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Favorite Self-Improvement Books?
Posted on 6/9/13 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 6/9/13 at 7:14 pm
Figured I would find some like-minded people on this board.
Here are just a few of mine:
Brian Tracy - Power of Self-Confidence
Brian Tracy - Luck Factor
Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends
Stephen Covey - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Robert Greene - Mastery
Sean Achor - The Happiness Advantage
Deepak Chopra - The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Don Miguel Ruiz - The Four Agreements
Any other favorites/recommendations?
Here are just a few of mine:
Brian Tracy - Power of Self-Confidence
Brian Tracy - Luck Factor
Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends
Stephen Covey - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Robert Greene - Mastery
Sean Achor - The Happiness Advantage
Deepak Chopra - The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Don Miguel Ruiz - The Four Agreements
Any other favorites/recommendations?
This post was edited on 6/9/13 at 7:21 pm
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Posted on 6/9/13 at 7:29 pm to TheOcean
I second the Dale Carnegie one...
Had my 10 year old daughter read it, although I don't think she made it very far with it... 2 years later I need to re-motivate that.
Being a simpleton myself, I'm always amazed at how smart people were without the existence of silicon chips. People people they were.
Good idea for a thread.
Had my 10 year old daughter read it, although I don't think she made it very far with it... 2 years later I need to re-motivate that.
Being a simpleton myself, I'm always amazed at how smart people were without the existence of silicon chips. People people they were.
Good idea for a thread.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 7:35 pm to Grassy1
Hopefully we can get a big list going
Posted on 6/9/13 at 8:18 pm to TheOcean
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen is another good one.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 8:27 pm to TheOcean
The Million Dollar Man - Dameyune Craig
Posted on 6/9/13 at 8:28 pm to TheOcean
The Bible. Particularly the New Testament.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 8:59 pm to HamSandwich
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The Bible. Particularly the New Testament.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 9:06 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Two serious posts. Guess I was wrong about the MT
Posted on 6/9/13 at 9:35 pm to TheOcean
Think and Grow Rich - Napolean hill
Posted on 6/9/13 at 9:40 pm to TheOcean
Posted on 6/9/13 at 11:28 pm to TheOcean
Dale Carnegie is actually not bad at all. But my nomination goes to Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography.
Franklin explicitly intended it as a guide to young men coming up in the world, I read it as one such and thought it worthy. My personal tribute to the man, I suppose.
Now if only I had had his success with French women while serving as a diplomat, but that's a different topic.
Franklin explicitly intended it as a guide to young men coming up in the world, I read it as one such and thought it worthy. My personal tribute to the man, I suppose.
Now if only I had had his success with French women while serving as a diplomat, but that's a different topic.
This post was edited on 6/9/13 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 6/9/13 at 11:28 pm to TheOcean
Below is a copy/paste of when I have responded to the question in the past. I don't do much free reading anymore. The list below may be somewhat dated. In this day and age with the abundance of horrendous abuse of charts and graphs, I consider Visual Display to be the most important.
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How to Argue and Win Every Time, by Gerry Spence - This is a great book on how to frame your points in terms of others' interests. It was the most influential book that I have read and really changed the way that I communicate with others.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward Tufte - This is a simply fabulous book on how (and how not) to make graphs, charts, and tables that most efficiently and effectively convey your ideas. Despite the horrendously boring title, the book is quite an easy read and was very insightful even a few years into my career. I have reread it a couple of times. He has two follow-up books, Envisioning Information and Visual Explanations, that are also good but not as essential as the first one.
Getting to Yes, by Fisher, Ury, and Patton - This introduces some key concepts that can help anyone go from haggler to negotiator. Terms like "principled negotiation" and BATNA (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement) can help immediately and pave the way for more detailed study in negotiation.
Difficult Conversations, by Stone, Patton, and Heen - I consider this great follow-up reading to How to Argue and Win Every Time. It helps frame the thought process for a number of difficult conversations, from feedback to family conversations to apologizing or even expressing affection. This is not your typical "soft skills" book and was crafted by the team of the Harvard Negotiation Project. It is very underrated and a practical book that would benefit anyone.
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How to Argue and Win Every Time, by Gerry Spence - This is a great book on how to frame your points in terms of others' interests. It was the most influential book that I have read and really changed the way that I communicate with others.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward Tufte - This is a simply fabulous book on how (and how not) to make graphs, charts, and tables that most efficiently and effectively convey your ideas. Despite the horrendously boring title, the book is quite an easy read and was very insightful even a few years into my career. I have reread it a couple of times. He has two follow-up books, Envisioning Information and Visual Explanations, that are also good but not as essential as the first one.
Getting to Yes, by Fisher, Ury, and Patton - This introduces some key concepts that can help anyone go from haggler to negotiator. Terms like "principled negotiation" and BATNA (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement) can help immediately and pave the way for more detailed study in negotiation.
Difficult Conversations, by Stone, Patton, and Heen - I consider this great follow-up reading to How to Argue and Win Every Time. It helps frame the thought process for a number of difficult conversations, from feedback to family conversations to apologizing or even expressing affection. This is not your typical "soft skills" book and was crafted by the team of the Harvard Negotiation Project. It is very underrated and a practical book that would benefit anyone.
Posted on 6/10/13 at 1:16 am to Bayou Tiger
Quitter- Jon Acuff
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Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon hill
Start- Jon Acuff
Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon hill
Posted on 6/10/13 at 8:55 am to TheOcean
this is a great read for real.
Posted on 6/10/13 at 9:34 am to TheOcean
Awaken the Giant Within- Anthony Robbins
Success through a Positive Mental Attitude- Napoleon Hill & W. Clement Stone
Success through a Positive Mental Attitude- Napoleon Hill & W. Clement Stone
Posted on 6/10/13 at 9:52 am to TheOcean
The Power of Positive Thinking- Norman Vincent Peale
Posted on 6/10/13 at 10:04 am to trillhog
Have it. It's on my to do list. Robert Greene is phenomenal.
I'm currently reading/listening to:
Maxwell Martz - Psycho-Cybernetics
The Way of the Superior Man
Mindfulness Meditation - Jon Kabat-Zinn (book version)
Self Discipline in 10 Days
Also going to start David Allen Coe's Getting Things Done.
I'm currently reading/listening to:
Maxwell Martz - Psycho-Cybernetics
The Way of the Superior Man
Mindfulness Meditation - Jon Kabat-Zinn (book version)
Self Discipline in 10 Days
Also going to start David Allen Coe's Getting Things Done.
This post was edited on 6/10/13 at 10:13 am
Posted on 6/10/13 at 10:05 am to foshizzle
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography.
Just jotted it down. Going to read it after I read MLKs.
Posted on 6/10/13 at 10:30 am to TheOcean
Don't know if it's self improvement but the book that helped me most with interpersonal relations was "Men Are From Mars, Women From Venus".
It explains how a female brain works and it's spot on.
It explains how a female brain works and it's spot on.
Posted on 6/10/13 at 10:49 am to TheOcean
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography.
Free on Kindle if anyone is interested.
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