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Books, Resources & Products We Recommend - Inspirational and Motivational
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| 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself |
Steve Chandler
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The book gives readers 100 different thinking tools for accessing parts of the personal self responsible for motivation. Helps readers transform themselves into energetic, optimistic, and enthusiastic people. Written like a psychological thriller to keep the reader's interest. It can be used for improvements in personal life or in business. |
| 17 Lies That Are Holding You Back & The Truth That Will Set You Free |
Steve Chandler
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17 Lies That Are Holding You Back & the Truth That Will Set You Free lists over twenty lies that most of us tell ourselves to prevent us from being everything we could be, lies such as: "It's who you know", "That's just the way I am", "I'm not good with people", "I'm too old . . .", "The longer I have a habit the harder it is to break", "Winning the lottery would solve everything", "I don't have the time", and "There's nothing I can do." Actually, as Chandler points .... [Read More] |
| 9 Lies That Are Holding Your Business Back |
Steve Chandler
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By exposing the nine most common (and often fatal) myths in business, Chandler and Beckford offer simple and inspired solutions to the self-induced problems created by small buisness owners everyday. The surprising truths countering each lie have been battle-tested for years by Sam Beckford and his hundreds of successful small business coaching clients. |
| Aesop And The Ceo |
David Noonan
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It is easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of business books flooding the market today. Even more daunting is the task of weeding through them to find the “golden nugget” of wisdom inside. Now David Noonan has simplified the process by providing this well-researched primer of the most essential advice from the greatest business books ever written. Further, in a clever melding of modern business sense and ancient wisdom, he has used the animal-based stories of .... [Read More] |
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| Alexander Hamilton |
Ron Chernow
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Ron Chernow brings to startling life the man who was arguably the most important figure in American history, who never attained the presidency, but who had a far more lasting impact than many who did. For the first time, Chernow captures the personal life of this handsome, witty, and perennially controversial genius and explores his poignant relations with his wife Eliza, their eight children, and numberless friends. This engrossing narrative will dispel forever the .... [Read More] |
| Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom |
John O'Donohue
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John O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you through the spiritual landscape of the Irish imagination. In Anam Cara, Gaelic for "soul friend," the ancient teachings, stories, and blessings of Celtic wisdom provide profound insights on the universal themes of friendship, solitude, love, and death. Discover the Celtic Circle of Belonging. |
| A Visionary Life |
Marc Allen
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This engaging story tells of Allen's conversations and adventures with an enigmatic sage who has become his mentor and with whom he pieces together 10 principles--and practices--of a visionary life. |
| Beauty: The Invisible Enbrace |
John O'Donohue
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In this eagerly awaited follow-up to his international bestsellers Anam Cara and Eternal Echoes, John O'Donohue turns his attention to the subject of beauty -- the divine beauty that calls theimagination and awakens all that is noble in the human heart. Beauty is a gentle but urgent call to awaken. O'Donohue opens our eyes, hearts, and minds to the wonder of our own relationship with beauty. Rather than "covering" this theme, he uncovers it, .... [Read More] |
| Celebrations: A Joyous Guide to the Holidays from Past to Present |
Jim McCann
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With festivities fashioned according to time-honored traditions, Celebrations brings families and friends together for a year of happy occasions with unique historical, traditional, and modern touches. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs, Celebrations features the professional advice of celebration stylists Jim McCann and Jeanne Benedict. |
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| Change or Die |
Alan Deutschman
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A powerful book with universal appeal, Change or Die deconstructs and debunks age-old myths about change and empowers us with three critical keys—relate, repeat, and reframe—to help us make important positive changes in our lives. Explaining breakthrough research and progressive ideas from a wide selection of leaders in medicine, science, and business (including Dr. Dean Ornish, Mimi Silbert of the Delancey Street Foundation, Bill Gates, Daniel Boulud, and many .... [Read More] |
| Co-Leaders |
