Rubber Band Rule: Recognize when your boundaries are being pushed

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Understanding the Rubber Band Rule: How to Recognize When Your Boundaries Are Being Pushed Too Far

Think of your boundaries as a rubber band. You might feel proud of how far you can stretch to accommodate others. However, if you stretch them too often, they can snap. We call this the Rubber Band Rule, which helps you recognize when your boundaries are stretched too thin.

4 Signs That Your Boundaries Are Being Pushed Too Far

Here are four clear signs that your boundaries are nearing their breaking point:

  1. Physical Symptoms
    You may notice physical discomfort, such as headaches or stomach aches. These symptoms often signal that your body is reacting to the strain on your boundaries.
  2. Emotional Symptoms
    When you start feeling anxious, depressed, or have low morale, it may mean your emotional boundaries are being tested. These feelings often occur when you overextend yourself without proper boundaries.
  3. Frequent Complaints
    If you catch yourself frequently complaining to others, it’s a clear sign that something isn’t right. Complaining often indicates frustration and a lack of boundaries.
  4. Resentment
    You might feel resentment toward all requests, even those you once found fulfilling. Resentment is a strong indicator that your boundaries have been pushed too far, and you need to reclaim them.

Protecting Your Boundaries

Recognizing these signs early helps you prevent your rubber band from snapping. By setting and respecting healthy boundaries, you protect your emotional and physical well-being. Practice recognizing when your limits are being tested, and take action to restore balance.event your rubber band from snapping. Setting clear, healthy boundaries is essential for maintaining your well-being and emotional health. Stay tuned for more tips on how to safeguard your personal boundaries and avoid burnout.

Knowing your limits is crucial. I hope you find this video helpful. If so, please like and share it!

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How to Start a Good Habit and Make It Stick: Tips and Tricks

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Adopting good habits can significantly enhance your life. Dr. Julie Pham shares nine tips and tricks to help you start and maintain good habits.

Nine Tips to Start and Maintain Good Habits

Developing good habits is essential for personal growth and long-term success. Here are nine effective tips to help you start and maintain positive habits:

1. Keep It Simple

A habit should be easy to manage. Start small and make it achievable. For example, I make it a habit to move after a meal to support my health goals. By keeping it simple, you increase the likelihood of success.

2. Identity-Based Habit

As James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, suggests, think of yourself as the person you want to become. I identify as someone who is pre-diabetic and actively work to avoid diabetes. This identity shift helps reinforce my commitment to healthier habits.

3. Tell Others

Boost accountability by sharing your new habit with others. I tell my friends about my progress and ask them to check in on me. When others are involved, it’s easier to stay committed.

4. Make the Habit Social

Engage in your new habit with others to make it more enjoyable. For example, I talk to a friend on the phone while walking after a meal. Adding a social aspect can help make the habit more sustainable.

5. Attach the Habit to an Existing Routine

Integrate your new habits into your current routine. For example, I keep herbal supplements on the dining table to remember to take them with meals. This helps make the new habit feel like a natural part of your day.

6. Track Your Progress

Track your habit progress to stay motivated. I mark it on my calendar whenever I complete a habit. Tracking your progress increases your chances of sticking to it by providing visible reminders of your success.

7. Reframe Resistance

Understand why you resist a habit and reframe it positively. For instance, I changed “knowledge is scary” to “knowledge is power” to overcome my fear of checking blood glucose levels. Reframing resistance helps shift your mindset and makes habits more approachable.

8. Understand the Habit Loop

Replace bad habits with good ones. Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit explains that the habit loop consists of a cue, routine, and reward. I identified my boredom as a trigger and replaced snacking with brewing tea. This helped me maintain the reward of not feeling bored.

9. Remember You’re in Control

You have the power to choose your actions when a trigger arises. I remind myself that I can make positive decisions, which empowers me to take control over my habits and actions.

I hope these nine tips help you start and maintain good habits. If you found this post useful, please like and share it.

Happy Habit Building!

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Craft the Perfect Answer: How to Respond When Someone Asks You ‘What Do You Do for a Living?’

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How to Answer “What Do You Do for a Living?” in Different Situations

When someone asks, “What do you do for a living?” it’s an opportunity to share who you are and what you do. Your answer can vary depending on the situation and context. Whether you’re speaking to a potential employer, a friend, or a stranger, here are five ways to respond based on the situation.

1. Straightforward Answer: Keep It Simple

If you think the person will understand your occupation, simply state it plainly. For example, you might say:

  • “I’m a writer.”
  • “I’m a journalist.”
  • “I’m a doctor.”
  • “I’m a retail salesperson.”

This approach is clear and concise, making it easy for others to understand your job.

2. Expressing Pride and Excitement: Highlight Your Impact

If you’re excited and proud of your work, use the opportunity to talk about the impact you make. Sharing your enthusiasm can lead to a more engaging conversation. For instance:

  • Accountant: “I help people feel less stressed about their taxes and finances.”
  • Retail Worker: “I help people find clothing that makes them feel special every day.”

This response emphasizes the value you bring to others, making your job sound more meaningful and rewarding.

3. When You Don’t Like Your Job: Separate Passion from Work

If you’re not thrilled with your current job, it’s okay to distinguish between your work and your true passion. For example:

  • “Well, there’s what I do for a living, and then there’s what I actually do that makes life worth living. I’m really passionate about [your passion].”

This response allows you to acknowledge your job while staying true to your personal interests.

4. In Between Jobs: Share Your Aspirations

If you’re looking for your next job, focus on your past work and future aspirations. For example:

  • “This is what I used to do for work, and what I’d really like to do is [your desired job].”

This approach keeps the conversation positive and forward-thinking, helping others understand your goals.

5. Not Working by Choice: Explain How You Spend Your Time

If you’re not currently working and have chosen not to, simply explain how you spend your days. For example:

  • “I don’t work, but this is how I spend my days.”

This response offers insight into your current lifestyle and interests, and can lead to a deeper conversation about personal pursuits.

I hope you found these tips helpful for answering the question, “What do you do for a living?” Happy networking!

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Being Vulnerable at Work Without Over-Sharing

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How to Be Vulnerable at Work Without Over-Sharing

Being vulnerable at work can help build trust and strengthen connections with colleagues. However, it’s important to strike the right balance between sharing and over-sharing. Here are some tips to help you navigate vulnerability at work.

Tips for Those Who Dislike Sharing

1. Be Vulnerable About Work

Share a challenging work experience and focus on what you learned from it. By keeping the conversation centered on professional growth, you can build trust and connect with others without crossing personal boundaries.

2. Share Personal, Not Private

Talk about aspects of your personal life that aren’t too intimate. For example, sharing volunteer experiences or discussing your participation in team sports can create connections without delving into deeply private matters.

Tips for Those Who Might Over-Share

3. Consider Public Recounting

Before sharing, ask yourself if you’d be comfortable with strangers hearing the story. If not, it might be too personal to discuss at work. Keeping it professional and appropriate ensures you maintain a comfortable environment for everyone.

4. Gauge Reactions

Pay attention to your colleagues’ reactions. If they seem uncomfortable or distant, it could be a sign that you’re over-sharing. Positive reactions, such as nodding or asking follow-up questions, generally indicate that your level of vulnerability is well-received.

5. Look for Reciprocation

If your colleagues begin to share their own stories, your vulnerability has likely served its purpose. However, if others remain quiet or avoid sharing, it might be time to adjust how much you share in the future.

6. Understand Different Standards

Remember that everyone has different comfort levels when it comes to vulnerability. While it’s important to be true to yourself, being mindful of others’ boundaries is key to creating a respectful, open environment.

I hope these tips help make opening up at work a bit easier and help you find the right balance. If you found this post helpful, please like and share it. 

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Ways to Increase Mattering at Work

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People want to feel valued and know that they matter at work. For employers, managers, and leaders, here are eight organizational strategies of ways to increase mattering at work, to boost retention and job satisfaction. Even if you’re not a manager, you can contribute to a positive work environment with these tips.

Here are eight strategies to increase mattering at work

  1. Ask People What They Need to Succeed
    Find out what resources or support they need to do their best work.
  2. Offer Support Beyond Basic Requirements
    Take time to help colleagues with their tasks, showing that you care about their success.
  3. Invest in Skill Development and Growth
    Provide opportunities for training and professional development.
  4. Inquire About Future Aspirations
    Ask employees what they want to do next and explore opportunities within the organization.
  5. Reference Their Input
    Show that you’ve been paying attention by referencing things they’ve said or written.
  6. Notice Their Absence
    Acknowledge when they’re not present in meetings where they were expected. A simple, “I was hoping to see you there,” shows you care.
  7. Compliment Their Approach
    Recognize not just the outcome but the way they completed their work.
  8. Evaluate and Redistribute Work Based on Energy
    Ask employees which tasks energize them and which drain them. Redistribute tasks to maximize engagement and productivity.

For more on increasing mattering at work and it’s powerful impact, check out my video.

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5 Ways to Communicate Your Boundaries

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Setting and expressing boundaries is crucial for maintaining healthy relationships and ensuring your well-being. Here are five practical strategies to help you communicate your boundaries clearly:

  1. Be Proactive: Inform others of your boundaries before they are tested. For example, you might say, “I don’t check email at night.”
  2. Explain Why: People are more likely to respect your boundaries if they understand the reasons behind them. For instance, “I don’t check email at night because I’m focusing on my family.”
  3. Share the Impact: Describe the consequences when your boundaries are not respected. “I don’t check email at night to spend time with my family. When I’m working instead, they feel neglected.”
  4. Understand Why: Sometimes, people push boundaries for reasons unrelated to you. Ask clarifying questions like, “I’ve noticed you email me a lot at night. Is this because you expect a response, or is it just your working hours?”
  5. Express Discomfort: As a last resort, communicate your discomfort directly. Use phrases like, “I’m uncomfortable,” rather than “You make me uncomfortable,” to avoid making others defensive. If asked, you can explain why or simply acknowledge your discomfort.

