The Bloom Bookshelf
The Bloom Bookshelf
Books do more than inform us, they transform us! The titles you’ll find here are hand-picked favourites that have personally shaped the way I think, work, and live. Each one has challenged me to see the world differently, helped me build confidence, and supported me in navigating workplace challenges and shifting limiting perspectives. I’m sharing them with you because I believe they can open the same doors of clarity, growth, and renewal that they opened for me.
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This was the first book that truly put things into perspective for me and gave me the courage to take charge of my life. 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think isn’t just a collection of essays, it’s a mirror that challenges how you see yourself, your work, and the world around you! Brianna Wiest’s writing taught me to value purpose over passion, to embrace the lessons hidden in everyday routines, and to recognise the thought patterns shaping my reality. It was my entry point into deeper self-awareness, and I recommend it because it can spark the same shift for you.
A couple of years after discovering 101 Essays, I found myself ready to face hard situations head on—and to take massive steps I never imagined I could. This book, The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest, arrived at the perfect time. It reminded me that while challenges often come from others, sometimes they can also come from within. Through stories and strategies, it reveals how to stop resisting change, how to understand the patterns holding us back, and how to step out of our own way.
For me, it was a call to do the deep internal work. To dig into resilience, let go of what no longer served me, and build the strength to climb challenges I once thought were impossible.
This book was recommended to me by a colleague who said it reflected my own moral obligations in society, and it did not disappoint. Moral Ambition is a powerful reminder that in the face of adversity, choosing to do the right thing is not only possible, but essential. It reaffirmed my belief that ambition and integrity can and should, go hand in hand.
This isn’t a book about business strategy, it’s about something lasting.
It changed how I see myself and my work, showing me the principles that guide real excellence. Rooted in science and shaped by conversations with extraordinary people, these ideas have become the foundation of my brand. I hope it does the same for you.
People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call.
He calls them atomic habits.
In this ground-breaking book, Clears reveals exactly how these minuscule changes can grow into such life-altering outcomes. He uncovers a handful of simple life hacks (the forgotten art of Habit Stacking, the unexpected power of the Two Minute Rule, or the trick to entering the Goldilocks Zone), and delves into cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience to explain why they matter. Along the way, he tells inspiring stories of Olympic gold medalists, leading CEOs, and distinguished scientists who have used the science of tiny habits to stay productive, motivated, and happy.
Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.
Money – investing, personal finance, and business decisions – is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together.