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10 Good Reads Expand your skills, gain insight, and get inspired with these top picks. Meant for More: The Proven Formula to Turn Your Knowledge Into Profits By Lisa Sasevich An award-winning entrepreneur and business coach, author Lisa Sasevich shares her formula to make more money, have more of an impact, and get more out of life—all without being pushy. Meant for More: e Proven Formula to Turn Your Knowledge Into Profits details how to stand out in an increasingly noisy world by offering your unique skills and talents, and helping others do the same. Sasevich addresses a broad audience looking for freedom of the nine-to-five grind, including stay- at-home moms going back to work; young baby boomers who are concerned they are too old to find new jobs; idealistic Gen Xers and millennials unwilling to toe the company line; and experts in any field who want to cash in on their expertise while making a difference. You Are The Brand: The 8-Step Blueprint to Showcase Your Unique Expertise and Build a Highly Profitable, Personally Fulfilling Business By Mike Kim Mike Kim is a brand strategist for business thought leaders, coaches, and authors who want to create impact with their ideas and get their message heard. In You Are the Brand, Kim shares his blueprint that has helped build the brands for some of today's most influential thought leaders, as well as his own personal brand. In his book, Kim explains: how to identify and showcase your unique expertise; how to gain clarity on messages, marketing techniques, and business models; why the most effective marketing strategy is to simply tell the truth; "How-To- Preneur" vs."'Ideapreneur"—which one are you; the three kinds of personal stories that ensure you stand out in your market; the simple "9-Box Grid" that shows you how to price your products and services; and how to cultivate relationships that skyrocket your revenue and influence. The Language of Leadership: How to Engage and Inspire Your Team By Joel Schwartzberg Drawing on decades of experience as a presentation coach, speechwriter, and executive at Time Inc., PBS, and MTV, author Joel Schwartzberg offers unique mindsets, actionable tactics, and examples to help leverage you own voice in his new book. In The Language of Leadership: How to Engage and Inspire Your Team, Schwartzberg details ways in which to capture an audience, whether it be a live speech in a packed room, on a Zoom or remote call, sending emails and marketing campaigns, and/or simply telling stories. His new work is the follow up to his previous book, Get to the Point! Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter. The Psychology of Procrastination: Understand Your Habits, Find Motivation, and Get Things Done By Hayden Finch Ph.D. A licensed clinical psychologist and behavior change expert, Dr. Hayden Finch helps us understand what contributes to procrastination and what can be done to help break through to a more productive lifestyle in her book, e Psychology of Procrastination: Understand Your Habits, Find Motivation, and Get ings Done. Dr. Finch examines common thought processes and emotional roadblocks that can lead to procrastination and problematic behavior, and how to address the root causes of procrastination and time management problems. e book details core issues, such as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and others that can lead to procrastination; and exploring real-life anecdotes of people struggling with procrastination to gain insight into how it works in your life—and help you identify root causes.