David Heenan
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Co-leadership . . . is a tough-minded strategy that will unleash the hidden talent in any enterprise. Above all, co-leadership is inclusive, not exclusive. It celebrates those who do the real work, not just a few charismatic, often isolated leaders who are regally compensated for articulating the organization's vision. Co-Leaders is intended for everyone who aspires to make his or her organization great. This groundbreaking book argues for a new paradigm: gifted leaders .... [Read More] |
| Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money Through Intuition, The |
Nancy Rosanoff
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Successful entrepreneurs rely on it. Millionaire investors wouldn't make a move without it. What's their secret? Intuition. Everyday, people use their intuitive powers to make commonplace decisions. Now, in this one-of-a-kind, groundbreaking book, readers learn how to use their gut instincts to create wealth. Through dozens of exercises and tips, readers are shown how they can boost their intuitive powers to make wise investments, create winning business strategies, .... [Read More] |
| Cooking Time Is Family Time |
Lynn Fredericks
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Every parent knows how hard it is to come home from work and get a satisfying dinner prepared quickly. All too often, kids are ushered out of the kitchen and sat in front of the television (aka, babysitter). Author Lynn Fredericks was stuck in this typical family rut and finally said, "No more." She started inviting her kids into the kitchen to help her prepare dinner, and it changed her family forever. Her kids were willing to eat new foods (even greens), since they .... [Read More] |
| Double Lives |
David Heenan
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Double Lives profiles the paths of 10 extraordinary individuals who achieved spectacular success and happiness through the pursuit of a second passion. Readers will learn by example how to explore an outside interest or hobby, create a sideline business, or completely switch careers. The book offers 20 keys to a double life, a step-by-step road map readers can use to launch and develop a personal renaissance. These stories also highlight the rewards organizations .... [Read More] |
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| Dr Ann's 10-step Diet: A Simple Plan For Permanent Weight Loss And Lifelong Vitality |
Ann Kulze, MD
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In her revolutionary weight loss program, Ann Kulze, M.D., demystifies the nutritional science that leads to sustainable weight loss and good health. The 10-Step Diet is not "low carb," "high protein," "low cal," or "low fat." Instead, it is a new way of eating and living that results in permanent weight loss and dramatic improvement in overall health and wellness. Best of all, it’s surprisingly simple, and the results are permanent because the plan is realistic, .... [Read More] |
| Driving The Career Highway |
William Morin
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As leaders of prestigious executive search firms and organizational consulting firms, Janice Reals Ellig and William J. Morin have decades of experience working with people who failed to see the signs of trouble in their careers-or to read them right. These two experts have distilled the twenty most compelling problems and situations that can cause a person to detour, stall, get lost, or crash and burn on their career highway.
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| Entrepreneurial Cat, The: 13 Ways to Transform Your Business Life |
Mary Hessler Key
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Cats don't worry about what others think -- they just do what comes naturally. Readers will take this and a dozen other feline lessons to heart in this amusing, informative guide that shows how to be more proactive in business and in life. The 13 elemental tenets from the cat world help readers face the demands of a business world that makes it harder than ever to create meaningful work. From "Being Curious and Finding the Right Niche" to "Taking Naps," Jazzie the cat .... [Read More] |
| Eternal Echoes: Exploring Our Yearning to Belong |
John O'Donohue
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The second volume of the Celtic trilogy that began with the bestselling "Anan Cara" offers an extraordinary exploration of the longing within individuals that leads to creativity and desperation. In Eternal Echoes John O'Donohue embarks upon a journey of discovery in the heart of our postmodern world--a hungry, lonesome world that suffers from a deep sense of isolation and fragmentation. With the thousand-year-old shelter of Divine Belonging now shattered, we seem to .... [Read More] |
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| Fearproof Your Life |
Joseph Bailey
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Fearproof Your Life guides us through a process of how discovering who we truly are immunizes us from our own fears, as well as those of others. Bailey takes us through a process of knowing, listening to, and honoring our own unique True Self, of being willing to listen to our truth and act from it, without seeking approval, of being willing to forgive ourselves and others and take responsibility for what we create.
