Your Workday Upgrade: 6 Business Reads That Change the Game

12 Dec 2025

Your Workday Upgrade: 6 Business Reads That Change the Game

These six books offer bold takes on leadership, productivity, and the future of work. Each pick breaks down big ideas into clear steps that help you think smarter and work more intentionally. A great lineup for anyone ready to rethink how they show up on the job.


Unshrink Yourself: 12 Mini-Shifts to Ditch Self-Doubt and Own Your Life

by Thanh Nguyen

Release Date: December 8, 2025

Break free from self-doubt and reclaim your confidence. Unshrink Yourself helps you silence your inner critic, embrace authenticity, and lead your life with courage and joy. It’s time to stop shrinking and start owning your life.

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10-Minute Focus

by Daniel Walter

Release Date: November 16, 2025

Do you struggle to complete your to-do list without getting sidetracked? Are you always fighting the urge to scroll through social media or check your phone when you should be in focus mode? Are you so overwhelmed by distractions that you are not progressing in life? If you answered yes to any of these questions, don’t worry—you are not alone. According to a 2022 Crucial Learning poll, an astonishing 68% of people find it hard to focus at work, and 6

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Be Astonishing

by Sam Silverstein & Dr. Allison Silverstein

Release Date: December 9, 2025

What if you could unlock the secrets to extraordinary achievement and make a lasting impact in the process? In the perfect follow-up book to his popular recent release, Momentum, Sam Silverstein’s Be Astonishing identifies and explores the seven essential qualities that pave the way to remarkable success: passion, hard work, creativity, resilience, authenticity, vision, and impact.

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The Next Chapter

by Crystal Lynn Garrett

Release Date: December 2, 2025

In The Community Solution: The Power of Radical Cooperation in Higher Education, Dr. Michael Horowitz provides college and university leaders with a transformative framework for institutional sustainability in challenging times.

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Scaling Fast: Software Engineering Through the Hockeystick

by Swizec Teller

Release Date: December 1, 2025

In Scaling Fast: Software Engineering Through the Hockeystick, veteran startup engineer Swizec Teller shares hard-won lessons from leading teams through hypergrowth. From women’s health startups scaling to nine-figure Series B rounds to biotech platforms going from zero to eight-figure revenue in just three years, this is a practical guide to thriving when demand explodes.

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Visionary: How Driven Entrepreneurs Get What They Want Without Doing It All Themselves

by Mark C. Winters

Release Date: December 10, 2025

If you’re an entrepreneur, you already know the hustle. You’re spinning plates, managing teams, launching ideas, chasing opportunities—and somehow, you still feel stuck. You’re working harder than ever, yet your impact feels smaller than you expected. Sound familiar?

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