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Feel free to click on any of these books for a short note on what Jim and Jan think about these books. If they are on this page it is one of our favorites and they’ve been mentioned on the show.  Many have been written by our current and/or future guests.  Click through to learn more about what we like.

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Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life

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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

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Developing Better Athletes, Better People: A Leader’s Guide to Transforming High School and Youth Sports into a Development Zone

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Elevating Your Game: Becoming a Triple-Impact Competitor

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Shooting in the Dark: Tales of Coaching and Leadership

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Positive Coaching: Building Character and Self-esteem Through Sports

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The Double-Goal Coach: Positive Coaching Tools for Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life

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A Celebration a Day: 365 Ways to a Happier Healthier Workplace

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STOP SCREAMING AT THE MICROWAVE!: How to Connect Your Disconnected Life

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Making Humor Work: Take Your Job Seriously and Yourself Lightly

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Happily Ever Laughter: How to Engage Any Audience

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Hamlet

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Never Fly Solo: Lead with Courage, Build Trusting Partnerships, and Reach New Heights in Business

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Patients Come Second: Leading Change by Changing the Way You Lead

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Patients Come Second: Leading Change by Changing the Way You Lead

Smile Guide: Employee Perspectives on Culture, Loyalty and Profit

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Smile Guide: Employee Perspectives on Culture, Loyalty and Profit

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t

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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t

Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great, Instead of Big

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The Little Prince

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The Little Prince

Wind, Sand, and Stars

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My Share of the Task: A Memoir

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TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments

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TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

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Slow Down to Speed Up: How to manage your time and rebalance your life

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: A Round Table Comic: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

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Why is Everyone Smiling? The Secret Behind Passion, Productivity, and Profit

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Employee Engagement 2.0: How to Motivate Your Team for High Performance (A Real-World Guide for Busy Managers)

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15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs

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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

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Selling to the Old Brain: How New Discoveries In Brain Research Empower You To Influence Any Audience, Anytime

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Jerry Kramer’s Farewell to Football

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How to Win Friends and Influence People

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How to Win Friends and Influence People

The Power of Habit

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

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