Embracing these techniques will help reduce stress and build healthy relationships. Knowing your boundaries is essential. If you’re unsure what they are, check out my video on the Rubber Band Rule: The Rubber Band Rule: Recognize when your boundaries are being pushed. 

For more guidance on saying no to your boss, coworkers, or friends, check out our video explainer.

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Mattering vs. Belonging vs. Inclusion: What’s the Difference?

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Mattering vs. Belonging vs. Inclusion: What’s the Difference?

People often use the terms mattering, belonging, and inclusion interchangeably when discussing organizational culture. While they’re related, they each have distinct meanings. Here’s a breakdown of each term, with a focus on the newer concept of mattering.

Understanding Inclusion

Inclusion refers to the policies and actions employers use to help employees feel accepted at work. Examples include acknowledging and celebrating cultural holidays like Lunar New Year, Juneteenth, or Cinco de Mayo. These policies create an environment where diverse individuals feel they are a valued part of the organization.

Understanding Belonging

Belonging is the feeling of acceptance that results from successful inclusion policies. When employees feel they belong, they experience a sense of connection and acceptance within the workplace.

Understanding Mattering

Mattering occurs when employees feel their work is valued and that they would be missed if they weren’t there. According to Dr. Zach Mercurio’s research, mattering has three primary drivers:

  1. Feeling Noticed
    The employee feels seen and heard within the organization.
  2. Feeling Affirmed
    The employee understands that their unique strengths make a significant difference.
  3. Feeling Needed
    The employee believes they are indispensable to the organization’s mission and purpose.

The Interplay Between Inclusion, Belonging, and Mattering

While inclusion efforts are essential, they don’t automatically guarantee belonging or mattering. Employees must desire to belong and feel that their strengths align with the organization’s needs. For example, if an organization needs data collection, but an employee excels in data visualization, there may be a mismatch, preventing the employee from feeling valued.

Aligning for Success

Employers and employees must work together to create a sense of mattering and belonging. Both parties need to ensure that the employee’s unique strengths align with the organization’s needs.

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#2 Curiosity in municipal information technology with Jim Loter

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In this episode of Curiosity at Work, Dr. Julie Pham chats with Jim Loter, Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Seattle IT, about how curiosity drives innovation and fosters a positive workplace culture. With a rich background in higher education, local government, and libraries, Jim shares valuable lessons from his career.

Jim discusses the importance of self-awareness, his journey from self-criticism to recognizing strengths, and the power of one-on-one coaching. He emphasizes relationship building in a hybrid work environment, advocating for psychological safety and debunking myths about productivity and employee well-being. Learn about the strategies Seattle IT uses to create a supportive workplace, including their innovative annual learning conference.

Why Watch: Get inspired by Jim Loter’s insights on leadership, self-awareness, and fostering a culture of curiosity and innovation.

Guest Information: Jim Loter is the Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Seattle IT with extensive experience in technology leadership and public service.

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How to be OK With Not Finishing to Completion

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We’ve all been part of projects that seem to drag on forever, making us think, “I just don’t want to do this anymore, but I’m not a quitter.” Here are five questions to help you be okay with the possibility of not finishing a project.

Five Questions to Ask Yourself

  1. Are You Afraid of Others Judging You?
    Are you worried about people thinking you’re a quitter and that this will hurt your reputation? Remember, if you have legitimate reasons for not finishing, people will understand.
  2. Are You Judging Yourself?
    Are you saying to yourself, “If I quit, then I am a quitter”? Consider how much you tie your self-worth to your achievements and practice self-compassion if you decide not to complete the project.
  3. What Are the Real Consequences?
    Sometimes we imagine consequences that are far worse than they actually are. Have you considered the alternatives, or are you just focused on finishing?
  4. Can Someone Else Help or Finish This?
    We often think we have to do everything ourselves. Ask yourself if someone else can help or even take over the project.
  5. What Opportunities Are You Missing?
    By focusing on finishing one project, what opportunities are you giving up? If you decide to quit, what new opportunities might open up for you?

These five questions can help you be okay with the possibility of not finishing a project and realizing that quitting doesn’t make you a quitter.

Watch now to learn how to navigate your projects with confidence and quit when it’s time.

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How to Gracefully Interrupt Ramblers in a Social Setting

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We’ve all been at networking events or dinner parties where someone just keeps going on and on with their stories. Here are seven tips to help you interrupt a rambler gracefully.

Seven Tips to Gracefully Interrupt Ramblers

  1. Insert Your Own Story
    If they keep talking about their recent travels, you can say, “Oh, that reminds me of a trip I just made,” and see if they pause and let you speak.
  2. Avoid Affirming Body Language
    Stop nodding unconsciously, as it signals interest. When you stop, they may notice and pause to check in with you.
  3. Raise Your Hand
    If stopping the nodding doesn’t work, physically raise your hand to indicate you want to say something.
  4. Announce Your Intent to Comment
    Say, “I’d like to comment on that. Before I do, I want to check my understanding,” and refer to some of their points before making your comment.
  5. Invite Others to Join the Conversation
    In a group setting, invite someone else to share their experience. For example, “I’d love to hear what you have to say, [Name].”
  6. Change the Topic
    Use a segue like, “You’re making me think about something else. Do you mind if we change the topic?”
  7. Make an Excuse to Leave
    If all else fails, politely excuse yourself by saying, “I need to go talk to [Name]” or “I need to check on something.”

I hope you found these tips helpful. If you did, please click like and share this post. For more on the topic, watch our video explainer.

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How to Gracefully Interrupt Ramblers at Work

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Navigating conversations with colleagues who ramble can be challenging. Here are eight tips to help you interrupt ramblers at work gracefully.

Eight Tips to Gracefully Interrupt Ramblers at Work

  1. Share a Related Story
    If they’re talking about a difficult project, you can say, “Oh, I have a similar experience.”
  2. Avoid Affirming Body Language
    Stop nodding, as it may unconsciously signal interest. When you stop, they may notice and pause to check in with you.
  3. Raise Your Hand
    If stopping the nodding doesn’t work, physically raise your hand to indicate you want to say something.
  4. Help Them Get to the Point
    They might be verbal processors. Help them by saying, “I just want to check for understanding. Is this what you’re saying? Yes or no?”
  5. Invite Others to Comment
    In group meetings, invite someone else to share their thoughts. For example, “I’d really like to hear what [Name] has to say about this topic.”
  6. Remind Them of Time Constraints
    Say, “I just want to do a time check. We only have 10 minutes left and need to get to the other agenda items.”
  7. Suggest a Topic Change
    Use a segue like, “You’re making me think about something else. Do you mind if we change the topic?”
  8. Ask for More Time to Think
    Say, “You’ve clearly done a lot of thinking about this. I need more time to think on my own. Can we return to this later?”

I hope you found these eight tips useful. If you did, please click like and share this post. For more tips, check out our video on interrupting ramblers in social settings and more on our blog.

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Simplify Your Life and Embrace Spring Cleaning

Decluttering and embracing spring cleaning by letting go of unused items can make a significant difference in your life. Here are some practical tips to help you get started.

Two Major Categories of Unused Items

There are two major categories of unused items:

  1. Sentimental Items: Things we keep for emotional reasons.
  2. Useful Someday Items: Things we keep because we think we will use them one day.

Step 1: Compile and Photograph

First, compile all these unused items and take a photograph. This will be your “before” picture.

Sentimental Items: Questions to Ask

Let’s start with the items you’re holding onto for sentimental reasons. Here are three questions to ask yourself:

  • Does this item evoke positive memories for me?
  • Who would want this item if I were to pass away suddenly?
  • Do I need to keep the physical version, or is digitizing it or photographing it sufficient?

Useful Someday Items: Questions to Ask

Now, let’s move on to the items you’re keeping around because you think you will use them one day. Here are five questions to consider:

  • When was the last time I used this?
  • When do I think I will use this again?
  • Can I give this to someone else who will use it now, and borrow it as needed?
  • Can I use it one last time and then throw it away? (I often do this with clothes that are on their last legs—check out my video on travel smart for more details.)
  • Would this item be better used by someone else if I donated it to charity?

Step 2: Eliminate and Photograph

After sorting through your items and eliminating some, take a photograph of the “after” pile.

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Happy Spring Cleaning!

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Travel Smart: Essential Tips for Packing Light and Enjoying More

I am a firm believer in minimalist travel, focusing more on the experiences you’ll have rather than the items you’ll pack. This approach allows me to travel with just a carry-on. For example, during a 30-day trip across five European cities, which included several formal events, I managed the journey with one carry-on and even returned with less than I had brought. Here are six tips for traveling smarter and lighter:

  1. Save nearly empty toiletries like toothpaste or floss for your trips. Use them up during your travels so you won’t have to bring back the containers.
  2. For shorter trips, pack just enough lotion in a contact lens case. These cases are small, waterproof, and perfect for portioning out small amounts.
  3. Wear clothes that are nearing the end of their lifespan, like socks with holes or stained shirts. You can wear them one last time on your trip and leave them behind, lightening your load for the return journey.
  4. Choose versatile clothing that can be worn multiple times without picking up odors.
  5. Opt for layerable pieces such as scarves and sweaters, which can help you adjust to different temperatures and change your look.
  6. Bring a pair of versatile shoes. I prefer running shoes for active days and travel, and ballet-style Crocs which are light, dressy enough for formal occasions, and waterproof—ideal for unexpected rain.

I hope these tips help you travel lighter and enjoy your adventures more.

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#1 Curiosity with managing municipal government with Joe Todd

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Join Dr. Julie Pham as she has an insightful conversation with Joe Todd, a longtime public servant and the Deputy City Manager at the City of Bellevue. Joe is also the vice chair of the African American Commission for Washington State. In this episode, Joe shares his journey, experiences, and the values that guide his leadership style.