"In the absence of fear, your life will .... [Read More] |
| Free Gulliver |
Tripp Friedler
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Do you feel tied down by the little things? Are you exhausted at the end of the day, unable to pursue your dreams in your "spare time?" Through interactive exercises, FREE GULLIVER will show you how to get moving toward the life you love. It's written by a planner, Tripp Friedler – a Gulliver – who's studied the life plans of the rich and famous and found out – surprise – they’re just as stuck as the rest of us. Tripp has made a business of helping people get their .... [Read More] |
| Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives |
Jan Yager
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This is a comprehensive exploration of one of the most vital but least understood relationships that enhances our lives, friendship. Based on original research beginning with the author's sociology dissertation, Friendshifts covers everything from childhood and friendship to how friendships begin, are maintained, or end; work and friendship; pets as friends; friendship principles that might help how you get along with family members, and more. |
| Full Steam Ahead |
Ken Blanchard
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Inspirational story of two people who were able to create a vision for the place they worked and for their own lives. Together they discover the three elements of a compelling vision: significant purpose, clear values, and a picture of the future. They discover how to ensure that the vision comes alive through understanding how it is created, communicated, and lived. |
| Fully Alive- Awakening Health, Humor, Compassion and Truth |
Louise LeBrun
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Frustration. Cynicism. Hopelessness. Many wallow in these feelings when it comes to overpromised 'transformation' that never materializes, but how to take action when a greater system, not ourselves, seems to have taken control? In Fully Alive, author Louise LeBrun sounds the wake-up call for those who feel immobilized by the elusive transformation promise. |
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| Goal-Free Living |
Stephen Shapiro
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Praise for Goal Free Living Setting goals may be fine. But letting your goals take control of your life can be devastating. Goal-Free Living shows you how to explore paths in your life you never knew existed and discover a more exciting, successful, and rewarding life-;today! |
| Goals! |
Brian Tracy
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This is the most complete book on setting and achieving goals ever written. It is based on more than 20 years of research and speaking to more than two million men and women throughout the United States, Canada and 22 foreign countries. Readers will learn a series of powerful, practical strategies to set and achieve goals in every area of life-faster than most people would imagine possible. The book explains not only how to set goals, but the detailed process of .... [Read More] |
| Great Little Book of Afformations, The |
Noah St. John
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Why is the sky blue? Do you know what your brain is doing right now? It's searching for the answer to that question. You've just learned the power behind afformations... the amazing new method of using empowering questions that will change - no, that must change your life. Just as a computer must search its files, so too your marvelous mind must search your subconscious for the answers to your unspoken questions. Why not change your questions, set your mind in motion .... [Read More] |
| How To Be Funny |
Jon Macks
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Who hasn't wished for the perfect withering comeback line, a clever tension-breaking quip, or a winning flirtatious remark? Being funny is hard work and not everyone is a natural. How to Be Funny is a witty guide that teaches readers precisely how to be funnier in everyday life. It's a must-read for anyone who has to speak in public, be engaging and funny at work or at play, or who hopes to one day go out on a date. How to Be Funny features helpful (and hilarious) tips .... [Read More] |
| If Life Is A Game, These Are The Rules |
Cherie Carter-Scott
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We all know the feeling: In the game of life, why am I the only one who doesn't know how to play? But now, help is at hand, because this wonderful little book will teach you the rules so that you can conquer life's challenges and manage its unpredictable ups and downs. Chérie shares that there are no mistakes in life, only lessons that are repeated. In thoughtful, inspirational essays illustrated with encouraging personal anecdotes, she includes the lessons that can be .... [Read More] |
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| If Love Is A Game, These Are The Rules |
Cherie Carter-Scott
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In If Love Is a Game, These Are the Rules, Chérie presents 10 simple rules to help us find true love and create long-lasting, authentic relationships. Once understood and embraced, her rules help us learn more about our true selves and our needs--and make us better able to meet the needs of others. Her inspirational stories, coupled with practical exercises--such as creating a list of criteria for a potential mate or making an outline for a formal relationship .... [Read More] |
| If Success Is A Game, These Are The Rules |
Cherie Carter-Scott
