These 5 books on creativity will help you in unleashing your creative potential to succeed as an artist, innovate in your business or even just do better at your job. Great for anyone seeking to become a bit more creative!
Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion
Authors: Noah J. Goldstein,Robert B. Cialdini, Steve J. Martin
This book teaches you that how to make someone say “Yes” by pulling the right strings. Based on extensive research on the psychology of persuasion and influence, Noah Goldstein shares the reasons why people say “Yes” to some and “No” to others. Learn to get your own way, using the science of persuasion.
The Science of Self-Discipline: The Willpower, Mental Toughness, and Self-Control to Resist Temptation and Achieve Your Goals
Authors: Peter Hollins,
The first step to achieving anything in life is self-discipline. The Science of Self-discipline will take you out of the false notion that goals and motivation alone can make your dreams come true. It will train you to focus on your priority, discover discipline tactics, identify your emotions and their triggers and many more life-changing practices.
No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline
Authors: Brian Tracy,
Tracy’s insights will prove to you that luck and talent are secondary, and why it is self-discipline that really guarantees success in people’s lives. No Excuses! is a book that will stop you from envying those who reached the top, by making you work just as hard to do the same – without making any excuses!
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
Authors: Mortimer J. Adler,Charles Van Doren
Adler gives you all the tools you will need to learn the different ways of comprehending various types of literature. He also gives you tips on the kind of skimming that really benefits and how to get exactly what the author is trying to share from any genre of books. When you have finished, you can use the tests given by the author to assess how much you’ve progressed!
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Authors: Marshall Goldsmith,Mark Reiter
If you want to discover the hidden habit that is stopping you from achieving more, this book has the answer. Expert trainer Marshall Goldsmith shares some of the core beliefs of successful people along with the most common behavioral problems that tie us down. He also gives you a carefully outlined set of guidelines that will help you change your behavior for the better.
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Authors: Daniel H. Pink,
The future demands a new way of thinking. The kind of thinking that artists, storytellers and inventors engage in. The best-selling author of To Sell is Human, Daniel Pink shares 6 fundamental habits that will change the way you think forever. His insights guarantee success in both your professional and personal life.
The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham
Authors: Esther Hicks,Jerry Hicks
The “Law of Attraction” is one of the most powerful laws to be established. Esther and Jerry Hicks reveal how you ask for your fortunes and misfortunes, by behaving in ways that attract them. This book will help you make sense of your own life and the lives of those you love.
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill
Authors: Matthieu Ricard,Jesse Browner, Daniel Goleman
Matthieu Ricard combines his personal experiences and knowledge from poetry, philosophy and Buddhism to provide a complete handbook for a happier life. Your happiness has to be your top priority. Forsaking it for money, power or fitness will only trick you into temporary moments of “feeling good.” In Happiness, Ricard changes your perspective on life and opens your eyes to the reality of being happy.
Business Model You: A One-Page Method for Reinventing Your Career
Authors: Tim Clark,Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur
The authors of Business Model You give you a highly effective approach to the modern dynamic business environment. Their business model will change your thinking, give you new skills with which you can approach any marketplace and make way for you to revolutionize it, so you can guarantee success in your personal and professional life.
Hero (The Secret, #4)
Authors: Rhonda Byrne,
Imagine you were given a map that would direct you to the life of your dreams. A life where you are mentally strong, financially stable, and successful in your career. A life where you are the hero of your own story. In this book, Rhonda Byrne provides you with that map. Her words will inspire you to overcome every challenge and live your best life.
Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It
Authors: Marshall Goldsmith,Mark Reiter
Mojo is your breakthrough moment in life. It is when you give the world something great and it recognizes what you have given. Goldsmith trains you to make that moment in your life a reality, and teaches you how to retain it when you get there. This book will make your career more rewarding, while giving your life more meaning.
Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting
Authors: Lynn Grabhorn,
Grabhorn reveals the real secret to changing your life, and it is a conscious awareness of your feelings. She claims that your feelings will determine the course of your day, year and life itself. In this book she shows you how to gain control over these feelings so you can experience that transformation.
A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
Authors: Jack Kornfield,
A Path With Heart, is transformational in the sense that it specifically address how the practices of mediation and the process of inner transformation, can be integrated into the Western Way of Life. The book will help guide you through the ups and downs of contemporary living – including dealing with addiction, psychological and emotional healing, relationships problems and the difficulties of simple living in a modern society.
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything
Authors: Anne Bogel,
We are all obsessed with uncovering the hidden gems of our personality. However, Pottermore and Buzzfeed aren’t the best ways to do this. Anne Bogel gives you everything you need to know about personality based on real tests such as the Myers-Briggs and StrengthsFinder so that you can gauge who you are and change your life accordingly.
You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth
Authors: Jen Sincero,
Jen Sincero didn’t always live a luxurious life. In fact, she had to work her way to the top. In this book, she shares the strategies that aided her in this transformation. She shows you a way to overcome doubt so that you can start making as much money as you want.
Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go
Authors: Les Edgerton,
Les Edgerton’s Hooked is an invaluable guide to all aspiring and current fiction writers. He shows you how you can portray events with the best emotions and expressions, the best length for your chapters and how to lure your readers in by creating an opening scene that makes them ask for more.
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