The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life

Lou Lomas ❤️ loved this book because...

I realised earlier in 2024 that I needed to do some work on my own self-worth, and this is by far the best of the half dozen books I read at the time.

Jamie's really an inspiration, having built her cosmetics business (IT Cosmetics) up from nothing, selling it on QVC as well as more lately interviewing Oprah!

As a person who was adopted as a child and who's been through some difficult times, she's a great person to learn from and to draw inspiration from, too.

Highly recommended!

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By Jamie Kern Lima ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Worthy as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

What has self-doubt already cost you in your life? WORTHY is how you change that.

Imagine what you'd do if you FULLY believed in YOU! When you stop doubting your greatness, build unshakable self-worth and embrace who you are, you transform your entire life! WORTHY teaches you how, with simple steps that lead to life-changing results!

"In life, you don't soar to the level of your hopes and dreams, you stay stuck at the level of your self-worth. In your business, leadership, relationships, friendships and ambitions, you don't rise to what you believe is possible,…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Multi-Hyphen Life: Work Less, Create More, and Design a Life That Works for You

Lou Lomas ❤️ loved this book because...

As someone who's got lots of interests, and who's working on their own digital solopreneur business, I found this book extraordinarily helpful.

Life in the 21st Century is hard, and this was a book which gave me a lot of ideas and food for thought about how to navigate it.

Emma's writing style is like talking to a friend. If you're looking to start a business in 2025, you could do a lot worse than picking up this book!

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By Emma Gannon ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Multi-Hyphen Life as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

If you've been itching to convert your craft into a career, your side-hustle into a start-up, or just want to think about work-life balance in a new way, then The Multi-Hyphen Life is for you.

In The Multi-Hyphen Life, award-winning British author-podcaster Emma Gannon explains that it doesn't matter if you're a part-time PA with a blog, or an accountant who runs an online store in the evenings—whatever your ratio, whatever your mixture, we can all channel our own entrepreneurial spirit to live more fulfilled and financially healthy lives.

Technology allows us to work wherever, whenever, and enables us to…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Gender and Our Brains: How New Neuroscience Explodes the Myths of the Male and Female Minds

Lou Lomas ❤️ loved this book because...

As a non-male who's worked in a male-dominated industry for most of my working life (software/web development), I've always been fascinated about whether there really is any difference between male & female brains.

The author very deftly dissects the studies and media reports from recent years and makes sense of them with aplomb.

Fascinating stuff!

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By Gina Rippon ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Gender and Our Brains as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A breakthrough work in neuroscience—and an incisive corrective to a long history of damaging pseudoscience—that finally debunks the myth that there is a hardwired distinction between male and female brains
 
We live in a gendered world, where we are ceaselessly bombarded by messages about sex and gender. On a daily basis, we face deeply ingrained beliefs that sex determines our skills and preferences, from toys and colors to career choice and salaries. But what does this constant gendering mean for our thoughts, decisions and behavior? And what does it mean for our brains?

Drawing on her work as a professor…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

The Bad Habit Kicker

By Lou Lomas ,

Book cover of The Bad Habit Kicker

What is my book about?

Are you struggling to stop falling again and again into using habits that frustrate you and no longer work for you?

Are you damaging your health because you can’t stop smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol?

Do you use destructive eating habits to deal with (or hide from) difficult emotions?

Are you stuck in a relationship despite telling yourself over and over that you’ll get out?

Or do you feel as if your life has far more potential and that you’re holding yourself back because you just cannot make a change, and make it stick, even though you know it will help you to lead a better life?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then The Bad Habit Kicker can help you! If you’re looking to improve your life, to build an existence beyond your wildest dreams, you can, first, by understanding why we do the things we do, forgiving yourself, and then learning how to associate present-day decisions and actions more strongly with the negative impact they’ll have on your life in the future - without having to spend a fortune on therapy or committing hours of your day to doing so.

If you can free up just ten minutes a day, then you can implement this system and turn your life around, breaking your bad habits and making room for good ones, allowing yourself to move towards becoming the person you know you're destined to be, permanently! Why not give it a try?

Book cover of Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life
Book cover of The Multi-Hyphen Life: Work Less, Create More, and Design a Life That Works for You
Book cover of Gender and Our Brains: How New Neuroscience Explodes the Myths of the Male and Female Minds

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