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Book Nook: The Book of Joy, by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams

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Blurb An instant New York Times bestseller. Over 1 million copies sold! Two spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question. Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the planet. In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness’s eightieth birthday and to create what they hoped would be a gift for others. They looked back … Continue reading Book Nook: The Book of Joy, by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams

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Book Nook: The Psychology Of Money, by Morgan Housel

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Blurb Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money―investing, personal finance, and business decisions―is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan … Continue reading Book Nook: The Psychology Of Money, by Morgan Housel

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Book Nook: Twelve and a Half, by Gary Vaynerchuk

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Blurb USA Today Bestseller In his sixth business book, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and investor Gary Vaynerchuk explores the twelve essential emotional skills that are integral to his life—and business—success and provides today’s (and tomorrow’s) leaders with critical tools to acquire and develop these traits. For decades, leaders have relied on “hard” skills to make smart decisions, while dismissing the importance of emotional intelligence. Soft skills like self-awareness and curiosity aren’t quantifiable; they can’t be measured on a spreadsheet and aren’t taught in B-schools or emphasized in institutions. We’ve been taught that emotional intelligence is a “nice to have” in business, not … Continue reading Book Nook: Twelve and a Half, by Gary Vaynerchuk

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What Song Gives You Confidence?

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Music is a thing many of us turn to for certain moments. We have different songs for different moments in life. What is a song that gives you confidence, whatever the situation is? I have one specific one that inspires confidence in myself. Yeah, this is a hype song in general, but it is also MY hype song. And that is because I have one very specific situation in my life when this song is playing. Heavy squats. I would say 90 percent of my 500-plus pound squats have been completed with this song playing in the gym. Squats are … Continue reading What Song Gives You Confidence?