Book Pick of the Week: Easier: 60 Ways to Make Your Work Life Work for You

The client is frustrated. He doesn’t understand why he can’t create enough impact where he is. He wants to make a change but isn’t sure where to start. He doesn’t know what his options are. Sound familiar? When people feel stuck, they often chalk it up to “that’s just life,” but this client wants to play the game of life at a whole new level, so he finds a coach. And what follows is a story of remarkable transformation and powerful universal discovery.

In business coach and bestselling author Chris Westfall’s new book, Easier: 60 Ways to Make Your Work Life Work for You, Westfall delivers potent strategies aimed at helping everyone — from leaders to entrepreneurs to athletes — overcome distractions, deal with difficult people and be easier on themselves, all while channeling peak performance.

“No matter what our circumstances are, we always have possibilities available to us. The thing is, we don’t always see them,” Westfall said in a recent interview. “We all have blind spots. … And I’m here to help people eliminate those blind spots in every possible way that I can.”
 
Easier is written in a narrative style reminiscent of The Go-Giver, The Goal or Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The book unfolds as a conversation between the client and his coach, where new ideas and new possibilities emerge from the most unlikely places. The client is frustrated with work and ready to quit. He wants to know why he can’t seem to get ahead, and he’s looking for the courage to start something new. Little does he know, his pink slip will arrive in five days.

From this life-after-career-death story, new discoveries bloom, revealing 60 insights into resilience, resourcefulness, self-leadership and more. With each new concept, readers will find their perspectives shifting, from “How do I get through this?” to “What can I get from this?”

“They say there’s nothing that can stop an idea whose time has come,” Westfall added. “People around the world are looking for more personal freedom, more encouragement and more possibility. Easier is the hold-your-handbook to a new way of looking at life, especially when you are facing hard times. The Great Resignation isn’t so great if you don’t understand how to make your life, your work and your relationships … easier.”

Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Easier-Ways-Make-Your-Work/dp/1119834570

Kindle Pick of the Week: The Primetimer Guide to Streaming TV

Steaming TV has taken hold.

Streaming TV has brought us endless viewing options but also endless scrolling. Next time you want to watch something new, let Primetimer -- the web's leading curator of streaming TV news and comment -- help you quickly decide without the frustration.

Want something on Hulu? Prefer true-crime docuseries or British romcoms? Don't want a big time commitment? Our ingenious finding aid hones in on which of more than 1,000 critic- and fan-recommended shows are best for you. With tips for choosing the best streaming service and cord-cutting strategies, The Primetimer Guide to Streaming TV is the one book to keep next to the remote.

Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Primetimer-Guide-Streaming-Paramount-Streamers-ebook/dp/B09FFTV3W8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Book Pick of the Week: Arnie and Jack: Stories of My Long Friendship with Two Remarkable Men

A great new read!

Charles Mechem’s remarkable business career spanned six decades and included stints as a lawyer, a media executive, and the commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. But for Charlie, some of the most memorable moments of his rich life occurred alongside his good friends, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.

In "Arnie and Jack: Stories of My Long Friendship with Two Remarkable Men," Charlie takes golf fans behind the scenes, detailing with energy and wit – and sometimes solemnity – why these great icons of the course excelled at both work and play. It’s an unusual perspective. Charlie grew to know Jack well in the early 1970s, when Jack designed a golf course for Taft Broadcasting Company. Then, after Charlie retired from the LPGA, Arnie asked him to be his consultant and advisor for the next 10 years. They even shared an office. The trio became fast and good friends, allowing Charlie to witness firsthand the deep fondness and respect that Arnie and Jack held for each other as professionals and friends.

In "Arnie and Jack," you’ll enjoy a front-row seat to many of golf’s cherished moments in locales rich in history. On the course, pro-golf’s famous Bay Hill, Muirfield Village, Tradition, and August National. Off the course, the Arnold Palmer’s Restaurant, the Captains Club, even the White House and Congress. Through it all, this master story-teller makes history himself, capturing with a reporter’s keen eye a perspective of these two men that’s unique, revealing, and just plain fun.

Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Arnie-Jack-Stories-Friendship-Remarkable/dp/1954786786/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Book Pick of the Week: Tiger and Phil Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry

Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in-depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the success of golf's two biggest stars, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

For more than two decades, there have been two golfers who have captivated, bemused, inspired, frustrated, fascinated, and entertained us, and in doing so have demanded our attention – Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Even with all the ink that has been spilled on Tiger, no one has ever written about his relationship with Phil and how their careers have been inextricably intertwined. Furthermore, very little has been written about Phil Mickelson, who is more than just an adversary. He is a fascinating Hall of Fame golfer in his own right.

These two biggest names (and draws) in golf have, for better and for worse, been the ultimate rivals. But it is so much more complicated than that. Each player has pushed the other to be better. They have teased each other and fought. They have battled to the bitter end on the course making for some of the greatest moments in the game for the last 20 years. They have each gone through injury and health problems, legal problems, falling in and out of favor with the press. And over the course of their time together in the game they have gradually become not just rivals but friends.

In the tradition of major bestsellers such as Arnie & Jack, When the Game Was Ours, The Rivals, and Brady vs. Manning, Tiger & Phil will change the way we look at these players and the game itself.

Link to pre-order and order:

https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Phil-Golfs-Fascinating-Rivalry-ebook/dp/B09CNFCDMZ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649601631&sr=1-1

Book Pick of the Week: High Impact Mentoring

When setting up a mentoring program within your organization, some prospective mentees are obvious choices. But high performers and superstars are not the only people in your company directory who have the potential to achieve great things. That’s why former Waffle House President and COO Bert Thornton urges mentors to look beyond the “obvious choices” and develop hidden gems, too.

“Just as ships don’t ‘drift’ into port, employees won’t ‘drift’ into greatness,” says Thornton, coauthor along with Dr. Sherry Hartnett of the new book High-Impact Mentoring: A Practical Guide to Creating Value in Other People’s Lives (BookLogix, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-6653-0344-6, $19.95, https://highimpactmentoringbook.com/). “Mentoring is often the key to unlocking the potential in overlooked, seemingly average employees.”

So who, exactly, are these “non-obvious choices”? You probably have someone on your payroll who lacks experience on paper, but whose leadership skills and ability to drive change could make a tremendous impact. Perhaps there’s an employee whose talents might be a better fit for a different role. Maybe a new supervisor is technically proficient, but their communication skills and demeanor could use some polish. Almost certainly, you have middle-of-the-pack employees who could quickly advance if given personalized training and advice.  

“When you invest mentoring resources into non-obvious candidates, you pack your bench with engaged, loyal employees who are operating at the top of their game,” says Dr. Hartnett, who is the founding director of the University of West Florida’s Executive Mentor Program. “You also broaden your talent pipeline and streamline the advancement process. That’s an ROI leaders can’t afford to ignore right now.”

Here, Thornton and Dr. Hartnett share nine powerful benefits you may receive when you build a mentoring program that develops a wide range of employees (not just the superstars.)