Who Else LOVES Self Growth Books?

JoshMorris05 · 06-14-2014, 02:01 PM

Hey, I thought I would start a thread on self growth books 1. Because I love them, 2. I know the amazing value that they give others, and 3. It would be great to have one place for all your favourite recommendations.

Self growth includes anything thats fiction or non fiction relating to growth and development of the self, happiness, psychology, motivation, etc.

Here are a few I have just finished or am reading, and I highly recommend.

The Alchemist (Fiction, but strongly related to growth) - Paulo Choelo

Flow: The psychology of optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Charge - Brendon Burchard

What are some of your recommendations. I love finding out more self growth books to read myself, and if we all contribute then everyone will have more ways to read and grown.

Josh

frahse · 06-14-2014, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoshMorris05

Hey, I thought I would start a thread on self growth books 1. Because I love them, 2. I know the amazing value that they give others, and 3. It would be great to have one place for all your favourite recommendations.

Self growth includes anything thats fiction or non fiction relating to growth and development of the self, happiness, psychology, motivation, etc.

Here are a few I have just finished or am reading, and I highly recommend.

The Alchemist (Fiction, but strongly related to growth) - Paulo Choelo

Flow: The psychology of optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Charge - Brendon Burchard

What are some of your recommendations. I love finding out more self growth books to read myself, and if we all contribute then everyone will have more ways to read and grown.

Josh

Heck, "me too."

Froide · 06-14-2014, 10:03 PM

Worthwhile thread; I'm in.

Relationships:

Are You the One For Me? by Barbara De Angelis
The Compatibility Quotient by Sue Klavan Simring (not an ebook, but she contributed to Making Marriage Work for Dummies, which is an ebook, but I have not read it)

General:

The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

Froide · 06-14-2014, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoshMorris05

Hey, I thought I would start a thread on self growth books 1. Because I love them, 2. I know the amazing value that they give others, and 3. It would be great to have one place for all your favourite recommendations.

Self growth includes anything thats fiction or non fiction relating to growth and development of the self, happiness, psychology, motivation, etc.

Here are a few I have just finished or am reading, and I highly recommend.

The Alchemist (Fiction, but strongly related to growth) - Paulo Choelo

Flow: The psychology of optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Charge - Brendon Burchard

What are some of your recommendations. I love finding out more self growth books to read myself, and if we all contribute then everyone will have more ways to read and grown.

Josh

Hi Josh:
Thanks for starting this thread and for sharing your recommendations.

Hello Josh, Frahse, et. al.:
It would be helpful if all participants in this thread would please include links to the books they recommend or discuss here.

jandrew · 06-14-2014, 11:15 PM

(this thread probably belongs in the Reading Recommendations section)

At any rate, here’s a couple:

Zen Heart: Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion (Ezra Bayda)
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology (Jack Kornfield)

frahse · 06-15-2014, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froide

Hi Josh:
Thanks for starting this thread and for sharing your recommendations.

Hello Josh, Frahse, et. al.:
It would be helpful if all participants in this thread would please include links to the books they recommend or discuss here.

My first one was the "Boy Scout" manual!

Kasper Hviid · 06-17-2014, 05:53 AM

I have tried some, but never managed to finish any.

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - not finished, but what I have read is good, even if it is a bit preachy at times and is founded on being "effective" inside the capitalist system.

I once tried reading The Celestine Prophecy, but quickly threw the book away in utter disgust.

Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes: Life Lessons from the Master Detective argues that the behavior of Sherlock Holmes serves as life lessons, hidden within an ordinary whodunnit. What I have read of this one had been interesting enough, albeit often somewhat self-evident. I think this book is better if seen as a examination of Sherlock Holmes than as self-growth advice.

JoshMorris05 · 06-18-2014, 07:39 AM

Great recommendations guys, thanks so much.

Another couple I forgot:

How to win friends and influence people: Dale Carnigie

Getting things done: David Allen

frahse · 06-25-2014, 12:59 PM

I have given my children a copy of "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen.