✨ Episode Highlights:

  • Building and nurturing enduring relationships at work
  • The importance of empathy and love in leadership
  • Navigating challenges as an African-American executive leader
  • The significance of transparency and clear communication
  • Fostering a culture of curiosity and continuous improvement

Joe reflects on his career, the influence of his parents, and the importance of being self-aware and authentic in the workplace. He offers valuable insights into how leaders can support their teams and create inclusive environments.

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Saying Goodbye

As I mentioned in an earlier newsletter, CuriosityBased’s head of marketing, Mikaila Culverson, will be saying goodbye to us at the end of this month. I’ve been so impressed by how much Mikaila has accomplished during her time with us, including leading a revamp of our website, teaching herself marketing analytics, helping create a brand new digital course, spearheading our new Curiosity at Work podcast, and managing this newsletter. One of our most popular newsletters “Sometimes you gotta rest to get stronger” is still of Mikaila recounting what she learned from training for a race. I’m bragging about Mikaila because I know she won’t do it herself. Mikaila embodies the spirit of being a “learn-it-all.” The team has been telling her for months how much we’ll miss her.

People rarely get a chance to say goodbye in their own words. To share what’s next, I invited Mikaila to tell her own story:

After three years with the CuriosityBased team, it’s time for a new chapter. This transition is bittersweet – I’m excited for what’s next, but will deeply miss the CuriosityBased team and the sense of connection and care we’ve built together.

Back in 2021, I joined as an MSW intern and immersed myself in CuriosityBased’s philosophy. The practice of curiosity has influenced both my professional and personal relationships in incredible ways. One of the most impactful moments was when I first participated in our Explore Success workshop. It completely changed how I think about success and emboldened me to set a new path for myself to pursue interests beyond my traditional training. Years later, I had the privilege of facilitating that same workshop twice for our community, helping others explore what success looks like and feels like for them.

As I step into my new role leading a team of social workers and counselors in the Puget Sound, I carry with me all the lessons and values from CuriosityBased. For the future, I hope success continues to feel like freedom, creativity, and fun. I aim to create spaces similar to CuriosityBased wherever I go, where opportunities to practice curiosity are encouraged and success is how you define it.

This farewell is emotional but also filled with gratitude. The CuriosityBased community has left a lasting impact on me and I’m eager to apply my learnings in new settings. Thanks for being a part of this journey. Here’s to the future, with all its possibilities!

If you’d like to send your best wishes to Mikaila, feel free to respond to this email.


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160 Leadership Books Written by LGBTQIA+ Authors 2025

In honor of Pride Month, we created this list of 160 Leadership Books Written by LGBTQIA+ Authors to promote leadership narratives written by the LGBTQ+ community. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order. You can view all of our leadership book lists here.

  1. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
  2. Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
  3. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
  4. Shut Up, I’m Talking!: Coming Out in Hollywood and Making It to the Middle by Jason Stuart
  5. All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
  6. An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings by Harvey Milk
  7. Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color by Gilbert Baker
  8. The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
  9. Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words by Freddie Mercury
  10. GuRu by RuPaul
  11. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper & his mom Gloria Vanderbilt
  12. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  13. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  14. Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome
  15. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough
  16. Pride Leadership: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Leader to be the King or Queen of Their Jungle by Steven Yacovelli
  17. Fit to Serve: Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador by James C. Hormel & Erin Martin
  18. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  19. In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror by Anthony D. Romero
  20. Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir by Adam Rippon
  21. Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level by Leander Kahney
  22. The Path Forward: Rethinking Federal Marijuana Policy by Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Rep. Jared Polis
  23. Forever Young: The Story of Troye Sivan by Alana Wulff
  24. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
  25. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
  26. Raf Simons by Sunny Chanday
  27. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  28. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  29. Dear White People by Justin Simien
  30. Michael Kors by Sunny Chanday
  31. This is the Fire: What I say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon
  32. Binge by Tyler Oakley
  33. Tom Ford by Tom Ford
  34. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson
  35. Blood, Bones, & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
  36. White Girls by Hilton Als
  37. Oh Myyy!: There Goes the Internet by George Takei
  38. They Called Us Enemy: Expanded Edition by George Takei
  39. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps to You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
  40. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters
  41. Trust: America’s Best Chance by Pete Buttigieg
  42. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttigieg
  43. Nothing Personal by James Baldwin
  44. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Ailey & A. Peter Bailey
  45. In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine by Donna M. Loring
  46. Me by Ricky Martin
  47. And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  48. The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels by Holly Woodlawn
  49. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldúa
  50. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  51. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
  52. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
  53. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  54. We Will Not Cancel Us edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  55. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
  56. I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom
  57. Martina by Martina Navratilova
  58. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  59. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  60. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  61. The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World by Andrew Reynolds
  62. Representation Matters: How Victory Fund, Victory Institute, and LGBT Leaders are Transforming America by Karen Ocamb
  63. Serving in Silence by Margarethe Cammermeyer
  64. Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage by Barney Frank
  65. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes by Billie Jean King
  66. Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work by Tim Gunn
  67. Queer Eye: Love Yourself, Love Your Life by Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk & Karamo Brown
  68. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown
  69. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  70. Over The Top by Jonathan Van Ness
  71. 71. One life by Megan Rapinoe & Emma Brockes
  72. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  73. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will to Change by Jennifer Brown
  74. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  75. Borderlands/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
  76. Ma and Me: A Memoir by Putsata Reang
  77. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist prose by Alice Walker
  78. Eat, Pray, Love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
  79. Truth or Dare: Encounters with power, authority, and mystery by Starhawk
  80. Stand Out: How to find your breakthrough idea and build a following around it by Dorie Clark
  81. Feeling Power: Emotions and education by Megan Boler
  82. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party by Nichola Griffith
  83. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
  84. All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
  85. Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan
  86. Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer
  87. Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir by T Kira Madden
  88. People Change by Vivek Shraya
  89. I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
  90. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
  91. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley
  92. Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock
  93. Warrior Princess: A US Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming Out Transgender by Kristen Beck & Anne Speckhard
  94. Virtually Human by Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  95. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde
  96. I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyonce by Michael Arceneaux
  97. I Don’t Want to Die Poor: Essays by Michael Arceneaux
  98. Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate by Charlene Carruthers
  99. The Queer Advantage: Conversations with LGBTQ+ Leaders on Power of Identityby Andrew Gelwicks
  100. The G Quotient: Why Gay Executives are Excelling as Leaders… and What Every Manager Needs to Know by Kirk Snyder
  101. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
  102. No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America by Darnell L Moore
  103. All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture by Daisy Jones
  104. The Queering of Corporate America by Carlos A. Ball
  105. Inclusive 360: Proven Solutions for an Equitable Organization by Bernadette Smith
  106. My Greatest Save by Brianna Scurry 
  107. In My Skin by Brittany Griner
  108. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 
  109. Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step into Your Most Authentic Self by Rae McDaniel
  110. The Educator’s Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion: A Practical Resource for K-12 Teachers, Administrators, and School Support Staff by Kryss Shane
  111. Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace: The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders by Kryss Shane
  112. The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good for Business by John Browne
  113. Straight Jacket: Overcoming Society’s Legacy of Gay Shame by Matthew Todd
  114. Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America by Martin Duberman
  115. Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America by Mary Ann Horton
  116. A Burst of Light: and Other Essays by Audre Lorde
  117. Banned from California: – Jim Foshee – Persecution, Redemption, Liberation… and the Gay Civil Rights Movement by Robert C. Steele
  118. Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
  119. In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies by Dianne. E. Anderson
  120. We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Reimer
  121. Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
  122. Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery by Casey Parks
  123. A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf
  124. The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriges, Catfishing & Coming Out by William Dameron
  125. You’re That Bitch: & Other Cute Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself by Bretman Rock
  126. The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had): A Memoir by Sophie Santos
  127. Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad
  128. This Time for Me: A Memoir by Alexandra Billings
  129. Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby
  130. All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir iby Sean Hewitt
  131. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  132. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro
  133. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir – and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco
  134. We Can Be Heroes: A Survior’s Story by Paul Burston
  135. Horse Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
  136. Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming
  137. A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
  138. The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World by Alan Downs, PhD
  139. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
  140. The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt
  141. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
  142. Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza
  143. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick
  144. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Dr. Kit Heyam
  145. Dear Amercia: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Anotnia Vargas
  146. Is It Hot In Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)? by Zach Zimmerman
  147. The Apartheid of Sex: A Menifesto on the Freedom of Gender by Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  148. Your First Million: Building a Path to Generational Wealth by Arlan Hamilton
  149. Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World by Sally Susman
  150. How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
  151. The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley
  152. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir by Shayla Lawson
  153. Who’s Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler
  154. Kissing Girls on Shabbat by Dr. Sara Glass
  155. Forging Queer Leaders: How the LGBTQIA+ Community Creates Impact from Adversity by Bree Fram & Elizabeth Cavallaro
  156. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
  157. Your Queer Career: Workplace Advice from “The Gay Leadership Dude” by Dr. Steven R. Yacovelli
  158. Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling: How LGBTQ+ people can thrive and succeed at work by Layla McCay
  159. Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith by Mihee Kim-Kort
  160. The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice by Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown

2024 AANHPI Authored Leadership Book List

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In honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, we created this list of 2024 AANHPI Authored Leadership Book List. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order. You can view all of our leadership book lists here.

  1. This Is One Way to Dance by Sejal Shah
  2. My Forgotten Seattle by Ron Chew
  3. Sigh, Gone: A Misfits Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran
  4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  5. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  6. Where the Past Begins: Memory & Imagination by Amy Tan
  7. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
  8. The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  9. Out of the Gobi: My Story of China & America by Weijian Shan
  10. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
  11. Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy
  12. An American Family: A Memoir of Hope & Sacrifice by Khizr Khan
  13. Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream by Deepak Chopra & Sanjiv Chopra
  14. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani
  15. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake by Diane C. Fujino
  16. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  17. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono
  18. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of my Family by Sonora Jha
  19. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  20. The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays by Wesley Yang
  21. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
  22. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  23. Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang
  24. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  25. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  26. The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books) by Pico Iyer
  27. The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life by Avinash K. Dixit
  28. The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
  29. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
  30. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
  31. Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik
  32. Postcolonial Leadership, A: Asian Immigrant Christian Leadership and Its Challenges by Hee An Choi
  33. Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness by Richard Lui
  34. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era: Be Inspired, Expand Your Impact, Change the World by Tahima Watson
  35. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Satya Nadella
  36. All In by Jerry Yang
  37. Radical: Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee
  38. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi
  39. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods
  40. Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
  41. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  42. Unsung Hero: The Col. Young O. Kim Story by Woo Sung Han
  43. You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen by Eric Liu
  44. Holding Serve: Preserving on and Off the Court by Michael Chang
  45. Great Asian Americans: Michelle Kwan by Stephanie Cham
  46. Great Asian Americans: Ellison Onizuka by Stephanie Cham
  47. Great Asian Americans: Tammy Duckworth by Stephanie Cham
  48. Great Asian Americans: Patsy Mink by Stephanie Cham
  49. Great Asian Americans: Yo-Yo Ma by Stephanie Cham
  50. To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei by George Takei
  51. Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self by Alex Tizon
  52. I love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston
  53. Dat: Tackling Life and the NFL by Dat Nguyen
  54. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee and Diane Elliott-Lee
  55. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First lady of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  56. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  57. Finding the Edge: My Life On The Ice by Karen Chen
  58. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
  59. Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee
  60. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  61. When Invisible Children Sing by Chi Cheng Huang
  62. Creating the Digital Future: The Secrets of Consistent Innovation at Intel by Albert T.c. Yu
  63. Boundaries by Maya Lin
  64. The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang
  65. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim
  66. Leadership and Crisis by Bobby Jindal
  67. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  68. A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States by Gordon K. Hirabayashi
  69. Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American by Peter M. Jamero
  70. The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim
  71. The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat by Jeanette Lee
  72. My Forty Years as a Diplomat by Feng-Shan Ho
  73. You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
  74. Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion by Feng-Hsiung Hsu
  75. Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty…And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, & Unapologetically Being Yourself by Dr. Aziz Gazupura
  76. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  77. Impressive First Impressions: A Guide to the Most Important 30 Seconds (And 30 Years) of Your Career by Vu H. Pham
  78. With Schwarzkopf: Life Lessons of the Bear by Gus Lee
  79. Purpose Mindset by Akhtar Badshah
  80. You Are A Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do it Now by Tiffany Pham
  81. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  82. Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less – Here’s How by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
  83. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  84. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  85. AugmentAsian: Strategies and Tools for Asian Pacific American Professional & Leadership Success by Asian Upward & Elevate Teams
  86. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  87. American Dreamer: How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America by Tim Tran
  88. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  89. Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering The Challenges of Business and Life by Chin-Ning Chu
  90. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identity by Geena Chen
  91. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hire
  92. Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years by Ron Chew
  93. Show Your Worth: 8 Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Babai Abri
  94. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Create a Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
  95. Invitation to Lead: Guidance for Emerging Asian American Leaders by Paul Tokunaga
  96. The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
  97. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aime Nezhukamatahil
  98. The Visibility Mindset: How Asian American Leaders Create Opportunities and Push Past Barriers by Bernice M Chao & Jessalin Lam
  99. This is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, A Culture, A Community – A Life in Streetwear by Bobby Hundreds
  100. It’s Always Sunny Above the Clouds: Getting the Next Generation Into the Cockpit by Nick Tran
  101. Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn B. Mabalon, PhD & Gayle Romas 
  102. Lions and Tigers and Bears: The Internet Strikes Back (Oh Myyy!) by George Takei
  103. Every Day is a Gift: A Memoir by Tammy Duckworth
  104. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress by Judy Tzu-hun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  105. The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
  106. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work by Julie Pham, PhD
  107. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehoods in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  108. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  109. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  110. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity In North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  111. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World by Shian Chuan 
  112. The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee & Min Zhou 
  113. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? 21 Days to Confidence and Clarity by Dr. Sweta Chawla 
  114. Energize: Make the Most of Every Moment by Simon Alexander Ong 
  115. The Art of Gathering: How We Come Together and Why it Matters by Priya Parker 
  116. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun 
  117. Perfect Enough: How to Be Happier and More Productive by Letting Go of Perfectionism by Judy t. Dang
  118. The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle MiJung Kim 
  119. The Loneliest Americans by Jay Caspian Kang 
  120. Why Not Me? By Mindy Kaling
  121. Healing Resistance: A RAdically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga 
  122. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim 
  123. Love For Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfectionism by Haemin Sunim 
  124. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
  125. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  126. Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Korean-Black Conflict in New York City by Claire Jean Kim 
  127. Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans by David Eng 
  128. Authentic Inclusion: Drives Disruptive Innovation by Frances West
  129. Innovation Starts with I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. By Saleema Vellani
  130. Talk it Up! A Guide to Successful Public Speaking by Mr. David Suk Brown
  131. Conquering the Chaos by Ravi Venkatesan 
  132. Women Who Lead: Timeless Life, Career, and Business Secrets from Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  133. The Confidence of Yes: How to Harness the Energy of Opportunity by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  134. When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace from the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market by John Yokoyama
  135. Woman on Top: The Art of Smashing Stereotypes and Breaking All the Rules by Loretta Chen
  136. Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
  137. Asian Women Trailblazers Who BossUp: Amazing women finding success and never looking back (Women Who BossUp) by Tam Luc, Daphne Kwok, Katie Chin, Sue Ann Hong, Jeanie Chang, Susan Go, Leslie lew, Amy Le, Amy Wayng, Janan, Sarwar, Julie Tran, Cary Kwok, Claudi Chan, Sandy Kusano, Sabrina Li, Mihae Kim Stefani
  138. Women Who Lead: Life, Career, and Business Secrets from Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  139. Yes I Can!: 22 Success Secrets From Inspring People Around the World Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  140. Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans by Jenny Wang
  141. You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is In Braids by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
  142. Making a Scene by Constance Wu
  143. A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  144. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
  145. My Life: Growing up Asian in America by CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics Entertainment) and SuChin Pak
  146. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina 
  147. You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
  148. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang
  149. I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir by Lac Su
  150. Muslin Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure by Seema Yasmin and Fahmida Azim 
  151. Money Makers: The Easiest Way to Build A Business WITHOUT Paid Ads Or a Big Following by Dr. Izidihar Jamil, PhD
  152. It Is Done: 15 Secrets to Manifest Your Dream Life From Inspiring Entrepreneurs by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  153. 13 Key Strategies to Make Money Fast in Business by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  154. Yes I Can!: 5 Minute Guided Goal Setting Journal to Help You Hit Your Goals by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  155. She Made It Happen by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  156. Yes I Can!: 16 Success Secrets From Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  157. Heroes, Leaders and Legends – With Oprah & Jack Canfield by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  158. Feisty – Dangerously Amazing Women Using Their Voices & Making an Impact by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  159. Expert Profiles – Conversations with Influencers and Innovators by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  160. Ambitious Women Rise by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  161. The Art of Success in Business & Motherhood by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  162. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian In a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia
  163. House of Sticks: A Memoir by Ly Tran
  164. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo 
  165. Stay True by Hua Hsu
  166. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  167. Good Talk by Mira Jacob
  168. ​​The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias by Anne Chow
  169. Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong
  170. The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh
  171. Savor: A Chef’s Hunger for More by Fatima Ali
  172. Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali
  173. Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Cuadry
  174. Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy
  175. Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee by Daryl Joji Maeda
  176. Ma and Me: A Memoir by Putsata Reang
  177. The Monsoon Diaries: A Memoir by Calvin D. Sun 
  178. In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs
  179. Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles by Eric C. Wat
  180. Rise: A Pop History of Asian American from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang
  181. Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  182. Falling Back in Love With Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom
  183. The Karma of Success: Spiritual Strategies to Free Your Inner Genius by Liz Tran
  184. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming by Ava Chin
  185. Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami 
  186. The Power of Unwavering Focus by Dandapani
  187. Actions Speak Louder: A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming an Inclusive Workplace by Deanna Singh
  188. My Money My Way: Taking Back Control of Your Financial Life by Kumiko Love
  189. Brave, Not Perfect: Celebrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful Life by Reshma Saujani
  190. How to Speak Machine: Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us by John Maeda
  191. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks At You by Julie Zhuo
  192. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
  193. Unlearning Silence by Elaine Lin Hering
  194. Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It’s Different Than You Think) by Reshma Saujani
  195. The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right by Gorrick Ng
  196. Moving Beyond Boxes: The Journey to Self-Discovery by Dr. Nhu Truong
  197. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling by Jane Hyun 
  198. Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde
  199. The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu
  200. House Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
  201. All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  202. If Lin Can: How Jeremy Lin Inspired Asian Americans to Shoot for the Stars by Richard Ho, Phung Nguyen Quang, Huynh Kim Lien
  203. How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life: Powerful Lessons on Belongingness, Healing, and Mental Health by Jeanie Y. Chang, LMFT, CCTP
  204. Unlearning Silence: How to speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully by Elaine Lin Hering
  205. The Art of Resilience: Asian American Leaders on Overcoming Adversity by Eddie Huang
  206. The Gift of Risk: Finding Your Place in the New World of Work by Suneel Gupta 
  207. Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons by Jessica Chen
  208. The Tao of Self-Confidence: A Guide to Moving Beyond Trauma and Awakening the Leader Within by Sheena Yap Chan
  209. Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You by Suneel Gupta
  210. Beyond Happiness: How authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth by Jenn Lim 
  211. Leadership Toolkit for Asians: The Definitive Resource Guide for Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling by Jan Hyun
  212. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan 
  213. The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism by Rosalinda Chou and Joe Feagin
  214. Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner by Arvind Gupta and Po Bronson
  215. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  216. The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
  217. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America by Vivek Bald
  218. The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui
  219. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae Lee
  220. Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu

Entrepreneur’s Guide: Time & Money Saving Strategies for Startup Success

I’m going to share 11 entrepreneur strategies for startup success that I’ve developed from growing my company, CuriosityBased. These tips are focused on saving money, time management, and business efficiency. 

  1. Get one-on-one business consulting and mentorship.  Many free programs offer personalized guidance, which saves time. For instance, SCORE is a great resource, and in Seattle, there’s Business Impact NW.
  2. Utilize your public library. Make an appointment with your reference librarian who can introduce you to a wealth of free resources and databases essential for growing your business.
  3. Learn your tax saving strategies. Understanding these will help you save money in the long run. 
  4. Join membership associations that will help you save money or make money.These associations often provide discounts that can be very beneficial. Sometimes, membership in one association can lead to free or discounted memberships in others.
  5. As for discounts. You’d be amazed by what you can get just by asking. CuriosityBased subscribes to a software and every year we ask “hey, can we get a discount?” and they give us that discount because we ask. 
  6. Choose a business credit card that rewards you with points useful for your specific business needs. For instance, if flying isn’t essential for your business, points for air travel might not be beneficial.
  7. Borrow money only if you really need to. If you do borrow, have an idea of how you’re going to pay back money. Otherwise, you can get into a trap. 
  8. Value your time when considering software subscriptions. While free versions may seem appealing, they often require more time and effort. Sometimes, subscribing to the paid version for a short period can be more efficient, allowing you to accomplish more and then canceling the subscription.
  9. Network strategically. Look for free or low-cost networking opportunities that can help you grow your business and make valuable connections. If you’re considering expensive events, ensure you understand the potential return on investment, whether in savings or earnings.
  10. Host your own networking events. Invite people in and that way you can control the cost. 
  11. Instead of meeting someone for happy hour, lunch or coffee, suggest a phone call or walking call to get to know one another. 

I hope that these startup strategies prove useful to you. 

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Choosing Your Path: Key Questions for Degrees vs. Self Learning 

Many people ask me, “Should I go back to school?” My response often revolves around whether you need the degree or just the knowledge. Here are eight crucial questions to help guide your educational decisions for your career path.  

  1. Will a degree lead to a promotion or pay raise? This varies by field and organization. Some may offer automatic advancements with a degree; others might not. It’s essential to verify this with your employer.
  2. Will a degree secure a better job? Depending on your industry, a degree might enhance job prospects. However, I’ve seen many friends invest heavily in education without seeing career advancement—so it’s worth researching.
  3. Will a degree help you expand your network? Universities provide a built-in community, but maintaining these connections post-graduation is crucial. Alternatively, networking can be achieved outside academia.
  4. Is a degree required for credibility in your field? Certain professions, like university teaching, definitely require advanced degrees. In contrast, some business sectors value experience over formal education.
  5. Do you seek specific knowledge or a broad education? If you’re focused on a specific area like marketing, self-study might suffice. However, for a well-rounded business education, an MBA covering finance, strategic leadership, and more could be beneficial.
  6. Do you need structured learning? Some thrive under formal educational structures with set deadlines, while others prefer self-guided learning without the pressure of exams and term papers.
  7. How will you finance your education? Degrees can be costly. Consider if this investment is worthwhile or if scholarships, loans, or personal savings are feasible options.
  8. What are alternative learning methods? Learning on the job, internships, or lateral moves within a company can offer practical experience. Additionally, numerous free or low-cost resources can substitute formal education, though without a degree credential.

I hope that these eight questions will help you clarify if you should get a degree or if self-learning will be sufficient. 

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Effective Strategies for Making Friends as an Adult

How to Make Friends as an Adult: Practical Strategies for Expanding Your Social Circle

Making friends in adulthood can be challenging. Unlike school or hometown communities, adulthood doesn’t naturally offer opportunities to meet new people. But don’t worry! In this post, I’ll share six practical strategies for meeting potential friends and nurturing those connections.

1. Reconnect with People You Already Know

Start by reaching out to acquaintances you’d like to deepen your connection with. Reconnect with old colleagues, classmates, or neighbors. Sometimes, rekindling old relationships can lead to meaningful friendships that were just waiting for the right moment to blossom.

2. Leverage Your Current Network

Your existing network can be a powerful resource for meeting new people. Request introductions from friends, family, or colleagues. This is especially helpful if you’re relocating to a new area or starting a new job. You’d be amazed at how many new connections your current circle can introduce you to.

3. Engage in Online Communities

Online forums, social media groups, and virtual communities provide a unique space for forming friendships without needing in-person interaction. Whether it’s a hobby, interest, or professional group, online platforms offer an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals from all over the world.

4. Volunteer Your Time

Volunteering is a fantastic way to meet people who share your values and passions. Whether it’s community service, environmental work, or helping at a local shelter, volunteering allows you to bond with others who are committed to similar causes. For me, some of my most meaningful friendships have come from volunteering.

5. Participate in Meetup Groups

Meetup groups are perfect for exploring new interests and meeting others who share your passions. Whether you’re into hiking, reading, or trying new activities, these clubs offer a fun and low-pressure way to socialize. Engaging in these groups can lead to lasting friendships based on common interests.

6. Attend Networking Events

While networking events might feel intimidating, they are specifically designed for connection. Whether you’re looking to grow your professional network or simply meet new people, networking events provide structured opportunities to interact. To reduce nervousness, check out our tips on networking skills. Your local chamber of commerce or professional groups can help you find these events.

The Key to Making Friends: Follow Up

Building a lasting friendship requires initiative. After meeting someone new, take the step to follow up. Invite them for a one-on-one chat, either in person or online, or suggest a group event to make the process more comfortable. You could say something like, “I really enjoyed our conversation and would love to hear more. Would you like to meet up again?”

Friendship in Adulthood: The Importance of Openness and Effort

Making friends as an adult requires a blend of openness and effort. Stepping out of your comfort zone to meet new people can be challenging, but with these strategies, you can expand your social circle and build meaningful connections. Remember, friendship takes time, so be patient and persistent.

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Understanding Food Choices: 5 Key Factors Influencing Our Eating Habits 

What we choose to eat, our food habits, and our eating behaviors are deeply personal. We often believe our food choices are superior, viewing others’ preferences as less ideal. This perspective aims to foster understanding and self-awareness about our food priorities and encourages curiosity about others’ preferences.

Here are the 5 key factors influencing our eating habits:

  • Convenience
  • Cost
  • Flavor
  • Nutrition
  • Variety

Convenience refers to how easily we can obtain our food, whether it’s heating up leftovers or opting for takeout.

Cost involves prioritizing affordability. The less we spend on food, the more we value it.

Flavor is about how much we care about the taste of our food. For some, a bland meal is acceptable, while others prioritize deliciousness.

Nutrition focuses on the nutritional value of our food. This might mean choosing oatmeal over pancakes for its higher nutritional content, despite a preference for the latter’s taste.

Variety considers how often we change what we eat. Some people need diversity in their meals, while others are content with eating the same things repeatedly.

Now, consider ranking these factors based on your preferences. For me, my ranking is:

  1. Convenience
  2. Cost
  3. Nutrition
  4. Flavor
  5. Variety

I tend to eat the same things frequently, prioritizing ease of preparation, cost-effectiveness, and nutritional value over taste and variety. Others might rank these factors differently, perhaps valuing convenience first, then variety, flavor, nutrition, and cost last. This could mean preferring takeout for its deliciousness and variety, despite its higher cost.

Reflect on your priorities: “What matters most to you?” Then, engage someone else in this conversation. Get curious about their food choices and priorities.

This exercise isn’t just about understanding our own food choices; it’s an invitation to explore and appreciate the diverse factors that influence what and how we eat.

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500+ Leadership Books Written By Women (2024 Booklist)

2024 Leadership Books Authored by WomenDownload

In honor of Women’s History Month, we created this list of 500+ Leadership Books Written By Women authored by people who identify as women. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order.

