Hey, I’m Reuben and welcome to my weekly blog. Each week I dig into the goals, habits, routines, and strategies behind the Elite Operators in the sports industry. All so you can accelerate your career and make an impact in sport.

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The holiday period is fast approaching (not fast enough for some!) Amongst all the food and festivities, it’s also a great chance to finally get some time to yourself. If you’re like me it’s, also a good chance to digest some books are reset your intentions for another year in the sports industry.

To help you get an idea of what books to dive into, here are 7 books being read by elite operators on the SportsGrad Podcast:

1. How will you measure your life by Clayton Christensen

Recommended by Aarti Dabas, Chief Media Officer at Formula E

2. Dare to lead by Brene Brown

Recommended by Parth Suri, Community Engagment Officer at the Adelaide Crows FC

3. The Decision Book by Mikael Krogerus ans Roman Tschappeler

Recommended by Shane Liyanage, Data Analyst to Australian Open Champion, Aryna Sabalenka

4. Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

Recommended by Jordan Iannuzzi, Global Partnerships at Australian Open and ex- New York Redbulls

5. Lean in by Sheryl Sandberg

Recommended by Melissa Lawton, Chief Content Officer at Sail GP

6. Tribes by Seth Godin

Recommended by Adrian Tobin, Founder & Chief Design Officer of Kinlab

7. Split the pie by Barry Nalebuff

Recommended by Pete Williams, Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Marketer who Forbes recently called, “one entrepreneur today that every marketer should be modelling,”

Pete is actually running our next SportsGrad Pro Masterclass on November 30 on all things ‘Negotiation’!

Pete is one of the smartest and savviest business people you’ll meet, you famously “Sold the MCG for $1M”.

If negotiation is something you need in your job (or life!) then don’t miss out on the chance to learn from Pete.

As always, these sessions are recorded for SportsGrad Pro Members to watch whenever they like (kind of like Netflix, but for the sports industry).

To get involved, make sure you apply to become a SportsGrad Pro Member

That’s all for today. If you’ve got any other recommendations, I’d love to hear them. Shoot me a message to let me know what you’re reading.

Go well,

Reuben 🧡