The Stay Joyful Method

$39.99

Transform your approach to goal setting, leadership, and networking by leveraging joy as your strategic advantage. Most high achievers follow the traditional formula: set goals, work hard, celebrate later. But what if you've been doing it backwards? What if joy isn't the reward for achieving your goals, but instead it's the foundation that makes achieving them inevitable?

Corporate trainer and motivational speaker, Bose Akadiri, reveals why employees who experience joy at work are 49% less likely to leave their roles and how learning to claim (and reclaim) your joy transforms every area of life. Drawing from her journey from Oklahoma to Chicago with no job and no network, Bose shares the proven methodology she used to build a distinguished career at Boeing, Salesforce, and JPMorgan Chase while creating the life she truly wanted.

You'll discover:

Vision and Goals: Turning your dreams into your reality
Your elevator pitch and beyond: Building your professional brand and networking yourself into your dream job
Purpose-driven leadership: Achieving a triple WIN…a win for you, your team, and your organization

Whether you're a professional feeling stuck despite external success, a leader looking to energize your team, or an organization seeking to improve retention and performance, this book provides practical tools for building the business case for joy. The Stay Joyful Method: Using Joy as a Tool to Rise, Lead, and Redefine Success isn't about toxic positivity or ignoring life's challenges. It's about learning to use joy as both your offense and defense. Most importantly, it's about claiming your joy in good times and reclaiming it when life tries to steal it away. Stop postponing your joy until someday. Your dream life is waiting! And it starts with the strategic decision to choose joy as your foundation, not your finish line.

Transform your approach to goal setting, leadership, and networking by leveraging joy as your strategic advantage. Most high achievers follow the traditional formula: set goals, work hard, celebrate later. But what if you've been doing it backwards? What if joy isn't the reward for achieving your goals, but instead it's the foundation that makes achieving them inevitable?

Corporate trainer and motivational speaker, Bose Akadiri, reveals why employees who experience joy at work are 49% less likely to leave their roles and how learning to claim (and reclaim) your joy transforms every area of life. Drawing from her journey from Oklahoma to Chicago with no job and no network, Bose shares the proven methodology she used to build a distinguished career at Boeing, Salesforce, and JPMorgan Chase while creating the life she truly wanted.

You'll discover:

Vision and Goals: Turning your dreams into your reality
Your elevator pitch and beyond: Building your professional brand and networking yourself into your dream job
Purpose-driven leadership: Achieving a triple WIN…a win for you, your team, and your organization

Whether you're a professional feeling stuck despite external success, a leader looking to energize your team, or an organization seeking to improve retention and performance, this book provides practical tools for building the business case for joy. The Stay Joyful Method: Using Joy as a Tool to Rise, Lead, and Redefine Success isn't about toxic positivity or ignoring life's challenges. It's about learning to use joy as both your offense and defense. Most importantly, it's about claiming your joy in good times and reclaiming it when life tries to steal it away. Stop postponing your joy until someday. Your dream life is waiting! And it starts with the strategic decision to choose joy as your foundation, not your finish line.

Print Length: 288 pages

Language: English

Hardback ISBN: 978-1-953315-66-3

eBook ISBN: 978-1-953315-68-7

Publisher: Press 49 (April 28, 2026)

Dimensions: 6” x 9”

SEL031000 SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General

SEL016000 SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness

BUS046000 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational

BUS107000 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bose Akadiri is The Joy Amplifier™. She’s a motivational keynote speaker, corporate trainer, author, and CEO of Goal and Grind LLC, where she partners with high-achieving professionals and forward-thinking organizations to leverage joy as a strategic advantage for setting goals, building strong teams, and creating meaningful results. The Stay Joyful Methodis her first book. Renowned for her dynamic corporate workshops, Bose empowers dreams, elevates teams, and transforms organizations.

She is no stranger to major pivots, having moved to Chicago with no job or network and built a distinguished career in corporate social responsibility at Boeing, Salesforce, and JPMorgan Chase.

Bose is a goal-oriented leader who believes in continuous growth for herself and others. Bose is Chicago Urban League and University of Chicago Booth School of Business IMPACT alumna and a Girls Inc. of Chicago She Shines Honoree. She was named a Black Woman Changemaker by The Chicago Defender, a 40 Under 40 honoree by okcBiz Magazine, a 30/30 Next Generation of Leaders by ionOklahoma Magazine, and a Leadership Oklahoma City alumna.

Bose previously served on the Oklahoma County Library board as a mayoral appointment and was the youngest member of the commission. She also previously served on the board of the Ladies of Virtue, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering young women to lead with purpose.

As an avid runner, yogi, traveler, and dog mom, Bose believes in finding joy in the four key areas of life: personal, professional, health, and financial.