10 books

I mentioned in one of my articles that a handful of books could provide a lifetime of work for someone shaping their own life.

It is about time that I make such a list available. However I am going to leave it incomplete so that readers can enter some nominations themselves.

Here are a few I recomend with links to Amazon.

The Powermind System: Twelve Lessons on the Psychology of Success by Michael Monroe Kiefer

This is a practical book first and foremost. It isn't a motivator and it doesn't try to be. Most self improvement books tell lots of stories of people and the success they enjoy when they practice the lessons in the book. You will find a reviewer calling this book derivative, well everyone who writes on this subject is derivative including me. The reason for this is that we have only the same tools to work with, the tools that work. The only reason to write about the tools is to get people to use them.

The classics, I don't need to write about them, you should just have them.
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

In creating a list of only ten books there isn't room for all of the great self improvement books and the other books that provide needed instructions for life, so here are a few off the wall choices.

Nonviolent Communication byMarshall B. Rosenberg
Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
Pushing Yoursel to Power by John E. Peterson
10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management by Hyrum W. Smith
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living by Georgene Lockwood

Gee, that makes eight and I can think of more than two I would like to add so I guess this short list will be longer than ten.
Please take a moment and add some suggestions of your own.

It's a bright sunny day here in Ohio and I've got a few things to do before I go to work so goodby for now and please come back soon.