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The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard, PhD and Spencer Johnson, MD
BATB score: 9/10 ๐ BATB re-reads Best to: easier said than done but yes three great leadership one-minute tricks; clear goals, timely praising, constructive re-directs BATB lingering thought: but does it work with dinosaurs ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ready to retire in too-big-to-fail conglomerates? itโs my turn now, globally groomed millennials hired to be the change in antique companies ๐ช among Gen X legacy Best for: so what kind of leader do you want to be? Best as: playbook when leading a


Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
BATB score: 7/10 RIP Virginia Giuffre; thank you for this memoir, thank you for fighting the #metoo #Epsteinfiles movement, thank you for shedding light on the corrupted powerfuls Best to: know that Jeffrey Epstein is not an anomaly but the norm Best as: case of the decade Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell vs. 500+ underage trafficked girls BATB lingering thought: I donโt know how you wrap your brain to wanting to have children knowing how messed up this world is; white p


The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
BATB score: 9/10 A slap-in-the-face reality self-check book of how to live as is but happier. #AndThenYouDie โWe are so materially well off, yet so psychologically tormented in so many low-level and shallow ways.โ - common sense made common A book with the most f-words in its sarcastic self-help literature. Best for: people who are finding the meaning of everyday / depressed sad souls, which is truly all of us. Read It!


Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
BATB score: 8/10 Best as: A book on how to work smarter through solving big problems via thinking small Best to: know how to win in a hot dog eating competition. Hysterical. Love the stories. Love the experiments. Best for: seekers of data-driven analysis of random life situations


What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 by Tina Seelig
BATB score: 0.2/10 Proof that books can be outdated. What Tina wish she knew when she was 20 is if she can turn back time to 1978 (when she was literally 20). Best to: A lot has changed, Miss Tina. Best for: skip it.
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