We have rung in the new year.  Welcome 2023!  As we start fresh, maybe you are a resolution person and have set your mind to tackle the short and long term goals.  Perhaps you decided to select a word to focus on for the year; truth, compassion, love.  With new beginnings comes the opportunity to try something new.  There is a renewed sense of purpose and energy to tackle whatever may lie ahead.  This month we’ve rounded up a few books focused on new beginnings.  They may spark an idea or reassure the passion you’ve found in this new year.

Change Your Habits, Change Your Life: Strategies That Transformed 177 Average People Into Self-Made Millionaires   

Tom Corley                https://amzn.to/2KEI5xz   

Change Your Habits Change Your Life shares the strategies and habits that helped 177 self-made millionaires transform their lives and amass enourmous wealth. You will also learn about those habits that hold you back in life from achieving success and happiness. By using the habit change strategies in this book, readers will aquire the three characteristics of success, setting them on a path that will alter their very lives for the better.                                   

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less   

Greg McKeown            https://amzn.to/2Z32xfa   

Have you ever felt the urge to declutter your work life? Do you often find yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you frequently busy but not productive? Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist.               

Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols   

Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez    https://amzn.to/2z4zUnu   

This visual and accessible communication guidebook will show you how Apple, Starbucks, IBM, charity: water, and others have mobilized people to embrace bold changes.To envision the future is one thing, getting others to go there with you is another. By harnessing the power of persuasive communication you, too, can turn your idea into a movement.                                                                           

Smart Choices: The Practical Guide to Making Better Life Decisions.   

John Hammond            https://amzn.to/2KAATSV   

In this book from the three leading authorities on decision-making, readers learn how to approach all types of decisions with a simple set of skills developed by professors from Harvard, MIT, and the University of Southern California.                                                                       

Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship   
J. DeMarco         https://amzn.to/2YWC0Fc   

Life is not about forfeiting Monday-thru-Friday, paying bills for 50 years and then dying. It's time to win more than a paycheck and a 2 week vacation. Win back your freedom. Your dreams. And your life.                                                                                                   

Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals

Michael Hyatt                https://amzn.to/31LhjJg