When I was 17 years old, I used to work and study for about 20 hours a day. I went to school, did my homework during breaks and managed a not-for-profit organization at night. At that time, working long hours landed me countless national campaigns, opportunities to work with A-list organizations and a successful career. As I got older, I started to think differently. I realized that working more is not always the right, or only, path to success.

At the start of every summer the organizers of the TED speaking conference take pity on those of us looking for book suggestions to fill up our beach bags or e-readers for the summer, asking some of the smartest people to grace their stage what book they’d want to take with them to a desert island.

Every year’s list is a goldmine of eclectic ideas, from business books to page turners to graphic novels, but 2019 is a true bumper crop of great reads. The complete list runs to 151 ideas. Here’s a small selection to get you started.

At my new job, I’m using Bash to automate some processes and I’m learning a LOT from actually being around other developers.

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Let’s do an exercise: Take a minute to define your ideal work-life balance. Think about how you’ll divide your time between these two parts of your day — the personal and the professional — and how you’ll transition between them.