Episode 152: 10 Books To Inspire You After A Tough Year
In this coaching episode, Fiona shares 10 books that helped her throughout her business journey (and that she recommended to others as well). Listen now to learn which ones you’ve already read and which ones you want to order next.
Topics discussed in this episode:
Introduction
Reading books
Book Recommendations
The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed Into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness by Jason Barron
Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow
The Emotionally Intelligent Office by The School of Life for Business
Setting Boundaries by Dr Rebecca Ray
It Chooses You by Miranda July
The Forecast by Monocle Magazine
Reboot: Probably More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Starting a Global Business by Jodie Fox
Superfans by Pat Flynn
The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
Conclusion
Get in touch with My Daily Business Coach
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow
The Emotionally Intelligent Office by The School of Life for Business
Reboot: Probably More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Starting a Global Business by Jodie Fox
Episode transcript:
Hello and welcome to episode 152 of the My Daily Business Coach Podcast. It is getting towards the end of the year, I'm literally recording this. It's like a horrible Melbourne weather day outside my window. It is pouring rain, I'm not sure if you have to hear it on the microphone. But it is a horrible day you would not think that we are coming into summer here in the southern hemisphere. But alas, it is episode 152. And it's a coaching episodes. This is really where I'm going to go through something that is going to help you with your small business like all my episodes, but in more detail. So I'll get into that in a second.
As always, before I get started, I just want to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians on the land on which I'm lucky enough to live and record this podcast. The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, and I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
The other thing I wanted to mention before I get stuck in is that if you have a good friend who is starting a business, perhaps somebody in your social circle your family, maybe an Instagram friend that you know DM with all the time, we do have a bunch of good gift ideas over on the My Daily Business Coach Shop, you can find that at mydailybusinesscoach.com/shop, super easy URL. But on there, we have everything from gift cards through to ebooks through to content planners through to a link through to buy my book, Passion, Purpose Profit, which you can also buy from plenty of amazing gift stores. So please support another small business owner if you're buying that. And we have a bunch of courses as well. So maybe you have a friend who's like, oh my gosh, I want to start a podcast. And you're like, well, here's your gifting present for the end of the year for Hanukkah for Christmas, maybe a lot like devalued present, whatever it is, you may wish to find it on the My daily business coach shop. So we'll link to that in the show notes. Alright, so let's get into today's coaching episode.
If you have ever seen me on video, whether you've I've done a masterclass in a group that you're part of, or you see me on Instagram stories, or you have been a client or a student, you will have seen maybe that depending on the position I was in that I have a large bookshelf behind me and it is filled with books. Now we have two actually two big bookcases behind me and they are both kind of filled with books. And we have a whole shelf of books. And in my house, we have another few bookcases of books.
I grew up in a house with voracious readers, my parents were the type of people who could get through multiple books a week, they were the type of people who maxed out their library loans every single week. And when I was growing up, I was often told, only boring people get bored. And there is plentiful amount of books that you could dive into. And so that's what I did. I read all the time, I was always with books. Obviously I grew up. I'm in my 40s now oh my god. But yeah, I grew up with a time when or in a time I should say, when there was no internet. So I really I'm always kind of pushing, I would say that encouraging my children to look at books because I just think you can escape with fiction, with nonfiction. Oh my goodness, you can learn so much. And I just think that books are such an accessible tool for educating yourself on all sorts of things. And accessible in terms of joining a library. So many books are free now online, in like Kindle. They're like 99 cents. You can borrow from friends, you can put a call out on social media and see if anyone has the book that you want to you want to borrow. I know in all over the world, but I know especially specifically in New York, there is a whole like Subway books where people leave books on the subway for other people to find and I just think books are incredible. Obviously I published my first book, Passion, Purpose, Profit: Sidestep the hustle and build a business you love last year through Hardie Grant books. And so I think books are such an incredible resource.
And I would urge you if you are not in "a reader" to just start. I've had people in my life that have totally told themselves their whole life "I'm not a reader. I don't read. I'm not good at reading." They've got all these different ideas. And when we've talked about it and they've read a book and they've said You know, I'm going to read this book, even if it takes me a couple of months. I'm going to read this book. They have found the love of reading and I just think it is such a beautiful thing. And of course if you are visually paired or blind, there are so many ways to listen to books now with places like Audible and so many other audio book places and lots of podcasts as well. But that also kind of like books being read out. So I thought today, I would talk about some really key books that have helped me in my own business journey and ones that I constantly recommend to clients and to other people.
