{"id":42214,"date":"2026-01-03T12:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/whatever-your-resolutions-these-books-can-help-kick-off-the-year-with-a-fresh-start\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:11:25","slug":"whatever-your-resolutions-these-books-can-help-kick-off-the-year-with-a-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/whatever-your-resolutions-these-books-can-help-kick-off-the-year-with-a-fresh-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever your resolutions, these books can help kick off the year with a fresh start"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69581b4f04eda4732f2e660b?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Books\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><em>This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You can sign up for <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/subscription\/newsletter\/insider-today\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Business Insider&#039;s daily newsletter here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first Saturday of the new year can be a lot of things: It can feel like the continuation of a very long week or the start of something really special. Whether you&#039;re easing into 2026 or rushing off to reach your goals, it&#039;s a good time to pause before committing to a resolution.<\/p>\n<p>A former manager once told me that reading books is the ultimate achievement cheat code, since most people pretend they don&#039;t have the time and thus miss out on a lot of expertise. As we go into 2026, here are the books on my desk to help me get off to a good start.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For productivity:<\/strong> Robin Sharma&#039;s &quot;The 5 AM Club&quot; drills into the morning routine and how you can use it to jump-start your day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For creativity: <\/strong>I&#039;ve read Rick Rubin&#039;s &quot;The Creative Act&quot; twice, and I&#039;ll start my year with it again. You will be inspired to see the world as it doesn&#039;t already exist after reading this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For mental discipline:<\/strong> Nate Zinsser, the director of West Point&#039;s Performance Psychology Program, details how confidence is actually a skill that can be learned in &quot;The Confident Mind.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For fun:<\/strong> You can&#039;t go wrong with any Jasmine Guillory read, but &quot;The Proposal&quot; is a good one to escape into while you&#039;re cozying up by the fire or enjoying some winter sun.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider&#039;s daily newsletter here. The first Saturday of the new year can be a lot of things: It can feel like the continuation of a very long week or the start of something really special. Whether you&#039;re easing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}