Career With Direction

The books, in order

1. 1

   Personal Development · 15 min

   Who Moved My Cheese?

   Spencer Johnson

   Spotting a faint signal of change early gives you far more choices than waking up to the problem only after it has blown up.

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2. 2

   Career and Work · 18 min

   You Are Irreplaceable

   Augusto Cury

   The fundamental value of your existence begins with the very fact that you are alive, long before any professional achievement or social approval.

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3. 3

   Career and Work · 17 min

   Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

   Sheryl Sandberg, with Nell Scovell

   Splitting household chores and child care is not a favor one side does for the other. It is a negotiation that has to be spoken out loud, because without an explicit conversation it tends to slide back into the traditional pattern.

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4. 4

   Career and Work · 14 min

   Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

   Susan David

   An uncomfortable emotion can be read as data about the situation, but data is not an order: between feeling and acting there is room for a pause in which to choose.

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5. 5

   Career and Work · 17 min

   Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

   Adam Grant

   Accepting the embarrassment of acting like a beginner accelerates your growth far more than waiting for an illusory sense of confidence before starting.

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6. 6

   Career and Work · 17 min

   Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

   David Epstein

   Studying in a way that feels harder, spacing out and mixing subjects, can pay off more than the repetition that gives you a feeling of mastery.

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7. 7

   Career and Work · 15 min

   What Got You Here Won't Get You There

   Marshall Goldsmith

   Having succeeded before convinces your mind that every habit from that phase, good or bad, was part of the recipe for success.

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8. 8

   Career and Work · 13 min

   Playing Big

   Tara Mohr

   Asking for specific feedback turns a vague opinion into a concrete path to your next step.

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9. 9

   Career and Work · 15 min

   Unapologetically Ambitious

   Shellye Archambeau

   A goal with a deadline and steps stops being a vague wish and becomes a plan you can review every year.

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10. 10

    Career and Work · 14 min

    The Enrichment Factor

    Paulo Vieira

    How someone spends money day to day reflects their emotional needs far more than their actual practical needs.

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