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A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Daniel H. Pink
Riverhead Trade, 2006
A whole new way to see the world
A Whole New Mind is written for those who are looking to increase their abilities and engage their brain. The book offers a holistic approach to changing your life and changing how you see the world and approach problems. Pink makes the argument that we all need to ...
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StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
Tom Rath
Gallup Press, 2007
Great Tool! Highly Recommend...
We loved the concept behind this book (and its Christian companion, "Living Your Strengths"). Our church staff took the (included with book) online StengthsFinder assessment and all found it very accurate and helpful in providing insights on what drives our fellow ...
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Money, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness
Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks
Hay House, 2008
Great Book!
If you loved "The Secret" you will love this book. The teachings of Abraham are life changing.
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Timothy Ferriss
Crown, 2007
We did it!
I started reading this book last October and was inspired by the mini-retirement aspect. Ironically, I was let go from my job during the time I was reading this. I discussed taking a mini retirement with my husband and convinced him we could go away for the summer ...
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The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles
Bruce H. Lipton
Hay House, 2008
One of the Best
This book is one of my most precious and cherished books. I believe that this wonderful man has written the clearest and most inspiring book explaining what creative genious' we all are. I loved his research, his ability to inspire, his remarkable ability to ...
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
Pocket, 1998
How to Win Friends and Influence People: review by Jon Gillespie-Brown, Author "So you want to be an entrepreneur"
How reading a single book can change your life!
It's true, when I was 16 years old I (like many others I have now found out since then) read my first book about business. I was drawn to it in a small, old fashioned book shop that's no longer in business. At the time ...
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne
Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006
The Secret
The Secret
This a wonderful book for anyone needing more positive thinking in their life. This book is about the Law of Attraction. That we all have the power to attract everything in our universe. Good or bad. It's about the way we live our life. If you're wanting ...
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Hyperion, 2007
The Future of Tommorow - Highly Recommended!
Marshall Goldsmith illustrates the concept of focusing the mind on positive ways of thinking. He has provided "20 annoying habits". He has written how they need to be "eliminated"; until your thoughts have been clearly defined. As a reader, I can relate to most of ...
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Free Press, 2001
Management tool
Probably the best management and personnel development tool around! Four staff members were each given a copy to read and to follow the instructions for getting an analysis. Each was asked to bring the analysis for their annual job review. They expected the typical ...
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Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998
GREAT eye openner
The book opens up awareness of possible change(s) that are needed in ANY organization. GREAT eye openner
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Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance
Marcus Buckingham
Free Press, 2007
Great resource for your toolbox!
This is an excellent book by Marcus Buckingham! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and the case study he uses throughout the book really reinforces all of the key concepts. The journal pages in the back of the book (or you can download them off his site) are helpful in ...
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Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
Steve Pavlina
Hay House, 2008
A practical guide that can start changing your life immediately!
I've been a big fan and avid reader of Steve Pavlina since I started my blogs three months ago, and I was honored to receive an advance copy of his book Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth for review. It took me a couple ...
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Case in Point:Complete Case Interview Preparation - 5th edition
Marc P. Cosentino
Burgee Press, 2007
Start your case prep here!
I recommend Case in Point for 2 main reasons: It is both practical and thorough. The simulated cases give the novice a sense for the given-and-take of a case interview. And Cosentino's "Ivy Case System" helps non-MBAs to get grounded in the broad classes of issues ...
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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
Leil Lowndes
McGraw-Hill, 2003
Get what it aims to do done
For those of you who are looking to improve the quality of your communication and relationships this is one of the books for you. However I'd recommend starting with How To Win Friends and Influence People by: Dale Carnegie. As Lowndes states in the intro of her book, ...
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Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002
Go Beyond
I think I've read most of the top dozen or so best sellers on leadership. They all have wonderful advice. But there's now also a new kid on the block, a new book, that is probably the best-kept secret on leadership and HUMAN RELATIONS. It's a book called "Going Beyond ...
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