# Best professional development books

  
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- Posted at: about 3 years ago
- Author title: Community Manager at G2
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### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;An &quot;oldie but a goodie&quot; that is timeless for me is &quot;Who Moved My Cheese?&quot; by Spencer Johnson, M.D. It&#39;s a quick read, but it&#39;s one I always refer to, not just for myself but for clients as well. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To me, &quot;Who Moved My Cheese?&quot; is a timeless manual about how to deal with change, expected or unexpected, both in the professional and personal arenas of our lives.&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: about 3 years ago
- Author title: Founder &amp;amp; Digital Marketing Strategist, Nyxt Marketing
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#### Reply 1

Thanks Jackie, will have a look ✅

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- Posted at: about 3 years ago
- Author title: Managing Partner at Huf Consultancy and full time Autist

#### Reply 2

Thanks Jackie! The title is really intriguing. I&#39;ll have to add it to my list!

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- Author title: Community Manager at G2


### Comment 2

&lt;p&gt;Hi Stephanie,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(While &quot;playing&quot; with the wysiwyg editor 😉)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &quot;must&quot; listen/read (in my humble opinion).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;= = = =&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I lke audiobooks 😊;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On &quot;Audible&quot;, l&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(85, 85, 85);&quot;&gt;isted under the category &quot;Personal Succes&quot;, with 4.5 stars based on 169,121 ratings;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(85, 85, 85);&quot;&gt;And as (non audio) book on &quot;Amazon&quot; under the category &quot;Self-Help &amp;gt; Happiness, with 4.6 stars based on 136,667 ratings;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;color: rgb(85, 85, 85);&quot;&gt;The Nr.1 &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt; Bestseller, with over 10 million copies sold &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;color: rgb(85, 85, 85);&quot;&gt;The Subtle Art of not Giving a F*ck&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good life&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Author&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Mark Manson&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be &quot;positive&quot; all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. &quot;F**k positivity,&quot; Mark Manson says. &quot;Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it.&quot; In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected&amp;nbsp;modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—&quot;not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault.&quot; Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the author&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark Manson is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, the mega-bestseller that reached #1 in fourteen different countries. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark’s books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold over 12 million copies worldwide.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark runs one of the largest personal growth websites in the world, MarkManson (&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;) net, a blog with more than two million monthly readers and half a million subscribers. His writing is often described as ‘self-help for people who hate self-help’ — a no-BS brand of life advice and cultural commentary that has struck a chord with people around the globe. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, Forbes, Vice, CNN, and Vox, among many others. He currently lives in New York City.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;👋&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: about 3 years ago
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#### Reply 1

Thanks Mark! I know that book is a top seller and is on my bookshelf actually!

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#### Reply 2

🥳

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