Book Review: Gratitude at Work
This is a great little book by an impressive Nebraska author, April Kelly. Kelly was an early employee at both X.com (PayPal) and LinkedIn. With her history, you might imagine Kelly’s book would be filled with advice on selecting great startups (and maybe this will be the topic of her next book). Instead she ties many new business ideas (followership, humanitarian capitalism, positive psychology) together with the concept of gratitude.
The book has a fresh perspective on these ideas and is an easy read for those without a lot of time. Especially nice are the action boxes which provide specific guidance regarding the concepts described in the book. The more action oriented and the gratitude challenged amongst us will find these especially helpful.
Gratitude itself is a timely topic. Today’s Wall Street Journal included an article by Sue Shellenbarger entitled “Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work” which cited gratitude as one of the major ”happiness-inducing techniques.”
The Omaha Public Library has four copies of the book which can also be purchased from the publisher, Woohoo Press or Amazon. Besides having the best publisher name ever created, Woohoo Press is also a Nebraska business. I for one hope April Kelly keeps writing. Read the book and I bet you will too.