I also thought that because we are getting towards the end of 2021, and it has been another really, really tough, challenging year for people. And I know that a lot of people, a lot of the conversations I've had with clients, a lot of the conversations I've had just with general small business owners on Instagram or other places, a lot of people have said, you know, I'm just, I'm so flat, I'm so out of motivation, I feel totally uninspired, I just want to get to the end of the year and, and I kind of want to still work on my business, but I'm just not feeling it. And I thought that my reading some of these books, it may just give you the inspiration that you're looking for, to start 2022 with just a really excited mindset. And yes, we are all exhausted. So I'm not for a minute being like, Oh, here's another thing that you have to do. But if you are thinking, I've got the headspace to take on something. But I'd also like to take something on, it's really going to kind of ignite my passion again, and kind of make me fall in love with my business again, then listen on, because these books will definitely do that for you.
And just before I get stuck into the list of books, I want to remind you that we do have a transcript of this episode and of all our episodes, over at mydailybusinesscoach.com/podcast for this particular episode, you'll have to do /podcast/152. But yeah, you can find a transcript of everything over there.
So in no particular order, here are 10 books that have really helped me with my business and life in general. And I think they're definitely ones that you could get stuck into whether you're going on holidays, or whether you are staying at home. I know some parts of the world and I've got people in Europe that are looking at other lockdown as I record this and my heart goes out to you. And maybe you need a distraction from homeschooling and kids and other things that are going on. So in no particular order, here are the books. So in no particular order, and I'm literally have got the books in front of me if you can hear that sound.
#1. The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed Into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness by Jason Barron
So yeah, I'm just flipping through The Visual MBA. And that's by Jason Barron. And it says a quick guide to everything you'll learn in two years of business school. And so what happened was that Jason Barron went and started an MBA. So if you don't know what that is, it's a Master of Business Administration. And it is almost like the pinnacle of business studies. So in some places in the world, they will expect you to have an MBA in order to get into kind of executive or senior management. I know at some places I've worked, they definitely looked at the MBA graduate program as a key place to find talent. I don't think I love that idea. Because you know, not everyone's going to be able to access the cost of an MBA, I know here in Australia, and MBA can cost about, you know, 12,000 upwards. And in the US, it could be I mean 12,000 per unit, I should say. So, you know, in the US, it can be hundreds of 1000s of dollars. So not everybody can have that.
And what I love is that Jason Barron did an MBA, and he decided to draw all of his notes. And so kind of sketched them out. And what this is this book, The Visual MBA is a collection of so many of those things. So he has literally gone through everything from like how to make a decision and the decision process and through to business negotiations through to performance of staff through to kind of branding and looking at marketing and looking at setting your goals and looking at revenue costs and fixed costs and profit. And he's just created this beautiful visual book that will detail so many frameworks, so many kinds of complex business ideas and concepts in a beautiful visual representation that makes a whole lot of sense and is easy to read. And not easy as in, it's dumbed down. But it's just, it really depends, I guess, on how you learn. I'm somebody that loves learning visually. I like frameworks. I like tables, I like drawing things out. And that is what I'm always doing.
When I'm in coaching sessions. I'm like, let me draw this for you. Because to me, it's a simplified way of making sense of something. And I think it's far more accessible sometimes then, you know, pages and pages of sort of dry boring text. So that is the first one The Visual MBA by Jason Barron and like I said, we will link to all of these in the show notes which you can find at mydailybusinesscoach.com/podcast/152.
I absolutely love it, my husband gave me that years ago, I think he bought it at the airport after a flight. So it literally would have been years and years ago, because we have definitely not been flying anywhere recently.
