{"id":3506,"date":"2016-07-08T23:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T06:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coachingreallyworks.com\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2016-10-25T02:56:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T09:56:28","slug":"15-awesome-books-that-have-made-a-difference-in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/15-awesome-books-that-have-made-a-difference-in-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Awesome Books That Have Made a Difference in My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are very different from me but it&#8217;s very likely that we do have one thing in common, a love for learning. Finding a good book to read can be a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always interested in what others have found meaningful and helpful,\u00a0so\u00a0I thought I&#8217;d pay it forward by letting you have a peek at some of the books that have molded my life and thoughts.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">In this Video:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>00:50 &#8211; 3 Books on Mind and Spirit<br \/>\n02:03 &#8211; 4 Books on Communication, Relationships, and Love<br \/>\n03:52 &#8211; 2 Books on Money and Business<br \/>\n04:45 &#8211; 6 Personal Development\/Success<br \/>\n06:43 &#8211; Quote from &#8211; Vera Nazarian<br \/>\n07:00 &#8211; Affirmation to Move You Forward<\/p>\n<h2>Listen To The Audio:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\">[powerpress]\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/coaching-really-works-abe\/id931183612\">Subscribe to Podcast in iTunes<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Watch The Video<\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MPm0sOZIuqc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Transcription:<\/h2>\n<p>I have a treat for you today, I want to give you a little bit of insight into my library. I&#8217;ve got a bunch of books up here and I&#8217;ve got another shelf over there with more books.<\/p>\n<p>And the reason why I am doing this is because I want to share with you some of the books that have had a really <strong>big impact on my life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would like to be able to say okay, these are the books that I have the biggest impact on my life. I don&#8217;t think that way, I have a hard time choosing favorites and quite frankly, I love a lot of things. My taste in music, for example is very eclectic.<\/p>\n<p>So when it comes to books, it&#8217;s the same thing, I couldn&#8217;t decide on five or ten so I just took\u00a0like fifteen. I won\u2019t go into many details, but I will just whet your APPETITE\u00a0a little bit. Okay, so here&#8217;s a few to start with.<\/p>\n<h2>Books on Mind and Spirit<\/h2>\n<h3>Think and Grow Rich<\/h3>\n<p>One of them is <em>Think and Grow Rich<\/em>. I have a rather new edition, I don\u2019t have the old edition, but the title says it all. And this is one of the books that is really, one of the earliest books in PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT\u00a0that really taught people <strong>how to think and how to access the resources that we have inside ourselves.<\/strong> (<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001NGN2D2\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>Think and Grow Rich<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001NGN2D2\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1598\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1598\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/71OuR2X1H2L._SL1000_-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Think and Grow Rich\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/71OuR2X1H2L._SL1000_-82x116.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/71OuR2X1H2L._SL1000_-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/71OuR2X1H2L._SL1000_-280x400.jpg 280w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/71OuR2X1H2L._SL1000_.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>As a Man Thinketh<\/h3>\n<p>Now the next one I have on my list is <em>As a Man Thinketh<\/em>. It&#8217;s not on this list here, I do have my Kindle and I have been downloading and I have a lot of these books on my Kindle. So <em>As a Man Thinketh<\/em> is really just gold when it comes to setting your MIND\u00a0right and you know, <strong>you become what you think about.<\/strong> That&#8217;s really the basics of it. It&#8217;s similar to <em>Think and Grow Rich<\/em>, but it&#8217;s kind of an easy read, it&#8217;s very short and easy to assimilate. (<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1434440613\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>As a Man Thinketh<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1434440613\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3520\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3520\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/asamanthinketh-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"asamanthinketh\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/asamanthinketh-82x125.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/asamanthinketh-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/asamanthinketh-262x400.jpg 262w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/asamanthinketh.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Power of Now<\/h3>\n<p>The other one that I have you on my list is <em>The Power of Now<\/em> by Eckhart Tolle. Now Eckhart Tolle, he showed up on Oprah TV explaining a lot of this and this is one of the things that really pushed his book forward. But even without Oprah, you will find that he really landed on a really important secret here and that is <strong>the ability to be present detaches us so much from the confusion that comes in and just ruins our lives, and fear of the future, remorse over the past.<\/strong> Anyways, a great read.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002361MLA\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>The Power of Now<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002361MLA\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1492\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1492\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/41VOePNHbSL-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Power of Now Book\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/41VOePNHbSL-82x127.