📚 September 2025

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It’s the first Sunday of October, so we’re revisiting the books we featured last month.

In case you missed any of these spotlights, here’s your September 2025 recap:

We love to believe success is about talent or hard work. But is that always true?

In Anointed, Toby Stuart reveals why social status quietly shapes our world. He exposes how this hidden hierarchy rules everything from art prices to boardroom conversations and even health disparities.

It’s a fun read, loaded with stories but deeply informed by the underlying social science.

What good is wealth without health?

In Die With Zero, Bill Perkins challenges the conventional wisdom—”get a good job, work hard through endless hours, and then retire in your sixties or seventies and live out your days in your so-called golden years.”

Instead, Perkins makes the case that you should “live your life to the fullest now: Chase memorable life experiences, give money to your kids when they can best use it, donate money to charity while you’re still alive. That’s the way to live life.”

What if aging isn’t a slow, steady decline but a process we influence every day?

In Young Forever, Dr. Mark Hyman suggests that our daily choices—from what’s on our plates to how much we sleep—can help us live longer, healthier, and more vibrantly.

Using the latest science and real stories, he charts a path away from creaky joints and chronic diseases toward more years filled with energy, joy, and meaning.

Ever feel “blah”—like you’re not exactly thriving, but not sinking either? That’s languishing: the overlooked gray area between depression and good mental health.

In Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down, sociologist Corey Keyes unpacks this subtle, widespread feeling—and shows how to move beyond it.

Does your company have a positive and nurturing workplace culture?

In The Power of Employee Well-Being, workplace leadership expert Mark C. Crowley challenges organizations to stop measuring engagement, and instead support employee well-being. The book is a concise guide that managers can use to “help their people thrive, flourish, and perform optimally.”