#2 Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow
The second one that I love, it's a small little book, it's very easy to read is called Built to Sell: Create a business that can thrive without you. And it's by John Warrillow. I don't know how you say your surname, and maybe that's it. But I recommend this to so many people, I use it in business book club, I have gifted it to lots of people, it is a really short read. It is written as fiction, even though it's nonfiction. And basically it tells a story of a guy who is running an agency doing all sorts of stuff, from logo design, through to SEO, through social media through to you know, everything else. And he decides to sell his business. And so what he does is he seeks out a business coach, and they work through together, should he sell it? Surely not if he's going to sell it, what should he sell it for, and the things that need to be kind of tweaked and amended in his own business to make it attractive to sell. Now, I always say to people, whether you want to sell your business or not, even if you never want to exit from your business, and you don't have that strategy in mind, it is definitely something to think about and to consider some of the questions that come up in this book. So that is Built to Sell. And like I said, I'm looking at it now it is how many pages it's like 100 150, less than 150 pages. It's it's really simple. They also had the audio book, all of these, I think except the visual MBA, have an audiobook version on Audible. So yeah, check that one out, Built to Sell definitely a good one.
#3 The Emotionally Intelligent Office by The School of Life for Business
Another one that is great. Whether you have a business, whether you don't, is The Emotionally Intelligent Office: 20 Key Emotional Skills for The Workplace. And what that is, it's like a little pocket book. It's nicely designed, it's from The School of Life for Business. And it talks through everything from adaptability through to leadership through to playfulness, purpose, self awareness, confidence, communication, and all of those in relation to the workplace.
So if you are somebody who feels that there might be parts of your say leadership that you would like to improve on, or maybe regardless of where you've worked, you keep coming up against the same sort of problem, and maybe it's a communication issue. And so this book gives you kind of breaks down ideas and and why we do the things we do and also gives you advice on you know, how to improve on those kinds of areas. And so yeah, it's also, it really kind of pushes the idea that, you know, modern businesses place a huge emphasis on technical training and yet, what actually makes a business succeed, is the people inside the business having you know, these soft skills, these kinds of behavioral skills, as they're called. And that is why it's the emotionally intelligent office. And yeah, it's a cute little book, it's designed well. So yeah, that is number three.
#4 Setting Boundaries by Dr Rebecca Ray
Number four, and I did mention this in last week's episode, or sorry, this last Tuesday's Episode 151, or Episode 151, is Setting boundaries: care for yourself and stop being controlled by others. And that's by Dr. Rebecca Ray. And if you'd listened to Episode 151, you'll know that I kind of go through a bit more about, you know, how I met Rebecca, we met in a mastermind. Rebecca is an Australian clinical psychologist and author. And this book really goes into how to set boundaries in your whole life, but including in your business, I think one of the biggest issues that I see with small business owners, and I've worked with 1000s, over the last six years, and interviewed and written about 1000s beforehand, is the lack of setting boundaries, it is, well my clients need me or this customer was really angry, or, you know, we've just got to get this stuff done, or I want to grow and I can see that this product categories amazing and, and so we want these things to happen. And then we kind of resentful that they're taking up so much of our time. And sometimes it's because we have not set boundaries for ourselves. And also we haven't let others know our boundaries. And that can be as simple as an email signature line, it can be actually having a conversation and saying, You know what, I don't work after this hours. You know, I don't respect you know, I don't I will not reply to emails at this time.
Or you know, like, I know, in my own business, we only coach people or I only coach people on a Tuesday and Thursday. So if that doesn't work for you, then I'm not the right coach for you. And we make that really clear because that is you know what works for me and works for my lifestyle, my goals my family. So that is number four Setting Boundaries by Dr Rebecca Ray, right.
#5 It Chooses You by Miranda July
Number five, which is not a business book at all, not related to business in any way. But is one of my favorite books. Was it years and years ago? I don't know, when it came out, maybe I'm just gonna look in the front of the book, maybe like 2011. Okay. And it is cold. It Chooses You by Miranda July. And what I love about this book is that Miranda July, who is one of the best writers out there you can find, was struggling to finish writing a screenplay for this second film that she was putting on. And so she began obsessively reading the Pennysaver, which is a I think it's like a newspaper or like a, like a listings like a classifieds in the US. And she kind of just wanted to know, who are the people that are selling these things? Like who's selling this, this leather jacket for $10? And why are they selling it? What's their story? And so what she did was start answering these ads, and then go out and interview people.
