As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card and all its benefits at dmpl.org/get-carded.

Des Moines Public Library business book pick: “Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business” by Jenny Blake.

Why you should read it: Blake, the popular podcaster and co-creator of Google’s acclaimed Career Guru coaching program, wrote this 2022 book as a kind of time-management manual – that works for both entrepreneurs and small business owners. The book takes the old cliché “work smarter, not harder” and delivers a practical guide for streamlining and simplifying your work to help your work-life balance. Make small investments now to create a greater range of options in the future, she argues.