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The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to

Speed Faster and Smarter
by Michael D. Watkins
Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the big-
gest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed
changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps
made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success.

In this updated and expanded version of the international bestseller The First 90 Days, Michael D.
Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of transitions—no matter where you
are in your career. Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions and adviser to senior leaders
in all types of organizations, also addresses today’s increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers face
not only more frequent transitions but also steeper expectations once they step into their new jobs.

By walking you through every aspect of the transition scenario, Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls new leaders
encounter and provides the tools and strategies you need to avoid them. You’ll learn how to secure critical early wins, an
important first step in establishing yourself in your new role. Each chapter also includes checklists, practical tools, and
self-assessments to help you assimilate key lessons and apply them to your own situation.

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joy-

ful Life
by Bill Burnett
Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or
home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything
in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or
team of designers seeks to solve.

In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life
that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have
done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing
technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy,
constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

“Designing Your Life walks readers through the process of building a satisfying, meaningful life by approaching the chal-
lenge the way a designer would. Experimentation. Wayfinding. Prototyping. Constant iteration. You should read the book.
Everyone else will.”
—Daniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
by Elizabeth Gilbert (Author)

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth
Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to
share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant
generosity, she offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to em-
brace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love,
and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we
need in order to live our most creative lives. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful
pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the “strange jewels” that are hidden within each of
us. Whether we are looking to write a book, make art, find new ways to address challenges in our
work, embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic
cracks open a world of wonder and joy.