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/41VOePNHbSL-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/41VOePNHbSL-256x400.jpg 256w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/41VOePNHbSL.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n[callout][\/callout]\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Books on Communication, Relationships, and Love<\/h2>\n<p>The next ones is actually on relationships more than the first ones. The first ones are more, I guess on spirituality.<\/p>\n<h3>Men are From Mars and Women are From Venus<\/h3>\n<p><em>Men are From Mars and Women are From Venus<\/em> changed my life in that it just helped me to <strong>relax about a lot of issues between me and women<\/strong> and my wife, my girlfriends early on when I read it and then later on my wife. And now I am <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/relationship-advice-you-probably-think-you-dont-want-now\/\">divorced and just dealing with that<\/a> and you know meeting new women, I don&#8217;t think we have it figured all out, but it\u2019s a great book and gives you great insight into handling those differences.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060574216\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>Men are From Mars and Women are From Venus<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060574216\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3521\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3521\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/menarefrommarswomenarefromvenus-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"menarefrommarswomenarefromvenus\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/menarefrommarswomenarefromvenus-82x123.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/menarefrommarswomenarefromvenus-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/menarefrommarswomenarefromvenus-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/menarefrommarswomenarefromvenus.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The 5 Love Languages<\/h3>\n<p>The next one is related and that is <em>The 5\u00a0Love Languages<\/em> and I read this one just recently and it\u2019s one of those books that I wish that I had read before when I was married and I might have been able to save my marriage. I will never know, but it&#8217;s just gold when it comes to <strong>understanding how to give people LOVE\u00a0in a way that is meaningful to them.<\/strong> Some people need gifts, some people need words of affirmation and some people need&#8230; Anyways, just go ahead and read it yourself, it&#8217;s a great book.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/080241270X\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>The 5\u00a0Love Languages<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/080241270X\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3522\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3522\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the5lovelanguages-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"the5lovelanguages\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the5lovelanguages-82x127.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the5lovelanguages-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the5lovelanguages-258x400.jpg 258w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the5lovelanguages.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Emotional Intelligence<\/h3>\n<p>The other one that I&#8230;I think I have a copy here and that is <em>Emotional Intelligence<\/em> by Daniel Goldman. And it&#8217;s the whole EQ, IQ debate. Well, IQ is going to get you a job but EQ is going to get you a promotion. It really has some awesome insight that helps you to understand <strong>our thinking and our emotions and connect to them, how to connect with them and work with them better<\/strong>.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/055338371X\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>Emotional Intelligence<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/055338371X\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1878\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1878\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Emotional-Intelligence-Daniel-Goleman-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Emotional-Intelligence-Daniel-Goleman\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Emotional-Intelligence-Daniel-Goleman-82x123.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Emotional-Intelligence-Daniel-Goleman-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Emotional-Intelligence-Daniel-Goleman-264x400.jpg 264w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Emotional-Intelligence-Daniel-Goleman.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Winning Without Intimidation<\/h3>\n<p>The next one that I have on the list is <em>Winning Without Intimidation<\/em>. It&#8217;s an older book and I think it&#8217;s out of print, but I am glad that I read that book because it\u2019s been one of the keys to helping me <strong>manage and navigate the challenging conversations with great success<\/strong> and really keep friendships alive, keep communication flowing in the workplace or with friends, in my marriage, in relationships and just realizing that I haven\u2019t had to be confrontational to succeed, to win in a CONVERSATION, because we can both win.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1890344117\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>Winning Without Intimidation<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1890344117\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3519\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3519\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/winningwithoutintimidation-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"winningwithoutintimidation\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/winningwithoutintimidation-82x130.