RESOURCES

On Leadership

• Dare to Lead, Daring Greatly, and Rising Strong, Brene Brown

  • Ted Talks: Vulnerability, and Shame 

• The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp

• Originals, Adam Grant

• The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks

• Multipliers, Liz Wiseman

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni 

• The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Anchor — and TED Talk
• Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman 
• Emotional Agility, Susan David — and TED Talk

• How to Make Stress Your Friend, Kelly McGonigal 

• How to Have a Good Day, Caroline Webb

• Mindset, Carol Dweck  

• The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Katty Kay

• The Art of Possibility, Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Stone Zander

• Difficult Conversations, Bruce Patton, Douglas Stone, and Sheila Heen

• Getting More, Stuart Diamond 

• Coaching for Performance, John Whitmore

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On Mindfulness, Psychology, & Neuroscience

• Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, Joe Dispenza

• The Courage to Be Disliked, Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi

• Happiness, Matthieu Ricard

• Loving Kindness, Sharon Salzberg

• The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

• Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan

• The Mind Illuminated, John Yates 

• Be Here Now, Ram Dass

• The Wisdom of Yoga, Stephen Cope 

• Vipassana

• Yin Yoga, Sarah Powers

 

On Creativity

• The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron

• The War of Art, Steven Pressfield 

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On Purpose & Finding Your Path​​ 

• The Crossroads of Should and Must, Elle Luna

• Awaken the Giant Within, Tony Robbins (try the audiobook, which he narrates)

• Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert

• The Desire Map, Danielle Laporte 

• The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

• You Are a Badass, Jen Sincero

• What Really Matters, Tony Schwartz

• Designing Your Life, Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

• The End of Eternity, Isaac Asimov (I couldn’t resist adding some sci-fi!)

• Personality tests:

  • 16 Personalities (i.e. Myers-Briggs)

  • Enneagram

 

​Fundraising

• 11 Questions Founders Need to Ask Investors During the First Meeting by Alex Iskold

• Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get (Promotion vs. Prevention Questions)

• Pitching Better:  How Female Founders Can Overcome Fundraising Bias Workshop

• Resource collection by Sapna Shah, Red Giraffe Advisors