simple dream to achievement. Unfortunately, good coaches are either too expensive or unavailable.
From now on, a so-called “self-coaching” method is accessible to everyone with the publication of Take Charge: How Self-Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career by David Novak, co-founder and former CEO and president of Yum! Brands and Jason Goldsmith, coach to some of the world’s top PGA golf stars.
Novak and Goldsmith write: “As important as coaches are, there simply aren’t enough good ones for everyone – in fact, there is a real coaching deficit. And the coaches that do exist are often way too expensive and in high demand for most people to consider hiring their own.But that doesn’t mean you should skip it.Your life is too important to leave your personal growth and professional development to chance. It’s time to take the responsibility of coaching into your own hands and give yourself what you need to succeed, grow, and lead a more fulfilling life. take charge and learn to coach yourself.”
3. Bridging the Gap: Revolutionary Communication Tools to Transform Working Relationships from Difficult to Collaborative
Jennifer Edwards and Katie McCleary are coaches for Fortune 500 companies and social enterprises. As authors of the forthcoming book Bridging the gap, Edwards and McCleary recognize the consequence of living in a divided world: we no longer understand and respect our colleagues. This book will help you improve your communication skills and nurture your relationships at work.
Edwards and McCleary write, “Every interaction you have has the power to make or break a critical professional relationship. You have the power to propel your work by presenting yourself with the intention to connect, engage and communicate …even through tension, conflict, or awkwardness. Similarly, you also have the power to shut people down, build walls of division, create drama, shame, and blame, and block your own success and that of your business. Most of the time, the choice is really yours. Of course, there are times when you may not have a choice – the other person might sabotage you, harass you, or Attacking your values because it’s petty. We call these canyons, not gaps. Most people are able to close the gaps and improve their work (and life) experience by using our tools. “