'Simon loves dreams and he wants you to live yours. This book will stop you from giving up on your goals and start building the life you want' Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author and host of the On Purpose podcast
'Simon is making a real impact. If you're serious about becoming an entrepreneur, this book is a must read' Richard Branson
'Simon Squibb is the real deal! This book is amazing...so, so good. I read over 100 books a year, and this is definitely in the top 5!' Chris Evans
'The book I recommend if you want to start or grow a business' Ali Abdaal, productivity expert and bestselling author of Feel-Good Productivity
‘Inspiring stuff…Simon empowers you to follow your dreams without fear’ Jamie Oliver
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Find Your Passion. Love Your Work. Build a Richer Life.
What's your dream? It's a simple question, but one which very few of us ever really think about.
From early on, we are taught that there's only one path to getting ahead: do well at school, get a certain kind of job, and avoid failure at all costs. We're so busy trying to follow these rules that we never stop and ask ourselves: What's my purpose? What do I really want? Do I have the power to make it happen?
Simon Squibb is on a mission to change people's lives for the better. Here, he shares the hard-won life lessons from his years in the business world plus his own personal life, from facing homelessness as a teenager to selling a multi-million pound business, and now inspiring a new generation of budding entrepreneurs. Simon will empower readers to identify their own meaningful goals, to remove the barriers that stand in the way, and ultimately to build a richer life. Sometimes, it just takes one person to believe in you...
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‘If you have a dream to start a business then make this book your first step!’
Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author of The Greatness Mindset
'One of the best business books I've ever read'
Mark Tilbury
'A must-read for any would-be entrepreneurs keen to turn their business dreams into reality'
John Cauldwell, Phones 4U founder and author of Love, Pain & Money: The Making of a Billionaire
‘Brimming with surprising insights and useful tips. The resource we need for avoiding misunderstandings and making genuine connections’ Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again
The essential guide for when (and how best) to use virtual communication tools, from video to instant messaging and everything in between.
Professor Andrew Brodsky is here to explain that, yes, that meeting could have been an email. And that email? Maybe it should have been a voice memo. Your camera? It’s okay to turn it off, sometimes even better.
Many of us give far too little thought to our virtual communication, and end up feeling isolated, overlooked and burnt out. Ping distils Brodsky’s cutting-edge social science research on remote communication tools. He helps us understand:
How we can interact most productively and authenticallyHow we can build relationships at a distanceThe rules for making an impact onlineHow we can increase inclusion and reduce conflict
With entertaining stories and interviews from top business leaders, Ping is the ultimate playbook for all workplaces from in-person, to remote and everything in between.
'A must read for everyone who communicates online—in other words, everyone' Jake Knapp, co-founder of Google Meet and bestselling author of Sprint
We all know we should be learning and growing. But how do you make time while under pressure to perform?
Too many of us suffer from 'chronic performance': we feel constant pressure to look like we know what we're doing, to always be on, to rack up success after success and have all the answers, all because we assume that greater effort leads to greater success. But this temptation to portray ourselves as infallible is affecting both our work and personal lives and is blocking our ability for true growth.
Through his work with over a hundred companies, co-founder of Mindset Works Eduardo Briceño has solved this by coming up with a game-changing framework that breaks our habit of chronic performance. He's discovered that long-term success as an individual or business - personal, financial and, organisational - relies on integrating and being proficient at learning and performing.
In The Performance Paradox, you will learn how to:
- Unlock the power of mistakes
- Integrate learning into daily habits
- Move seamlessly between learning and performing
- Solicit the most useful feedback
- Lead teams that constantly improve and outperform their targets
Ground-breaking and empowering, The Performance Paradox will break your chronic performance habit and revolutionise the way you approach growth mindset to get you on your way to thriving in both work and life.
'In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown's work is essential' -- Daniel H. Pink
'Effortless shows that achieving more doesn't have to be as hard as we make it out to be' -- Arianna Huffington
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year · From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard.
The intricacy of modern life has created a false dichotomy between things that are 'hard and important,' and those that are 'easy and trivial.' Everything has become so much harder than it ought to be. But, Greg McKeown, bestselling author of Essentialism, says, there is a third alternative.
In Effortless, he offers practical tools for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. Honed over the better part of a decade, these strategies include:
·Turning tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals
·Preventing frustration by solving problems before they arise
·Setting a sustainable pace instead of powering through
·Making one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions
·Making relationships easier to maintain and manage
·And much more
McKeown's philosophy of essentialism has helped thousands to recognise that the effortless way isn't the lazy way. It's the smart way. Not every hard thing in life can be made easy but we can make it easier to do more of what matters most. Effortless will show you how.
180 of the sharpest and stickiest ways to get better results at work - these hacks may be small but like tiny cracks, they'll eventually turn into something bigger.
'The master of productivity.' Steven Bartlett, creator of Diary of a CEO
'The book we've all been waiting for.' Dr Julie Smith, author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
'Will guide you to accomplish more than you ever dreamed of.' Jay Shetty, author of Think Like a Monk and 8 Rules of Love
The secret to productivity isn’t discipline. It’s joy.
We have all been told that the secret to productivity is simple: work harder. The trouble is, endless hard work doesn’t just make us unhappier – it makes us less productive too.
Here, Dr Ali Abdaal draws on the latest scientific research to show that the most productive people aren’t those with the strongest discipline, or even the best habits: they’re the ones who find meaning in the tasks before them. Along the way, he sketches out a healthier, happier path to accomplishing what matters – one rooted in discovering joy in everything you do.
'A much-needed antidote to hustle culture' Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
'An eye-opening and important new book' Cal Newport, author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism
'Very good . . . If you are stuck in a job you hate, or are finding it hard to get up enthusiasm for tasks, then Feel-Good Productivity might be the book for you.' Financial Times
Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author combines lessons both from history and modern organisational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help us build cultures that can weather both good and bad times.
The times and circumstances in which people were raised often shape them - yet a few leaders have managed to shape their times. In this follow-up to the bestselling business classic The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz turns his attention to a question crucial to every organisation: How do you create and sustain the culture you want?
This book is a journey through cultures ancient to modern, spotlighting models of leadership and culture-building from the samurai to prison gangs. Along the way, it answers fundamental questions: Who are we? How do people talk about us when we''re not around? How do we treat our customers? Can we be trusted?
Because who you are is not the values you list on the wall. It''s not what you say in a company-wide meeting. It''s not your marketing campaign. It''s not even what you believe. Who you are is what you do. This book will help you do the things needed to become the kind of leader you want to be - and others want to follow.
''A paradigm-shifting exploration of how to apply the techniques of science to modern life'' - TIAGO FORTE
''Life isn''t linear, and yet we constantly try to mould it to linear goals. The result is fear in the face of uncertainty and a sense of failure when we don''t hit those marks. But what if instead we approached life as a playground for experimentation?
Neuroscientist and entrepreneur Anne-Laure Le Cunff reveals that all you need is an experimental mindset to turn challenges into self-discovery and doubt into opportunity. Drawing on the latest science and ancient philosophy, she replaces the old linear model of success with a circular model of growth in which goals are discovered, pursued - and adapted.
In this book, you will ask hard questions and design simple yet meaningful experiments to find the answers. You will learn how to break free from invisible cognitive scripts, how to harness the power of imperfection, and how to make smarter decisions when the path forward is unclear. Above all, Tiny Experiments offers not just practical tools, but a guide to reawakening curiosity and drive in a disaffected world, so that we can discover and pursue our most authentic ambitions.
A groundbreaking guide to rejecting the default path and designing your dream life - from social media star, entrepreneur and inspirational writer of ''The Curiosity Chronicle'' newsletter, Sahil Bloom.
Money is not enough to make you happy.
We''re constantly told that money is the shortcut to a good life, the only type of wealth worth pursuing. But what would it mean to lead a truly wealthy life? It may involve money, but in the end, it will be defined by everything else.
In The 5 Types of Wealth, Sahil Bloom offers a transformative guide, full of practical steps and actionable insights, for redesigning your life around five types of wealth: Time, Social, Mental, Physical, and Financial. The result is a deep satisfaction and happiness you can build and maintain across the seasons of your life.
Whether you are at the start of your working life, looking to build and grow in mid-life, or a retiree, with Sahil''s guidance you will unlock:
- Control over how you spend your time
- Depth of connection with those around you
- Clarity of purpose, presence, and decision making
- Improved health and vitality
- Simple pathways to financial independence
The 5 Types of Wealth will help you make the first steps toward positive change and building a joyful, balanced life. It''s a journey that can start today - and change your world faster than you thought possible.
A fresh look at the boom in entrepreneurship and start-ups - and how it''s changing the world of work.
Does it feel like everyone you know is thinking about starting a business? That''s because they are. In the last few years new businesses have been launched in record numbers, with more of us than ever deciding to go it alone or become entrepreneurs.
Fuelled by new technologies like artificial intelligence and automation, this trend is only just beginning, with traditional firms due to be automated in the same way that farms and factories were in the last few decades.
Start-Up Century explains why this shift is happening, and what it will mean to live in a world where most of us are self-employed, or work in small entrepreneurial endeavours. It details the entrepreneurial frontiers ahead of us, the opportunities to be seized, and products to be built in fields as diverse as robotics to healthcare, energy and construction. And it covers the many challenges that this new way of working presents, setting out ideas and policies to help us close the digital divide, make education relevant again, make our public services more innovative and inspire a new generation to build the solutions the world needs.
