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: “Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work,” by Kandi Wiens

Why you should read it: This 2024 bestseller serves as an essential guide to protect yourself from burnout by developing and mastering important emotional intelligence skills. In her book, Wiens, who suffered a life-threatening health crisis due to extreme stress, set out to learn why work can leave people sick, exhausted, unmotivated and ineffective. In doing so, she discovered that some people seemed to have a natural immunity to burnout. She uses this research to lay out a plan for others to manage these stresses.