Need some motivation to start the new year off right? Check out these 6 recommendations everywhere audiobooks are sold!

All It Takes Is A Goal:The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential

Written by Jon Acuff

Performed by Jon Acuff

When New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff got curious about tapping into his full potential, he launched a research study with Dr. Mike Peasley. They asked more than three thousand people if they felt they were living up to their full potential. Fifty percent of people reported that 50 percent of their full potential is untapped. That means half of us are walking around with half-lives. No wonder Twitter is so grumpy.

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You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult

Written by Lane Moore

Performed by Lane Moore

From Lane Moore, the critically acclaimed author of How to Be Alone, comes an intimate yet achingly funny guide on how to make meaningful friendships as an adult.

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The Questions that Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom

Written by Jane Smiley

Performed by Jane Smiley

Long acclaimed as one of America’s preeminent novelists, Jane Smiley is also an unparalleled observer of the craft of writing. In The Questions That Matter Most this Pulitzer Prize–winning writer offers steady and penetrating essays on some of the aesthetic and cultural issues that mark any serious engagement with reading and writing.

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Diva 2.0: 12 Life Lessons From Me To You

Written by Sheryl Lee Ralph

Performed by Sheryl Lee Ralph

Emmy, Tony and Spirit Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph knows a thing or two about staying power in the capricious world of Hollywood. A seasoned professional who has taken the best lessons learned and used them to move her stellar career forward, she now shares them with you.

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Say It Out Loud: Using the Power of Your Voice to Listen to Your Deepest Thoughts and Courageously Pursue Your Dreams

Written by Vasavi Kumar

Performed by Vasavi Kumar

Use verbal prompts and practices to become the person you want to be. When wellness star Vasavi Kumar suggests “saying it out loud,” she means it literally. Years of journaling in an attempt to learn about herself and meet her goals hadn’t worked, so she decided to talk to herself instead, out loud and with the compassion of a best friend. She used this technique as she journeyed through the challenges of being the daughter of Indian immigrants, a bipolar diagnosis, substance abuse, and recovery.

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My Father’s List: How Living My Dad’s Dreams Set Me Free

Written by Laura Carney

Performed by Laura Carney

On the cusp of middle age, a newlywed journalist discovers and finishes the bucket list of her late free-spirited father. Fifty-four adventures in six years. That’s what thirty-eight-year-old journalist Laura Carney embarked on when she discovered her late father Mick’s bucket list. My Father’s List is the story of how one woman—with the help of family, friends, and even strangers—found the courage to go after her own dreams after realizing those of a beloved yet mysterious man. 

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