eGuide Winter Reading List
For any emerging entrepreneur, drawing resources from a variety of resources allows you to glean takeaways that shape how you grow and scale your business. As winter takes its hold for the few months ahead, we thought we would compile a reading list that will inspire your 2022. As you scroll through the titles below, you may notice that all of the images are not of tangible books, but rather audiobooks. One thing that has allowed eGuide Owner, Greg Perrine the ability to catch up on reading while running a business and raising a son is his Audible subscription. He says, “I found that building in reading time while walking the dog or strolling with the baby keeps my mind active and allows me to explore new findings and inspirations.”
So no matter how you enjoy your reading, here is a list that is sure to impact the way to think, lead, and connect with your team!
Start With Why
Simon Sinek
eGuide's Why: We are passionate about helping small businesses and nonprofits better use technology to propel growth. Have you ever started a conversation with your "why"? Understanding your why is a critical part of any personal or professional growth. In Start With Why, Simon Sinek breaks down how your “why” can be the megaphone that allows your business to grow in a unified direction, and rally employees around a common goal.
Permission To Feel
Marc Brackett, Ph.D
Beyond happy, mad, glad, and sad lives a multiude of emotions. Having the tools to be an emotion scientist allows us not only to empathize with the people around us, but also removes the layer of judgement that often comes with identifying emotions. In Permission To Feel by Mark Brackett, readers are able to learn just how to pull the veil back on emotions and elevate self awareness, empathy, and understanding of how emotions play a crucial role in our day-to-day. If you are looking for a book to deepen your connection with your team, this is the book to read.
Happiness Advantage
Shawn Achor
As we look ahead to a year of solidifying some of the changes that have come from the health crisis, we find ourselves focusing on ways to keep our team happy both when working and not. The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor is a perfect book to unpack some of what it means to be "happy" and give tangible take-aways that you can apply to weekly check-ins, reviews, or huddles.
Delivering Happiness
Tony Hsieh
Reading Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh may just give you a refreshed perspective on what drives your organization and what it means to "live your values". eGuide's core values were formed after reading this book, and we live them each week in both our team meetings and our client work.
Dare To Lead
Brené Brown
Leading with vulnerability is not something that comes naturally, but in Dare To Lead by Brené Brown you get to "lean in" to what it takes to de-armor and connect with your team on a more meaningful level. As the world continues to transiton to remote teams, being able to listen, hear, and respond to your team is more important than ever.
Zero To One
Peter Thiel
As we look ahead to the new year, it's a perfect time to start to think about how your organization is going to continue to find differentiation in their field. If you have not read Zero To One by Peter Theil, this book could be the catalyst you have been looking for to drive your business forward.
