Laura Berman Fortgang is a pioneer in the personal and executive coaching
field who has been featured in many appearances on national television
and international media. One of her books, Take Yourself to the Top, is for those who'd like to aim for
the best in their career. Her clearly written approach helps you find
out what's real with ruthless honesty, and shows you how to go for
the gold.
Rick
Foster and Greg Hicks traveled the world to research the question
of what makes people happy. By interviewing members of local communities
who were identified as the happiest in town, they discovered a pattern
of nine specific choices that happy people consistently make. Learn
these simple and profound principles in their wonderful book How
We Choose to Be Happy.
Although Your Money or Your Life is outdated in some ways, such as discouraging the use of software bookkeeping tools, there are several themes that are thought-provoking and valuable to explore. Examine your relationship to the consumer culture, where spending money is the automatic response to every situation from celebration to boredom. Notice whether you feel you need to spend money to recover from the work of making money, which continues the cycle.
Author William Ury is a world-famous master of negotiation who helped resolve conflict and design treaties in ethnic wars in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as settings such as coal mine strikes. His book The Power of a Positive No is far and above other books on the theme of setting boundaries. The best-seller Getting to Yes, which he co-authored with Roger Fisher, is a brilliant approach to the art of negotiation.
Humor is often the best defense against the inner critic -- playfully
defuse your inner critic with Taming Your Gremlin by Richard Carson. This is a fun book
with cartoon caricatures to make you chuckle.
Disengage from the judge within using an in-depth treatment by Byron
Brown in Soul Without Shame. This book alternates between explanation
and very practical exercises that will enable you to not only recognize
when the critic is operating, but also to start dismantling it.
Speaking
Circles® transform the way people communicate, allowing them
to speak with presence and power in front of any group. Take advantage
of the free online Home
Study Course or order founder Lee Glickstein's book Be
Heard Now.
