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Completed:
Some Preferred Authors:
Cloud and Townsend Series
Wayne Dyer
Caroline Myss
Napoleon Hill
Dale Carnegie
Brene Brown— The Gifts of Imperfection Late summer 2020— pretty great, and glad to learn together in online COVID bookclub.
Michael Pollan
Tim Ferriss
Stephen Covey
Malcolm Gladwell
Ed Hallowell
Gabor Mate
Loosely ordering by how much I enjoy and would recommend
Boundaries Cloud and Townsend (HIGHLY recommend and many of the communities I value frequently recommend it as well!). 2019, 2020, etc.
How To Have That Difficult Conversation- by the same team as Boundaries— Also quite valuable
The Message From The Other Side- Recommended by a friend, glad to have read it and grateful to have glimpses into the other side and the goings on of loved ones.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma- was thrilled this was included from a class and am constantly telling people about it and referencing it.
Various Love Languages Books
Think And Grow Rich (And the version for women)
Rich Dad Poor Dad
How To Win Friends And Influence People
Ed Hallowell Books- Driven to Distraction and Delivered From Distraction
Atomic Habits— Good enough to be on my second reading of it
The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Body
Screwtape Letters C.S. Lewis- Fall 2020 wonderful on so many levels, so grateful to get to talk about this with book group. Read it twice in a row.
The Emotion Code Summer 2020— Really like it, resonates significantly and I think there is valuable knowledge to be gained here. Was on my to do list and kept getting mentioned by people from entirely different sections of my life so figured ok there’s my sign. So much synchronicity.
The Four Agreements- Summer 2020- kept hearing this mentioned more often recently. I’d heard about it a few times over time but with the amount it was crossing my path recently, figured might as well bump it to the front of the list.
The Three Questions Summer 2020 - this and the Four Agreements are worth another listen… perhaps multiple to get a stronger grasp on them…
The Untethered Soul Michael A. Singer- Fall 2020 Had been recommended from quite a few sources in my life unrelated to each other so it seemed the universe was trying to tell me something about considering reading this. I’d consider it helpful, makes sense. Reminds me a lot of Wayne Dyer. I’m surprised he’s not more well known. Would be beneficial for most people I think.
The Body- Fall/Winter 2020 Bill Bryson- seems he is the same one that wrote A Walk In The Woods which was made into a movie which was recently free on Roku and I happened to catch to play in the background while I got other things done- it was pretty great but seems such a different style from The Body which I thought a few times might become for me like The Omnivore’s Dilemma in how much I’d reference it. Very interesting and since we all have bodies, doesn’t it make sense we might gain understanding how they work?
Why We Sleep- Fall 2020 I love that he said if we fell asleep while listening he’d be flattered. I still have a bit more reading to do, it automatically was sent back to the library and has a long wait time…I look forward to resuming it. Just like the body, we all need to sleep, seems beneficial for us to better understand why and how.
The Tipping Point-Malcolm Gladwell- I’m now on Outliers at the same friend’s recommendation who suggested I read Tipping Point. SO interesting- I may make 2021’s goals to listen to all of his books available at the library which seem to be most of them if not all! Enthralling!
Outliers- very interesting- now onto Blink, winter 2020
Blink- Winter 2021
David and Goliath- Winter 2021
Anxious for Nothing-Winter 2021 Max Lucado
Reflections on the Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron Feb 2021
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho. March 2021
Heaven is for Real - Todd Burpo March 2021
To Heaven and Back - Mary C Neal March 2021
The Power of Habit
Sacred Symbols
Take Control of Your Life
Sleep Smarter
Dad is Fat
The Art of Living
Purple Cow
Daring Greatly
The Law of Divine Compensation
Eat That Frog!
Developing A Million Dollar Message
High Performance Habits
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Spark Joy
As A Man Thinketh
The Brain That Changes Itself
The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life - I remember this one being very interesting- I think I read it in close time proximity to The Brain That Changes Itself- both very interesting! I was trying to remember the title of this one and google kept leading me to Deep Survival….
The Millionaire Next Door
The Joy of Genius- Gay Hendricks PhD- Fall 2020 It was nice that it was free on Audible but mostly things I already knew- still might re-listen in case I may have fallen asleep during any of it…. if that tells you anything.
Declutter Your Mind
The 3-Day Effect
Completed Recently, Unsorted
Educated. Winter/Spring 2021- have heard about this from others and their reading journeys- figured might as well hear what is said ….it was interesting, especially knowing someone who was raised so similarly. I do find myself referencing it regularly and am somewhat surprised how many people haven’t read it nor heard of it- met some missionaries whose son in law is the author’s sister, if I recall, so while the missionary hasn’t read it, she’s familiar with the family and stories.
Non Violent Communication- Was on my to do list and now part of book club- Summer 2020. I want to read again. Thankfully am in regular contact with some people who took in depth training in NVC and would like to implement this more in life and continue to gain further understanding.
Atomic Habits- Re-reading to help implement. 2019-2020 Another to continue reading again and again- re read in 2021. Great ideas.
Currently Reading
The Body Keeps The Score- Also very valuable, another that kept coming into my awareness from multiple sources over time and then especially recently. 2020
Getting Things Done— Recommended by a couple people
Love as a Way of Life
Drive- I believe this is the one that was surprisingly not exciting…considering…
The Plant Paradox Dr. Gundry. Fall 2020 I’d heard of this- Kelly Clarkson had good luck following these ideas since she has Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and found help by avoiding lectins. This is another of those situations where I’d been hearing about it from various sources and figured it was worth a look.
The Queue
Now which to choose, just a sampling….
Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
The Five Levels of Attachment
Tools of Titans
The Power of the Other
The Power of a Positive No
The Power of Purpose (wow, noticing a theme in these last few recent acquisitions)
Eastern Body, Western Mind
Power Vs. Force
I Thought It Was Just Me
Bull’s Eye
13 Things Mentally Strong People Do
The Willpower Instinct
The Four Tendencies
Own the Day, Own Your Life
Rejection Proof
Make Your Bed
Your Best Brain
Lost Connections
The Etymologicon (This was as close to pleasure reading as I get- curiosity- but not personal progression other than new interesting knowledge)
The Lost Art of Good Conversation
Finish
The 10x Rule
Made to Stick
The Case Against Sugar
How Emotions Are Made
The TB12 Method
Gut
The Charisma Myth
Social
In Defense of Food (LOVE Michael Pollan and am still constantly quoting The Omnivore’s Dilemma)
Psyched Up
Faster Than Normal
The Productivity Project
Wishes Fulfilled
Find Your Why
Presence
The 5 Second Rule
The Anatomy of Peace
Millionaire Success Habits
The Marshmallow Test
The Joy of Less
The Love Dare
The Motivation Manifesto
Decluttering at the Speed of Life
Grit
Multipliers
The Big Moo
Blue Ocean Strategy
Focus
How To Develop Your Personal Mission Statement
Leap First
Living the 7 Habits
The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity
The Soul of Money
Essentialism
Start With Why
Jacob T. Marley
The Talent Code
Outwitting the Devil
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
The Miracle Morning
How Bad do You Want It?
The library has increased between Audible plus and 2 for 1 sales, can’t even keep up with what’s on here so perhaps I’ll add the ones I’m most likely to think of next.