The gift of books.

Martha Beck worked for 5 years to write, "Beyond Anxiety" in addition to the 30+ year career that enabled her to write it. She is going above and beyond to teach us to live a full-life beyond anxiety by holding our hand through the journey.

Seth Godin wrote "This is Strategy" and "This is Marketing", books that teach us in intricate detail what he has learned about strategy and marketing over his brilliant career. He is helping us apply these concepts in our own work, whether it's a hobby project or a multi-billion dollar business.

Rosamund Zander and Benjamin Zander wrote The Art of Possibility. A book that teaches us 12 practices that keep enabling people and organizations to engage with possibility and do much more than they ever imagined.

Richard Schwartz has written "No Bad Parts" and "You are the one you've been waiting for", books that help you understand the Internal Family Systems approach and apply it to your personal, professional and intimate life.

I can keep going. James Clear taught us about habits, Greg McKeown wrote Effortless, Liz Gilbert magically teaches us how to engage with Big Magic.

Books are not only amazing gifts to people you care about. They are also gifts from the authors to you. They are their way of teaching us and helping us understand and apply what they have learned in their life the hard way. What could be a better gift?