And I think it is such a great book, because it really shows that everyone has a story. And you can find something interesting in even the most ordinary seeming classified ad. And I love this in terms of business. I know so often people will talk about, you know, hey here's my product, and we need to get a marketing plan and why Okay, let's look at your like brand as a whole, like, what are the values? What are your mission? What are you trying to do? What is the point of connection? Why should somebody work with you or buy from you? And we often talk about origin stories, and I have an exercise that I work with, when I'm consulting and doing workshops with clients. About, you know, if you were the cover story, like, what would we say, if you were the cover story of the Good weekend or anything else? And it's really interesting, because often people feel like, they don't have a story like, oh, but you know, I've worked in this industry for a while or there was no great, you know, catalyst for change. Or, you know, my story is not that, you know, amazing. And when we dive deep, it actually is really interesting. And I think everybody has an interesting story inside them. I honestly do. And this book is a real reminder of that.
So if you are somebody who struggles to tell your own story, or your brand origin story, or you're really thinking about, you know, how do I play a bigger role in my business? How am I humanizing my business and figurehead marketing and all that good stuff, definitely check out this book. It Chooses You by Miranda July It's just an interesting book. Even if you don't have a business on you never gonna do any kind of brand origin stories or brand copywriting or anything like that. It's just a really lovely book. And I like this sort of documentary sort of style and the photography and everything else. It's a nice, it's a cute book. So that's number five. It chooses you Miranda July.
#6 The Forecast by The Monocle.
Now I've written for Monocle. So I just want to put that out transparency. But Monocle put out this great magazine, which is really like a book. Hence, it's included in my little book list here. And it's called The Forecast. And it's tagline is: the magazine that explains the year ahead.
I think I bought the first one of these in 2015 While I was in New York or flying somewhere, I remember getting it at the airport. Gosh, I miss going to airports, because that is really where I love looking for books, and buying things. But the forecast is like I said it's like a book. And basically, it is so inspiring because you're interviewing all sorts of people from fashion and retail, food and travel, design arts, culture, business, cultural affairs, and as you know, like, it's just it's very similar to you know, Monocles Magazine, but it just gives you so many ideas. I think that's the biggest thing. If you're somebody who's got to the end of this year and is thinking, Oh I just need a massive injection of motivation and inspiration because of just sort of lost my mojo. Definitely check this out. Because even old issues of it, which I have, I love just flicking through it. I feel like you flick through it and you're instantly drawn into how many creatives around the world are just doing super interesting things. And I think sometimes social media, yes, we can see that stuff. But also, sometimes we can see a whole lot of crap in there as well, that makes us feels all sorts of ways. And I think this being a printed magazine, it's something to get you off the screen. And like I said, it's almost like a book, and I just love it. So I've been buying every year. It's called the Forecast by Monocles. You should be able to get it at most magazine shops, of course, if you have a big bookshop, or a small business gift shop or anything else near you, so make sure you try wherever possible to support another small business owner on that space. So that is number six, The Forecast
#7 Reboot by Jodie Fox
Actually the full title is Reboot: Probably More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Starting a Global Business by Jodie Fox, and it's published through Wiley, and Jodie Fox, if you don't know her name is the co founder was the co founder of Shoes of Prey. So as somebody who has worked in the fashion industry for some time, I was, you know, mesmerized by the story of Shoes of Prey. So if you don't know the story, basically, Jodie Fox created with her partner Shoes of Prey, which was like, just like this magical business that seemed to come out and go so well, so quickly. What it is, is to shoes that you could completely design yourself online. So you could say, okay, like someone like me, I like this type of heel, like, I don't like a stiletto heel, because I'm really tall, and I just don't like them. I don't think they're very comfortable. And so I've always gone for more of a blocky heel. And so I could pick Okay, on this type of heel, I want you know, like vegan leather, I want this or I want that or, you know, I want them in this color. And this cat at the front and pointy around. It was just incredible. You could literally mix and match a whole lot of different stuff.
Customization way before customization was the thing I should say. And so it was just like, wow, oh, my goodness, you know, it started in 2009. So if you think about that, Facebook had started what 2007, Instagram was not around. Customization was very expensive, and very unknown. And what Shoes of Prey did was that they had these shoes that I think are about maybe on a say $200$250. So they weren't, you know, they weren't cheap. But they also weren't like $700 shoes, and they would make them and you know, they'll made to order and it felt really special. And it was just this super awesome business. And it was started here in Australia. And it went really big really quickly. And I think at the end, I think they have their own. They had their own store in New York or they had like a concept store within Nordstroms. I can't remember the exact details. But it was massive.
