Resources

The Motivation Myth is one of the best books I've ever read on what motivation really is and how it plays a role in changing your life. A great primer before you begin to address your professional goals. 

Designing Your Life provides a five step method to getting what you want out of life, using Design Thinking. A huge influence in my personal learning and coaching. 

"For most people, passion comes after they try something, discover they like it, and develop mastery – not before. Passion is the result of good life design, not the cause."

The First 90 Days is a practical guide once you find your path and your next project, role, or assignment. With a thoughtful approach to ensuring success in your next play, you will avoid the mistakes of 

The Culture Map is a wonderfully insightful book that helps you understand different business cultures across eight scales of cultural behaviors:

Communicating: low-context vs. high-context

Evaluating: direct negative 

feedback vs. indirect negative feedback

Persuading: principles-first vs. applications-first

Leading: egalitarian vs. hierarchical

Deciding: consensual vs. top-down

Trusting: task-based vs. relationship-based

Disagreeing: confrontational vs. avoids confrontation

Scheduling: linear-time vs. flexible time

Ikigai is "a Japanese concept that means "a reason for being," which is usually used to indicate the source of value in one's life or the things that make one's life worthwhile. 

This book is a fantastic read to help you understand the intersection of four questions:

What do you love to do?

What are you good at?

What can you be paid for?

What does the world need?

Getting Things Done. Sounds super self-explanatory, doesn't it?

While putting a system of workflows into practice takes some time, this book provides a really helpful foundation upon which to figure out what you need to get done and how you plan to do it.