5 books to deal with tough challenges at work and life
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Unless you are among the lucky few, the world of work throws a range of challenges at you every day. While there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to the many problems that confront us, these new books provide ways of reframing the difficulties that beset our lives and careers.
Tiny Experiments by Anna-Laure Le Cunff Written by an award-winning neuroscientist and entrepreneur, this book comes with glowing recommendations from a host of influential voices, from writer Oliver Burkeman to productivity guru Ali Abdaal. The subtitle “How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World" captures the crux of the matter. In a corporate ethos, where goal setting and targets are the North Stars, Le Cunff offers strategies to help you deal with the ups and downs of your performance without crippling guilt or self-flagellation.
(Hachette, ₹499) Healing the Modern Brain by Drew Ramsay While the relationship between mental and physiological health continues to be explored by scientists, there is substantial evidence that the two are correlated. In this ‘how-to’ book, a physician combines clinical experience with scientific research to offer “Nine Tenets to Build Mental Tenets and Revitalize Your Mind." Particularly illuminating are the sections on nutritional psychiatry, a field which Dr Ramsay specializes in. (HarperCollins, ₹399) Conflict Resilience by Robert C. Bordone and Joel Salinas How do you navigate a conflict, be it at work or in life, without giving in or giving up? This book attempts to give you tools to handle this million-dollar question to which there are no definite answers.
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