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<h4 class="Book---Subtitle"><strong>Make Yourself and Your Company Resilient in the Age of Constant Change</strong></h4>
<p class="Book---Byline">By Baba Prasad</p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>February; TarcherPerigee; $26</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">International management consultant Baba Prasad promises that you can have it all—sort of. Even now, amid the avalanche of disruption and rapid flux, it is possible to respond with agility, resilience and creativity. You need only tap into five intelligences: analytical, operational, innovative, communicative and visionary. Executives, entrepreneurs, managers and just about anyone who wants to thrive in an age of uncertainty will find practical advice.</p>

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<h4 class="Book---Subtitle"><strong>How to Avoid Miscommunication, Improve Relationships, and Get More Done Faster</strong></h4>
<p class="Book---Byline">By Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton</p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>February; AMACOM; $20</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">No matter what innovations or disruptions come down the chute, communication will always be among the most important skills in business and in life. Husband-and-wife consultants Robert and Dorothy Grover Bolton warn that under the best of circumstances, most people retain only a fraction of what they hear. The solution is active listening. It’s not a new skill, but the Boltons dust it off nicely and show how to master it.</p>

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<h4 class="Book---Subtitle"><strong>Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts</strong></h4>
<p class="Book---Byline">By Annie Duke</p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>February; Portfolio; $26</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">A national poker champion-turned-professional speaker and decision strategist, Annie Duke notes that we seldom have all of the facts when making decisions. She warns that even the best choices can be defeated by bad luck, and the worst decisions sometimes work. To get the best odds, she says, learn to “think in bets.” This means letting go of the need for certainty while aiming to accurately assess what you know and what you don’t.</p>

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<h4 class="Book---Subtitle"><strong>How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being</strong></h4>
<p class="Book---Byline">By Shawn Achor</p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>January; Currency; $28</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">The Happiness Guy, SUCCESS columnist Shawn Achor, turns around the success-happiness equation. It is not success that results in happiness, he argues, but the opposite: Happiness breeds success. Building on the ideas of his earlier book The Happiness Advantage, Achor looks to neuroscience, psychology and Big Data for support in Big Potential.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Achor, whose clients include nearly half of the Fortune 100, NASA, the NFL and the NBA, finds that success and happiness arise not only from individual achievement. Happiness, and therefore success, expands as we complement, contribute to and benefit from the achievements of others—co-workers, friends and family members. Success is not a zero-sum game. By helping others, we initiate what Achor calls a Virtuous Cycle that amplifies everyone’s success and happiness.</p>

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<h4 class="Book---Subtitle"><strong>Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance</strong></h4>
<p class="Book---Byline">By Alex Hutchinson</p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>February; William Morrow; $28</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">This is a perfect book for the armchair athlete. A columnist for Runner’s World magazine, Hutchinson delves into the most extreme endurance sports: marathons, triathlons, Iron Man competitions, mountain climbing, ultra-marathons and so on.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body">If you ever wonder, How do they do that? Hutchinson has the answers. An elite-class runner himself, as well as a National Magazine Award-winning science reporter, Hutchinson has examined the question for years. He discovers that what we think of as our limits are set by our minds, not our bodies. Under certain circumstances, it is possible to push through to our true physical limits. The book is divided into three parts: the history of endurance research; the stories of people, such as polar explorers, who have exceeded normal limits out of necessity; and the latest cutting-edge techniques, including mindfulness, brain training and electric brain stimulation.</p>

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<h4 class="Book---Subtitle"><strong>The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World</strong></h4>
<p class="Book---Byline">By Melissa A. Schilling</p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>February; PublicAffairs; $28</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">In search of the origin of stupendous inventiveness, Melissa A. Schilling examines the lives and careers of seven historic and contemporary innovators. A chaired business professor at New York University, she literally wrote the book on innovation. Now in its fifth edition, her Strategic Management of Technological Innovation is a leading textbook on the subject in the world. This new book takes a less technical, more accessible approach.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Marie Curie, Benjamin Franklin, Nicola Tesla, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and Dean Kamen share above-average intelligence. All or most of them also have or had extreme confidence in their ability to succeed even in the face of failure and criticism, high levels of detachment, and a burning idealism. None of these traits alone are enough, Schilling says, but when all three converge in one person, they deliver the gift of innovation. A few such key innovators in each generation, Schilling says, determine the course of history.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><i>Related:&nbsp;</i><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/72-of-2017s-best-books-to-make-you-successful"><strong>72 of 2017’s Best Books to Make You Successful​</strong></a></p>
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<em>This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/success-magazine-february-2018-gabby-bernstein.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">February 2018 issue of SUCCESS magazine</a>.</em>

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Our Favorite Personal Development Books, September 2017

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__37728 img__view_mode__full" style="width: 40%; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_howtobehappyatwork_0.jpg" alt="How to Be Happy at Work" />1. <a href="https://amzn.to/2v5tvEd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Be Happy at Work</a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">The Power of Purpose, Hope, and Friendship</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Annie McKee</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>September; Harvard Business Review Press; $27</em></p>
<p class="BODY">Given the rapid pace and stress of the 21st-century workplace, is happiness even possible? Absolutely, says Annie McKee. A senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and director of its executive doctoral program, McKee argues that happiness is not only possible but more important than ever—and not only for the benefit of workers and managers but for the bottom line, too.</p>
<p class="BODY">McKee organizes her book around three things she says have to be in place before people work with happiness. One is a sense of purpose, a feeling of contributing to something bigger. Another is a powerful vision that creates a personal sense of hope. The last is genuine friendly relationships with co-workers and bosses. By following McKee’s suggestions, based on her research and experience, leaders can create a positive, healthy work experience in any business, no matter how fast the pace or how intense the pressure.</p>

