Books Archive
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2. The Other 90% by Robert K. Cooper Ph.D. Cooper identifies four keystones to success. Dare to trust: building and sustaining exceptional relationships, develop your energy levels: increase your calm effectiveness under pressure, become farsighted: create your future and lastly, develop your nerve: exceed expectations. In Daring to trust, one of the key messages is to use all 3 of our brains, our head, our heart and our gut. Often we rely only on one, when all 3 are vitally important. He tells the story of Richard Branson, who was dyslexic and labelled 'number blind' in school, he was recently ranked as one of the most intelligent men in Britain with annual business revenues of $4 billion. 3. The Impossible Just Takes a Little Longer. by Art Berg How many times have we been frustrated by our inability to achieve something and we just give up. We can sometimes become complacent with our good health and fail to appreciate the enormous energy and courage required by others to complete even the most simple tasks. The author, Art Berg, describes his struggle to overcome a tragic accident that left him as a quadriplegic and the journey he undertook to get his life and his dreams back on track. Sadly, he died at the age of 32 just as the book was being published but it acts as a testament to his persistence and the view that he aspired to, that the 'impossible just takes a little longer.' 4. 'Unconditional Success-Loving the Work we were Born to Do.' Nick Williams In this very practical and inspiring book, Nick Williams redefines the meaning of success and challenges us to re-establish a relationship with ourselves in order to achieve our ultimate goal-'Unconditional Success'. Williams emphasizes the need to overcome the stumbling blocks that inhibit our progress; and to abandon the fear of failure that prevents us from pushing back the boundaries. He believes that we all have the ability to achieve success without sacrifice - and self-belief without conceit by tapping into our innate creative spirit in order to achieve all we desire. 5. The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success - Deepak Chopra A short read but one that you will revert back to time
and again as its principles are sound. Chopra distils his
teachings into seven simple principles which can be applied
to create success in all aspects of our lives. As Chopra
so aptly states, ‘success is a journey not a destination.’
Success he argues, incorporates good health; energy and
enthusiasm for life; fulfilling relationships; creative
freedom; emotional and psychological stability and a sense
of well being or peace of mind. 6. The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle An excellent book that also comes in a CD format but I would recommend that you read the book first to get a clear understanding of his principles. So many times we worry about what might be, or what might happen, instead of just concentrating on enjoying the ‘now’, this moment in time. Tolle encourages us to focus our gratitude of what we have and how we can choose our behavioural response to anything at a given moment. 7. The Success Principles -Jack Canfield Jack Canfield has co-authored a number of Tolle
excellent books including the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series
and The Power of Focus which I also review. In this, his most
recent book, he shares the key principles that he has learnt over
the years not only from his mentor W. Clement Stone but also from a plethora
of success literature and interviews conducted with highly successful
businessmen and entrepreneurs. A book that needs to be read a
number of times and it is important to work through the exercises
to get the most out of it rather than a quick scan. 8. How to Say No, When you Feel you Ought to Say Yes- How to Escape the Duty' -Vera Pfeffer How many times have we become 'roped' into doing sometimes we feel obliged to do or say 'yes' when we really don't want to do it at all?
1. First things First by Stephen R. Covey and R. and R. Merrill This is an excellent book and one which I recommend highly to all my clients. We are all increasingly stretched because ' we so much to do and so little time to do it in!' This book offers some practical and highly focused ways to improve our time management techniques and should be read in conjunction with 'The Power of Focus' by Jack Canfield, (reviewed last month), which advises strongly 'that we should pay attention to what we focus on -because it may happen!' 2. 'How to Become a Great Boss: Winning Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best Employees' by Jeffrey Fox. As the research will tell us, people leave managers
not companies. Jeffrey Fox, author of 'How to become a CEO' writes
about the key principles of becoming a Great Boss. 3. The Leader Within: Learn Enough
about Yourself to Lead Others by Drea Zigarmi, This book is written by four renowned leadership experts and provides an insight into how we can develop as stronger leaders by understanding what leadership means-how it works and what it's for. This book emphasises the importance of developing and articulating a strong and compelling vision and values that people can believe in and which will fully motivate them. 'Too many organisations, because of a lack of leadership, require the follower's minds and muscle but not their hearts.' (Blanchard, 2005).Three ingredients are necessary - purpose, values and image or picture of the future. 4. Good to Great-Jim Collins Jim Colllins who co-authored 'Built to Last'
with Jerry Porras identifies what it takes to create a great company.
The book is based on research carried out in specific companies
that outperformed the stock market in the US by 6.9 times, over
a defined period of 15 years. One of the critical success factors
according to Collins, was the presence of Level 5 Leadership within
the respective companies. These leaders possessed a combination
of personal humility and professional will, who harnessed their
ambition for the company rather than themselves. Collins reinforces
the need to 'Get the right people on the bus and the wrong
people off the bus'. He emphasises the need to 'confront
the brutal facts', focus on the one big thing you do best
and create a culture of sustained discipline that will get you
where you want to be. 5.
The Inner Game of Work- Tim Gallwey 6. The Power of Focus- Jack Canfield et al. This is an excellent book and one I recommend to all my clients. We all face time pressures, financial pressures and the struggle to maintain a healthy work/life balance. As the saying goes, ‘if you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got!’ Canfield’s book provides simple, well written and highly practical steps to encourage us to focus on what we want, how to achieve it successfully and rid ourselves of inhibiting bad habits that hold us back. Worth taking time out to go through the action items. 7. 'Wake up your Mind.' The Mind Gym, Octavius Black Having attended and thoroughly enjoyed many 'mind gym' workouts, I was intrigued with the title-wake up your mind! The book provides a snapshot of some of the most popular mind gym workouts and is written in a very practical style. The mind gym workouts are based on extensive research undertaken by Octavius Black and Associates and focus on the premise that we can all choose how we think and offers practical tips and techniques to enlarge our health, behaviours and social skills.
8. 'Who Moved My Cheese' by Spencer Johnson. 'When you change what you believe you change what you do!' This is an excellent and humorous story about change, seen from the perspective of two little mice 'Hmm' and 'Haw', who cope with the onset of change in very different ways. (It also comes in DVD format from www.videoarts.co.uk)
Well recommended. An excellent analogy to help people cope and manage change effectively in their daily lives. For more information on this profiling system and to undergo a personal DiSC assessment please contact info@peopleresources.ie. Highly recommended particularly for HR Managers and OD Specialists.
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