Below is the reading list for Module 3 (M3) of the ISAPS L.I.F.T. Program: Personal Wellbeing. We have created a list of books that will help support your learning in this course.
The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
By Simone Stoljoff. This author and independent journalist and consultant from San Francisco regularly works with leaders, from the Surgeon General of the United States to the Chief Talent Officer at Google. He reminds us the greatest goal is to live a life we are happy with, in which work is one of many facets that make us who we are. He denounces the dangers of burnout and workaholism as symptoms of a deeper root cause: a lack of separation between who we are and what we do. This is a guide to developing a healthier relationship to work using cases of people who have successfully done so.
Reboot – Leadership and the Art of Growing Up
By Jerry Colonna. Colonna is an executive coach whose company uses “radical self-inquiry” as the key to improving our sense of self and personal balance. This book advocates designing a more conscious life and making the needed changes to our careers to improve performance and satisfaction. Reboot offers strategies to reset our goals and to reconnect with our deepest selves and with each other in order to be better and more holistic leaders. Reboot empowers us to begin the journey.
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
By Henry Marsh. New York Times Bestseller and brain surgeon Marsh explores his experience of holding someone's life in his hands and the complexities of modern medicine. An unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of a life dedicated to operating, in all its exquisite complexity. Marsh reveals the exhilarating drama of surgery, the chaos and confusion of a busy modern hospital, and above all the need for hope when faced with life's most agonising decisions. See also “Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery” where after four decades operating on the human brain, in retirement from the NHS he reflects on the experiences that shaped his career and life, gaining a deeper understanding of what matters in the end.
