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PROCRASTINATION
Burk & Yuerba. Procrastination
Koch, Richard. The 80/20 Principle.
ENVIRONMENT & CLUTTER
Morgenstern, Julia. Organizing from the Inside Out.
Stoddard, Alexandra. Feeling at Home
Robin, Kathryn. Spiritual Housecleaning.
DREAMS & GOALS
Canfield & Hansen. The Aladdin Factor
Sark. The Creative Companion.
Sher, Barbara. I Could Do Anything, If Only I Knew What It Was
Sher, Barbara. Wishcraft.
FINANCE
More Than Money
Hill, Napoleon. Think and Grow Rich.
Lawrence, Judith. The Budget Kit.
Tyson, Eric. Personal Finance for Dummies.
WRITING & CREATIVITY
Bolker, Joan. Writing Your Dissertation in 15 Minutes a Day.
Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way.
Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones.
BALANCE & MEDITATION
SARK. Juicy Living Cards.
Suzuki, Shunryo. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.
CAREER
Gerber, Michael. The E-Myth Revisited.
Hall & Brogniez. Attracting Perfect Customers.
Popyk, Bob. Here’s My Card.
LEGACY
Brower and Leon. The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices.
Gary and Kohner. Inspired Philanthropy
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PROCRASTINATION |Back to top|
Burk & Yuerba. Procrastination
The classic work on procrastination, this book breaks down the five most common causes and offers ways to overcome the conscious and unconscious mechanisms that lead perfectly intelligent, sane people to put off the things they want.
Koch, Richard. The 80/20 Principle.
By showing different ways in which 20% of the joyful and difficult results in life are caused by 80% of the inputs, and vice versa, Koch opens up ways for individuals and businesses to begin to change their results—by increasing the most effective things they do and decreasing or eliminating the rest.
ENVIRONMENT & CLUTTER |Back to top|
Morgenstern, Julia. Organizing from the Inside Out.
Morgenstern is a professional organizer, and she knows all the tricks to getting our lives in order, and all of the psychological and material blocks that keep us from doing it—and ways to get around them.
Robin, Kathryn. Spiritual Housecleaning.
Clean your house or clear your spiritual life? We rarely put these two processes together, but Robin argues that they are inextricably linked, and that by working on our external environments, and gradually putting them to rights, we will see positive results in our internal lives. As a former house-cleaner (the kind with rubber gloves and elbow grease!) and a current therapist and counselor, Robin offers both pragmatic advice and spiritual insights.
Stoddard, Alexandra. Feeling at Home.
Stoddard offers both practical advice and plentiful inspiration to those trying to recreate their home environments to support them in their vulnerability and greatness.
DREAMS & GOALS |Back to top|
Canfield & Hansen. The Aladdin Factor.
This book focuses on turning wishes into realities by first, realizing what we really wish for, and second by learning who, and how, to ask for what we want.
Sark. The Creative Companion.
I love Sark. I’ve read a lot of books about Self Improvement, but she makes moving forward FUN. She uses color and wit and plain honesty, mixed with practical exercises, to get you going. My guru…
Sher, Barbara. I Could Do Anything, If Only I Knew What It Was.
Short review: Wishcraft for the Clueless. Long Review: For the DaVincis and the unfocused geniuses among us, whether you have a high school diploma or a Ph.D., this book can help you find your new way to what you’ve been drawn to all your life.
Sher, Barbara. Wishcraft.
Sher, a very human, funny writer, helps you figure out what you want and how you can strategize and network to start getting it into your life.
FINANCE |Back to top|
Hill, Napoleon. Think and Grow Rich.
In the early 1900s, Andrew Carnegie asked Hill to study how the wealthiest and most successful people got that way and to systematize the results so that others could follow their path. The result is this book.
Lawrence, Judith. The Budget Kit.
The difference between having a vague idea of what you spend, save, and invest, and knowing precisely is this book. It has helped me achieve the impossible things that I decided to do after reading Think and Grow Rich.
Tyson, Eric. Personal Finance for Dummies.
The clearest explanation of how to achieve financial independence that I know of; don’t be deceived by the “Dummies” title. This book is for anyone who thinks financial freedom is complicated. It isn’t.
WRITING & CREATIVITY |Back to top|
Bolker, Joan. Writing Your Dissertation in 15 Minutes a Day.
She focuses on academic dissertations, but Joan Bolker’s principles are useful for any kind of writing that has major deadline pressure—internally or externally originated.
Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way.
The subtitle for this book ought to be “How to be a Sane Artist,” but in fact anyone can benefit from Cameron’s insights into how to overcome emotional obstacles to regular productive writing.
Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones.
Goldberg is the other side of Joan Bolker’s coin. Goldberg focuses on “creative” writing, but her principles can be followed by anyone trying to get any kind of writing done. My own copy of this is worn fuzzy from 15 years of re-readings.
BALANCE & MEDITATION |Back to top|
SARK. Juicy Living Cards.
This deck of 50 colorful cards offers cheerful reminders to live more vibrantly, with directives such as “Begin something new today,” “Napping prepares the mind for fresh thoughts,” and “Leaps of faith put you in astounding new places.” I keep the cards on my desk: SARK helps me be more intentional with my optimism and faith in bigger possibilities.
Suzuki, Shunryo. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.
I got this book in college and have carried it with me ever since. If you’ve practiced Zen meditation, Suzuki’s informal talks will come home with familiar truth. If you’ve ever played a sport or an instrument, written, prayed, danced, or cooked for your family, you will find his comments about engaging in a constant practice as a way to immerse yourself in what you do, in the moment.
CAREER |Back to top|
Gerber, Michael. The E-Myth Revisited.
Gerber argues that most entrepreneurs are good at the technical aspects of their businesses but bad at the management part. He shows how “technicians,” as he calls them, can learn to systematize the parts that don’t come naturally.
Hall & Brogniez. Attracting Perfect Customers.
Using the Principle of Attraction, Hall & Brogniez offer a practical strategy for attracting into your life the customers (and other things) you desire. They focus on persistent clarity and regular actions to create the magnetism that changes your reality.
Popyk, Bob. Here’s My Card.
For people who aren’t used to self-promotion, Popyk offers 95 ways to use your business card to increase the efficacy of your networking. He makes the process seem painless.
LEGACY |Back to top|
Brower and Leon. The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices.
The authors identify the consumer activities that have the most significant impact on the planet. Moving beyond cloth diapers vs. disposables, they offer pragmatic rules for responsible consumption in large and small areas of daily life.
Gary and Kohner. Inspired Philanthropy.
If you want to change the world, it helps to have a plan. Gary and Kohner offer exercises to “align your giving with your deepest values” so that whether you can give a little or a lot, your charitable gifts will have the impact you desire.
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