Top 10 Success / Personal Development Books?

Here's my favorites...

1. Your Own Worst Enemy by Kenneth W. Christian, Ph.D.

2. How to Get Lots of Money for Anything Fast by Stuart Lichtman and Joe Vitale

3. The Law of Success in 16 Lessons by Napoleon Hill

4. All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum

5. The Lazy Man's Way to Riches by Joe Karbo

6. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

7. Living Through the Meantime by Iyanla Vanzant

8. Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks

9. Making a Habit of Success by Mack A. Douglas

10. Your Infinite Power to Be Rich by Joesph Murphy

2 great lists - given me some food for thought actually Im off to Amazon, thanks

Have you read A Bug Free Mind by Andy Shaw? It's new and not on many people's Top Ten list yet. The best thing is that you can download the first five chapters for free.

Here are some books that have really changed my thinking and helped me move forward...

The Dip - Seth Godin

Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

Abundance - Marilyn Brown Oden

The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class - Keith Cameron Smith

The E Myth Revisited - Gerber

Great list! My favourite is "Think and grow rich" by Napoleon Hill!

really great list on first post

I'm into NLP a lot so all nlp books are great for me. I've read books from Robert Dilts and Michael Hall. They are my favorite.

And of course, the classics, "think and grow rich", "as a man thinketh" etc...

Some of mine lead toward spiritual approaches, but they are:

1. Key to Yourself by Venice J. Bloodworth

2. The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

3. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

4. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

5. The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

6. The Greatest Miracle In the World by Og Mandino

7. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

8. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

9. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

10. The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss

Bonus #11 (because it's really great!) Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix

No books, this video summarizes it all. Watch the whole thing:

You should put "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne in your list ...

I think that book influenced me a lot ...

Thanks for the great list, ive only ever looked into Tony Robbins, maybe its time i explored a bit

i just want to add(its audio books/programms):

The Compound Effect - Darren Hardy
Personal Power II - Tony Robbins

+ all Jim Rohn

I love Jack Canfields 25 success principles have read it time and time again and get someting different every time I read it

Here's 10 Inspirational Books You MUST Read | Personal Development for the Book Smart

think and grow rich is still the most memorable one I have read

Law of Success by Napoleon Hill is tops for me with Think and Grow Rich a close second.

Also VERY highly recommended by me:

"My Life and Work" by Henry Ford
"Observation" by Russell Conwell
"Outwitting the Devil" by Napoleon Hill

I only read the first 3 habits from "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and the book easily qualified as the best book I've ever read. It just set the foundation.

Then I read "The Power of Now!" and it just totally blew my mind. Literally. I can't even describe how I feel about that book and what it has done to me..

Then finally, I read "The Greatest Salesman in The World." This book is my everything. You can deprive me of all literature and education, as long as you leave me with those scrolls. I've read the book so much, I know the words off by heart (true story).

If you want to live a happy, value-based, principles-driven and conscious life while getting a constant dose of motivation everyday, read those 3 books and put the knowledge to work!! .. and then come back to me and say thanks :-)

I just have read "The Personal MBA" which is supposed to be a condensed version of the best business knowledge and personal development stuff out there. The author, Josh Kaufman, also has posted a Recommended Reading List of the 99 Best Business Books on personalmba dot com.
Additionally there is another list with great books by Derek Sivers (sivers dot org/book). As I don't have enough posts to insert links, you'll have to type it manually or google it.

Thanks for sharing the different books for development

I'll be taking notes on them and check later.

My favorite book is "Kiss that frog" by Brian Tracy

Thanks for the list....I will put them on my reading list.

Thank you for this great list of books and for helping me find this forum. I found the forum while searching for a book that was listed here.

There are many wonderful books listed.

I'm a huge fan of Abraham-Hicks but Ask and It Is Given was already listed. I would recommend the YouTube video's after that book before recommending any of their other books although I have read all of them. New Beginnings II (Abraham-Hicks) also provided great insights from a slightly different perspective than Ask and It Is Given which deepened my understanding. If you liked The Secret, which really does not reveal the secret, Abraham answers it all.

Napoleon Hill's new release Outwitting The Devil is great.

Already mentioned, also, was The Magic of Thinking Big, which is given to every graduate in my life.

The Genius In All of Us (David Shenk) is another one I highly recommend. More science based than most of the others I think it helps individuals (especially those with a fixed mindset) understand it is not about proving how smart we are (which is how schools tend to be structured) and more about growing and we all have the ability to expand and become more. Mindset by Carol Dweck is another one, again, science based, but addresses the fixed mindset that holds so much of humanity back.

There were many people on this thread I wanted to thank for their contributions but could not figure out how to do it. Perhaps I have to be here a while to thank? If someone feels so inclined and could drop me a PM to tell me how to thank (or if I have to wait) I would appreciate it.

Thanks again & glad to be here.

Joy

I think Tony Robbins is probably one of the most amazing and inspiring writers and speakers there is. I'm willing to try other authors, but I think he really is one of a kind.

Think and Grow Rich. By Napoleon Hill.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull. By Richard Bach.

Here are some of my favorite books that have had a significant impact on my life:

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D Wattles

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

The Secret Code of Success by Noah St. John

The Book of Afformations by Noah St. John


I'm very grateful for these books and authors.

1. The slight Edge

2 The millionaire mindset

3. Think big and grow rich

4. Think Big and kick ass (by Donald Trump)

5. The compound Effect

Some great books in this thread. Thanks for sharing. Here are ten of my favorites:

Psycho-Cybernetics - Maxwell Maltz
The Pledge - Michael Masterson
Magic Of Thinking Big - David Schwartz
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Paolo Coelho - The Alchemist
Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
7 Habits Of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
Official Guide To Success - Tom Hopkins
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude - W Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill
Maximum Achievement - Brian Tracy

I wanted to add 1 that has yet to be listed. Powerful read that has helped me travel the world for 33 months....and still going.

"The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" by Dr. Joseph Murphy.

I saw a few free copies floating around the internet a few years back; not as many now.

But a classic and well worth the few bucks. Really digs deep into how to do affirmations correctly.

Enjoy your day everybody!

Think and Grow Rich
Psycho-Cybernetics

Every other book since is based from these books.

Great lists. Thank you so much guys.

I have a long list of classics and a few of modern ones...

rick warren purpose driven life spirtually
napelon hill think n grow rich mentually

The Magic of Thinking BIG
Think and Grow Rich
The New Psycho-Cybernetics
Ask and It is Given
The Power of Now
Letters from a Stoic
Unlimited Power
The Magic of Believing
Fear of Life
Self-Reliance

Great books listed in here. I like all of the Donald Trump books and How To Make Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie