Books like What If? by Steve L. Robbins

Atomic Habits by James Clear presents a practical framework for building good habits, breaking bad ones, and mastering tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

Mark Manson offers a candid guide to happiness, arguing that caring more about fewer things—and dropping the rest—leads to a richer, more authentic life.

Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" explains how two distinct mental systems shape our judgments and decisions, offering insights into the biases that influence everyday choices.

Eckhart Tolle guides readers toward a pain‑free existence by teaching how to recognize and release mental patterns that cause suffering, encouraging living fully in the present moment.

A groundbreaking guide to embracing vulnerability and courage.

The book is a perfect handbook for anyone who is looking to develop the habits of culturally effective people. In this handy reference, you'll find answers to questions about all types of diversity issues and tips about how to practice culturally effective habits. With the variety of suggested follow-ups and actions contained within it, you will better know how to handle your own situations. --Publisher

Presenting twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, this book is the dynamic product of an extraordinary partnership. It combines Benjamin Zander's experience as conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and his talent as a teacher and communicator with psychotherapist Rosamund Stone Zander's genius for designing innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment. The authors' harmoniously interwoven perspectives provide a deep sense of the powerful role that the notion of possibility can play in every aspect of life. Through uplifting stories, parables, and personal anecdotes, the authors invite readers to become passionate communicators, leaders, and performers whose lives radiate possibility into the world.

This early pioneering study of generational diversity (first published fifteen years ago) is still fresh and relevant. The key issues of generation difference in the workplace is now considered to be one of the top leadership challenges of this decade and is widely reported in the global national press as the babyboomers (reluctantly) retire, x generation are taking on more leadership responsibility and the Millennials (or ‘Nexters’ as Zemike, Raines and Filipczak refer to them) are now a firm and dominant group in the workplace. This is a detailed, well researched book that sets out each of the four main generational groups’ profiles, perceptions, defining moments, shared values and work ethics and carefully illustrates that a lot of the conflicts that you find in organisations are generational. The book’s principle idea is that as leaders, through understanding generational issues and motivations, we can limit the amount of tension and conflict caused by generational issues. As well as fascinating insights into how each generation has been shaped, the book offers some highly practical ways (through personal stories/insights, organisational case-studies, expert panellists and Q&A) on how to effectively contain and manage the inevitable generational clash. Unlike the generations that this book writes about, the research and analysis in this book has not aged and it is extremely important and relevant reading for any modern leader leading a complex cross-generational enterprise.

If your workplace feels like a battle zone and colleagues sometimes act like adversaries, you ore not alone. Today four generations glare at one another across the conference table, and the potential for conflict and confusion has never been greater.Traditionalist employees with their "heads down, onward and upward" attitude live out a work ethic shaped during the Great Depression.Eighty million Baby Boomers vacillate between their overwhelming need to succeed and their growing desire to slow down and enjoy life.Generation Xers try to prove themselves constantly yet dislike the image of being overly ambitious, disrespectful, and irreverent.Millennials, new to the workforce, mix savvy with social conscience and promise to further change the business landscape.This insightful book provides hands-on methods to close the generation gaps. With effective tools to recruit, retain, motivate, and manage each generation, you can now create teamwork, not war, in today's highperformance workplace . . . where at any age, productivity is what counts.

The Right Words at the Right Time, Vol. 2 is a collection of ninety essays by Americans that inspire and motivate readers with real-life examples of personal growth and success.

"After three years of living his dream as a professional baseball pitcher, Mike Robbins had an arm injury that benched him for good, and when this happened, everything changed. He had to figure out who he was without the identity of "baseball player"--a process fraught with emotional highs and lows--and he quickly realized that the self-criticism and self-doubt he was feeling are in fact epidemic in our culture. Too often we base our value on our external world--our jobs, finances, appearance, or various other factors. Even the most successful people struggle with their relationship with themselves. In Nothing Changes Until You Do, Mike looks at this delicate relationship and brings to light a new way to look at life, opening your eyes to your innate value. These 40 inspiring essays, which are real tales from Mike's own life and the lives of his clients, boil down some of the most important lessons Mike has learned on his own personal journey--and as he's traveled throughout the country for over a decade speaking to groups of all kinds. With themes spanning from the importance of trusting yourself to the benefits of vulnerability to the strength inherent in embracing change, this book shows you how to get out of your own way and make peace with yourself. With humor, authenticity, and ease, Mike illustrates that with a little self-compassion and a healthy dose of self-acceptance, anyone can turn away from the negatives that manifest because of a critical self-perception--things like unkindness, insecurity, addictions, sabotaged relationships, unnecessary drama, and more. Making peace with yourself is fundamental to happiness and success. So join Mike and learn to have more compassion, more acceptance, and more love for yourself--thus giving you access to more compassion, more acceptance, and more love for the people (and everything else) in your life"--