Twelve and a Half: Leveraging the Emotional Ingredients Necessary for Business Success by Gary Vaynerchuk At the church I’ve attended for 25 years, one of the pastors found me after service and gave me this book as a gift. I looked at it and said to myself, "He is giving me a book from a guy that’s smart and drops the F-bomb in every other sentence?" And then I read it and had to repent for judging Gary Vee. Wow. This is probably one of the bestwritten and most insightful books on emotional intelligence that I’ve read in a long time. Chosen: Become the Person You Were Meant To Be by Robert J Watkins Reading this book is like going to see your doctor for an annual physical. Watkins gets to the heart of the matter in gut-wrenching steps.I love this book and it will bless your life. Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World edited by Audrey Thomas McCluskey & Elaine M. Smith Bethune died in 1955 after living nearly 80 years as an advocate and spokeswoman for the oppressed and disenfranchised. This book covers the last five years of her life and the enormous legacy that she left at Bethune Cookman College, an HBCU based in Daytona Beach, Florida. Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers by Claudia Kalb This book takes you inside the minds of 13 iconic figures who left a significant imprint on the fields of art, music, medicine, business and politics. Kalb explores prodigies in their early childhood, some who captured lightning in a bottle between 1327 years of age, as well as mid-lifers who begin to figure it out in their 30s and 40s. The Practice: Shipping Creative Work by Seth Godin Godin is a marketplace prophet who catapults you into the future through thought provoking revelations that challenge business as usual. All of his books are must-reads. One of my favorite quotes from this book is “doing what you love is for amateurs, loving what you are doing is for professionals.” Lead the Field: How to Become an Authority and Dominate Your Competition by Adam D. Witty One of my key takeaways here was, “when you and your business are the authority, you have a powerful microphone and platform in that crowded bazaar, which makes all the difference.” Bailey has more than 30 years of experience in hospitality. A former sales director for Disney Institute, he is a prolific author and hall of fame keynote speaker. Learn more at SimonTBailey.com. | APRIL 2022 | 65 THINK
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