Everybody knew Jodie Fox. I had seen her speak at so many events. And just I think she'd been a lawyer beforehand. And she's just engaging, mesmerizing. Absolutely wonderful. So when I saw this book, I picked it up. And I was like, oh gosh, Jodie Fox, you know, she's written a book, this would be really good. And I had no idea what it would actually be like, and it is such a great book. And if you are somebody who wants to produce products, particularly producing offshore, definitely check out this book, it goes into detail as to how to choose a profound and manufacturers the type of issues that went on. One in particular that it was really shocking. Oh my goodness. And it just goes through the highs and lows of running a business and running a business that gets big pretty quickly and has investors and other such things. And it also goes into her own personal life and what it was like to be the face of this brand that was just going up and up and up and seem to be doing no wrong ever anywhere. And then it kind of came crashing down. So it also talks about what that was like and picking yourself back up after that. I mean, they hit multi million dollar revenues in just under two years. And they raised 10s of million in funding and they shipped to more than 100 countries. So it is such a good book. I've lent it. I don't charge people to read my books. But yeah, I've lent it to so many people. I've lent it to people have businesses I've lent it to people who don't have businesses, yet just a really, really great one. So definitely check that one out. Reboot by Jodie Fox.
#8 Superfans by Pat Flynn
Now Pat Flynn, I think is one of the few people kind of in the top of the what would you call it "entrepreneurial" kind of marketing people out there that were doing like online courses really early. So in that group, I often put people like Marie Forleo Rachel Hollis, Jenica Kutcher a whole bunch of people. What's his name? Donald Miller, Stu McLaren, James Wedmore. I actually think that I mean, I've looked at lots of them. Some of my friends have done masterminds with some of those people. I feel like Pat Flynn is the real deal. I feel like there's a whole lot of BS at the top there. And controversial but I think a lot of them are kind of in this pyramid scheme and don't actually care that much about their audience and gosh, so many things came out last year when the after George Floyd's death, but I'm not going to go into all of that. What I do think is Pat Flynn is the real deal out of all of those people at the top who a lot of them just fluffy air, I think, oh my gosh, I could do I'm gonna get down off my high horse. But my point is I like Pat Flynn. I've bought one of his courses I have one of his ebooks was one of my earliest things that I downloaded when I started my business. I've messaged him a few times on Instagram, he always gets back. And I just think he writes really practical, good books, and he doesn't get caught up in the Fame Game.
But this one is called Superfans, and it says, The easy way to stand out grow your tribe and build a successful business. Now, I don't think the use of the word tribe is particularly great. I don't think anyone should be using those words anymore. Or have ever used those words. But, again, digressing. It is a good book and it talks about everything from, you know, like, not getting obsessed with how many followers you have through to how to actually make your email list work for you. So it's a good one. If you haven't read anything by Pat Flynn, check out his podcast. He has a podcast called Pat Flynn 2.0 I think and he does live kind of coaching of people and yeah, he's interesting guy. So that is number 8.
#9 The Wife Drought by Australian author and reporter journalist Annabel Crab
So I love Annabel Crabb, I think she's hilarious. I think she's so witty, and probably one of the most intelligent women on the planet. Intelligent people I should say, not to women. And it's really like, well, I listen to the audiobook format. So I don't actually own the paperback format. But I used to listen to it on my morning walks. And I would be swearing out loud, because it is just so unbelievably frustrating. The issue with gender inequality in terms of not just pay, but in terms of how much we expect from women at the top at the CEOs, and I can't remember the exact statistics. So I'm totally like saying these, and they're not the exact so do not quote me. But she talks about some statistic that I just remember, and it was talking about male CEOs or people who identify as men that are at the top, and how many of them have a partner at home, who does all the domestic work, all the cleaning, old cooking doesn't work, you know, does all of this. And it was some it was in the 70s I want to say 70%. And then it was looked at the same women at the top or people who identify as women. And it looked at, you know, what does their home life look like? And it was something like 3% have a partner who was doing all that.
So in addition to being at the top and having to break so many ceilings to get there. They also are expected to still do the bulk of the parenting, the bulk of looking after elderly parents the bulk of the cleaning and domestic duties. And it is just an incredible book looking at and you know, obviously Annabel Crabb is a is a top journalist and so so many facts and so much research and it's just astounding the discrepancies and we all know them, but the fact that it's still like this, oh my goodness. And of course, you know, Annabel Crabb is a white privilege woman as as as I so you know, the statistics I'm sure will be even greater and the gaps even greater for people who are not in the same privileged area.
