Black Enterprise is still getting busy with summer reading! Last week, the BE staff shared the non-fiction books we’re excited to learn from this summer. This week, we’re helping ourselves.
Check out our self-help picks below:
1. You are a Badass
By: Jen Sincero
Selected by: @KandiaJohnson
An entertaining how-to guide by bestselling author, Jen Sincero, this book serves up 27 bite-sized chapters full of hilariously inspiring stories, sage advice, easy exercises, and the occasional swear word. Sincero’s book will help you to identify and change the self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors that stop you from getting what you want, to create a life you totally love right NOW (and make some damn money already).
2. Sorted: Freedom Through Structure
By: Gillian Perkins
Selected by: @RealAlphanista
Sorted is your guide to a beautiful destination: a place where you have the time and space you need to think clearly, discover meaning, and embrace life. The book offers a detailed system that will enable you to finally achieve order for your schedule, home, and future plans.
3. Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others
By: Andrew Sobel
Selected by: @RealAlphanista
Power Questions can immediately help you win more business, deepen your relationships, and connect with people more rapidly than you ever thought possible. This book shows you how to use thought-provoking questions to engage prospects and uncover their most pressing issues. It gives you the tools to get inside the heart and mind of anyone you meet.
4. Destiny: Step Into Your Purpose
By: T.D. Jakes
Selected by: @AlfredEdmondJr
Whether you are just starting out, starting over, or you’re wondering if there is greater success than what you’ve already accomplished, now is the time to reset your inner compass. This revelatory guide from T.D. Jakes inspires you to clear your path of distractions and disruptions, correct places where you have veered off course, get unstuck, and embrace your God-given purpose.
5. The Little Black Book of Success; Laws of Leadership for Black Women
By: Elaine Meryl Brown
Selected by: @jpw599
Three dynamic and successful black female executives share their strategies to help all black women, at any level of their careers, play the power game–and win.
6. If Someone Says “You Complete Me,†RUN: Whoopi’s Big Book of Relationships
By: Whoopi Goldberg
Selected by: Selected by: @jpw599
Whoopi speaks openly about why marriage isn’t for everyone, how being alone can be satisfying, and how what’s most important is understanding who you are and what makes you happy.
7. The Science of Mind: Complete and Unabridged
By: Ernest Holmes
Selected by: @SavageGazelle
Here, you will find six lessons and countless affirmations that will help you unlock the power of your mind and find higher truths. You won’t find a guide regarding the science of the mind as clear and easy to use as this one.
8. Thrive
By: Arianna Huffington
Selected by: @SavageGazelle
In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today’s world.
How are you helping yourselves this summer?