Radical Confidence is a breezy entrance to the self-help isle that is part memoir, part confidence advice guide. Bilyeu invites you in for a cup of tea to tell you the story of her transition from shy geeky Greek girl to bored-but-supportive housewife to co-founder of Quest Nutrition to badass Youtube sensation.
In Big Potential, Shawn Achor continues his explorations into what makes us happy and successful. He argues that a focus on individual achievement limits us from achieving the "big potential" we can reach as part of a "star-cluster" community.
Common wisdom holds that if we just get that promotion, lose a few pounds, reach our goals, then we'll be successful, and happiness will follow as a result. Shawn Achor argues that we've got that backwards: success follows happiness.
Brené Brown is a researcher of shame and vulnerability, and while that might seem like an odd fit for a book about leadership in the workplace, Brown brings her usual energy and winsome earnestness to a compelling argument that vulnerability is indeed at the heart of all courageous leadership....
The local Bookshop Santa Cruz is running a pledge drive, asking customers to pledge to buy 1 fewer book from Amazon and buy from them instead.
A recent study found that even customers who define themselves as loyal independent bookstore customers only buy four out of every ten books...
Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl was recommended to me by a mentor who has now recommended several books in a row about young writers coming into their own voice—I think he’s trying to tell me something. Subliminal messages from mentors aside, Fangirl is a quick and fun read, a touching coming-of-age story, and one of the...