We know you’re always looking for your next good read, so we have some great recommendations.
Every month, you’ll receive team CGF’s top picks of books to help you improve your finances, advance your career, practice self-care, or get lost in a fantasy world.
Here is our list of September book recommendations.
If you’ve read any of these books before? Let us know in the comments.
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Finance pick: The Psychology of Money - Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
You might be surprised to learn that money management isn’t just about numbers and spreadsheets. Personal finance is about behavior. Our financial decisions are often influenced by emotions, personal experiences, pride, and ego.Â
So, if you want a better understanding of money, you must understand how people think about money. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel reveals how to better understand and navigate one of life’s most crucial subjects: money.
Self-help pick: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
It can be easy to neglect our mental health. We prioritize work, family, social life, chores, and everything else before we take care of ourselves. Then, when we’re burnt out, we wonder what went wrong.Â
If you’ve been struggling to prioritize your mental health, Dr. Juile Smith’s book Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before provides practical everyday tips that will teach you how to maintain your mental health no matter what’s going on in your life.
Business/Career pick: Power Moves - How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose
Being a woman with a career can be challenging. There’s constant pressure from outside forces to work hard, stand out, and excel at it all. Then there’s the internal pressure that comes from comparing ourselves to others, self-judgment, and perfectionism.Â
For women struggling to make it in their careers, Power Moves is for you. It’s pretty much a handbook for professional women. Lauren McGoodwin teaches women to utilize power moves and let go of shame and self-doubt. She also shares insights on how to make financial decisions that will better their future.
Fiction Pick: Silo Series (3 book series)
For the first time, The Silo Saga Omnibus compiles the entirety of Hugh Howey’s groundbreaking and best-selling series, featuring the novels Wool, Shift, and Dust.Â
In a future where humanity clings to survival within an underground silo, strict rules are all that stand between life and death. The most unbreakable of these laws forbids any mention of the outside world—under penalty of exile and certain death. But when the silo’s sheriff dares to defy this rule, a new and unlikely hero emerges Juliette, a fearless mechanic from the silo’s depths who excels at fixing machines and breaking the rules.
As Juliette challenges the oppressive order of this underground society, she uncovers secrets that could shatter the fragile world they’ve built. What happens when a world held together by rules faces someone who refuses to follow them? And when everything starts to fall apart, who will rise to put it back together?
Personal development pick: The Art of Letting GO - How to Let Go of the Past, Look Forward to the Future, and Finally Enjoy the Emotional Freedom You Deserve!
Has anyone ever told you that you need to let it go? That time your mom made you angry, the time your ex-boyfriend broke your heart? Everyone tells you to let your emotional turmoil go, but it's easier said than done.
Thankfully, some people know that forgetting the past isn’t simple.
The Art of Letting Go can help those struggling with regrets, resentment, painful memories, and stress.
Through reading this book, you’ll be able to let go of the emotional baggage that prevented you from truly being happy. More than a simple self-help book, it’s a complete tool kit to help you overcome your emotional anguish.
You’ll receive 21 strategies to help you retrain your brain and let go of negative thoughts so you can live a more positive and rewarding life.
Which new season reads will you choose?
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Happy reading!