Play to Win!: Choosing Growth Over Fear in Work and Life

I bought this book as it was suggested to me by someone at work for my professional career but it also helped me reflect on my personal life. Great and easy read!

I rarely write reviews but this is the stand out book for me this year. There are many books in this field but few that bring all that is important in a very readable and understandable way.

I've been relatively successful at most things in my life, but I've definitely have one shortcoming through all of it: I've been afraid of really putting myself out there and playing to win rather than playing just not to lose. For example, I've always been pretty good at interviews--I've received a job offer after at least half of the interviews I've had in my life. Yet, once I have a job, I haven't always felt all that successful. "Why?", I've asked myself a number of times. I'm intelligent and quite capable. What I feel it has come down to is that I've been playing not to lose. Once I have something, rather than playing for more, I've simply been playing to not lose what I have.This book helped me to recognize a lot of these behaviors in myself. It offers a number of insights as to how to approach life in a winning way. No, it doesn't have all the answers; it does, however, have a lot of good thoughts and ideas. It didn't result in a complete turnaround in my life--I still have plenty of work to do--but it has helped me to look at things in new ways.It's a pretty easy read. There are plenty of colors and pictures, most of it probably unnecessary, but it makes for a pretty book. :) I definitely recommend this one to anybody who feels stuck somewhere in life or who feels like he or she has all the tools but hasn't figured out the attitude to get to what he or she wants in life.

This book is very insightful, I suggest that if you want a new perspective on life. This will help you learn.

For me, this is the quintessential leadership book. It's easy to read, deeply reflective and spot-on accurate. I've gifted this book to dozens of people to help them with their work and life situations and everyone is grateful they read it.