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__37729 img__view_mode__full" style="width: 40%; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_alteredtraits_0.jpg" alt="Altered Traits" />2. <a href="https://amzn.to/2vGVhu8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Altered Traits</a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>September; Avery; $27</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline">Meditation is having a moment. And with mounting scientific support, it might be here for good. In <em>Altered Traits</em>, Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson clear away the myths that have sprouted around meditation in recent years. Among other things, they show how scientific data has been twisted to market easy mental training methods to a well-intentioned but ill-informed public. Sure, there is some benefit, but it’s far from a cure-all.</p>
<p class="Book---Byline">Pop meditation might induce a pleasant mental state, say Goleman and Davidson, but the real thing delivers lasting changes to personality traits. Brief daily meditation is not enough, and yet hours of meditation are not required either. Instead Davidson and Goleman, author of the mega-best-selling <em>Emotional Intelligence</em>, drawing in part from Davidson’s lab data, explain the ingredients that go into a practice that delivers the best results. Altered Traits is an informative book that is sure to be controversial. Highly recommended.</p>

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__37730 img__view_mode__full" style="float: left; width: 40%;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_highperformancehabits_0.jpg" alt="High Performance Habits" />3. <a href="https://amzn.to/2vMOQ7k" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">High Performance Habits</a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">How Extraordinary People Become That Way</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Brendon Burchard</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>September; Hay House; $27</em></p>
<p class="BODY">Oprah.com has called Brendon Burchard, “one of the most successful online instructors in history.” He’s earned other accolades, too, including being named one of the 100 most-followed public figures on Facebook. In his latest book, Burchard distills years of original research and a decade as a top performance coach into six specific habits he says will make you into a high performer—regardless of age, field, skill set or personality.</p>
<p class="BODY">The six habits of high-performance people: the pursuit of clarity for confidence in themselves and the future; a willingness to generate energy instead of waiting for it to arrive; a capacity for raising necessity, the assurance that what they are doing must be done; a drive to increase productivity; the seeking of influence with co-workers and leaders; and the consistent demonstration of courage. All of these habits are within reach of anyone who wants them, Burchard says. <em>High Performance Habits</em> presents a practical, readable guide to a high-performance lifestyle.</p>

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<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Anita L. Sanchez</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>September; Atria/Enliven Books; $24</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline">What the modern business world needs, says Anita L. Sanchez, a Mexican-American corporate consultant of Aztec heritage, is a connection to spirit, earth and the ways of indigenous people. The four sacred gifts—unity, healing, hope and forgiving the unforgivable—offer the restoration of harmony with others and with nature. They might even save the world.</p>

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__37732 img__view_mode__full" style="width: 40%; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_claimyourpower.jpg" alt="Claim Your Power" />5. <a href="https://amzn.to/2vGTe9E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Claim Your Power</a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">A 40-Day Journey to Dissolve the Hidden Blocks That Keep You Stuck and Finally Thrive in Your Life’s Unique Purpose</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Mastin Kipp</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>September; Hay House; $25</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline">Mastin Kipp’s mission to connect people with what makes them happy grew out of his own experience of finding spiritual fulfillment after hitting rock bottom as a music manager in Hollywood. His new book offers a 40-day program of rapid personal transformation. Happiness comes not from what you own, he says, but what you have inside.</p>

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<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">A Unified Theory of How Not to Suck</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Nick Riggle</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>September; Penguin Books; $20</em></p>
<p class="BODY">Nick Riggle is a high school dropout and former champion rollerblader who went on to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy from New York University and become an assistant professor at the University of San Diego. His first book is a deceptively fun-loving tour of philosophy’s most ancient question: how best to live. Riggle uses modern jargon to apply timeless philosophical truths to today’s problems.</p>
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<p class="BODY">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-september-2017-elon-musk.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">September 2017 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>
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Our Favorite Personal Development Books, April 2017

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<p class="Tech-Book---NAME"><em>SUCCESS</em> magazine's monthly Reading List features the best books in business, personal development and well-being. Here are the top titles from <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/success-magazine-april-2017-jocko-willink.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Toughness Issue</a>.</p>

<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__36124 img__view_mode__default" style="width: 40%; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/mindshift.jpg" alt="Our Favorite Personal Development Books, April 2017" />1. <a href="https://amzn.to/3S34vKa" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Mindshift</em></a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Barbara Oakley</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>April; TarcherPerigee; $17</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">A mindshift, writes Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., is “a deep change in life that occurs thanks to learning.” A professor of engineering at Oakland University, her whole life seems to have led to this insight. Her first degree was in Slavic languages and literature. Oakley has written books about life as a translator aboard a Russian trawler, the genetic and neurological sources of evil, some unintended effects of altruism, and how to learn math even if you’re a humanities major.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body">The secret to success in a fast-changing world, Oakley suggests, is not so much lifelong learning as it is learning how to learn. Drawing on a course she developed with neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski, Oakley convincingly argues that a few conscious changes in the way people learn activates an astounding new capacity for personal change. Previously entrenched habits can be overcome, and traits once considered handicaps—poor memory, impostor syndrome and age—can be turned into advantages.</p>

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__36123 img__view_mode__default" style="width: 40%; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_maybeitsyou.jpg" alt="Our Favorite Personal Development Books, April 2017" />2. <a href="https://amzn.to/421ZFkR" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Maybe It’s You</em></a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life.</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Lauren Handel Zander</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>April; Hachette Books; $28</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Veteran life coach Lauren Handel Zander is strong on personal responsibility. Of course, what else could be expected from a life coach who uses Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead as a textbook for her trainees? If Zander’s own career is any indication, it must work. She left a cushy corporate job to strike out on her own at 28. Seven years later Zander started a consulting firm, Handel Group, with her sister in 2004, landing clients at companies such as Sony BMG, Dropbox, The New York Times and LinkedIn.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body">In Maybe It’s You, Zander shares her secrets, branded as “The Handel Method.” Emphasizing personal accountability, it leaves nowhere to hide. Clients who brave the program, Zander writes, have overcome a variety of debilitating misconceptions or bad habits. Practical and inspiring, Zander’s book shows how owning up to setbacks and shortcomings can turn them into strengths.</p>

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__36125 img__view_mode__default" style="width: 40%; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_futureofhappiness.jpg" alt="Our Favorite Personal Development Books, April 2017" />3. <a href="https://amzn.to/4b1mrxF" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Future of Happiness</em></a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">5 Modern Strategies for Balancing Productivity and Well-Being in the Digital Era</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Amy Blankson</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>April; BenBella Books; $25</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Technology makes us more productive, but it comes with a cost: multitasking, 24-hour-availability and the incessant sensation that we are falling further behind. Amy Blankson says there’s good news. Technology also gives us the tools we need to find balance and even happiness amid the distractions of the digital age.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Blankson proposes five strategies for managing a coherent 21st-century life: Stay grounded, distraction is a choice; Think smaller, use technology to understand the world; Train your brain, use emerging technologies to cultivate a positive mindset; Create a habitat for happiness, declutter your space and declutter your mind; Be a conscious innovator, make today’s technology shape the future you want. The wise use of technology can help us achieve happiness right now, she says, not in some distant future.</p>

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__36126 img__view_mode__default" style="width: 40%; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_thesleepsolution.jpg" alt="Our Favorite Personal Development Books, April 2017" />4. <a href="https://amzn.to/3SiEjfQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Sleep Solution</em></a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By W. Chris Winter, M.D.</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>April; NAL; $26</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">It’s tempting to subscribe to the maxim, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” All that gets you, though, is an earlier death. As neurologist and sleep expert W. Chris Winter reveals in The Sleep Solution, slumber is critical to physical and mental health, happiness, and performance. A consultant to the military, as well as sports franchises such as the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Francisco Giants, Winter makes the science accessible as he shares his secrets to good sleep. April; NAL; $26</p>

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__36127 img__view_mode__default" style="width: 40%; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_takingmylifeback.jpg" alt="Our Favorite Personal Development Books, April 2017" />5. <a href="https://amzn.to/3HiN03s" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Taking My Life Back</em></a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">My Story of Faith, Determination, and Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Rebekah Gregory with Anthony Flacco</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>April; Revell; $20</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Rebekah Gregory stood only 3 feet from one of the bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. After 17 surgeries and more than 65 medical procedures, she agreed to the amputation of her left leg. A devout Christian, Gregory refused to let such hardships ruin her life. Two years after the bombing, she returned to Boston to run in the marathon. This is her story of faith and resilience.</p>

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<h3 class="Tech-Book---NAME"><img class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__36128 img__view_mode__default" style="width: 40%; float: left;" src="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sites/default/files/readinglist_extremeyou.jpg" alt="Our Favorite Personal Development Books, April 2017" />6. <a href="https://amzn.to/3vuWvdi" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Extreme You:</em></a></h3>
<h4 class="Book---Subtitle">Stand Up. Step Out. Kick Ass. Repeat.</h4>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>By Sarah Robb O’Hagan</em></p>
<p class="Book---Byline"><em>April; HarperBusiness; $29</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Sarah Robb O’Hagan’s bio is extreme—a failed childhood champion, executive at Virgin Atlantic and Nike, fired twice before 30, global president of Gatorade and Equinox, wife, mother and endurance athlete. Not a fan of moderation, she draws on her own life to illustrate how inner greatness can be achieved only by boldly committing to the extreme; it’s sustained effort that brings extreme success. That doesn’t mean a life of relentless grinding, though. O’Hagan’s outlook is more humane and psychologically nuanced than that.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/25-books-for-success">25 Books for Success</a></strong></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/success-magazine-april-2017-jocko-willink.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">April 2017 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>
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6 books to read this month for a strong mind

6 books to read this month for a strong mind | SUCCESS

Our Favorite Personal Development Books, April 2017 | SUCCESS

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Professional Growth

Professional Growth Archives

Professional Growth | SUCCESS | What Achievers Read

<p>We live in a golden age of public speaking. The thing is, most speeches are delivered to small groups, and they are known as presentations or sales pitches. Scott Schwertly, founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.ethos3.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ethos3</a>, a presentation design and training boutique in Nashville, Tennessee, offers a proprietary test to <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/podcast/ep-31-the-5-most-common-strengths">determine each individual’s strengths</a>. By classifying you in one of several categories, from scholar to scientist to entertainer, Schwertly promises to hone your presentation skills. You can even become a well-rounded presenter by trying other personas.</p>

<p class="rteindent1"><em>Related: </em><strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/6-tips-to-be-a-more-confident-speaker">6 Tips to Be a More Confident Speaker</a></strong></p>

<p><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=What%E2%80%99s+Your+Presentation+Persona?&amp;rh=i:aps,k:What%E2%80%99s+Your+Presentation+Persona?&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=28784b0cccc063c44f625fb24cb93693" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What’s Your Presentation Persona?</a></em><br />
<em>By Scott Schwertly and Sunday Mancini</em><br />
<em>February; McGraw-Hill Education; $26</em></p>

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<p class="Book---Byline">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-february-2017-j-j-abrams.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February 2017 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>


Discover Your Unique Communication Style and Succeed in Any Arena

Discover Your Unique Communication Style and Succeed in Any Arena | SUCCESS

Reading List: What’s Your Presentation Persona?

Reading List: What’s Your Presentation Persona? | SUCCESS

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<p><a href="https://www.fabulous-brain.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Leading Brain</em></a> essentially endorses the virtues your mother tried to instill in you—but it’s based on cutting-edge neuroscience, and it comes with specific ways to <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/9-easy-ways-to-stay-mentally-sharp">upgrade your brain</a>, your behavior, and your life. The authors, a pair of German consultants specializing in brain-based leadership, examine and explain many new ideas, including Cognitive Jujitsu, a nifty bit of branding for a technique of <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/rohn-how-to-stop-listening-to-the-negative-voice-in-your-head">redirecting negative emotions</a> to make them productive. The biggest idea is neuroplasticity.</p>

<p class="rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/what-successful-people-know-about-the-mind-that-you-dont">What Successful People Know About the Mind That You Don’t</a></strong></p>

<p class="BODY">Science used to think you were stuck with the brain you were born with. Actually, it is possible to rewire the brain, by practice, to support healthier habits, <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/videos/youtube/ted-talks-a-simple-way-to-break-a-bad-habit">eliminate bad habits</a>, and give yourself lifelong learning. “Neuroplasticity can even make it possible to retrain your brain’s physical abilities simply by imagining those changes,” the authors write. So don’t give up on that air guitar just yet.</p>

<p class="BODY"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The+Leading+Brain&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=c21568b24ba774524e3579d4a979c312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Leading Brain</a><br />
By Friederike Fabritius and Hans W. Hagemann<br />
February; TarcherPerigee; $26</em></p>

<p class="BODY">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="BODY">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-february-2017-j-j-abrams.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February 2017 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>
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Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance

Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance | SUCCESS

Reading List: The Leading Brain

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<p class="BODY">Tiffany Dufu has a common story, the one about the new mother who thought she could do it all, only to run smack into reality. To put this in perspective, here is a partial list of Dufu’s accomplishments: Launch team member for <a href="https://leanin.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lean In</a>; chief leadership officer at <a href="https://www.levo.com/levo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Levo</a>, a career and social media website; president of the White House Project; associate development director at <a href="https://www.seattlegirlsschool.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seattle Girls’ School</a>; member of the <a href="https://www.womensforumny.org/index.cfm/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women’s Forum of New York</a>.</p>

<p class="BODY">As much a memoir as a how-to,<em> Drop the Ball</em> recounts Dufu’s struggle and solution: <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/top-of-mind-7-reasons-to-let-go-of-the-things-holding-you-back">letting go.</a> She learned to recalibrate expectations, concentrate on her to-do list, and accept help from others. Dufu urges women to <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/relishing-an-imperfect-life">embrace imperfection</a> and marshal the energy to develop a rich, <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/john-c-maxwell-4-steps-to-create-balance-in-your-life">balanced life</a>—one that includes professional goals. It’s a practical kind of feminism for the 21st century, one endorsed by Gloria Steinem’s enthusiastic foreword.</p>

<p class="BODY rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/everything-you-know-about-getting-things-done-is-wrong">Everything You Know About Getting Things Done Is Wrong</a></strong></p>

<p class="BODY"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drop-Ball-Achieving-More-Doing/dp/1250071739/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484590632&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Drop+the+Ball&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=4df3290aab103630aac9c39989ba1905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drop the Ball</a><br />
By Tiffany Dufu<br />
February; Flatiron Books; $26</em></p>

<p class="BODY">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="BODY">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-february-2017-j-j-abrams.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February 2017 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>
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Reading List: Drop the Ball

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Business &amp; Branding

Business &amp; Branding Archives

Stay ahead in business: strategies and insights for success

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<p class="BODY">Consultant Robert Bruce Shaw isn’t the first to examine successful 21st-century teams, but his observations are fresh and insightful. The trick is <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/4-qualities-of-breakthrough-employees">hiring the right people</a> to create the right atmosphere, and maximizing profits by not making profits what matters most. Pixar uses constant feedback, while Whole Foods fosters super-autonomous teams. What they all have in common is the willingness to toss conventional wisdom overboard to <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/john-c-maxwell-how-to-create-a-culture-of-innovation">make room for innovation</a>.</p>
<p class="BODY rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/how-to-be-a-better-thinker-innovator-and-problem-solver">How to Be a Better Thinker, Innovator and Problem Solver</a></strong></p>
<p class="BODY"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Teams-Netflix-Cutting-Edge-Companies/dp/0814437176/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484080644&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Extreme+Teams&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=bea03d8fc6f0036d4267433714ac1845" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Extreme Teams</a>
By Robert Bruce Shaw
February; AMACOM; $28</em></p>
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<p class="BODY">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-february-2017-j-j-abrams.html">February 2017 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>

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Why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail

Why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail | SUCCESS

Reading List: Extreme Teams

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<p class="BODY">At 673 pages, this book looks and feels like a bible. With interviews and tips from 112 people—including leaders, entrepreneurs, doctors, actors, comedians and more—<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Titans-Billionaires-World-Class-Performers/dp/1328683788/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484078733&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Tools+of+Titans&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=fdf06f4ab154a9a72751ced3b6d45241" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Tools of Titans</em></a> could very well be considered a holy book on personal growth. The author and host of his eponymous podcast, <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/the-tim-ferriss-way-life-is-a-choose-your-own-adventure-game">Tim Ferriss</a> calls it a “compendium of recipes for high performance.” The book is organized into three parts: Healthy, with insights from likes of former U.S. National Team gymnastics coach Christopher Sommer; Wealthy, with advice from Daymond John, <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/tony-robbins-is-not-your-guru">Tony Robbins</a>, <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/how-to-live-to-150">Peter Diamandis</a> and others; and Wise, with ideas from several thought leaders including Brené Brown, Paulo Coelho, Malcolm Gladwell and even Seth Rogen.</p>
<p class="BODY rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/11-epic-life-hacks-from-crazy-successful-entrepreneurs">11 Epic Life Hacks From Crazy Successful Entrepreneurs</a></strong></p>
<p class="BODY">Ferriss stands by every single word of advice in his book because he’s personally tried them all. “If I can’t test something or replicate results… I’m not interested,” Ferriss writes. He adds by using tactics from the book in “high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings,” he’s made millions of dollars and saved countless hours of wasted efforts.</p>
<p class="BODY"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Titans-Billionaires-World-Class-Performers/dp/1328683788/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484078733&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Tools+of+Titans&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=fdf06f4ab154a9a72751ced3b6d45241" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools of Titans</a>
By Tim Ferriss
December; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $28</em></p>
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<p class="BODY">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-february-2017-j-j-abrams.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February 2017 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>

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The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers | SUCCESS

Reading List: Tools of Titans

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<p class="Tech---Body">Bob Kulhan, a veteran improv comedian and instructor who also happens to be an adjunct professor at Duke and Columbia Universities, has built a thriving consultancy, <a href="https://businessimprov.com/our-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business Improv</a>, by providing experiential training to companies such as Ford, American Express and Verizon Wireless.</p>

<p class="Tech---Body">Kulhan learned at the feet of comedy royalty such as Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, but he also draws on cognitive psychology and behavioral economics to teach people how to <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/9-tips-to-make-smarter-decisions-faster">think on their feet</a>. The key principle in modern improv is “Yes, and”—a gesture of trust and acceptance that enables a comedian (or businessperson) to build on what they’ve been given. Its contrast, “Yes, but,” kills the comedy, or in business, stifles communication and creativity. “The same skills that make for exceptional comedic improvisation—<a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/9-tips-to-become-a-better-listener">intense listening</a>, focus, energy, engagement, teamwork, authenticity, adaptability—are skills that any person can utilize to positively impact the workplace.”</p>

<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/8-things-improv-taught-me-about-myself"><strong>8 Things Improv Taught Me About Myself</strong></a></p>

<p class="Tech---Body"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Art-Business-Improv/dp/0804795800/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1481671727&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Bob+Kulhan&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=4f1df3771ddf08a6acaf3bb827e70665" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Getting to “Yes And”</a><br />
By Bob Kulhan with Chuck Crisafulli<br />
January; Stanford Business Books; $30</em></p>

<p class="Tech---Body">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/category/view/id/1318" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 2017 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>


Reading List: Getting to “Yes And”

Reading List: Getting to “Yes And” | SUCCESS

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<p class="Tech---Body">Does the Marine Corps do a better job of teaching leadership than elite business schools? Yes, say two former Marines and an Air Force pilot. The Marine approach is scalable to the corporate and small-business realms. As FedEx founder Fred Smith writes in the foreword, “Leadership isn’t about authority. It’s about <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/5-ways-to-be-more-influential">building credible influence with others</a>.” Smith, a former Marine, spent two tours in Vietnam as a platoon leader and later as a commander.</p>

<p class="Tech---Body">The book tries too hard to brand its principles: “A spark is all about change.” It’s people who “don’t accept what’s given to them.” It’s a moment of realization, or it’s a “catalyst for personal and organizational change.” You get the idea: familiar concepts cast in perky neo-jargon. Otherwise, the authors offer fresh perspectives on <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/titles-dont-make-leaders-but-these-7-actions-do">seven key leadership qualities</a>: character, credibility, accountability, intention, service, confidence and consistency.</p>

<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related: </em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/9-things-every-aspiring-leader-should-know">9 Things Every Aspiring Leader Should Know</a></strong></p>

<p class="Tech---Body"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/SPARK-Yourself-Others-Greater-Success/dp/0544716183/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1481065769&amp;sr=1-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=de5727b3e01b3367b94e94c0001f52b7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spark</a><br />
By Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch and Sean Lynch<br />
January; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $27</em></p>

<p class="Tech---Body">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/category/view/id/1318" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 2017 issue of SUCCESS magazine</a>.</p>
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How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success

How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success | SUCCESS

Reading List: Spark

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<p>A book that needs two subtitles must have something important to say, right? In this case, the second subtitle, <em>A Holistic Approach to Increasing Your Net Worth</em>, signals what the book promises and how it will be delivered. As a “holistic wealth expert,” Jacobs may extol yoga and Pilates, but mostly her detailed program is designed to help people <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/rohn-3-money-habits-that-separate-the-rich-from-the-poor">develop a positive approach to money</a> in the overall context of health and well-being. “True wealth,” she writes, “is an inside job.”</p>

<p class="rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/how-to-change-your-relationship-with-money">How To: Change Your Relationship With Money</a></strong></p>

<p class="Book---PublishersInfo"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Money-4-Week-Wealth-Makeover/dp/0143111515/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480712362&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Beautiful+Money&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=555d47fa896d44f0afafdedc400c3e22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beautiful Money</a><br />
By Leanne Jacobs<br />
January; TarcherPerigee; $16</em></p>

<p class="Book---PublishersInfo">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="Book---PublishersInfo">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/category/view/id/1318" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 2017 issue of SUCCESS magazine</a>.</p>
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The 4-Week Total Wealth Makeover | SUCCESS

Reading List: Beautiful Money

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<p class="Tech---Body">This deceptively modest little book is an entry in the “School of Life” series of what might be called anti-personal-development books. A writer and scholar, Eva Hoffman takes on the frantic pace of digital life, a common enough theme of contemporary self-improvement books. But she’s not interested in showing how to navigate your inbox or <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/8-things-successful-people-never-waste-time-doing">make more efficient use of your time</a>.</p>

<p class="Tech---Body">Boredom, it turns out, is good for you. Drawing on history, literature and psychology, Hoffman extols idleness as <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/low-on-creative-juices-give-yourself-a-break">a necessity for creativity</a> and happiness. She suggests cultivating an appreciation for nature, a taste for literature and art, and an ear for music that’s more sophisticated than what your hear in an elevator. She also recommends keeping a journal to explore hidden thoughts and feelings. The time for these pursuits may come at the expense of productivity, but she notes overwork can be a barrier against self-awareness.</p>

<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related:</em><strong> <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/videos/youtube/ted-talks-all-it-takes-is-10-mindful-minutes">TED Talks: ‘All It Takes Is 10 Mindful Minutes’</a></strong></p>

<p class="Tech---Body"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-be-Bored-School-Life/dp/1447293258/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480709799&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=How+to+Be+Bored&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=6888234995ac994d400bf118c904e1c2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to Be Bored</a><br />
By Eva Hoffman<br />
January; Picador; $16</em></p>

<p class="Tech---Body">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/category/view/id/1318" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 2017 issue of SUCCESS magazine</a>.</p>

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This deceptively modest little book is an entry in the “School of Life” series of what might be called anti-personal-development books. A writer and

This deceptively modest little book is an entry in the “School of Life” series of what might be called anti-personal-development books. A writer and | SUCCESS

Reading List: How to Be Bored

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<p class="Tech---Body">Sports reporter Sam Weinman didn’t know how to guide his sons through losses at school and on the field. To learn more, he interviewed high-profile achievers who had survived public defeat, including athletes, entertainers, politicians and executives. Weinman learned that <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/podcast/ep-35-5-characteristics-of-highly-successful-people">real success</a> comes not in spite of but because of loss, humiliation and rejection.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Weinman counters NFL quarterback Cam Newton, who walked out of a press conference following a Super Bowl loss, later saying “Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.” On the contrary, Weinman says, being a good loser “implies perspective and resilience and the quiet confidence that <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/8-ways-successful-people-overcome-setbacks">the world will not crumble around you because of a fleeting setback.</a>” He supports the point with the stories of golfer Greg Norman, politician Michael Dukakis, actress Susan Lucci and others.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Win-Losing-Biggest-Setbacks-Greatest/dp/0143109588/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1479159262&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Win+at+Losing&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=8b02785f4a12c8b8affd4764a22f394c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead to Our Greatest Gains</a>
By Sam Weinman
December; TarcherPerigee; $26</em></p>
<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related: </em><strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/7-challenges-successful-people-overcome">7 Challenges Successful People Overcome</a></strong></p>
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<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-december-2016-coach-john-wooden.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">December 2016 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>

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How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead to Our Greatest Gains

How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead to Our Greatest Gains | SUCCESS

Reading List: Win at Losing

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<p class="Tech---Body">Joi Ito, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, and Jeff Howe, program coordinator for Media Innovation at Northeastern University, know change. “Even in Boston… decades of progress seem to melt away in the time it takes to walk from the humming laboratories of MIT to the cash-strapped elementary schools just a few blocks away.” Ito and Howe pepper their book with old-school slogans: “Question authority,” “Be prepared to walk away,” and “<a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/why-your-comfort-zone-is-the-most-dangerous-place-to-live">Get out of your comfort zone.</a>” But they also crack open new paradigms for grasping a confounding future that arrives every day.</p>

<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related: </em><strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/9-ways-to-deal-with-change">9 Ways to Deal with Change</a></strong></p>

<p class="Tech---Body"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whiplash-How-Survive-Faster-Future/dp/1455544590/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1478812730&amp;sr=1-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=00cfbf7e0eb0eb4ab41bef59ea706402" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whiplash</a><br />
By Joi Ito and Jeff Howe<br />
December; Grand Central; $28</em></p>

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<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-december-2016-coach-john-wooden.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">December 2016 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>
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How to Survive Our Faster Future | SUCCESS

Reading List: Whiplash

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<p class="Tech---Body">Thanks to digital technology, selling has become more pressured than ever. Familiar time management tools are as antiquated as a push mower. Sales expert Jill Konrath has a few new ideas, which she shares with authority. <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/are-you-the-office-time-bandit">Eliminate the “time bandits” stealing your moments</a>—email is a big one. Design a system for your unique strengths, and insulate yourself from distraction with positive tools.</p>

<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/a-solopreneurs-guide-to-be-a-successful-sales-force-of-one">A Solopreneur’s Guide to Be a Successful Sales Force of One</a></strong></p>

<p class="Tech---Body"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/More-Sales-Less-Time-Surprisingly/dp/1591847265/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1478288305&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=More+Sales,+Less+Time&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=61c93f42d8dd06ee2faca6b2c8590091" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More Sales, Less Time</a><br />
By Jill Konrath<br />
December; Portfolio; $27</em></p>

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<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/category/view/id/1318"><em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>
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Suprisingly Simple Strategies for Today's Crazy-Busy Sellers

Suprisingly Simple Strategies for Today's Crazy-Busy Sellers | SUCCESS

Reading List: More Sales, Less Time

More Sales, Less Time | [site:name]

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<p class="Tech---Body">A 21st-century contradiction sits at the heart of this book: <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/6-signs-of-job-burnout">Overworking yourself</a> or your employees is the wrong way to reach your goals. “Productivity books offer life hacks, advice about how to get more done, or stories about what CEOs or famous writers do,” Alex Soojung-Kim Pang writes. “But they say almost nothing about the role of rest in the lives or careers of creative and productive people.”</p>
<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related: </em><strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/why-working-more-is-making-you-less-productive">Why Working More Is Making You Less Productive</a></strong></p>
<p class="Tech---Body">Rest is an equal partner to work, argues Pang, visiting scholar at Stanford University and senior consultant at a Silicon Valley think tank. The most creative people of history—from Charles Darwin to Stephen King—knew how to do it. They harness daydreaming to free the unconscious mind to <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/top-of-mind-5-ways-to-get-ideas-flowing">find new ideas</a>. They plan rest into every day. They know that the right kind of rest prolongs creative life. This is a book of deep wisdom and human insight.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rest-More-Done-When-Work/dp/0465074871/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1477687037&amp;sr=8-2&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=6e940d6c054344b07ca9e8cfc0cfe367" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rest</a>
By Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
December; Basic Books; $28</em></p>
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<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/category/view/id/1318"><em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>

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Why You Get More Done When You Work Less | SUCCESS

Reading List: Rest

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<p class="Tech---Body">In this group autobiography, Missy Franklin and her parents explore the family dynamic behind her breakout at the 2012 London Olympics. Only 17, she won five medals, four of them gold, <a href="https://www.olympic.org/videos/missy-franklin-breaks-200m-backstroke-world-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and set a world record in the 200-meter backstroke</a>. “There’s no blueprint for raising an Olympic champion,” Franklin writes. “My parents certainly weren’t thinking this way—they just wanted to see me happy.”</p>
<p class="Tech---Body">It’s a testament to Franklin’s grit that she’s writing additional chapters for this book on her disappointing performance in Rio de Janeiro this summer. After finishing last in her heat in the 200-meter freestyle, she confessed on Twitter, “So heartbroken by my results from last night. Doing everything I can to keep my head up and keep fighting with all I have.” That’s <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/8-ways-successful-people-overcome-setbacks">the spirit that has pulled her through</a> injuries and other setbacks. No doubt it will do so again.</p>
<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/gabby-douglas-wants-more">Gabby Douglas Wants More</a></strong></p>
<p class="Tech---Body"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Spirit-Unconventional-Raising-Champion/dp/1101984929/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1477598899&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Relentless+Spirit&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=9c505711f9dce620f9e7d2742baab1d0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Relentless Spirit</a>
By Missy Franklin and D.A. and Dick Franklin
December; Dutton; $27</em></p>
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<p class="Tech---Body">This article originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/category/view/id/1318"><em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>

