Some classics as well as some more recent insights.

Good to Great by Jim Collins
Traction by Gino Wickman
Influence, The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
How to Win Customers & Keep Them for Life by Michael LeBoeuf
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
Focus by Daniel Goldman
Strengthsfinders 2.0 by Gallup
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyoskai
Conversational Intelligence by Judith Glaser
Sell it Like Serhant by Ryan Serhant
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Pivot by Jenny Blake
The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson
High Performance Habits by Brendon Buchard
Purple Cow by Seth Godin
Mindset by Carol Dweck
Originals by Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
How to Succeed in Business Without a Penis by Karen Salmansohn
Half-Retire by Jim Muehlhausen
The Edge by Michael Heppell
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
Who not How, by Dan Sullivan & Benjamin Hardy
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Exactly What to Say by Phil M. Jones
Bulldog; Sprit of the New Entrepreneur by Ellie Rubin
Think and Grow Rich, by Napolean Hill
Deep Work, by Cal Newport
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Thrive by Arianna Huffington
The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely
The Right to Write by Julia Cameron
Old Friend from Afar by Natalie Goldberg

Because we can all use new perspective to fuel our growth.

Sparked by Jonathan Fields
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck
Undaunted by Kara Goldin
Living a Magical Life by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
Boundless Potential by Mark S. Walton
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Effortless by Greg McKeown
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Let Go Now: Embracing Detachment by Karen Casey
Best Self by Mike Bayer
The Universe has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein
Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson
The Genius Zone by Gay Hendricks
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Blue Zones by Dan Buettner
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan
A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson
No Opportunity Wasted by Phil Keoghan & Warren Berger
The Gift of an Ordinary Day by Katrina Kenison
E-Squared by Pam Grout

Cookbooks feed my soul — they always have and I suspect they always will. Sometimes just looking at them on my shelf inspires me. If your favourite isn’t listed here, it is more than likely that I just don’t have a copy - yet!

Island Eats by Dawn Postnikoff & Joanne Sasvari (of course)
Okanagan Eats by Dawn Postnikoff and Joanne Sasvari (again)
The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters
The New Your Times Cookbook by Craig Claiborne
Seven Seasons by the team at Stowel Lake Farm
The Oh She Glows Cookbook by Angela Liddon
The New Making of a Cook by Madeleine Kamman
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman
Half Baked Harvest by Teagan Girard
Momofuku: A Cookbook, by David Chang
High Plains; The Joy of Alberta Cuisine by Cinda Chavich
Six California Kitchens by Sally Schmitt
Grazing by Julie Van Rosendaal
Cooking School Cookbook by Lucy Waverman
The SOBO Cookbook by Lisa Ahier
The Hali’imaile General Store Cookbook by Beverly Gannon
The Sliver Palate Cookbook by Rosso & Lukins
Roy’s Feasts from Hawaii by Roy Yamaguchi
The Joy of Woking by Martin Yan
The New Fannie Farmer by Fannie Farmer (1951)
Edible, by Ryder & Topalian
Cedar + Salt, by Acken & Lycopolus
The Best of the Best of Bridge by Best of Bridge Publishing

Some travel, some food — can you really have one without the other?

Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
A Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman
Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink
A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
Real Food Fake Food by Larry Omsted
Bread & Water by Dee Hobsbawn Smith
Cooked by Michael Pollan
Unprocessed by Megan Kimble
Save Me The Plums by Ruth Reichl
Food Artisans of Vancouver Island by Don Genova
The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
A Cook’s Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
A Fork in the Road by Anik See
1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patrica Schultz
Will Write for Food by Dianne Jacob
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler