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CULTURE | BOOK<br />
Positive Reads<br />
To help solve problems we struggle with and also motivate and inspire us with new ideas,<br />
here are good reads to help you start living a happy life<br />
Stop Doing That Sh*t:<br />
End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back<br />
By Gary John Bishop<br />
In a dynamic, compelling and aha-filled journey, Stop Doing That Sh*t helps you connect the dots of your “stuff”<br />
all the way from your past to the present. You’ll make sense of yourself as you uncover how to interrupt those<br />
destructive cycles of yours and make the kind of profound shift needed to get your life on track.<br />
If you can’t save money, if you keep ending up in the same types of toxic relationships, if you feel unloved,<br />
don’t fit in, not enough or any one of the myriad of ways that a human being trashes an otherwise good life, this<br />
is the book for you.<br />
Be Happy, Always<br />
By Xandria OoI<br />
Nobody teaches you how to be happy. We<br />
learn how to be successful in our careers, but<br />
are expected to navigate through everything<br />
that life throws at us. Often we make<br />
mistakes trying to understand how to be<br />
happy with ourselves, how to be happy with<br />
someone else, and how to be happy with<br />
our life. Be Happy, Always spots the pitfalls<br />
of life and shares the wisdom and courage<br />
to navigate through everyday issues. Over<br />
five illuminating chapters, Xandria Ooi<br />
speaks to you with honesty and empathy,<br />
like someone who knows what you need and<br />
offers you perspectives that can help you<br />
figure out what to do to lift yourself up and<br />
be happy even when life is challenging.<br />
How to Ikigai :<br />
Lessons for Finding<br />
Happiness and Living<br />
Your Life’s Purpose<br />
By Tim Tamashiro<br />
Ikigai is a concept that comes from<br />
Okinawa, Japan. A simple but abstract<br />
map for living a meaningful life that<br />
focuses on four directions: Do what you<br />
love, Do what you’re good at, Do what<br />
the world needs and Do what you can<br />
be rewarded for. Seem simple enough<br />
but deceivingly difficult to do. This book<br />
will transform ikigai from its abstract<br />
form into a simple practice that is within<br />
reach for anyone. <strong>The</strong> key is to start with<br />
part-time ikigai.<br />
Everything Is F*cked :<br />
A Book About Hope<br />
By Mark Manson<br />
This new book from Mark Manson is a<br />
counterintuitive guide to the problems of<br />
hope. Materially, everything is the best it’s<br />
ever been - we are more free, healthier<br />
and wealthier than any people in human<br />
history. Yet, somehow everything seems<br />
to be irreparably wrong, despite having<br />
access to technology, education and<br />
communication our ancestors couldn’t<br />
even dream of, so many of us have an<br />
overriding feeling of hopelessness. With<br />
his usual mix of wittiness, Mark challenges<br />
us to be more honest with ourselves and<br />
connected with the world in ways we<br />
probably haven’t considered before.<br />
Girl, Stop Apologizing<br />
By Rachel Hollis<br />
In Girl, Stop Apologizing, the New<br />
York Times bestselling author and<br />
founder of a multimillion-dollar media<br />
company, Rachel Hollis sounds a wakeup<br />
call. She knows that many women<br />
have been taught to define themselves<br />
in light of other people - whether as<br />
wife, mother, daughter, or employee -<br />
instead of learning how to own who<br />
they are and what they want. With a<br />
challenge to women everywhere to stop<br />
talking themselves out of their dreams,<br />
Rachel talks about the excuses to let<br />
go of, the behaviors to adopt, and the<br />
skills to acquire on the path to growth,<br />
confidence, and believing in yourself.<br />
TM | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER <strong>2019</strong><br />
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