Books That Have Changed Your Life

17 May

I like to share books with others, especially books that have had a big impact on my life. I know that not all (if any) may appeal to you and that they may not even be the sort of book you would read. What I am interested in is the type of books you consider life changing. It may prompt me to check them out.

I will get things started with my list (as seen in the Time To Shine Forum):

The One Minute Manager by Keith Blanchard
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C G Jung
Magic of NLP Demystified by Frank Pucelik
Photoreading by Paul Schele
Hypnotherapy by Dave Elman
Presenting to Win by Jerry Weissman
The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan
The Definitive Book Of Body Language by Allan Pease
Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown
Presenting Magically by Tad James
Mastering Your Memory by Tony Buzan
Who Moved My Cheese By Spencer Johnson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Yeah, I know, these are all pretty much personal development books! I have a separate list for my favourite (practice changing) teaching books, which I will post soon. Please list some of your “life changing” books, it doesn’t matter if it is one, 5 or 10, it is up to you. Just know that by sharing you are helping to build another persons list too.

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14 Responses to “Books That Have Changed Your Life”

tjefferson85 says:

May 18, 2009 at 1:02 am

Gifted Hands by Dr. Ben Carson

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- Jflower36 says:
  
  May 18, 2009 at 1:13 am
  
  I’ve read that one…it’s very inspirational.
  
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  - tjefferson85 says:
    
    May 18, 2009 at 1:16 am
    
    Yeah, his early life parallels to mine as far as inner city youth and hardships in the home, made me want out as well!
    
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    - Tim says:
      
      May 18, 2009 at 1:22 am
      
      I will add that one to my list, thanks for sharing
      
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Jeanine says:

May 18, 2009 at 1:13 am

I’ve read, “Who Moved My Cheese” and I thought it was fun and insightful. Mastering your memory sounds like something that would be very useful! I’ll have to check that out.

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Jflower36 says:

May 18, 2009 at 1:25 am

Run Baby Run…it inspired me to become a social worker.

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- Tim says:
  
  May 18, 2009 at 1:53 am
  
  Jflower, who wrote Run Baby Run? How did it inspire you to become a social worker?
  
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  - Jflower36 says:
    
    May 18, 2009 at 7:24 am
    
    It was written by Niki Cruz, a former gang member. It made me aware of the plight of so many teenagers who get drawn into violence and drugs. I wanted to do something to help. There is a movie coming out based on the book.
    
    http://www.runbabyrunmovie.com/main.php
    
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Stellak says:

May 18, 2009 at 7:28 am

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut…amazing book and thanks to it I went on to discover other masterpieces of this author like Slaughterhouse 5 and Sirens of Titan.

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drjay1966 says:

May 18, 2009 at 7:31 am

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

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recal4848 says:

May 18, 2009 at 7:34 am

Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
Christopher and his Kind by Christopher Isherwood
Plato

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myriadlife says:

May 18, 2009 at 7:39 am

Papillon by Henri Charriere. I was obsessed with it as a teenager. I even wrote about it in my English class and the teacher said ‘but it’s not on the curriculum’ Why not?

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Patrick Schriel says:

May 18, 2009 at 1:09 pm

I’ve seen at least 4 titles that I have read. Good selection will check out some of the titles. Btw, I have a recommended reading list in my blog as well.

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GlenStef says:

September 27, 2009 at 4:28 am

Greatings, Thanks for article. Everytime like to read you.
Thank you

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