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/winningwithoutintimidation-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/winningwithoutintimidation-253x400.jpg 253w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/winningwithoutintimidation.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Books on Money and Business<\/h2>\n<h3>The Cashflow Quadrant<\/h3>\n<p>And the next book that I have on this list is <em>The Cashflow Quadrant<\/em> by Robert Kiyosaki. Actually he has several books, they are all really great, <em>Rich Dad, Poor Dad<\/em> and so on. But <em>The Cashflow Quadrant<\/em> is a very nice overview of <strong>where you might be in your life financially and how you can move if you want to change your life<\/strong> if you want to become rich, if you want to become a business owner, if you want to invest, if you want to change out of the rat race, as he puts it.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00BFHV90W\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>The Cashflow Quadrant<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00BFHV90W\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1338\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1338\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2940012973719_p0_v1_s260x4201-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2940012973719_p0_v1_s260x4201-82x123.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2940012973719_p0_v1_s260x4201-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2940012973719_p0_v1_s260x4201.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Personal MBA<\/h3>\n<p>The next one I have on my list is <em>The Personal MBA<\/em> and this one is really great. It is recommended to me by a friend and I just read through it, it just helps you to <strong>understand the intricacies of running a business.<\/strong> It&#8217;s really great if you&#8217;re an entrepreneur, if you&#8217;re looking at building your own business. It&#8217;s a bit technical and it&#8217;s more like corporation ideas but they&#8217;re very <strong>sound business ADVICE<\/strong>\u00a0and counsel on how to look at different aspects of the business and what are the key parts to keeping a business running.\u00a0(<em>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1591845572\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>The Personal MBA<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1591845572\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3518\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3518\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/41Ce3nZb0CL-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"41Ce3nZb0CL\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/41Ce3nZb0CL-82x126.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/41Ce3nZb0CL-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/41Ce3nZb0CL-261x400.jpg 261w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/41Ce3nZb0CL.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n[offer-box href=&#8221;http:\/\/sostartover.com&#8221; linktext=&#8221;Reminder: Have you checked out my book? I just released \u201cSo? Start Over!: Experience Clarity, Do What Matters, Live Your Dream\u201d which includes worksheets, cheatsheets, and bonus material. Click here to check it out!&#8221; securecheckout=&#8221;true&#8221; footnote=&#8221;Get It on Amazon&#8221;]\n<h2>Books on Personal Development and Success<\/h2>\n<h3>Today Matters<\/h3>\n<p>Now the next one that I have on the list is <em>Today Matters<\/em>. I mentioned this in a previous post, I am actually in the middle of this one. But this one has really opened my eyes to how to bring the important areas of your life into making decisions about them and practicing those decisions every day in your life to <strong>make a great future for yourself<\/strong>.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1931722528\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>Today Matters<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1931722528\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3517\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3517\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/61sbfDrlknL-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"61sbfDrlknL\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/61sbfDrlknL-82x124.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/61sbfDrlknL-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/61sbfDrlknL-265x400.jpg 265w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/61sbfDrlknL.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Influence<\/h3>\n<p>The next one that I have on here is <em>Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion<\/em>. I don\u2019t think I actually have a copy of it down here, no I don\u2019t. But<em> Influence:\u00a0The Psychology of Persuasion<\/em> is awesome in that it helps you, it\u2019s kind of one of the early books about selling and understanding selling, <strong>how to motivate people<\/strong> to either communicated to buy or to accept your ideas and proposals and how to avoid it if you are trying to get away from it as well. It\u2019s quite a funny read.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/006124189X\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>Influence<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/006124189X\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1735\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1735\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Influence_The_Psychology_of_Persuasion-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Influence_The_Psychology_of_Persuasion-82x125.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Influence_The_Psychology_of_Persuasion-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Influence_The_Psychology_of_Persuasion-260x400.jpg 260w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Influence_The_Psychology_of_Persuasion-600x921.jpg 600w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Influence_The_Psychology_of_Persuasion-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Influence_The_Psychology_of_Persuasion-760x1167.jpg 760w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Influence_The_Psychology_of_Persuasion.