Chris Guillebeau’s Five Essential Books for Life, the Universe and Everything
??Michael Bungay Stanier
Helping change leaders find the good stuff that works (pod & newsletter). I'm best known for 'The Coaching Habit' ... the best-selling book on coaching this century. Also, a Rhodes Scholar.
Chris Guillebeau is a writer, traveller and entrepreneur. His new book, Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do, is a practical guide for how to feel like you’ve hit the career lottery. Chris is an expert in finding that sweet intersection in the Venn diagram of joy, money and flow.
I can think of no better guest blogger to share his choice of books on life, the universe and everything else. Here we go —
Book 1: The Pale King
By David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace’s unfinished novel is several magnitudes better than a magnum opus by most any other author.
Book 2: Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want
By Barbara Sher with Annie Gottlieb
Barbara Sher started what others became more famous for.
Book 3: In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
By Hampton Sides
You thought Shackleton had it bad? Shackleton made it back.
Book 4: Mrs. Bridge
By Evan S. Connell
This novel of subtle discontent in ordinary life was followed up years later with a twin, written from the perspective of Mr. Bridge.
Book 5: The Book of Strange New Things: A Novel
By Michel Faber
This one defies categorization!
About Chris Guillebeau
During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, Chris Guillebeau visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. Since then he has modelled the proven definition of an entrepreneur: “Someone who will work 24 hours a day for themselves to avoid working 1 hour a day for someone else.”
Chris is the author of The Art of Non-Conformity, The $100 Startup, The Happiness of Pursuit andBorn for This.
Every summer in Portland, Oregon, Chris hosts the World Domination Summit, a gathering of creative, remarkable people, with thousands in attendance. Chris is also the founder of Pioneer Nation, Unconventional Guides and the Travel Hacking Cartel, among numerous other projects.
Connect with Chris
Web: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Twitter: @chrisguillebeau
Facebook: /chrisguillebeau
Instagram: @193countries
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