Over the years, I’ve come across many books, websites, and products that I’ve found useful. Here are a few that might prove helpful to you, as well.

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Behavioral Insights & Practical Strategies

• The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber — Challenges myths and misconceptions about entrepreneurship. It’s about business, but concepts can be applied to running households, too.
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg — Explores the science behind habits and how they govern our daily lives and show up in business, and provides actionable strategies to break bad habits and establish good ones.
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely — Explores behavioral economics (the study of how psychological, social, and emotional factors influence economic decisions and behaviors) and the underlying factors that cause us to make irrational decisions without realizing it.
• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath — Explores the dynamics of change and offers practical strategies to implement change in our lives and in organizations.
• Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want and Getting It by Henriette Anne Klauser — Focuses on using writing as a tool to help us achieve what we want in life. Not a woo-woo-type manifesting book, but a straightforward, practical guide.

Beyond Work

• “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” book series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi — A newfound favorite series of contemporary novels that explore love, loss, and the power of human connection through time travel stories that are simple and profound at the same time.
• Hooked by Robin — A channel on YouTube for crochet enthusiasts by UK-based Robin.
• Imamu Room — A YouTube channel by Imamu, a Japanese woman in Canada whose cooking videos are mesmerizing.
• Radiooooo.com — A very cool online radio station for discovering all kinds of music from other countries and decades. Free & paid plans.

Wellbeing

• Get Fit with Rick — Fun, low-impact, get-away-from-your computer indoor walking workouts led by Dubai-based Rick Bhullar.
• Tea — Comforting & supports health. I rotate through many kinds; ones you may not have tried: Hibiscus, Ku Ding & Pu-Erh tea.
• ZOE — A podcast that offers evidence-based nutrition & health advice from top scientists from the US & UK. Videos on YouTube; transcripts on the ZOE website.

Practical Products I Find Indispensable

• Bic Gelocity Quick Dry gel pens (medium, 0.7mm)
• Crock-Pot Electric Lunch Box (I use it during on-site work; the one gifted to me is an older model.)
• Mead graph-ruled paper spiral notebooks (5 squares/inch)
• Wali computer monitor stand (The brands I bought are no longer available.)
• Zojirushi Stainless Steel Mug, 20oz (I have two; one for coffee, one for tea.)