Building a Better You Reading List

[Ildergreier]

You won't be disappointed if you read poetry. Wislava is awesome!

[Phoenix2886]

Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert K
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

I feel like these should be required reading after high school.

[Phoenix2886]

Sadly I have the revised edition: I would recommend Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. It is more of a productivity book.

[XSteveO]

Monolouge of a dog by Wislava Szymborska

This is like the 3rd time I've heard about this one. I guess I'm going to need to pick it up

[Ildergreier]

I have been reading a lot of poetry lately and a book that got stuck was the book My nature is hunger by Luis J Rodriguez. His poetry are hungry, but so sensitive. Another book that got stuck was Monolouge of a dog by Wislava Szymborska. I think I bought the book like three, four times.

[Nightwing]

I've been reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius as a primer to Stoic Philosophy and Mastery by Robert Greene. If you liked Mastery I would recommend Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell as they relate to each other very well.

[Ildergreier]

Currently reading The Age of Lovecraft by Carl E Sederholm.

[Excalibur]

Currently reading Tools of Titans

[Loquisimo]

My suggestion is: PSYCHO- CYBERNETICS by Maxwell Maltz

[dorfmeister]

Lately, in my car, I have been listening to an Igor Ledochowski conversational hypnosis course. Good stuff.

[angelo777]

I know of 3 good websites. #1 http://boldanddetermined.com #2 http://www.menprovement.com #3 http://www.artofmanliness.com

These sites are excellent when you need a pep talk or just some pointers about how to look and act like a real man.

thanks for the sites!

[dorfmeister]

I've listened to Jamie Smart's audiobook version of "Clarity" twice. Pretty compelling stuff.

http://www.jamiesmart.com/clarity-the-book/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1480589802/ref=tmm_abk_title_0?ie=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1361392140

[Solar Seeker]

I know of 3 good websites. #1 http://boldanddetermined.com #2 http://www.menprovement.com #3 http://www.artofmanliness.com

These sites are excellent when you need a pep talk or just some pointers about how to look and act like a real man.

[vector143]

I love The Science of Getting Rich, that book reformatted my brain. It was just like walking out of the theater after seeing The Matrix.

[Magpie]

Written by SteveO
02-16-2014, 04:22 AM

I've read hundreds of self-help book and many leave you guessing what to do next. Without a call to action and without something else to buy I believe a book is not valuable. The knowledge contained within should be all that you need to get the most out of it. If you decide later to buy something else, it should be based on your experience, not because you cannot continue without it.

One such book for me, that set me on my journey to be a better me is Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. If I had only one book to ever recommend to someone it would surely be this one. Concise and clear in its descriptive of why we do the things we do. The exercises are brilliant.

My second choice would be the Great Classic by Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich. You do not need, nor should you buy the revised edition. The material is timeless and incredible for anyone looking to succeed in life, love, business or what have you. Its a must.

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Thanks SteveO, I'll be reading this book a little each day.
Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich
I didn't realise it was published in 1937.
Such a popular talked about book too, from the 90s. Here is a good link:
http://ebooksoneverything.com/wealth...ndGrowRich.pdf

[NattyDread]

Every day I read pieces of both The Tao Te Ching and Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Both speak directly to the soul and stir beauty and peace within.

"Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know." -The Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell's Translation

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not fact. Everything we see is perception, not Truth" -Meditations

"Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been." -Meditations

"Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been." i like this...

make me remember about Dalai Lama, a good person that i admire....

[XSteveO]

Here's a couple of more books that are pretty valuable
How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything: A Workbook

Every Word Has Power: Switch on Your Language and Turn on Your Life

The second one is along the lines of the Master Key system, which you can obtain free online. Its out of copyright.

Another to get is Wallace Wattles: The Science of Getting Rich.

[XSteveO]

I've read hundreds of self-help book and many leave you guessing what to do next. Without a call to action and without something else to buy I believe a book is not valuable. The knowledge contained within should be all that you need to get the most out of it. If you decide later to buy something else, it should be based on your experience, not because you cannot continue without it.

One such book for me, that set me on my journey to be a better me is Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. If I had only one book to ever recommend to someone it would surely be this one. Concise and clear in its descriptive of why we do the things we do. The exercises are brilliant.

My second choice would be the Great Classic by Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich. You do not need, nor should you buy the revised edition. The material is timeless and incredible for anyone looking to succeed in life, love, business or what have you. Its a must.

[KateD]

I totally love this Steeeeve, brilliant. From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate the little things you share to help us all improve, thanks for not keeping your techniques and knowledge a secret.

This book was given to me when I was 17 by the wife of one of the richest families in my country. I love it because we are in control of our lives and we need to start taking responsibility for our happiness or sadness. Being happy or living peacefully is not having what you want all the time or having things go your way all the time. More importantly, take the journey seriously but not too serious that you can't change and be flexible to allow yourself to take in as much beauty and wisdom that you can before life is over.

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED BY M.SCOTT PECK

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347852.The_Road_Less_Traveled

[XSteveO]

A while back Harvard offered an online course about happiness taught by professor Tal Ben-Shahar. It was, and is, one of the most popular and widely taken classes. At some point it was taken down from their free online catalog, presumably to make money. Fortunately for us, like all things born of this digital age, nothing on the internet is ever really gone. You can find all his lectures on youtube. Here's a link. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8C81DF39EF74EF87 It's lengthy, and I have yet to make it through all of them, but it's suppose to be a really good class. You can find all the companion books on Amazon if you really want to get into it.

Thanks for sharing this. Looking forward to checking it out