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In If Success Is a Game, These Are the Rules, Chérie addresses the issues at the heart of a meaningful and successful life. She helps you define what success means to you, and then tells you in ten simple rules how you can achieve it. With rules as clear as "Self-trust is essential" and "Your actions affect your outcome," Chérie guides readers step-by-step through all the various challenges on the path to success. From finding your true calling to discovering the riches .... [Read More] |
| into the Unknown: Leadership Lessons from Lewis & Clark's Daring Westward Expedition |
Jack Uldrich
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Today's leadership adventures unfold in the rugged terrain of business, and who better than Lewis and Clark to lead us through its toughest challenges? Their story resonates with business leaders of our time because they had to: * Think strategically * Make tough and timely decisions * Surround themselves with good people * Manage resources * Motivate the team * Deal with different cultures * Assimilate information from many sources * Balance long-term goals against .... [Read More] |
| Intuition Workout: A Practical Guide to Discovering and Developing Your Inner Knowing |
Nancy Rosanoff
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This is a new and revised edition of the classic text on intuition. Lively and extremely practical, it is a training manual for developing your intuition into a reliable tool that can be called upon at any time-in crisis situations for everyday problems and in tricky business, financial, and romantic situations. The author has been taking the mystery out of intuition in her trainings for executives, housewives, artists and others for over ten years. Her work has been .... [Read More] |
| Leadership Pill, The |
Ken Blanchard
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Now can you become a more successful manager, a stronger team leader, and a motivator who gets the best results from a group. Ken Blanchard and Marc Muchnick's The Leadership Pill provides the answer. In the bestselling tradition of Whale Done! and The One Minute Manager, their entertaining and inspiring new book is a parable about the competition between two leaders with totally different management styles -- a story that reveals the ingredients of truly effective .... [Read More] |
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| Life As A Daymaker |
David Wagner
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A client came into David Wagner's salon to have her hair done for the evening. To David, this was another pleasant half an hour spent with a client. He didn't know then that he had changed this woman's life. David's attention and caring had made her feel that maybe things could get better. He had made her day - and saved her life. This encounter changed David Wagner's life as well. When he realized the difference you can make for others, whether by spending a .... [Read More] |
| Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live |
Jennifer Read Hawthorne
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In this inspiring yet practical book, the authors share some of their most important lessons to help us adjust our attitudes, feel more balanced, and experience the serenity that comes from doing and being our best—no matter what the outcome. There is a way to love your life—just by the way you live it. With Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live as your guide, you have a blueprint for being in the world in a new way and experiencing more fulfillment than you .... [Read More] |
| Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter |
Hal Urban
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Life's Greates Lessons is a wise, wonderful book. The topics gathered from a lifetime of teaching both children and adults, span a wide range of readily understood concepts, including attitudes about money, understanding the real meaning of "success," and the importance of having fun. The book will you find the best - in the world, in others, and in yourself. Classic in its simplicity and enduring in its appeal. Life's Greates Lessons helps us all .... [Read More] |
| Mind Like Water |
James Ballard
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In this practical and inspiring guide, Jim Ballard arms you with a set of powerful tools for achieving calm and centeredness in the midst of a whirlwind of change. The trick, according to Ballard, is to stop trying so hard to exert control over a chaotic universe, to become less dependent on the powers of the intellect, and to learn to have faith in your ability to spontaneously make the correct decision in any given situation–in short, to have a mind like water.
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| Mind of the Soul Responsible Choice, The |
Gary Zukav
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The Mind of the Soul describes how each moment in life is a moment of decision: wheth- er to persist in the old, limited patterns of life or to choose instead to experiment with the unbounded, liberating potential ahead of us. The Mind of the Soul is a book to be used, not merely read. It is packed with specific, practical exercises, diagrams, and meaningful illustrations that make you a participant in the process of responsible choice. To accompany this book, the .... [Read More] |
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| Monday Morning Mentoring |
David Cottrell
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I think new year resolutions are great, but I think that resolutions without a plan are a waste of time. Many people are interested in making changes but not committed to pay the price that comes with the change. My book, Monday Morning Choices, is a 12-week game plan to make lasting, positive changes in your life. I hope that you will read the book, follow the plan outlined, and discover that you can change your Monday and change your life. A free downloadable .... [Read More] |
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