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First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
What the world’s greatest managers do differently, from Gallup’s study of eighty thousand of them.
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StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
Stop fixing weaknesses and find out what you are naturally good at. The assessment is the point; the book is the manual.
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Build the Life You Want by Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
Happiness is not a feeling you find; it is a direction you build, through emotional self-management and four pillars.
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From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
Your abilities will decline earlier than you think. Here is how to move to a second curve instead of clinging to the first.
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The Road to Character by David Brooks: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
Résumé virtues versus eulogy virtues, and portraits of people who built the second kind.
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The Second Mountain by David Brooks: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
The first mountain is about the self; the second is about commitment to others. Brooks argues the second is the one worth climbing.
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Transitions by William Bridges: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
Every change has three stages: an ending, a confusing neutral zone, and a new beginning. Most people skip the first two.
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The Defining Decade by Meg Jay: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
Your twenties are not a throwaway decade. A clinical psychologist on why they matter and how to use them.
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What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
Updated yearly since 1970, the job-hunting manual that insists you figure out who you are before you look at listings.
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Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
Stanford’s most popular elective in book form: use design thinking to prototype a life instead of planning one.
