I love reading, learning and exploring new idea’s. It may be obvious by the background, and it is to those who know me. I am often quoting books or recommended reads to those I network with and mentor.

Picking up on a suggestion a couple of months ago, via WUN, I am sharing some of my most favourite reads, and why I think they are great and useful or helpful. It was difficult to curate a short list, so it a long one…  52! A book a week for the year ahead ☺️  Hayley Monks, WUN Co-Founder & Director.

– For clarity – having been asked this (by someone who is trying to keep pace!) I am not reading a book a week! I have read these books over the years and these are my favourites… some of them I am re-reading….

Recommended reads  Week 1-15 can be found here  & Week 16-26 here 

I Love books 📚 (27 of 52)

Will it make the boat go faster? by Ben Hun Davis & Harriet Beverage. Such a great title and ethos when helping to drive commitment and focus towards a common goal.

My book, signed by Ben, who wrote inside ‘ How will you make your boat go faster’ was given to me after he his finished a talk with a bunch of leaders from Centrica.

Events and opportunities like this was one of the added benefits of working for such a large organisation.

If you haven’t read it – and many have.. there are many simple lessons.

The book tells the sorty of the Mens Rowing Eight who won Olympic Gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and how a absolute ruthless focus on the goals and daily, weekly and monthly actions taken to work towards those goals.

Shall we go to the pub? Will that make the boat go faster? No! No pub then… 🤔

It was also the first time I came across the word ‘Bouncebackability’ which I love and identify with. Sh!t happens.. accept, reflect, learn, plan, get up and get back on it… until the next time 🙂

So using Ben’s words, whatever your focus / goal is.. “How will you make your boat go faster?”