I recently ran a discussion group in the Success Lounge on LinkedIn ( which I can highly recommend in itself if you enjoy hanging out with highly motivated people).
I asked for the most inspirational and motivational books people had read and the response was phenomenal, keeping the discussion in the top 5 for months and months. I thought I would share the response with you here:
RECOMMENDATIONS ( from the generous souls in The Success Lounge, LinkedIn…with thanks):
1) Focus – By Mark Victor Hansen
2) Mind Maps for Business
3) Who moved my cheese?
4) “Use your head”- Tony Buzane
5) Getting things done”- David Allen.
6) A whole new mind” – Daniel H. Pink.
7) ‘Think and Grow Rich”-Anthony Robins
8) Every street is paved with gold; Succes secrets of a korean entrepreneur-Kim Woo-Choong
9) Strategic Selling” -Robert Miller/Stephen Heiman.
10) For management, -Dr. Peter Drucker
Confessions of an S.O.B,- an autobiobgraphhy by Al Neuharth
”The Millionaire Mind,- Dr. Thomas Stanley
”How to Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive,- Harvey MacKay
“When I Say No, I Feel Guilty,- Dr. Manuel Smith
11) The Gospel of John
Tao Te Ching
12) Rich Dad, Poor Dad”-Robert Kiyosakai
13) Road less travelled”-Scott Peck.
14) The magic of thinking big - David J Schwartz
15) Beach Money -Jordan Adler
16) The Prodigal Daughter
17) The Science of Getting Rich- Wallace D. Wattles
18) “Grapes of Wrath” John Steinbeck.
19) Success mastery – Brian Tracy – “Everything matters”
20) When you are sinking,become submarine- Pawan Choudhary.
21) The Seat of the Soul– Gary Zukav
22) Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People.
23) BHAGAWAD GITA – SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA
24) Leading Change -John Kotter.
25) Victory secrets of Attila the Hun – Wess Roberts Phd
26) South- Ernest Shackleton
27) To the Ends of the Air- G.E.Livock
28) The road less traveled - M Scott Peck
29) Oh the Places You’ll Go!- Dr Seuss.
30) Ice to the Eskimos -Jon Spoelstra
31) Taming Tigers -Jim Lawless
32) Parable of Dollars – Sam Adeyemi
33) Tipping Point” – Malcolm Gladwell
34) The Power of Now- Eckert Tolle
35) Outliers - Malcom Gladwell
48 laws to Power - Robert Greene and Joost Elffers
Slight Edge - Jeff Olson
36) You dont have to be born brilliant” or “You Inc.”- John McGrath.
37) One Day My Soul Just Opened Up…..- Iyanla Vanzant.
38) The games people play”
39) Monk Who Sold His Ferrari-Robin Sharma
40) How Green Was My Valley,
41) All Quiet On The Western Front,
42) East of Eden,
43) Grapes of Wrath,
44) Travels With Charley
45) Pastures of Heaven
46) The Richest Man in Babylon – George S. Clason
47) “How to win friends and influence people- Dale Carnegie
48) The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind - T. Harvey Ecker.
49) Never Eat Alone
50) Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway! – Susan Jeffers
51) The Voyage of the Space Beagle” A. E. van Vogt
52) The Treatises
53) The Unmistakabe Touch of Grace – Cheryl Richardson.
54) How to talk to anyone - Leil Lowndes.
55) “Orbiting the Giant Hairball” Gordon McKenzie,
56) A Return to Love – Marianne Williamson
57) Crush it – Cash In On Your Passion- Gary Vaynerchuck.
58) The John Wooden Pyramid of Success- Great John Wooden!
59) Personal Power and the aforementioned Classic-Anthony Robbins
60) ‘Believe’ – Buck Brannaman
61) Chicken Soup for the Soul;
62) The Shack (William P Young – novel);
63) Tuesdays With Morrie (Mitch Albom – non-fiction);
64) 5 People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom – novel)
65) The Diving-Bell and The Butterfly’ - Jean-Dominique Bauby
66) Trust Unwrapped – Dan Collins and David Thompson
67) The Power of Kabbalah
68) Inspiration for Success” – Dr. K. Peer Mohamed
69) See you at the top -Zig Ziggler
70) Over the top-Zig Ziglar
71) The Global Negotiator- Jeswald W. Salacuse,
72) The Requisite Organization.-Elliot Jacques
73) Power Principles -Jeb Blount
74) GETTING PAST OK , Richard Brodie
With special thanks to Vishram Godbole who kindly gave up his time to compile this list.
Please feel free to add your own suggestions here:
