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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise August 2020
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Grand: A Grandparent's Wisdom for a Happy Life by Charles Johnson What it is: a moving, stylistically complex reflection on life stages and the artistic process, written as advice to the author's grandson but filled with observations we can all benefit from
Author alert: MacArthur fellow, scholar, and political cartoonist Charles Johnson also wrote the novel Middle Passage, which won the National Book Award in 1990. | | Empty: A Memoir by Susan Burton What it is: a compelling and reflective chronicle of the author's struggles with and continued recovery from disordered eating
Read it for: the emotionally affecting stories of family dysfunction and cycles of addiction.
About the author: Journalist and documentary producer Susan Burton is a long-time editor of This American Life. | | Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do by Eve Rodsky What it's about: the unequal expectations faced by many working women and how they spend their "free" time, with a focus on common disparities in household labor and ways to shrink the gap
Why you should read it: With the rapid increase of people working from home, these issues could not be more important or timely.
Reviewers say: Fair Play is "potentially revolutionary" and gives readers "the right combination of venting and commiserating balanced by practical solutions" (Booklist). | | Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg, PhD What it's about: the scientific underpinnings of habit formation, with insights about how to manage your expectations, motivations, and emotional responses
Why you might like it: The advice presented here is well-grounded in research but is written in an inspiring tone and broken down into practical, approachable steps. | | When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink What it is: an accessible and thought-provoking look at how time (and our perception of it) impacts us in unexpected psychological, biological, and economic ways
Topics include: how the time of day might affect the decisions we make; the wide-ranging ripple effects of afternoon energy drops; how to best harness the power of your own circadian rhythm
Want a taste? "If you want to measure the world’s emotional state, to find a mood ring large enough to encircle the globe, you could do worse than Twitter." | | Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style by Carson Tate What it is: a no-nonsense guide to managing your time, changing your mindset toward getting work done, and building work habits that stick
What sets it apart: the focus on customizing your approach to productivity; the author's willingness to engage with less commonly discussed obstacles like guilt and shame
Includes: a 28-question Productivity Style Assessment, to help you determine your productivity type (Prioritizer, Visualizer, Arranger, or Planner) and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each | |
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