Recommended

I’m not the only person reading, researching and pursuing happiness. Here are my recommended books, each fueling my writing and thinking around how to be just a little happier. All links will take you directly to Amazon.

The Happiness Classics

• The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor.
• The Happiness of Pursuit, Chris Guillebeau.
• The Weekend Effect, Katrina Onstead.
• The Happiness Equation, Neil Pasricha.
• The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin.

Specific recommendations in support of the Happy^2 Grid.

Health

• Eat to Live, Joel Fuhrmann.
• Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes.

Assets

• Women Don’t Ask, Linda Babcock.
• Expect to Win, Carla Harris.

People

• Belong, Radha Agrawal

Purpose

• Leading From Purpose, Nick Craig

• Rising Strong, Brene Brown.
• Transitions, William Bridges.

Yourself

• Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Brene Brown.
• Help Thanks Wow, Anne Lamott.

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Habit

• The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg.
• Better Than Before, Gretchen Rubin.

Action

• Better Each Day, Jessica Cassity.
• Creative Thursday, Marisa Anne Cummings.

Plan

• 168 Hours, Laura Vanderkam.
• The 4-Hour Work Week, Timothy Ferriss.

Practice

• The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron.
• You Learn by Living, Eleanor Roosevelt.
• Daily Rituals, Mason Currey.

YOLO

• The 100-Year Life, Lynda Gratton
• The Book of Awesome, Neil Pasricha.
• Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert.
• Year of Yes, Shonda Rhimes.

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Learning from Others

• I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons, Kevin Hart.
• The Last Black Unicorn, Tiffany Haddish.
• Born A Crime, Trevor Noah.

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