Book Reviews
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOREVER SKILLS
By Kieran Flanagan & Dan Gregory RRP $29.95
Book Reviews
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In a changing world with growing reliance on Artificial Intelligence, algorithms hacking our lives and whole industries being disrupted overnight, what skills will matter most for work, business and life in the future? How can you future proof yourself, your organisation and your kids? Best-selling authors Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory have written a practical, research-based guide on the 12 ‘forever skills’ you need to get ahead in business and life regardless of what’s changing around us. Interviewing hundreds of successful business people, educators, futurists, economist and historians, Kieran and Dan reveal the key skills we need to develop in ourselves, our workplaces and our children that will always be critical to success in business and in life. Readers learn the key 12 skills:
• Creativity: Insight, Conversion, Problem Solving & Agility
• Communication: Influence, Team Building, Trust & Translation
• Control: Self-control, Resource management, Order & Implementation
It’s time to look beyond the things changing around us and focus on the things that won’t change within us. Practical and accessibly written, Forever Skills empowers you with the knowledge needed to future proof yourself and those around you for a successful future.
SIMPLE SOULFUL SACRED
By Tracey Horton RRP $24.95 Available from www.traceyhorton.com
First-time Australian author, Tracey Horton has taken out the highly-prestigious Exceptional Woman of Excellence Award at the Women Economic Forum in New Delhi, India. The book is a confronting, yet inspiring and uplifting account of how Ms Horton overcame childhood abuse and hurt, emerging gracefully and lovingly on to calm waters after navigating unimaginable turbulence early on in life. Tracey has packed the book with deep insights into understanding one's self and others, with unashamed references to her own experiences with abuse and brokenness. Not one to wallow in self-pity, Ms Horton has always had an unshakable compassion for others, and helping and inspiring people has long been a passion for this gifted communicator.
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The Unhappy Smile is the first of three books to be released, and contains a strong thread guiding its readers toward becoming the very best versions of their authentic selves.
Let’s face it, we live in a time where a busy, fast paced existence has become the new normal. Many of us are struggling to find the balance between our personal and professional lives and often lose track of our dreams and the things that matter to us. We’re striving for a definition of success that isn’t necessarily our own, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
DEAR LINDY
By Megan Dalla-Camina RRP $ $22.99
Renowned women’s mentor and bestselling author Megan Dalla-Camina draws upon decades of experience helping modern women rise to provide a guidebook for those wanting to learn how to lead a more meaningful, purposeful and soul aligned life. Megan shows readers how to get clear on what you truly want, own your feminine power and claim what’s sacred. Written with the time-poor reader in mind, the book includes 200 short-form chapters which explore themes of simplicity, livelihood, wellbeing, comfort, soulfulness, consciousness, courage, sacredness, womanhood and sovereignty – all too often lost in the busyness and distractions of daily life.
BEING YOU By Maggie Eyre $32.99 Available from www.exislepublishing.com and wherever good books are sold
In this social media obsessed age, there has never been a time when there are so many opportunities to get your personal branding just right – or horribly and very publicly wrong. Maggie Eyre has been helping people navigate the treacherous terrain of managing the way the world perceives them since Mark Zuckerberg was a gleam in his mother’s eye. In her new book, Being You, Maggie shows you how to communicate your business and increase your brand awareness, both face to face and on digital platforms, including a comprehensive social media strategy. It provides practical tips to reach your target audience and land your message, while sharing the secrets of some of the world’s biggest personal brands — from Oprah Winfrey to Roger Federer — on how they grew their audiences and achieved success. It’s practical, authoritative, inspirational and illustrated with stories and case studies based on Maggie’s own international work and experience.
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THE UNHAPPY SMILE
Ladies GOLF Summer/Autumn 2019/20 • ISSUE 26
By Alana Valentine RRP $39.99 Available from www.booktopia.com.au
The Azaria Chamberlain case was one of the most followed and documented murder trials in Australia’s history. As Lindy Chamberlain mourned the death of her baby daughter Azaria, taken by a dingo from a campsite at Uluru in 1980, she was tried and convicted in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. The nation responded with grief, rage, prejudice and remorse to Lindy directly, through thousands of letters. In the book Dear Lindy author and playwright Alana Valentine provides a selection of letters sent to Lindy throughout her ordeal, as shared in Alana’s play, Letters to Lindy. The public made their own ruling in the case that divided Australia, shown in the hurtful, supportive, accusatory or sympathetic letters received by Lindy. Some of the letters are full of vitriol; some include bizarre theories. More are compassionate, sent by mothers, by people of faith or by those who had suffered similar tragedies. We hear directly from Lindy too, in candid conversations with the author, her foreword and a letter she wrote to her 16-year-old self. Dear Lindy is a fascinating time capsule of 1980s and 1990s Australia, reflecting our changing attitudes to Lindy Chamberlain and how far we've come as a nation.
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