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10 Good Reads Expand your skills, gain insight, and get inspired with these top picks. Opportunity Knocks: How Hard Work, Community, and Business Can Improve Lives and End Poverty By Senator Tim Scott Sen. Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the Senate and the son of a single mother from North Charleston, South Carolina, learned that "failure isn't failure unless you quit." In Opportunity Knocks, Scott discusses his belief that investment and commerce are the best ways to rebuild our most impoverished communities. is is the idea behind his signature piece of legislation, the "opportunity zones" program, which has led to rising home values in otherwise impoverished areas. In Opportunity Knocks, Sen. Scott tells his life story with a focus on adversity and opportunity while teaching readers about the principles of hard work. Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life By Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein In her book e Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo taught readers how to declutter their homes. In Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life, Kondo returns to bring those lessons to the office. Kindo joins Rice University business professor Scott Sonenshein to offer stories, studies, and strategies to help you eliminate clutter that's piling atop your desk, clogging your calendar, and infiltrating your personal networks. Let Joy at Work help you make space for work. Coach to Coach: An Empowering Story About How to Be a Great Leader By Martin Rooney In Coach to Coach, Martin Rooney argues that everyone is a coach in some way. Whether you're a parent, a teacher, a co-worker, or a leader, you are also a coach. Rooney, a former U.S. bobsledder, Division I track athlete, and creator of Training for Warriors, asks, "Which kind of coach do you want to be?" In Coach to Coach, Rooney helps you answer this question and shares the secrets to bringing out the best in a person, both on and off the field. Learn how to inspire and motivate the people around you and turn your natural skills and talents into your own unique "coaching" style. Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy Can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fearless, and Building a Serious Career By Peter McGraw What do comedians know about killing it in business? Just ask a behavioral economist who teaches MBAs by day and decodes comedy by night. In Shtick to Business, Dr. Peter McGraw, a business school professor, professional speaker, and founder of the Humor Research Lab—translates the workings of the world's funniest people into professional success. McGraw utilizes research, case studies, and his own comedy success and failure to reveal business lessons from the masters of comedy, from Groucho Marx to Dave Chappelle. McGraw's insights are intended to build new skills, including enhanced creativity, better decision-making, and a marketing mindset for a better business career.