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Outliers<\/h3>\n<p>The next one on the list is <em>Outliers<\/em>. Now <em>Outliers<\/em>, I love Malcolm, Malcolm Gladwell, he has a great way of just combining information and data and really coming to some interesting conclusions. I wouldn\u2019t say that it\u2019s all gospel, but it\u2019s very interesting to see <strong>what makes people successful.<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001ANYDAO\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>Outliers<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001ANYDAO\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1796\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1796\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Outliers-The-Story-of-Success-Malcom-Gladewell-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Outliers-The-Story-of-Success-Malcom-Gladewell\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Outliers-The-Story-of-Success-Malcom-Gladewell-82x124.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Outliers-The-Story-of-Success-Malcom-Gladewell-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Outliers-The-Story-of-Success-Malcom-Gladewell-263x400.jpg 263w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Outliers-The-Story-of-Success-Malcom-Gladewell.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Screw It. Let&#8217;s Do It<\/h3>\n<p>And the next one that I have on here is <em>Screw It, Let\u2019s Do It<\/em>, by Richard Branson. Just one of those <strong>role models that I really admire in business<\/strong> today and a really nice person from what I have come to understand.\u00a0(<em>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DJFLW6E\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>Screw It, Let\u2019s Do It<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DJFLW6E\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3523\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3523\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/screwitletsdoit-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"screwitletsdoit\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/screwitletsdoit-82x126.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/screwitletsdoit-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/screwitletsdoit-260x400.jpg 260w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/screwitletsdoit.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Greatness Guide<\/h3>\n<p>Another one that I don\u2019t have a copy of here is <em>The Greatness Guide<\/em>\u00a0by Robin Sharma and he just gives you little gold nuggets throughout the book to really make you <strong>raise your life to world class<\/strong> and to really EXCEL\u00a0in anything you do.\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1554684366\/?tag=coachingreall-20\"><em>The Greatness Guide<\/em><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1554684366\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1331\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/51fUhgnh0dL-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Greatness Guide\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/51fUhgnh0dL-82x125.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/51fUhgnh0dL-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/51fUhgnh0dL-262x400.jpg 262w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/51fUhgnh0dL.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Magic of Thinking Big<\/h3>\n<p>And last but not least is an older book and it\u2019s called <em>The Magic of Thinking Big<\/em> and <em>The Magic of Thinking Big<\/em> is like, why think small when you can think big? Because you&#8217;re <strong>going to get the way your mind is thinking<\/strong>, what you&#8217;re looking at, the questions that you&#8217;re asking. And so it teaches you to just <strong>open up to BIGGER\u00a0ideas.<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Read\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0671646788\/?tag=coachingreall-20\">The Magic of Thinking Big<\/a><\/em><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0671646788\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1568\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1568 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/518RYnM-frL-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"On Amazon\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/518RYnM-frL-82x127.jpg 82w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/518RYnM-frL-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/518RYnM-frL-257x400.jpg 257w, https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/518RYnM-frL.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All right, there you go, 15 books and I hope I didn&#8217;t go too fast for anybody on that one. But check them out, see which one YOU\u00a0want to <strong>add to your morning reading list<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>All right, well here&#8217;s a quote for today:<\/p>\n[shareable cite=&#8221;Vera Nazarian&#8221;]Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. #quote[\/shareable]\n<p>And here&#8217;s your affirmation for today, make it a part of your emotions and your belief and say it three times in the morning when you wake up and three times in the evening before you go to sleep:<\/p>\n[shareable cite=&#8221;Abe Stone&#8221;]I eagerly read books that help increase my understanding. #affirmation[\/shareable]<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are very different from me but it&#8217;s very likely that we do have one thing in common, a love for learning. Finding a good book to read can be a challenge. I&#8217;m always interested in what others have found meaningful and helpful,\u00a0so\u00a0I thought I&#8217;d pay it forward by letting you have a peek at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70,29],"tags":[81,93,261,27,71,140,279,57,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3506"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3662,"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3506\/revisions\/3662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}