Best Books for a Rewarding Career & Life

Reading recommendations on mindset, leadership, career, and entrepreneurship

Ever since I was little, I loved stories. I looked forward to story time at the local library and a nearby bookstore. I liked that bookstore so much that I got a job there for winter break during college.

Since I was in middle school, I have gravitated toward self-improvement books. Here are some of my favorite personal and professional development books.

Whether you’re looking to launch or grow a business, make a career change, become more resilient, or improve your leadership skills, I hope my reading recommendations will help you live a good life.

"Clarifying What Matters: Creating Direction for Your Career" dark green book cover with Art Deco design

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Clarifying What Matters by Erica Mattison

What You’ll Gain From This Book

Develop a fresh perspective on your career

Build your belief in yourself to overcome challenges

Identify personal qualities and strengths you can tap into

Cultivate meaningful relationships that shape your career

Discover how to approach career transitions in alignment with your values and goals

Learn how to become a more confident leader

Reflect on your lived experiences and clarify what’s important to you

Feel energized about developing a proactive approach to your career

Achieve Your Purpose

Power, properly understood, is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, and economic change. There is nothing wrong with power, if power is used correctly. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Speed up your learning and growth with my recommended reads. Develop a growth mindset, improve your leadership effectiveness, take charge of your career, increase your resiliency, and move past fear.

Open your mind to new approaches by incorporating these books into your professional development and personal growth.