A "blest" uncle gave me a copy.

Nothingness · 06-27-2014, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshMorris05

How to win friends and influence people: Dale Carnigie

I agree with that one. I bought it used at a workplace, mine is really old. A colleague there said it was good. With the funny title I thought I'd have fun ridiculing the book when I would read it, and when I read it I was really amazed. It short the author is really good at explaining the negative effects our words and behaviors have on people, and it made me change for the better I think.

Froide · 06-30-2014, 05:19 AM

The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
How to Get What You Want, Wallace D. Wattles
The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace D. Wattles

Kasper Hviid · 07-03-2014, 07:08 AM

I found a few relevant books on gutenberg.org. I have not read any of them so you have to discover for yourself if its worth your time:

Assimilative Memory by A. Loisette 1899
How to Read Human Nature: Its Inner States and Outer Forms by Atkinson
How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions by S. S. Curry
How to Cook Husbands by Elizabeth Strong Worthington
Modern marriage and how to bear it by Maud Churton Braby
Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion by Emile Coué
The Practice of Autosuggestion by C. Harry Brooks
Memory: How to Develop, Train, and Use It by William Walker Atkinson
The Art of Logical Thinking; Or, The Laws of Reasoning by William Walker Atkinson
How to Read Human Nature: Its Inner States and Outer Forms by William Walker Atkinson
Practical Mind-Reading by William Walker Atkinson
How to be Happy Though Married by Edward John Hardy
A Guide to Men: Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland
The Young Man's Guide by William A. Alcott
Power of Mental Imagery by Warren Hilton
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers
Your Mind and How to Use It: A Manual of Practical Psychology by Atkinson
How to Get Strong and How to Stay So
Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves: How to Read Your Fate in a Teacup by Cicely Kent
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing by William Walker Atkinson - Some crystal gazing instructions in Lesson II.
How to Read the Crystal by Sepharial - skimming this book, it looks like it is filled with superstitious nonsense, instead of just telling how crystal gazing works.

Nothingness · 07-07-2014, 03:13 AM

Now that I think about it:

Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore, and his other books as well.

LucyOne · 07-23-2014, 04:16 PM

I especially enjoyed Oliver Burkeman's The Antidote, which is kind of a self help book against self help books, at least against those that don't work and make you unhappy by trying to make you change into someone you cannot be.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antidote-Hap...6146171&sr=1-1

Tim Parks' Teach Us To Sit Still is his gripping story about dealing with inexplicable chronic pain and learning to let go with meditation. Really convinced me to try that myself.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Us-Sit...s+to+sit+still

06-14-2014, 02:01 PM	#1
JoshMorris05 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 1000010 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: none	Who Else LOVES Self Growth Books? Hey, I thought I would start a thread on self growth books 1. Because I love them, 2. I know the amazing value that they give others, and 3. It would be great to have one place for all your favourite recommendations. Self growth includes anything thats fiction or non fiction relating to growth and development of the self, happiness, psychology, motivation, etc. Here are a few I have just finished or am reading, and I highly recommend. The Alchemist (Fiction, but strongly related to growth) - Paulo Choelo Flow: The psychology of optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Charge - Brendon Burchard What are some of your recommendations. I love finding out more self growth books to read myself, and if we all contribute then everyone will have more ways to read and grown. Josh

06-14-2014, 10:03 PM	#3
Froide Wizard Posts: 1,898 Karma: 9851695 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Noo Yawk Device: Samsung Galaxy and Windows devices. RIP: Palm & Nook devices.	Worthwhile thread; I'm in. Relationships: Are You the One For Me? by Barbara De Angelis The Compatibility Quotient by Sue Klavan Simring (not an ebook, but she contributed to Making Marriage Work for Dummies, which is an ebook, but I have not read it) General: The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Last edited by Froide; 06-15-2014 at 03:25 PM.