  1. [Un]framing the “Bad Woman”: Sor Juana, Malinche, Coyolxauhqui, and other rebels with a cause by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
  2. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale
  3. #Values by Dr. Betty Uribe
  4. 101 Reasons to Get Out of Bed by Natasha Mine 
  5. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership by Kathey Porter
  6. A House of My Own: Stories From My Life by Sandra Cisneros
  7. A Mythic Life: Learning to live our greater story by Jean Houston
  8. A Passion for the Possible: A guide to realizing your true potential by Jean Houston
  9. A to Z: Your Navigator to Success by Chin-Ning Chu
  10. Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos
  11. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra
  12. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love by Alexandra Elle
  13. Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks 
  14. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks
  15. All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
  16. All the Leader You Can Be by Suzanne Bates
  17. Almost a Woman by Esmerelda Santiago
  18. American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa
  19. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  20. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer’s Early Life by Nicola Griffith 
  21. Annapurna: A Woman’s place by Arlene Blum
  22. AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes by Lynda Lopez
  23. Apocalyptic Best Practices: A unique approach to fear and change by Dr. Elisebeth VanderWeil 
  24. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  25. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  26. Ask For It: How women can use the power of negotiation to get what they really want by Linda Babcock & Sara Aslchever
  27. ASL Saved My Life… Until it Didn’t by Jenni Kleinman Berebitsky 
  28. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
  29. Awakening Compassion at Work by Jane Dutton & Monica Worline
  30. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Debora Miranda
  31. Balancing Work and Life: The Nia Guide for Black Women by Sheryl Huggins & Cherly Mayberry McKissack
  32. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji
  33. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  34. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  35. Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose by Marshawn Evans Daniels 
  36. Being Heumann: an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist by Judith E. Heumann
  37. Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do by Jennifer Eberhardt
  38. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
  39. Bird of Paradise: How I became a Latina by Raquel Cepeda
  40. Black Futures by Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham
  41. Black Indian: A memoir by Shonda Buchanan
  42. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success by Cora Daniels
  43. Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion by Rebekah Bastian
  44. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
  45. Blue Ocean Strategy by Renee Mauborgne
  46. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiz by Gloria Anzaldúa
  47. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success by Charreah Jackson
  48. Boundaries by Maya Lin 
  49. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  50. Branding Pays by Karen Kang
  51. Bridge Builders by Maria Keckler
  52. Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing by Erin Jones
  53. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boy’s Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
  54. Business as Unusual by Anita Roddick
  55. Caring: A feminine approach to ethics and moral education by Nel Noddings
  56. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction,Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life by Michelle Gadsden-Williams & Carolyn M. Brown
  57. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  58. Common Fire: Leading lives of commitment in a complex world by Sharon Parks, et. al.
  59. Confidence by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  60. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee & Diane Elliott-Lee
  61. Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  62. Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies by Joanne Barker
  63. Crux: A cross-border memoir by Jean Guerrero
  64. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  65. Dancing at the Edge of the World: thoughts on words, women, place by Ursula LeGuin
  66. Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brene Brown
  67. Darling, You Can’t Do Both by Janet Kestin & Nancy Vonk
  68. Dear Female Founder: 66 Letters of Advice from Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Made $1 Billion in Revenue by Lu Li
  69. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
  70. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
  71. Disarm Your Limits: The flight formula to lift you to success and propel you to the next horizon by Jessica Cox
  72. Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller
  73. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Succeed on Your Own Terms by Antionette M. Clarke, Tricia Clarke-Stone
  74. Dream Big by Deborah Rosado Shaw
  75. Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters are Making History in Congress by Linda Sánchez
  76. Driven by Intention: Own Your Purpose, Gain Power, and Pursue Your Passion as a Woman at Work by Michelle Gadsden-Williams
  77. Drop the Ball: Achieving more by doing less by Tiffany Dufu
  78. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan
  79. Eat, Pray, Love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
  80. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  81. Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio by Anne Finger
  82. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
  83. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  84. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  85. Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity by Peggy Holman
  86. Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
  87. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  88. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success From a Wall Street Vet by Carla A. Harris
  89. Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  90. Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing up Mexican American by Rose Castillo Guilbault
  91. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  92. Feeling Power: Emotions and education by Megan Boler
  93. Female Firebrands: Stories and Techniques to Ignite Change, Take Control, and Succeed in the Workplace by Mikaela Kiner
  94. Feminist Queer Crip by Alison Kafer
  95. Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child by Emma Gonzalez
  96. Fierce Conversations: Achieving success at work & in life, one conversation at a time by Susan Scott
  97. Find Another Dream by Maysoon Zayid
  98. Finding Beauty in a Broken World by Terry Tempest Williams
  99. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos
  100. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
  101. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valarie Jarret
  102. Finding Our Way: Leadership for uncertain times by Margaret Wheatley
  103. Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen (sports)
  104. Force Majeure: A Futurist’s Guide to Boldly Thriving on Your Terms in the Future of Work by Dr. Terri Horton
  105. Frida by Barbara Mujica
  106. FutureProofed: How to Navigate Disruptive Change, Find Calm in Chaos, and Succeed in Work & Life by Natalia Peart
  107. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  108. Girl Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Success, Sanity, and Happiness for the Female Entrepreneur by Cara Alwill Leyba
  109. God is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine deLoria, Jr.
  110. Great Asian Americans: Ellison Onizuka by Stephanie Cham
  111. Great Asian Americans: Michelle Kwan by Stephanie Cham
  112. Great Asian Americans: Patsy Mink by Stephanie Cham
  113. Great Asian Americans: Tammy Duckworth by Stephanie Cham
  114. Great Asian Americans: Yo-Yo Ma by Stephanie Cham
  115. Grit: The power of passion and perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  116. Groundswell by Charlene Li
  117. Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
  118. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani 
  119. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
  120. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono 
  121. Hermanas: Deepening our identity and growing our influence by Natialia Kohn Rivera
  122. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  123. Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert’s Roadmap to Getting Out There by Morra Aarons-Mele
  124. Hispanic Women Seeking Higher Leadership Roles in Business by Syliva C. Motta, PhD
  125. Hood Feminist: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
  126. Hot Sports by Lynda Gratton
  127. How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life by Joanna Barsh
  128. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by adrienne maree brown 
  129. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family by Sonora Jha
  130. How to Wow by Francsis Cole Jones
  131. How Women Rise: Break the 12 habits holding you back from your next raise, promotion, or job by Sally Helgesen (& Marshall Goldsmith)
  132. Humor, Seriously: Why Humor is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas
  133. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  134. I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry from a beautiful brain by Kerenza Ryan
  135. I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Lauren Hernandez
  136. I Love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston 
  137. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve by Kate White
  138. I’d Rather Be In Charge by Charlotte Beers
  139. I’m Judging You: The do-better manual by Luvvie Ajayi
  140. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho 
  141. In a Different Voice: Psychological theory and women’s development by Carol Gilligan
  142. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist prose by Alice Walker
  143. In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs by Grace Bonney
  144. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
  145. In The Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  146. In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine by Donna M. Loring
  147. In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules by Stacy Perman
  148. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating of Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
  149. Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace by Daisy Auger-Dominguez
  150. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will To Change by Jennifer Brown
  151. Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!: Make Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality by Lori Greiner
  152. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez
  153. Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Isabel Lopez
  154. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  155. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  156. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent by Valorie Burton
  157. It’s Not Rocket Science: 7 Game Changing Traits for Uncommon Success by Mary Spio
  158. Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth by Ltc. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
  159. Just as I am by Cicely Tyson
  160. Key to Yourself by Dr. Venice Bloodworth
  161. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to successfully negotiate almost any situation by Shonda Rhimes
  162. Know Your Value: Women, Money, and Genting What You’re Worth by Mika Brzezinski
  163. Lakota Woman by Mary Brave Bird
  164. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munos Garces, Monica Rivera, et al
  165. Latinas in Aviation by Jacqueline S. Ruiz
  166. Latinas Rising Up in HR: Inspirational Stories of Human Resources Professionals Leading, Thriving, and Breaking Barriers by Priscilla Guasso
  167. Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition by Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana
  168. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
  169. Leadership and the new Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World by Margaret Wheatley
  170. Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless strategies from the first lady of courage by Robin Gerber
  171. Leading by My Ponytail by Karen M. Walker & Judy Ducharme
  172. Leading so People Will Follow by Erika Andersen
  173. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
  174. Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs by Nathalie Molina Niño
  175. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough
  176. Leaving Little Havana: A memoir of Miami’s Cuban ghetto by Cecilia M. Fernandez
  177. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era: Be Inspired. Expand Your Impact. Change the World. by Tahmina Watson (lawyer, writer)
  178. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
  179. Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstances by Mallory Weggemann 
  180. Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba 
  181. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  182. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi 
  183. Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life by Margaret Price
  184. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  185. Marbles: Mania, Depression Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
  186. Martina by Martina Navratilova
  187. Mean by Myriam Gurba
  188. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
  189. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
  190. Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  191. Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big by Julia Pimsleur
  192. Mindset: The new psychology of success by Carol Dweck
  193. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  194. Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business From Scratch — Naturally by Micho Branch
  195. More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys
  196. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth
  197. More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty by Erica Campbell
  198. More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You… and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
  199. Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter by Liz Wiseman
  200. Muscogee Daughter: My sojourn to the Miss America Pageant by Susan Supernaw
  201. My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive by Julissa Arce
  202. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
  203. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi (business)
  204. My Life: Queen of the Court by Serena Williams
  205. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, Wendy Williams
  206. My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race by Ilia Calederon
  207. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel, PhD
  208. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative by Ignatia Broker
  209. Nimble, Focused, Feisty: Organizational Cultures that Win in the New Era and How to Create Them by Sara Roberts
  210. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake by Diane C. Fujino
  211. Nooping: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  212. Notorious BIG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
  213. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements by adrienne maree brown
  214. Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by María Hinojosa
  215. One Life by Megan Rapinoe & Emma Brockes 
  216. Open Leadership by Charlene Li
  217. Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
  218. Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sallie Krawcheck
  219. Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, & Leadership by Rita P. Mitchell
  220. Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real by Mariana Atencio
  221. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
  222. Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  223. Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood by Maude Kegg
  224. Postcolonial Leadership, A: Asian Immigrant Christian Leadership and Its Challenges by Hee An Choi
  225. Presence: Bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenges by Amy Cuddy
  226. Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose by Lauren McGoodwin
  227. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes by Billie Jean King
  228. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González
  229. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  230. Profit from the Positive by Senia Maymin & Margaret H. Greenberg
  231. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and fostering effective teams by Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
  232. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
  233. Radical : Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee 
  234. Radical Candor: Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity by Kim Scott
  235. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev Angel Kyodo Williams
  236. Reality Is Broken: Why games make us better and how they can change the world by Jane McGonigal
  237. Recovering the Sacred: The power of naming and claiming by Winona LaDuke
  238. Redefining Realness: My Path To Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  239. Representation Matters: How Victory Fund, Victory Institute, and LGBT Leaders are Transforming America by Karen Ocamb
  240. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  241. Resonate by Nancy Duarte
  242. Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts
  243. Rising Strong: How the ability to reset transforms the way we live, love, prent, and lead by Brene Brown
  244. Rising to the Challenge, My Leadership Journey by Carly Fiorina
  245. Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno
  246. ROAR: How to Build a Resilient Organization by Sandy Asch
  247. Rookie Smarts by Liz Wiseman
  248. Run: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World by Stephanie Schriock & Christina Reynolds
  249. Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a multicultural age byJuana Bordas
  250. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  251. Self Made: Becoming Empowered, Self Reliant and Rich in Every Way by Nely Galán
  252. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
  253. Serving in Silence by Margarethe Cammermeyer
  254. Show Your Work by Jane Bozarth
  255. Show Your Worth: 8 Intention Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Babai Abji
  256. Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases in Leadership by Camilla A. Montoya, Julieta V. García. et al.
  257. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  258. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  259. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
  260. Slide-ology by Nancy Duarte
  261. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales
  262. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott
  263. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  264. Speedbumps: Flooring it through Hollywood by Teri Garr
  265. Stand Out: How to find your breakthrough idea and build a following around it by Dorie Clark
  266. Staring: How We Look by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  267. Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee
  268. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Star Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career by Carla Harris
  269. Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier & More Resilient by Valorie Burton
  270. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
  271. Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters by Athene Brinson
  272. Take Charge of your Brand: Quick and simple techniques to help you own and manage your personal brand for professional and personal success by Guisselle Nuñez
  273. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the practice of freedom by Bell Hooks
  274. Thanks for the Feedback by Sheila Heen & Douglas Stone
  275. That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (And Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together by Joanne Lipman
  276. The 100 Year Life by Lynda Gratton
  277. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
  278. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
  279. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  280. The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat by Jeanette Lee 
  281. The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and AFro-Futurists by Monique jones
  282. The Buena Salud Guide to Understanding Depression and Enjoying Life by Jane Delgado
  283. The Change Masters by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  284. The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
  285. The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova
  286. The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  287. The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging by Hannalora Leavitt
  288. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power
  289. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In The Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  290. The End of Competitive Advantage by Rita Gunther McGrath
  291. The Far Away Brothers: Two young migrants and the making of an American life by Lauren Markham
  292. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldua
  293. The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
  294. The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels by Holly Woodlawn
  295. The Holy Intimacy of Strangers by Sarah York
  296. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Muñoz Martinez
  297. The Latina Guide to Health: Consejos and Caring Answers by Jane Delgado
  298. The Leadership Shift: The Strategic Positioning of Latino Business Leaders by Dr. Nilda Perez
  299. The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed As You Are by Alicia Menendez
  300. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown; Marsha Haygood; Angela Burt-Murray
  301. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks To You by Julie Zhuo
  302. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
  303. The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
  304. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  305. The Moonshot Effect by Kate Purmal & Lisa Goldman
  306. The New IT: How Technology are Enabling Business Strategy in the Digital Age by Jill Dyche
  307. The New Social Learning by Marcia Conner
  308. The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School by Selena Rezvani
  309. The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead End-Work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart
  310. The Obsessive Joy of Autism by Julia Bascom
  311. The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche
  312. The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, inclusion, and contribution by Juana Bordas
  313. The pretty one: on life, pop culture, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me by Keah Brown
  314. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the political uses of race by Melanye Price
  315. The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lincoln Lambert
  316. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen
  317. The School Days of an Indian Girl, and an Indian Teacher Among Indians by Zitkala-Sa
  318. The Shift by Lynda Gratton
  319. The Signals are Talking by Amy Webb
  320. The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim 
  321. The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
  322. The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  323. The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
  324. The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a lifelong love affair with your customers by helping them get healthier, wealthier, and wiser by Tara-Nicholle Nelson
  325. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  326. The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Silko
  327. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Conejo Villavicencio
  328. The Virtuous Circle: Restore Your Confidence, Bounce Back, and Emerge Stronger by Gaby Natale
  329. The White Album by Joan Didion
  330. The World I Live In by Helen Keller
  331. Thick Face, Black Heart: The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life by Chin-Ning Chu
  332. Think Like a Negotiator by Eldonna Lewis Fernandez
  333. Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
  334. Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life by Harriet McBryde Johnson
  335. Truth or Dare: Encounters with power, authority, and mystery by Starhawk
  336. Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter
  337. Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding social mysteries through autism’s unique perspectives by Temple Grandin
  338. Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us by Sherrell Dorsey
  339. Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled by Nancy Mairs
  340. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  341. We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
  342. Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil
  343. Werk 101: Get Your Life Together Guide by Koereyelle DuBose
  344. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
  345. What Will it Take to Make a Woman President? by Marianne Schnall
  346. When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
  347. When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
  348. Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination by Amy Tan 
  349. Whiteness Visible: The meaning of whiteness in American literature and culture by Valerie Babb
  350. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video by Beverly Singer
  351. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
  352. Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons by Julia Gillard & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  353. Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators by Susanne Tedrick
  354. Women’s Ways of Knowing: The development of self, voice, and mind by Mary Field Belenky, et. al.
  355. Year of Yes: How to dance it out, stand in the sun, and be your own person by Shonda Rhimes
  356. You Are a Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do It Now by Tiffany Pham
  357. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington
  358. The Color of Courage: Crushing Racism in Corporate America by Cindi Bright
  359. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations – Great Results by Marilyn Gist, PhD
  360. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationshps at Work by Julie Pham, PhD
  361. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World by Sian Chuan
  362. Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford
  363. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha LaPointe
  364. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by  Veronica Gorrie
  365. Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell
  366. White Magic by Elissa Wshuta
  367. An Indian Among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike
  368. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
  369. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
  370. Native American DNA by Kim TallBear
  371. Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis
  372. Blonde Indian: an Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  373. Cormorant Hunter’s Wife by Joan Naviyuk Kane
  374. Roughly for the North by Carrie Ayagduk Ojanen
  375. Tales of Ticasuk: Eskimo Legends & StoriesT by Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  376. Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy
  377. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Francis Winters
  378. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
  379. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
  380. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
  381. How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World by Dambisa Moyo
  382. Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today’s Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers by Tina Wells
  383. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  384. The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
  385. Black Entrepreneur Survival Guide: The complete guide to becoming a successful African American entrepreneur by Dunneille D. Anderson
  386. CEO of My Soul: The Self-Love Journey of a Small Business Owner by Nic Cober Esquire
  387. Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion by Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  388. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
  389. 9 Laws of Success: Attracting the Life, Love, Health & Success You Want! by Stormy Wellington
  390. Self-Esteem is the New Black: How to become the confident woman you have always wanted to be! by Monique Mays
  391. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  392. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendshop, and Community by Mia Birdsong
  393. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  394. Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
  395. The Black Woman Millionaire: A Revolutionary Act that DEFIES Impossible by Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  396. When the Miracle Drops: How Instagram Helped Turn a Quick Fix Into a Million-Dollar Product by Jessica Dupart
  397. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
  398. Mental Detox: The Power and Guidance to Implement Peace, Joy, Balance, and Financial Abundance in Your Life by Cheyenne Bryant
  399. Quantam Leaps: 10 Steps to Help You Soar by Gloria Mayfield Bangs
  400. Meaty: Essays by Smantha Irby
  401. Where You Are is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns
  402. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
  403. I’m Not Yelling by Elizabeth Leiba 
  404. Responsible Marketing by Lola Bakare 
  405. The Urgent Life by Bozoma Saint John 
  406. Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown
  407. Hurdles in the Dark by Elvira K. Gonzalez
  408. In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  409. Through the Dark by Yolanda Nava
  410. Thriving in the Fight: A Survival Manual for Latinas on the Front Lines of Change by Denise Padin Collazo
  411. Justice & Space Matter in a Strong, Unified Latino Community by Kathy Bussert-Web, Maria Eugenia Diaz, Krystal A Yanez
  412. Breaking Ground and Barriers: Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership by Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D.
  413. Latinization and the Latino Leader: How to Value, Develop, and Advance Latino Professionals by Cristina Benitez & Marlene Gonzalez
  414. Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century: Ordinary Beginnings, Extraordinary Outcomes by Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia
  415. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munoz-Garces, Monica Rivera, Lizza Monet Morales, Celia Garcia, Veronica Corona, Maggie Antillon Mathews, Roxana Damas, and Jennifer Ibarra
  416. The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care by Anna Borges
  417. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Hermina Ibarra
  418. You Don’t Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent
  419. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
  420. Year of the Tiger: An Activists Life by Alice Wong
  421. What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
  422. Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People edited by  Alice Wong
  423. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome b: Ariel Henley
  424. Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion by Arielle Silverman, PhD
  425. How I See It: A Personal and Historical View of Disability by H Penny Mishkin
  426. Successful to Burnt Out: Experiences of Women on the Autism Spectrum by Karletta Abianac
  427. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
  428. Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability – A Memoir by Francine Falk-Allen
  429. My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by Amy Kenny
  430. More the Same than Different: What I Wish People Knew About Respecting and Including People with Disabilities by Lorraine Cannistra
  431. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  432. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identityby Geena Chen
  433. Thick Face, Black Heart: The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life by Chin-Ning Chu
  434. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hirai
  435. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  436. The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
  437. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  438. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  439. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  440. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  441. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? 21 Days to Confidence and Clarity by Dr. Sweta Chawla
  442. The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou
  443. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  444. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun
  445. Perfect Enough: How to be happier and more productive by letting go of perfectionism by Judy T. Dang
  446. The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  447. Innovation Starts With I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. by Saleema Vellani
  448. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  449. Sound Is Not Enough: The Art of Captioning for Universal Access by Svetlana Kouznetsova
  450. I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide for Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly by Jessica Doyle-Mekkes
  451. Insight by Tasha Eurich
  452. Build your dream team: Leadership based on a passion for people by Candela Iglesis
  453. Conversational Intelligence: How great leaders build trust and get extraordinary results by Judith Glaser
  454. Dare to Inspire by Allison Holzer
  455. Disrupt it Yourself by Simone Ahuja
  456. Disrupters: Success strategies from women who break the mold by: Patti Fletcher
  457. Fearless Growth by Amanda Setili
  458. Managing Up by Mary Abbajay
  459. Power Your Tribe by Christine Comaford
  460. Teaming: How organizations learn, innovate and compete in the knowledge economy by Amy Edmondson
  461. The Future Workplace Experience by Jeanne Meister and Karen Mulcahy
  462. The myth of the nice girl by Fran Hauser
  463. Emotional Agility by Susan David
  464. Fierce Leadership by: Susan Scott
  465. Brave Leadership: Unleash your most confident, powerful and authentic self by Kimberly Davis
  466. Leading gracefully: A women’s guide to confident, authentic and effective leadership by Monique Tallon
  467. The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson
  468. The Insiders guide to culture change by Siobhan McHale
  469. Thinking in Bets: Making smarter decisions when you don’t have al the facts by Anne Duke
  470. The Good Boss: 9 Ways Every Manager Can Support Women at Work by Kate Eberle Walker
  471. The Gray Rhino by Michele Wucker
  472. The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark
  473. The Art of Change Leadership: Driving Transformation In a Fast-Paced World by Cheryl Cran
  474. What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World by Tina Seelig
  475. Quirky: the remarkable story of how traits, foibles and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world by Mellisa Schilling
  476. The 9 types of leadership by Beatrice Chestnut
  477. How Innovation Really Works by Ann Knott
  478. How Women Decide by Therese Huston
  479. The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
  480. The Managers Path by Camille Fournier
  481. Becoming a Fearless leader: A simple guide to taking control and building happy, productive, highly performing teams by Elizabeth Shassere
  482. Build an A team: Play to their strengths and lead them up the learning curve by Whitney Johnson
  483. From Supervisor to Super Leader by Shanda Miller
  484. Leading With Grit by Laurie Sudbrink
  485. Know My Name by Chanel Miller
  486. Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead by Charlene Li
  487. Powerful: Building a culture of freedom & responsibility by Patty McCord
  488. The Art of Authenticity by Karissa Thacker
  489. The Art of Quiet Influence by Jocelyn Davis
  490. The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen
  491. The Influence Effect: A new path to power for women leaders by Kathryn Heath
  492. Women Make Great Leaders by Jill Griffin
  493. Leadership Unchained: Defy Conventional wisdom for breakthrough performance by Sara Canady
  494. Move: How decisive leaders execute strategy despite obstacles, set backs and stalls by Patti Azzarello
  495. The language of emotional intelligence by Jeanne Segal
  496. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers by Michele Gelfand
  497. The Hope Driven Leader by Libby Gill
  498. Bad Leadership: What it is how it happens why it matters by Barbara Kellerman
  499. The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women by Valerie Young
  500. Inside Out: The Equity Leader’s Guide to Undoing Institutional Racism by Caprice D. Hollins
  501. Creating Great Choices by Jennifer Riel & Roger Martin
  502. Counter Mentor Leadership by Kelly Riggs & Robby Riggs
  503. How to Work With and Lead People Not Like You by Kelly McDonald & Teri Schmidt
  504. The Art of Caring Leadership by Heather Younger
  505. The Inspiration Code by Kristi Hedges
  506. The Leader of the Future 2 by Frances Hesselbein & Marshall Goldsmith
  507. Unleashed by Frances Frei & Kathryn Heath
  508. I Wish I’d Known This: 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders by Brenda Wensil & Kathryn Heath 
  509. The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness by Lolly Daskal
  510. Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have When You Work at the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco
  511. The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You by Lydia Fenet
  512. Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sallie Krawcheck
  513. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks Like You by Julie Zhuo
  514. She Thinks Like a Boss: Leadership by Jemma Roedel
  515. Lead Like a Woman by Julie Boorstin
  516. The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work by Sally Helgesen & Julie Johnson
  517. The Black Woman in Leadership’s Survival Guide Becca Bakre & Ashley Gray
  518. The Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan Lieu
  519. In Her Own Voice: A Woman’s Rise to CEO: Overcoming Hurdles to Change the Face of Leadership by Jennifer McCollum
  520. Beyond Boundaries: Thriving in Life’s Grey Zone by Dr. Constance Leyland, Susannah Dawn, Dr. Nhu Truong, Dr. Michelle Boese, & Russ Hedge

220+ Leadership Books Written by Black Authors (2024)

In honor of Black History Month, we created this list 220+ Leadership Books Written by Black Authors, authored by Black leaders. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

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  1. In Search of Our Mother’s Garden: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker 
  2. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and fostering effective teams by Bridgette Tasha Hyacinth 
  3. The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a lifelong love affair with your customers by helping them get healthier, wealthier, and wiser by Tara-Nicholle Nelson 
  4. Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
  5. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods 
  6. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris 
  7. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 
  8. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 
  9. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay 
  10. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers 
  11. This is the Fire: What I say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon 
  12. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson 
  13. White Girls by Holton Als 
  14. Nothing Personal by James Baldwin 
  15. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Aily & A. Peter Bailey
  16. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown
  17. We Will Not Cancel Us by Adrienne Maree Brown
  18. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
  19. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown
  20. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by Adrienne Maree Brown
  21. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  22. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing & Hope by Kamaro Brown
  23. The Mentor Leader by Tony Dungy
  24. Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance by Tony Dungy
  25. The Secrets to Success: When you want to Succeed as Bad as You Want to Breath by Eric Thomas
  26. Produced by Faith: Enjoy real success without losing your true self by DeVon Franklin
  27. Super Rich: A guide to having it all by Russell Simmons
  28. It Worked for Me: In life and leadership by Colin Powell
  29. Reach: 40 Black men speak on living, leading, and succeeding by Ben Jealous & Trabian Shorters
  30. Black Faces in White Places: 10 game-changing strategies to achieve success and find greatness by Randal Pinkett & Jeffrey Robinson
  31. The Gatekeepers are Gone: Hustle + Technology = Success by Lamar Tyler 
  32. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to successfully negotiate almost any situation by Shonda Rhimes
  33. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X & Alex Haley
  34. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfre
  35. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  36. The Misadvantures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  37. The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche
  38. I’m Judging You: The do-better manual by Luvvie Ajayi
  39. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngoni Adichie
  40. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
  41. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  42. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
  43. Drop the Ball: Achieving more by doing less by Tiffany Dufu 
  44. Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think and do by Jennifer Eberhardt
  45. Stamped from the Beginning: The definitive history of racist ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi 
  46. Lovesong: Becoming a Jew by Julius Lester
  47. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  48. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the political uses of race by Melayne Price
  49. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
  50. Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr. 
  51. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
  52. Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson
  53. Black and White: The Way I See It by Richard Williams
  54. Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
  55. A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story by Raphael Warnock
  56. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear Fighter Manual by Luvvie Jayi Jones
  57. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis 
  58. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who Your Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth 
  59. My Life: Queen of the Court by Serena Williams 
  60. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales 
  61. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji 
  62. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self Love by Alexandra Elle
  63. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones 
  64. The Mind of a Winner by Steve Canal 
  65. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks 
  66. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown, Marsha Haygood & Angela Burt-Murray 
  67. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington 
  68. Playing the Game Without a Coach: How Courage, Resilience and Forgiveness Helped One Man Seize the American Dream by Benjamin Raymond 
  69. The Wealth Choice: Secret Success of Black Millionaires by Dennis Kimbro 
  70. Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown’s Investing and Life Strategies by Eddie Brown 
  71. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Star Out, Step Up, or Start Over Your Career by Carla Harris 
  72. Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life by Daymond John & Daniel Paisner 
  73. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland 
  74. The Work: Searching for a Life that Matters by Wes Moore 
  75. The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish 
  76. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams 
  77. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership by Kathey Porter 
  78. Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur by Dante Lee 
  79. Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills 
  80. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success by  Cora Daniels 
  81. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction, Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life by Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Carolyn M. Brown 
  82. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success by Charreah Jackson 
  83. Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership by  Ed Gordon 
  84. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Succeed on Your Own Terms by  Antionette M. Clarke & Tricia Clarke-Stone 
  85. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success From a Wall Street Vet by  Carla A. Harris 
  86. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent by  Valorie Burton
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Make Online Meetings Productive with Polls

3 Ways to Make Your Online Meetings Engaging and Productive with Polls

Online meetings can sometimes feel disconnected, but here are three ways to make online meetings productive with polls. Polls allow you to quickly gather opinions, ensuring everyone feels heard without putting anyone on the spot. By utilizing polls effectively, you can save time, keep meetings on track, and make decision-making smoother.

1. Check if Everyone Understands the Material

Use polls to quickly assess whether everyone is on the same page. For example, you can ask a multiple-choice question to gauge understanding of a topic discussed in the meeting. This helps you identify if any further explanation is needed, ensuring all participants are aligned before moving forward.

2. Identify Areas of Disagreement

Polls are a great way to discover where people disagree on key topics. For instance, if you’re discussing a policy or a plan, use a poll to ask participants whether they agree or disagree with certain points. This will help highlight areas that need further discussion and allow you to address concerns without embarrassing anyone.

3. Find Common Ground and Build Consensus

Polls are also effective for identifying where the group agrees. When you need to make a decision or choose a direction, use polls to see what everyone’s thoughts are. Recognizing common ground helps you move forward with confidence and ensures you’re aligned on the next steps.

Example: Using Polls for Policy Decisions

Imagine you’re leading a large meeting for a nonprofit organization, and you need to make a decision on a complicated policy. Start by using a poll with true/false statements about the policy. This helps uncover where confusion or misunderstanding exists, without embarrassing anyone. It also highlights areas that need further explanation. If the policy is controversial, follow up with a poll asking participants to identify what they think might be wrong with the policy. This allows you to see where people agree or disagree and guides you in addressing the controversial aspects.

I hope these tips help you run better online meetings. If you like these ideas, please share them and look for more tips on our blog.

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