So yeah, The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb is number nine and I have, you know, really had some deep conversations with clients, particularly those I consult to in larger businesses where they have you know, hundreds of staff about gender and family and work and flexibility and I think even more so now that we've gone through and going through COVID and lockdowns and people working from home and and we all saw so much of people's real life. You know, we saw children coming on to zoom calls and we saw all of these things happening that are real life. It's real life. I'm literally recording this right now with a baby monitor in front of me because my son is asleep. And I'm hoping that he doesn't wake up whilst I'm doing this. And so, yeah, it is just such a good book. Anything that Annabel Crabb puts out is brilliant, I think but The Wife Drought is particularly so so check that book out.
#10 Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
So if you've worked with me, see me speak. Follow me on instagram as part of my Sunday email. I send a Sunday email every single Sunday. If you're not on it, get on it. You can do that at mydailybusinesscoach.com/subscribe, but if you have encountered me in any way for some time you'll know that I have been a huge fan of Mike Michalowicz. I listened to his books on audible, because I think the way he narrates in his ad libs and adds all this extra stuff is really, really good.
And yeah, I have read this many years ago now. And I set up my bank to sort of do the profit first model, I have to say, I haven't always done this, I have taken part like different different parts in my life when I've decided not to do it or move to accountants. And so I'm actually in the process of booking in with a Profit First professional. So there are accountants that have gone through the first model. And that will set up everything for you and give you some insights. Now, that is, you know, a totally different tangent. But if you're in that space of thinking, Okay, I want to make more money from my business, I want to really understand my profit, I want to understand where my money is going in a more transparent way, then check out the book first Profit First, and then if you are so inclined, you may wish to you know, booking with the Prophet first professional. And if you just Google Profit First professionals, and then you find your area around the world, you'll find people who've gone through the program, I think, and licensed to work with you in that way. But yeah, Profit First is really about taking the old idea of looking at sales less your expenses equals your profit, and flipping it on its head. So it's sales, less profit equals your expenses. So it's saying what do you want to take out of this business? What are your big goals of your life and everything else? And so let's take that out first, and then with what's left, we can figure out what you've got to spend, rather than the usual way which is let's see how much you earn. Let's see how much your expenses added up to an R. If there's some left, well done, you get some money. So it's really flipping that around and being like you are first and your profit comes first. Hence, the whole title profit first. So that is number 10. Of these books, so just to run through them again.
1. The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed Into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness by Jason Barron
2. Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow
3. The Emotionally Intelligent Office by The School of Life for Business
4. Setting Boundaries by Dr Rebecca Ray
5. It Chooses You by Miranda July
6. The Forecast by Monocle Magazine
7. Reboot: Probably More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Starting a Global Business by Jodie Fox
8. Superfans by Pat Flynn
9. The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb
10. Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
So as I said earlier, I think that books are just such an accessible way to, to upskill, to learn, to get motivation, to get inspiration, to just think about things in a different way. I know that I'll often be reading a book, whether it is you know, Pema Chödrön, or whether it is would you have to shout out Karen from Radical Yes, because she put me on to her. Whether it's you know, a beautiful book by that which is very, you know, deep and thought provoking, or if it is like a Marian Keyes, I often am shutting the book and really being like, oh my goodness, let me just take in that line. That was such a beautiful line, it was so well written, or it's really inspired me to think about x y z, or it's really funny. It's entertain me. And I think all of those things we could all use as we come to the end of 2021.
So that is it for today's coaching episode really to think about how you might get some more motivation, hey, might look at your getting your mojo back, not to be more productive because I'm very much anti hustle. But to just, you know, get these ideas flowing get the creativeness coming back getting getting feeling great about your business, and feeling good about starting again, another year in 2022. So as I said, all of these books will be linked over at mydailybusinesscoach.com/podcast/152.
So that is it for today's coaching episode. If you have enjoyed this, I would love it so so much. If you could just leave a review. It really really helps us get found by other small business owners and who knows maybe one of these books is going to change their life. And if you did enjoy this and you found it useful, I would love it if you could share it with a friend or you can share it on social media and just tag at @mydailybusinesscoach so we see it and we can connect with you. Thank you so much for listening. I'll see you next time. Bye.
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