06-14-2014, 11:15 PM	#5
jandrew Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 2934438 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Winnipeg MB Canada Device: aura hd	(this thread probably belongs in the Reading Recommendations section) At any rate, here’s a couple: Zen Heart: Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion (Ezra Bayda) The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology (Jack Kornfield)

06-25-2014, 12:59 PM	#9
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,314 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	I have given my children a copy of "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen. A "blest" uncle gave me a copy. Last edited by frahse; 06-26-2014 at 02:57 PM.

06-30-2014, 05:19 AM	#11
Froide Wizard Posts: 1,898 Karma: 9851695 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Noo Yawk Device: Samsung Galaxy and Windows devices. RIP: Palm & Nook devices.	The Secret, Rhonda Byrne Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill How to Get What You Want, Wallace D. Wattles The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace D. Wattles Last edited by Froide; 06-30-2014 at 05:54 AM.

06-17-2014, 05:53 AM	#7
Kasper Hviid Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 2784614 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: none	I have tried some, but never managed to finish any. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - not finished, but what I have read is good, even if it is a bit preachy at times and is founded on being "effective" inside the capitalist system. I once tried reading The Celestine Prophecy, but quickly threw the book away in utter disgust. Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes: Life Lessons from the Master Detective argues that the behavior of Sherlock Holmes serves as life lessons, hidden within an ordinary whodunnit. What I have read of this one had been interesting enough, albeit often somewhat self-evident. I think this book is better if seen as a examination of Sherlock Holmes than as self-growth advice.

06-18-2014, 07:39 AM	#8
JoshMorris05 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 1000010 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: none	Great recommendations guys, thanks so much. Another couple I forgot: How to win friends and influence people: Dale Carnigie Getting things done: David Allen

07-03-2014, 07:08 AM	#12
Kasper Hviid Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 2784614 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: none	I found a few relevant books on gutenberg.org. I have not read any of them so you have to discover for yourself if its worth your time: Assimilative Memory by A. Loisette 1899 How to Read Human Nature: Its Inner States and Outer Forms by Atkinson How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions by S. S. Curry How to Cook Husbands by Elizabeth Strong Worthington Modern marriage and how to bear it by Maud Churton Braby Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion by Emile Coué The Practice of Autosuggestion by C. Harry Brooks Memory: How to Develop, Train, and Use It by William Walker Atkinson The Art of Logical Thinking; Or, The Laws of Reasoning by William Walker Atkinson How to Read Human Nature: Its Inner States and Outer Forms by William Walker Atkinson Practical Mind-Reading by William Walker Atkinson How to be Happy Though Married by Edward John Hardy A Guide to Men: Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland The Young Man's Guide by William A. Alcott Power of Mental Imagery by Warren Hilton How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers Your Mind and How to Use It: A Manual of Practical Psychology by Atkinson How to Get Strong and How to Stay So Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves: How to Read Your Fate in a Teacup by Cicely Kent Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing by William Walker Atkinson - Some crystal gazing instructions in Lesson II. How to Read the Crystal by Sepharial - skimming this book, it looks like it is filled with superstitious nonsense, instead of just telling how crystal gazing works. Last edited by Kasper Hviid; 07-03-2014 at 07:10 AM.

07-07-2014, 03:13 AM	#13
Nothingness Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 7574010 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura H2O Limited Edition	Now that I think about it: Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore, and his other books as well.

07-23-2014, 04:16 PM	#14
LucyOne Librocubicularist Posts: 617 Karma: 11908623 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Germany Device: PocketBook InkPad 3 & Touch HD 3, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Paperwhite 5	I especially enjoyed Oliver Burkeman's The Antidote, which is kind of a self help book against self help books, at least against those that don't work and make you unhappy by trying to make you change into someone you cannot be. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antidote-Hap...6146171&sr=1-1 Tim Parks' Teach Us To Sit Still is his gripping story about dealing with inexplicable chronic pain and learning to let go with meditation. Really convinced me to try that myself. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Us-Sit...s+to+sit+still

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