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8 GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts By Annie Duke Recognizing a sure bet is an area of expertise for World Series of Poker champion and business consultant Annie Duke. In inking in Bets, Duke takes what she learned at the poker table and transforms it into real-work strategies on how to make tough business calls. Important to Duke's process is learning how to weigh a decision against possible outcomes. Duke draws on examples from business, sports, politics, and poker to help shift the reader's thinking on approaching decisions, including how to weed out reactive emotions, knee-jerk biases, and destructive habits. Editor's note: inking in Bets will be released on February 6, 2018. The Right and Wrong Stuff: How Brilliant Careers are Made and Unmade By Carter Cast If you are struggling with a career setback, plateau, or just how to move to the next rung of the ladder, consider picking up e Right and Wrong Stuff by Carter Cast. According to Cast, "ninety- eight percent of us have at least one career-derailment risk factor, and half to two-thirds actually go off the rails." Cast utilizes his background as an entrepreneur, as well as CEO of Walmart.com to help others recognize the blind spots in their personalities that are holding them back from the career they want. In e Right and Wrong Stuff, Carter outlines the five archetypes found in every office—Captain Fantastic, the Solo Flyer, Version 1.0, the One-Trick Pony, and the Whirling Dervish. Utilize Cast's insights to not only learn the archetype that fits you, but also how to recognize others' archetypes to achieve successful working relationships. Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals By Michael Hyatt Don't let your New Year's resolutions fall by the wayside just because we are entering February. Instead, arm yourself with the knowledge to make 2018 a year of growth and accomplishment. According to Your Best Year Ever by New York Times bestseller Michael Hyatt, "is is the year you finally close the gap between reality and your dreams." Offering concrete tips, the book promises to help you redesign your year in just five hours by outlining three simple ways to triple the likelihood of achieving your goals, how to quit-proof your goals, and what to do when you feel stuck. is book, which was released in January, is a great compliment to Hyatt's other work, Living Forward: A Proven Plan to stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want. Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More By Morten T. Hansen As the old adage goes 'work smart, not hard', though this can be easier said than done, Morten T. Hansen can help you achieve this goal in his new book Great at Work. Previously the New York Times bestselling author of Great by Choice, Morton now delves into the question, "Why do some people perform better at work than others?" To find the answer, Morton conducted a five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees and the result is seven "Work Smarter" practices that will help you maximize time and improve performance. To help you understand your strengths and weaknesses, the book also includes mini-quizzes and questionnaires.