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Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:29:14 -0000

Hi Sally,

Thanks so much for the comment and sharing your recommendations!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

SallyBeam | SelfHelpFriend.com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:26:11 -0000

Hi Sid,

Thanks for your sharing.

My 1st date with self help books is "How to win friends". It has helped me transformed my life :).

Later on, I've more dates with other personal development books. And here are my Best self help books sharing for friends.

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Maria — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:15:45 -0000

An axcellent short list, Sid! I also like: "The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class" by Keith Cameron Smith, "Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui" by Karen Kingston, "Follow Your Heart" by Andrew Matthews, "Lessons in Mastery" by Tony Robbins. Thanks for The Little Book Of Big Motivational Quotes!

All the best,

Maria

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:15:12 -0000

Hey ATP,

Thanks for your comment! I have "The Four Agreements" in my someday queue on
Amazon. My wishlist that seems to always get bigger, no matter how fast I
read =). I have read some summaries of it and seen a presentation on the
four agreements in the book - but I am sure one takes away more by reading
the book as a whole.

I'll have to put The Celestine Prophecy/Vision on my someday list to check
out as well =). Thanks so much for the recommendation - I always love
finding new books to inspire/motivate me and to learn from!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

ATP — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:36 -0000

"The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz
http://miguelruiz.com/index...

I haven't heard of the Dip before, or Mandino's book. I did read Carengie's years ago, and it was great!

I honestly found The Celestine Prophecy series to be really great: easy reading since it's written as a story, and providing a common frame of reference to base almost everything else on, including conversations with others. It's a common base for everything else, and it's ongoing, growing & active:
http://celestinevision.com/

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:21:39 -0000

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Swing Trading — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:07:35 -0000

Good read. I have made a twitter post about this. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:55:21 -0000

Hi Alec,
I actually have a draft of it saved, I just didn't want to publish it too
soon since I like the focus of my site to be articles, and not products ;).
I'll polish it up and put it out there soon, I have another product review
coming up so that's going to push it back!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Alec — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:25:12 -0000

Hi Sid,

Just wanted to follow up - am still working through the scrolls one month at a time. Am on scroll 3 now.

When's that follow up post planned with more book suggestions? Some of us are waiting expectantly. :)

Alec

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Jeff Nickles — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:26:37 -0000

These are certainly good reads. I like how you have focused the list. One that I truly enjoy is Think and Grow Rich. It always fires me up!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

ABaN — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:39:12 -0000

I'll throw another one into the list. The Bible. Many of the modern "self-help" and so-called personal development books use some decidedly Biblical principles in them. As well as some very unBiblical principles but you get the idea.

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:10:12 -0000

Hey Jordan,

You're right, GTD is a pretty dense read. I think it took me a few sittings
to get through it, and if you still are looking for something along those
lines, perhaps you may want to consider Leo Babauta's ZTD which I discuss
above. I find Leo's writing to be more fun (but he treats the subject just
as seriously). Stephen Covey's 7 Habits was also one that I considered
putting on the list, but felt GTD was more practical. I wanted to recommend
books that could be put into action imediately.

I enjoyed GTD, though I couldn't breeze through it like some other books.
Then again, I can plow through most educational content: I watch
presentations such as TED talks for fun ;).

I love the concept of eating the ugly frogs first - I don't recall if I
finished the whole Tracy book or only made it part way through it. I think
perhaps I had read so much material online that much of it was repetitive -
through no fault but that of his own success!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:05:14 -0000

Thanks for your feedback Troy! You're right, if someone has their
organization under control, perhaps GTD won't make much difference.

Personally, I have never met anyone that I felt had it *that* under control
that it wouldn't make a difference ;) All my friends who were organized
pre-GTD are just more organized (in terms of personal tasks) and _organized_
(hah! as in a productivity fanatical cult sense) now!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:02:23 -0000

Thanks for your feedback! You make an excellent point. I do enjoy
biographies as well, and some contain more nuggets and anecdotes to learn
and grow from than actual leadership training books. Built To Last falls
into that same vein, though they studied corporations instead of people.

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:00:18 -0000

Thanks Dr Jon!

I have ebook reader, so perhaps I'll download your recommendations to read
on my next trip =). Living in Hawaii, going anywhere takes at minimum 5
hours one way. It seems like the hours I spend in an airplane seat are some
of my most productive and reflective ;)

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:59:16 -0000

You're welcome Alec. I read your post about John - he sounds like a
wonderful, positive person who undoubtedly touched many lives.

I'm sure you'll enjoy the book and the changes that you notice in yourself
after reading the scrolls. Please let me know (personally via email if you
would like) how it turns out for you =)

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Jordan Pearce — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:56:08 -0000

Sorry I could not get through Getting Things Done. Does that make me a total slacker? There is another book of the same title in the 80's that was a little easier to read and had great tips.

However I do like Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy and am in the middle of re-reading the Carnegie book. The title is deceiving and so much more than what it reveals.

Great picks as I will add The Greatest Saleman to my reading list. I've heard of it but have never read it.

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Troy Malone — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:07:06 -0000

Can't recommend Getting Things Done any higher. It is great and helps with organization. If you are an organized person it probably won't be life changing. If not, you will be amazed with the difference it makes in your work life.

Troy Malone
Pelotonics

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Alec — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:46:35 -0000

Last Lion sounds fantastic. Have added it to my book list. Thanks!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Leadership — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:36:46 -0000

Okay, I would probably deviate away from strictly leadership books and recommend biographies - The Last Lion (by Kennedy on Churchill); Lee's Lieutenants (DS Freeman); and, Once a Marine (Popaditch). Unless I am researching or preparing for a presentation, I get more out of a good biography than a leadership book, per se.

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Dr Jon — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:07:13 -0000

Sid,
Awesome short list! I own AND HAVE READ! Og Mandino and Andrew Carnegie. Good stuff. Excellent stuff.

Besides these, if I were to give someone a short list of three, I would send them to

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The Master Key System by Charles Haanel and
The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles

They are available for free online in pdf format.
I'll be glad to point you if interested.

Keep up the good work!

Blessings,

Dr Jon

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Vincent — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:34:39 -0000

Hey Sid,

I personally love the book by Dale Carnegie. It had definitely made an impact in the way I handle people.

Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Alec — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:00:43 -0000

Sid - we have similar books in common. I've handed The Dip to at least 6 people so far!

A dear colleague, John Harrell, accredited much of the happiness and success in his life to the Og Mandino book. Some of John's other favorite books are here: http://blog.alecsatin.com/i...

You've inspired me to start 30 days 3x day with the scrolls in just the way you did above. Thanks for the example.

With kind regards,
Alec

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Amanda Linehan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:26:11 -0000

Interesting list. I've actually never read any of these! I love when I read a book and I feel like it actually changes my life. It seems like these did that for you!

Re: The Best Personal Development Books Reading List

Sid Savara — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:14:21 -0000

Thanks Alec! I'll be posting a followup post (or few!) with more
recommendations down the road ;)

Some of my other favorites are The Four Hour Work Week and The Dip - they've
really resonated with me =)