Post: #1

Post your favorite self-development books.

Obvious ones for me are:

Awaken the giant within - Tony Robbins
Unlimited Power - Tony Robbins
Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
A new earth - Eckhart Tolle
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love -Cal Newport

Post: #2

Thick & Grow Rich.

The only self-help book you need.

Post: #3

(08-19-2013 06:07 PM)Roosh Wrote:  Thick & Grow Rich.

The only self-help book you need.

I think you mean Think and Grow Rich?

Self-help book I liked is you are not your brain by Schwartz.

Post: #4

Rich Dad Poor Dad

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 8th Habit

All very good books that I highly recommend.

Post: #5

Here is a list from Steve Pavlina:

Productivity, Time Management, Effectiveness
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (personal effectiveness)
Getting Things Done by David Allen (workflow and productivity)
Maximum Achievement and Time Power by Brian Tracy (time management)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (personal effectiveness)
Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern (getting organized)
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham (finding your strengths)
Is Your Genius at Work? by Dick Richards (finding your genius, book review)
The Power of Less by Leo Babauta (personal effectiveness through simple habits)

Success, Behavior, Victory
Manifesting for Non-Gurus by Robert MacPhee (clarifying and experiencing your desires)
Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins (achievement and NLP)
Using Your Brain for a Change by Richard Bandler (NLP)
Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman (optimism)
The Now Habit by Neil Fiore (overcoming procrastination)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers (overcoming procrastination)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (slaughtering your enemy efficiently)
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (ensuring your enemy doesn’t slaughter you first)
The Psychology of Winning by Denis Waitley (victory)

Consciousness, Awareness, Spirituality
Power vs. Force by David Hawkins (levels of consciousness)
Ask and It Is Given and The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Esther Hicks (manifesting intentions)
The Power of Now and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (consciousness and awareness)
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra (manifesting intentions)
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (consciousness and awareness)
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman (inner peace)
Cosmic Trigger Vol I, Vol II, and Vol III by Robert Anton Wilson (”weird” doesn’t begin to describe it)
A Course in Miracles by the Foundation for Inner Peace (channeled teachings from Jesus)
The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard (awareness and forgiveness)
Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak (channeled teachings of the Pleiadians)
Operation Terra by Sara Lyara Estes (channeled messages)

Meaning, Purpose, Fulfillment
Life on Purpose by Dr. Brad Swift (discovering your purpose, Life on Purpose review)
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, The Power of Intention, and Inspiration by Wayne Dyer (spiritual problem solving, finding your purpose)
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (finding meaning in the Holocaust)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Holocaust story)
A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer (abuse and recovery)
Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff (cultivating unconditional happiness and inner peace)

Philosophy, Wisdom
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (wisdom)
As You Think aka As a Man Thinketh by James Allen (power of thought)
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu (wisdom)

Psychic Development, Astral Projection, Dreams
Lucid Dreaming and Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge (lucid dreaming)
Talking to Heaven, Reaching to Heaven, and Heaven and Earth by James van Praagh (mediumship, psychic connection)
Trust Your Vibes and Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette (psychic development, Ask Your Guides review, Sonia Choquette interview)
Far Journeys by Robert Monroe (astral projection)

Wealth, Business
The Type-Z Guide to Success With Ease and The Millionaire Course by Marc Allen (Type-Z Guide review, Marc Allen interview)
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (wealth)
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (wealth advice)
Built to Last and Good to Great by Jim Collins (business)

Relationships
Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships by Tristan Taormino (open relationships and polyamory)
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (social skills)
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg (communication)
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray (male-female communication)
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay by Mira Kirshenbaum (diagnosing relationship issues)
Should I Stay or Go? by Lee Raffel (healing or ending relationships)

Health, Medicine
The China Study by T. Colin Campbell (health, book review)
Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution by John Robbins (health and ethical food choices)
Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman (why a cattle rancher won’t eat meat)
The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion by Pete Egoscue (pain-free structural alignment)
Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins (laughter as medicine)
Vegan Family Favorites by Erin Pavlina (easy and delicious vegetarian recipes)
The Lazy Raw Foodists Guide by Laura Bruno (insightful, practical guide to eating raw foods)

Mental Development, Intelligence, Science
The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne (develop a superior memory)
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (visualization exercises)
Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks by Marilyn vos Savant (boosting your intelligence and mental clarity)
Chaos and Genius by James Gleick (chaos science and fractals; Richard Feynman bio)
The Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (social and mental phenomena)

Fiction
Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (philosophy of objectivism)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (the insanity of social conditioning)
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (the insanity of war)
Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony (fascinating fiction series): On a Pale Horse (Death), Bearing an Hourglass (Time), With a Tangled Skein (Fate), Wielding a Red Sword (War), Being a Green Mother (Nature), For Love of Evil (Satan), And Eternity (God)
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer (the Trojan War and classic Greek mythology)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (stranded boys turn into savages)
Mark Twain: Four Complete Novels by Mark Twain (a true literary genius)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (outgrowing your old self)

Post: #6

A useful book is "The Mystic Masters Speak!" by Vernon Howard. The book attempts to compile the wisdom of the ages for leading a better life. It is arranged by topic chapters, and each topic is composed of a set of philosophical questions and answers provided by great thinkers, philosophers, politicians, authors, etc., that address those particular questions.

Here is an example, from the chapter on fear.

Question: How can I dissolve my fears?

Answer: If men who do not understand life would only approach nearer to the phantoms which alarm them, and would examine them, they would see that they are only phantoms, and not realities. (Tolstoy)

The book has a huge number of quotes (283 pages) and is a good reference to just pick up and read at random.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Mystic-Masters...0911203230

Post: #7

Arnold Schwarzenegger's autobiography is a good one. He talks about his whole life and really gives a sense of the incredible drive that is required to be successful. Of course, it wasn't written as a self help book, so you have to draw your own message out of it - such as find a passion and fully invest yourself in it, as well as keep changing what you do to stay relevant and reflect your current strengths.

Post: #8

I'm not a huge fan of self help books, for most people it fills their brains with too much information and they get into an analysis paralysis feedback loop (keyboard jockeys). That's probably why so many self-help books have been written and sold, none of them work.

That being said, Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Quit Smoking" is pretty good, it's almost a sort of hypnosis that deconstructs the need for a cigarette, and "No More Mister Nice Guy" is good to read and analyze your own behavior and outlook so you can better cull worthless personality and behavioral traits. You might think that you're easygoing and friendly before reading NMMNG, afterwards you can consider that maybe you're setting yourself up to be some kind of rage-filled bastard, paradoxically a grinning pushover and yet incapable of tolerating the least slight.

Another two, in order of greatness, are Jamie Lewis (of Chaos and Pain) "Annihilate the Opposition" and "Issuance of Insanity, both great books on lifting. Read them and prosper.