Bookworm Friday : Five Books Recommendations from Kinga Hepner-Hołda

On daily basis, Kinga is Agile Delivery Lead in Data and Analytics channel. She says: I have been reading tons of books since I learned to read. Some time ago I found out that reading is more relaxing for the brain than sleeping and I truly recommend this activity! Hope you will enjoy my small list.

1. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk

One of the most valuable books about management I have ever read. The experts are talking about how to build rewarding relationships with your kids, but it’s not only about kids. It will help you in every aspect of your life – what to change in your communication so that your private and professional life becomes easier. Thanks to simple language and many examples, it is super easy to understand and implement.

2. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think – Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling

If you want to have your own opinion about the world, not influenced by the mainstream media, you should read this book. It provides a factual world view so that it helps you to THINK, not just listen and believe in what newspapers and TV are showing.

“If you need a break from the mainstream media message about how the world is falling apart, I can highly recommend this fact-filled and super fun book. In fact, I might even suggest that this book should be the starting place for any kind of discussion about economics, politics, and the state of the world in general.” ―Seeking Alpha

3. When I Was a Work of Art - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

A young man says: “Life doesn’t make sense to me anymore”. Suddenly an eccentric artist appears and offers to make him want to live. As a result, the young man gives up his humanity to become a living sculpture. He gives up his humanity to become a work of art living sculpture, called Adam bis. A brilliant story about what freedom really means.

5. Sophie's World – Jostein Gaarder

By 2011 the novel had been translated into fifty-nine languages, with over forty million print copies sold. It follows Sophie Amundsen, a Norwegian teenager who is introduced to the history of philosophy by Alberto Knox, a middle-aged philosopher. This is an excellent introduction to the history of philosophy in a form on a novel with a surprise ending. You cannot rush through it, apparently, it will help to stop and reflect.