From The Library 2019

January: In the "Art of Reading People" , Ian Tuhovsky explains: how to identify manipulative personalities, the dangers of simplistic labeling people, differentiating between subjective and objective 'goodness', how to read your relationships and understand your role in them, decoding language people use, how to understand your own emotional reaction to the behavior of others. 

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February: A book highly recommended by Bill Gates, Malinda Gates, Barack March: Obama. "When asked simple questions about global trends―what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school―we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.
 
In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective―from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). " (From the publisher)

March: In the Great Spiritual Migration, Brian D. McLaren, explains how the worlds largest religion is seeking a better way to be Christian. He traces the migration of people of religion from the earliest of biblical times to the present. Contrary to popular opinion, he postulates that Christianity is not on the decline but on a journey of transformation led by the Spirit. He speaks with clarity about the shift to deeper spirituality as an expression of loving God rather than a traditional violent God and away from defined beliefs to greater spiritual freedom. 

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April:  The Heart of the leader, Tommy Spaulding former CEO of Up With People, points out that strong leadership begins with developing  genuine and lasting  professional and personal relationships. The books comes highly recommended and is a New York Times best seller. He explores three themes:1) Becoming a Heart-led Leader beginning with understanding one self; 2) The 18-Inch Journey from the head to to the heart; 3) Leaving a Heartprint on the world which becomes one's legacy. 

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​May: Daniel F. Prosser shows how your company could become one of the Thirteeners - the 13 percent of companies that  achieve successfully. this book will guide you to an organizational structure that can take you to another level of performance, create a work environment that supports your vision and brings alive team participation in it, and in the end produce lasting results. Prosser relies on research to back up his claims. A good read for those who want to be within the 13 percent of top level businesses. 

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June: One of my favorite books. Psychiatrist, Victor Frankl agrues that we can't avoid suffering but we can change how we cope with it, find meaning in it and move to a renewed sense of purpose. His book and life long practice is based on his experience within Nazi death camps and it teaches about spiritual survival. Frankl theorizes that our purpose is not based on the pursuit of pleasure, but on our search of purposeful meaning in life.- taking care of ourselves and looking after others.

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July and August: The Self Care Prescription empowers you to find balance and purpose in your relationships, work, and life. From creating a plan to spend more time with family and friends, to zeroing-in on a career that you can feel good about, the book will help you create a personalized self care plan. You’ll also learn actionable techniques to fight anxiety, demotivation, or whatever else is holding you back from building the life you want to live. (From book description Amazon.ca