Episode 381: Your Improvement: Books for Summer & Life
From The Smart Thinking Podcast by Ted Neitzke IV
June 7, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 382
About this episode
Ted shares a curated list of texts to enhance personal and leadership growth during the summer.
Ted had crafted a list of texts to read so that you can invest in yourself this summer as a person and leader. These texts will bring you opportunities to practice self-empathy, mindfulness, well-being, and seek meaning. As he explains in this episode - reading matters for all elements of your life and once in a while we need to step away from reading books about our field or content and focus on ourselves. These texts will help you grow, inspire you, empower you and entertain you! Poetry Changes Lives, Christopher Burns On Th e Shortness of Life, Seneca The Mental Health Playbook, Amy Morin Eat Like A Sardinian, Francesco Mattana It Wasn’t Meant To Be Perfect, Gaelynn Lea Unplugged, Tom Freston The Meaning of Life, Robert Brooks
People in this episode
Host: Ted Neitzke IV
Topics covered
- self-improvement
- reading
- mindfulness
- well-being
- personal growth
- leadership
Keywords
- self-empathy
- mindfulness
- well-being
- personal development
- reading list
- leadership books
- summer reading
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Poetry Changes Lives, On The Shortness of Life, The Mental Health Playbook, Eat Like A Sardinian, It Wasn’t Meant To Be Perfect, Unplugged, The Meaning of Life
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