In the face of rapid changes to the way we work and the technologies available to us, Start-Up Century sets out an overwhelmingly positive view of how individuals and start-ups, not corporates, will solve the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Authored by James Wise, the venture capitalist and technology commentator, Start-Up Century is packed with personal tales and interviews with everyone from teenage side-hustlers to the CEOs of multi-billion-dollar successes. This is a book for every aspiring entrepreneur, and anyone interested in the policy changes needed to support them.>
''Kiko Llaneras is one of the most consistently interesting data journalists to have emerged in the last decade''
John Burn-Murdoch, Chief data reporter, Financial Times
It''s almost impossible to feel confident we''ve made the right choice when we are constantly faced with conflicting data. From choosing the right school for our children to understanding major social and political events, making informed decisions can feel overwhelming. In a world overflowing with data, it is more important than ever to decipher what the numbers tell us.
Drawing on years of work interpreting and explaining data about almost anything, renowned data journalist Kiko Llaneras offers practical tools and shortcuts to help you understand the numbers and make better decisions using a quantitative lens. Through a series of compelling examples, he reveals some of the surprising insights that a data-driven perspective can offer such as:
What caused the Chernobyl disasterHow Barack Obama made decisions and slept so peacefully during his presidencyWhy so many footballers are born in January
An essential guide for decoding the complexities of our modern world, Think Clearly will transform the way you view and use data in every aspect of your life.
Trust is the basis of all relationships - at work and beyond. We naturally want to bond with others with whom we can relate and on whom we can rely - and vice versa.
That''s why creating meaningful working relationships by trusting and being trustworthy adds value. Whether you''re leading a team, building partnerships, selling or collaborating, it''s trust that makes the difference.
By harnessing the three elements of the authors'' Trust Triangle - clarity, character and capability - this book shows you how. It gives you the tools to be intentional about building trust, positioning yourself and your organisation for success.
Good judgement is crucial for successful managers and business leaders. It governs major decisions such as recruitment and project strategy, but also shapes company culture. But how do we know whom to trust? How much risk should we take, and how far should we rely on our intuition?
Andrew Likierman, a former dean of the London Business School and director of the Bank of England, has built a radical, wholly original six-part framework for developing and boosting sound judgement. Based on a lifetime of research and applied expertise, Likierman explains how to improve your judgement, from becoming a better decision-maker to identifying judgement in others - revealing extraordinary opportunities for improvement and success at both the personal and organisational level.
An essential and encouraging guide to growing your small business, achieving your goals and overcoming obstacles along the way.
Growing a small business can be tough. Those big shiny goals seem miles away and without a clear strategy on how to get there, those dreams can remain just that. Add a side of imposter syndrome and a lack of resources, and it''s all too easy to remain stagnant, give up, or play small.
Rhea Freeman provides a clear blueprint for how to set and achieve goals in simple steps, asking the important questions and providing you with your own personal coach. Written by an experienced small business mentor and a two times TEDx speaker, You''ve Got This is grounded in real business owners'' unfiltered success stories and is interwoven with expert insights from a selection of global brands, including Wild, Neom Organics, Snag Tights and more.
Whether you''re a seasoned professional looking to refresh your goals, or dreaming of starting your own side hustle, this book will guide you in creating your own effective plan to supercharge your small business and ensure that your goals become a reality.>
The untold story of the mysterious company that shook the world.
On the coast of southern China, an eccentric entrepreneur spent three decades steadily building an obscure telecom company into one of the world's most powerful technological empires with hardly anyone noticing. This all changed in December 2018, when the detention of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Technologies' female scion, sparked an international hostage standoff, poured fuel on the US-China trade war, and suddenly thrust the mysterious company into the global spotlight.
''A masterpiece'' Rory Sutherland, author of Alchemy
What if everything you''ve been told about money is wrong?
Have you ever been told that cutting your spending is the key to financial freedom?
Or that only a fool would try to make money by picking stocks?
Or that buying your home is always a smart investment?
Most of us have heard these truisms from friends, from family, even from financial experts. They are held up as nuggets of timeless wisdom. There''s just one problem: none of them is true.
Over the last decade, the world of money has transformed - but the mainstream financial advice hasn''t caught up. The result: most of us are being fed money advice that will only take us further from our financial goals.
Here, a leading investor debunks seven of the most common misconceptions about money, and explains why the true path to wealth is dramatically different from what you''ve been told. Confounding and eminently practical, Seven Myths About Money sketches out a radically new route to financial freedom - one fit for the twenty-first century.