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The Unconventional Raising of a Champion | SUCCESS

Reading List: Relentless Spirit

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In 1995 Steve Jobs called to invite Lawrence Levy, a Silicon Valley lawyer, to help run a failing graphics design company called Pixar. Together they rescued Pixar with an IPO that brought in $1.45 million the first day. Not long after, <em>Toy Story</em> turned Pixar into a multibillion-dollar company. A natural storyteller, Levy offers an inside look at the business and a fresh, sympathetic view of Jobs.
<p class="rteindent1"><em>Related: </em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/8-new-rules-of-innovative-leadership">8 New Rules of Innovative Leadership</a></strong></p>
<em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pixar-Beyond-Unlikely-Journey-Entertainment/dp/0544734149/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1478034469&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=To+Pixar+and+Beyond&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=fe12efdf912b91b35eec05aecfb4c550" target="_blank" rel="noopener">To Pixar and Beyond</a>
By Lawrence Levy
November; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $27</em>

My Unlikely Journey With Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

My Unlikely Journey With Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History | SUCCESS

Reading List: To Pixar and Beyond

To Pixar and Beyond | [site:name]

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<p class="Tech---Body">Chris Lewis, founder of a London-based marketing consultancy, is not the first to say the digital revolution is bad for the brain. In 2011 psychologist Daniel Kahneman examined the issue in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374275637/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1475853913&amp;sr=1-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=1c70b6e73194afb99134662807b4a3cb" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Thinking, Fast and Slow</em></a>, and before that, the French Enlightenment thinker Voltaire observed, “Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast.” Matters have only worsened in the intervening years (or centuries).</p>

<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong> <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/think-slow-and-other-tricks-for-better-problem-solving">Think Slow and Other Tricks for Better Problem-Solving</a></strong></p>

<p class="Tech---Body">Creativity is Lewis’s focus. Tapping research from University of the Arts London and interviews with businesspeople, academics, psychologists and artists, Lewis says creativity cannot flourish in a relentless torrent of social media, streaming video and email. <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/low-on-creative-juices-give-yourself-a-break">The mind needs sustained periods of uninterrupted digital quiet for creative ideas to form and develop.</a> He’s a bit unfair to the younger generation—he says millennials lack creativity—but otherwise this is a worthwhile book.</p>

<p class="Book---PublishersInfo"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Too-Fast-Think-Hyper-connected-Destroying/dp/0749478861/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1475854060&amp;sr=1-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=8ed2cfc2536b136fb3f345914e59f36b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Too Fast to Think</a><br />
By Chris Lewis<br />
October; Kogan Page; $20</em></p>

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<p class="Book---PublishersInfo">This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/by-media/magazines/success-magazine-november-2016-megyn-kelly.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 2016 issue of <em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>
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How to Reclaim Your Creativity in a Hyper-Connected Work Culture

How to Reclaim Your Creativity in a Hyper-Connected Work Culture | SUCCESS

Reading List: Too Fast to Think

Too Fast to Think | [site:name]

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<p class="Tech---Body">In this searing motivational volume, Grant Cardone presents his own A+ personality as a model for others. Balanced life? Overrated. Stress? Eat it for breakfast. Career? <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/blog/6-essential-habits-for-getting-the-career-you-want">Career, now that’s everything.</a> “My entire life people have been telling me my obsession with success is a bad thing,” Cardone writes. In truth, he owes everything to his unflinching obsession—he’s an international motivational speaker, best-selling author and owner of four companies with yearly sales of $100 million.</p>

<p class="Tech---Body rteindent1"><em>Related:</em> <strong><a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/rohn-being-successful-is-a-personal-choice">Being Successful Is a Personal Choice</a></strong></p>

<p class="Book---PublishersInfo">This book is not for the faint of heart. Anyone already obsessed with succeeding won’t need it, but <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/rohn-how-to-access-the-power-of-ambition">those not yet hungry enough</a> will find it invaluable. “I want to give you the tools to be completely and unapologetically obsessed, too,” Cardone writes. In addition to pithy, empowering slogans, of which there are plenty, Cardone offers 100 tips to ignite your career or business. These include how to globalize your brand on the cheap, <a href="https://successcom.wpenginepowered.com/article/6-ways-to-motivate-people-to-step-up">how to push employees</a> and overcommitting to customers. Prepare to work.</p>

<p class="Book---PublishersInfo"><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Be-Obsessed-Average-Grant-Cardone/dp/1101981059/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1475683273&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Be+Obsessed+or+Be+Average&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=sm0fe-20&amp;linkId=4a27171e535d5e74ebf9bf6a98274d4d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Be Obsessed or Be Average</a><br />
By Grant Cardone<br />
October; Portfolio; $27</em></p>

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<p class="Book---PublishersInfo">This article originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of <a href="https://store.successcom.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/category/view/id/1318" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>SUCCESS</em> magazine</a>.</p>
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In this searing motivational volume, Grant Cardone presents his own A+ personality as a model for others. Balanced life? Overrated. Stress? Eat it for

In this searing motivational volume, Grant Cardone presents his own A+ personality as a model for others. Balanced life? Overrated. Stress? Eat it for | SUCCESS

Reading List: Be Obsessed or Be Average

Be Obsessed or Be Average | [site:name]

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