Winging It: Stop Thinking, Start Doing: Why Action Beats Planning Every Time

An exuberant guide to getting motivated and working toward one’s goals arrives from Isaacs, a first-time author and the founder and CEO of networking platform Business Chicks. Rejecting the “idea of having your life in perfect equilibrium,” Isaacs writes that she simply tries “to bring more health and sanity into my life” whenever she can, without worrying about getting it completely right. Isaacs bolsters her advice with stories from her career, and illustrates the importance of listening to one’s intuition by recounting her ill-fated partnership with a high-flying event producer whose promises always seemed a little too good to be true, though Isaacs “couldn’t quite put my finger on why.” The book shines the most when Isaacs delivers her message of banishing fear of failure, realizing that everyone is just making it up as they go along, and having “the flexibility to pivot and weave when the situation calls for it.” When she ends by asking “what are you waiting for?” readers are likely to feel she’s asking a very good question. Gutsy and go-for-the-gold, this caffeinated guide delivers. (Sept.)