Business Book Exchange

Jacq and Michelle discuss Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads, "On Managing Yourself," exploring how to double down on strengths, manage energy, find work-life symbiosis, and avoid babysitting other people's "monkeys." We sat down for a candid, unscripted conversation about the book HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself. We were a little surprised by the enduring wisdom in these classic articles (many are almost 20 years old!) and how the advice applies to freelancers and solopre...

For freelancers and business owners: Learn to free up your time by applying Jenny Blake's Align, Design, Assign framework to eliminate busy work and love your business again. In this episode of the Business Book Exchange, we explore Free Time: Lose the Busy Work, Love Your Business by Jenny Blake. On the front cover, Cal Newport said that Blake's book is "[a]n important vision of entrepreneurship." Is Blake's book also an important vision of "freelancership"? Listen in to hear us discus...

Dive into the classic creativity guide, "The Artist's Way," by Julia Cameron, through a freelance business owner's lens. This book might sound like it's just for artists, but we think it's required reading for every human. (We're all creative!) For freelancers and business owners looking to build confidence and creative flow in their writing, work, and business, this book is a helpful guide, offering deep reflection and excavating limiting stories around fear and perfectioni...

Explore "Anything You Want" by Derek Sivers to discover timeless lessons on entrepreneurship, customer service, and building a business you love. What kind of business do you actually WANT to build? Derek Sivers answers this important question in an elegant, humorous, and brief way in his manifesto/book, Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur. This book is a quick read that packs a powerful punch, filled with insights for rethinking your business approach. We...

Is Tim Ferriss's "The 4-Hour Workweek," still relevant almost 20 years later? Discover the classic's timeless principles and how they apply to modern freelance work and life. Show Notes: In this inaugural episode, we dive into Tim Ferriss’s classic book, The 4-Hour Workweek. Each of us re-read this book on our own and then came together to share our biggest takeaways and what still resonates with us today as two freelance entrepreneurs. We share our initial experience with the boo...