The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey – The Character Ethic is based on the fundamental idea that there are principles that govern human effectiveness. Continue reading

Life Strategies – Doing What Works, Doing What Matters – Philip C. McGraw – The winners in this life know the rules of the game and have a plan, so that their efficiency is comparatively exponential to that of people who don’t. No big mystery, just fact. Continue reading

Learned Optimism – Martin Seligman – The traditional view of achievement like the traditional view of depression, needs overhauling. Our workplaces and our schools operate on the conventional assumption that success results from a combination of talent and desire. Continue reading

As a Man Thinketh – James Allen – Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results. We understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world. Continue reading

The Game of Life and How to Play It – Florence Scovell Shinn – A person knowing the power of the word becomes very careful in his conversation. He has only to watch the reaction of his words to know that they do not ‘return void’. Through the spoken word, we continually make laws for ourselves. Continue reading.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind – Joseph Murphy – Whatever is impressed in your subconscious mind is expressed on the screen of space.  Whatever you feel as true subjectively is expressed as conditions, experiences, and events. As in heaven – your own mind – so on earth – in your body and environment. Continue reading

Mindfulness – Choice and Control in Everyday Life – Ellen J. Langer – Unlike the exotic ‘altered states of consciousness’ that we read so much about mindfulness and mindlessness are so common that few of us appreciate their importance or make use of their power to change our lives. Continue reading

Emotional Intelligence – Why It Can Matter More than IQ – Daniel Goleman – Emotional life is a domain that, as surely as math or reading, can be handled with greater or lesser skill, and requires its unique set of competencies. Continue reading

Finding Your Own North Star – Marta Beck – Listen carefully: Your family of origin does not know how to get you to your North Star. They didn’t when you were little, they don’t now, and they never will. Continue reading

Real Magic – Creating Miracles in Everyday Life – Wayne Dyer – “As I look back at the entire tapestry of my life I can see from the perspective of the present moment that every aspect of my life was necessary and perfect. Continue reading

The Art of Happiness – The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler – Achieving happiness does not have to depend on events. Through mental practice we can form the ability to be happy most of the time. Continue reading

Flow: The· Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Whether we are happy depends on inner harmony, not on the controls we are able to exert over the great forces of the universe. Continue reading

The Dhammapada – Refine and improve the quality of your thoughts and you will have little to fear from the world. Continue reading

Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl – He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how. . Our task is not merely to survive, but to find the guiding truth specific to us and our situation, which can sometimes only be revealed in our worst suffering. Continue reading

Meditations: Marcus Aurelius – Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. – Continue reading

The Soul’s Code – In Search of Character and Calling – James Hillman –  We need to make clear that today’s main paradigm for understanding a human life omits something essential – the particularity you feel to be you. Continue reading

Care of the Soul – A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life – Thomas Moore – Care of the soul is a continuous process that concerns itself not so much with ‘fixing’ a central flaw as with attending to the small details of everyday life, as well as to major decisions and changes. Continue reading

Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand – Forge your own destiny, create something of value, and enable a higher form of humankind by daring to think. Continue reading

Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism – James R. Milam and Katherine Ketcham. Millions suffer from alcoholism, yet most people still wrongly believe that alcoholism is a psychological or moral problem, and that it can be cured by psychotherapy or sheer will power. Continue reading