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Summer Reading for Leaders


As you head to the pool or on summer vacation, consider this list of twenty books to help shift your perspective:


Work

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by de Botton

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

Thank You for Being Late by Friedman

Deep Work by Newport

Mastery by Leonard George

The End of Leadership by Barbara Kellerman

Crossing the Unknown Sea by David Whyte


Reflective

The Alchemist by Coelho

Living Beautifully by Pema Chodron

Wonder Women by Deborah Spar

Happiness: A Philosopher’s Guide by Frederic Lenoir


Inspirational

Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer

American Shaolin by Matthew Polly

The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin


Relaxing

Kafka on the Shore by Murakami

Harvest by Jim Crace

Sugar: A Bittersweet History by Elizabeth Abbott


Irreverent

Hellraisers (Burton, Harris, O’Toole & Reed) by Robert Sellers

The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard

Read, relax, reflect, revive!

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