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Patricia Sanders

Patricia Sanders is a freelance writer and editor. She lives in the Azores.

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    Lessons from Legends
    High Performance
    High Performanceby Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes Lessons from Legends

    High Performance podcast hosts Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes draw potent insights from their conversations with more than 150 world-famous high achievers. The bottom line:…

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    Canaries in the Coal Mine
    The Burnout Epidemic
    The Burnout Epidemicby Jennifer Moss Canaries in the Coal Mine

    Burnout doesn’t stem from personal failing; instead, it signals a workplace in need of change. To combat burnout, leaders must show empathy, and work to…

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    Learn Your Own Power – and How to Use It for Good
    You Have More Influence Than You Think
    You Have More Influence Than You Thinkby Vanessa Bohns Learn Your Own Power – and How to Use It for Good

    Your actions, words and mere presence have an impact. An organizational psychologist reveals how to wield that power consciously.

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    Justice for Mothers
    Pregnant Then Screwed
    Pregnant Then Screwedby Joeli Brearley Justice for Mothers

    Women pay a professional and financial price for having children – in employment opportunities, career advancement and salary. In this infuriating, compassionate book, a British…

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    You’ve Done the Antiracism Reading: Now What?
    Me and White Supremacy
    Me and White Supremacyby Layla Saad You’ve Done the Antiracism Reading: Now What?

    Books about antiracism inform, educate, arouse outrage and break the heart. This one aims to turn readers into activists.

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    A Good Antiracist Is Hard to Find
    White Fragility
    White Fragilityby Robin DiAngelo A Good Antiracist Is Hard to Find

    All white Americans are racists, according to sociologist Robin DiAngelo. In White Fragility, she explores the compelling reasons why white progressives, against their own convictions, continue…

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    A Primer on British Racism
    Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
    Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Raceby Reni Eddo-Lodge A Primer on British Racism

    In 2014, British journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge stopped having conversations with white people about race: They weren’t listening. For those who are listening now, her book…

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    An Arc That Doesn’t Bend
    Between the World and Me
    Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates An Arc That Doesn’t Bend

    Will America ever achieve racial justice? And how should Black Americans live while it doesn’t? An influential Black intellectual offers a bleak assessment of the…

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    Happiness Is at Hand
    The Happiness Advantage
    The Happiness Advantageby Shawn Achor Happiness Is at Hand

    Positivity researcher Shawn Achor’s introduction to happiness and how to build it has earned a place in the canon of positivity literature. Get happy –…

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    Not Getting Things Done
    I Didn’t Do the Thing Today
    I Didn’t Do the Thing Todayby Madeleine Dore Not Getting Things Done

    Nobody gets everything done. Extraordinary Routines blogger Madeleine Dore draws on hundreds of interviews with artists, entrepreneurs and other creatives to delve into the reasons – and explains…