New Book Releases to Watch This Holiday Season
In 2025, have you started reading yet? What great books have you read?
In 2025, these books are responding to the world from different perspectives—diving into the deep sea, looking back at home, dissecting time, and reconstructing order—together, they are piecing together a new chapter in human cognition, and we hope to provide you with more energy for your new journey.
Whether you're a career elite seeking to grasp the pulse of the times, a social observer curious about economic phenomena, or a wealth seeker seeking new perspectives on investment and financial management, this list of books will be a valuable companion on your winter reading journey.
I hope at least one of these books will provide you with a forward-looking and inspiring new perspective and thinking on the world, society, and individuals.
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey
This is one of Forbes' ten most influential management books of all time. It is extremely helpful for cultivating personal mindset. It helps companies build a solid, trusting culture from the inside out, allowing employees to deeply experience the power of the seven habits.
Many people, seeing the title of this book, might think it's just another success story. However, a classic remains a classic, unmatched by ordinary books. Some people wonder, "We've learned so many principles, why can't we live a fulfilling life?" One reason might be that they haven't applied and put these principles into practice.
"The Art of Life" by Kazuo Inamori
This book is the magnum opus of Japanese entrepreneur Kazuo Inamori, hailed as Japan's premier self-help book of the 21st century. Through his own actions, the author guides us on how to find joy in life and enjoy a fulfilling, blissful existence. These principles may seem like generalities, but a closer look reveals their essence.
Kazuo Inamori shares his own personal experience, using simple, concise language to explain his unique philosophy of life, helping countless people find meaning in life in times of uncertainty. Managers will learn the true path to business development, and employees will experience the highest level of "the way of being."
Kazuo Inamori believes that the meaning of life lies in continuously improving one's character, cultivating one's soul, and leaving this world with a soul at a higher level than when one entered.
When the purpose of life is to refine the soul, all the problems and even hardships a person encounters in this world will become aids, not obstacles. When our goal is to serve our life experiences, rather than letting life serve our goals, we can truly unleash our potential and live out our unique gifts.
"Cognitive Nature" by Peter Brown
This book, the culmination of 10 years of research by 11 cognitive psychologists, for the first time proposes the close connection between human cognition and learning, providing a thorough understanding of the universal laws of the human learning process. It breaks down existing learning misconceptions and reveals simple learning rules that are most beneficial to the brain in this "complex age."
In an era where everyone advocates lifelong learning, knowledge anxiety has become a common affliction. Have you ever found that information you painstakingly memorized is quickly forgotten within two or three days? Have you read a lot of books, but you're almost done with the whole thing, but can't remember the details of the story? Or, even though you've memorized the materials for a report and practiced them repeatedly in private, you still miss something when you're in the same room with your boss...
Why is it that our efforts are never proportional to our rewards? Because the methods you use don't challenge your brain or strengthen it, you're simply mistaking them for mastery. To put it in a popular way these days, you're just pretending to work hard.
"Alliance: The Talent Transformation in the Internet Age" by Reid Hoffman
Based on leading Silicon Valley management techniques, this book provides a framework for shifting the relationship between employers and employees from a commercial transaction to a mutually beneficial one. It describes the changing trends in the employer-employee relationship in the internet age and proposes a new work model that better aligns with current trends. This model fosters mutual trust, investment, and mutual benefit.
The high-speed, VUCA-like world of the 21st century has shattered many of our previously taken-for-granted perceptions and ushered in a revolution in corporate human resource management. The value of human resources has become a key indicator of a company's overall competitiveness.
Lifelong loyalty to a single company is a thing of the past. The free-for-all employment system we're experiencing now fails to foster the high levels of trust and collaboration necessary for innovation. Almost every employer worries about employee turnover, while every employee harbors a dream of starting a business.
In a world full of changes, employees are also potential partners of corporate organizations. Perhaps exploring a new talent transformation response strategy that dances with uncertainty is a necessary condition for creating a wonderful career in the future.
