Self-Help/Motivational books?

[PearlWatson]

 

[Duck Rodgers]

And I will always push Eckhart Tolle. Might not buy into his entire philosophy, but being "present" in your life is a message I think most people need to hear, and has made a huge difference in my life. Even if I do think the "pain body" concept is a little too overblown and melodramatic.

Yeah, I think with his pain body terminology it's best if you just mentally substitute whatever you referred to it previously as you read. I almost stopped reading the second half of that New Earth book because of that. He doesn't really use those terms in the first 100 pages or so and it works way better for him.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Here's a good one I read over the past few days. She's a former Utah Starzz player apparently:

 

[VINYLONE]

I've always had good memories of reading M. Scott Peck's "A Road Less Traveled." There are some concepts in that book that have stuck with me to this day.

 

[PearlWatson]

K, I read this one.

It details some unbelievably harsh things he went through (surviving crash landing, POW of Japanese) and then skims over the redemptive aspect of his story at the end, so it was more eye-opening than motivational.

 

[PearlWatson]

I've always had good memories of reading M. Scott Peck's "A Road Less Traveled." There are some concepts in that book that have stuck with me to this day.

Like what?

 

[VINYLONE]

Like what?

I think the most important one for me was the concept of discipline and how delaying gratification affected our lives in a positive manner. This is a really powerful concept that is often forgotten in our "immediate" culture and society. The other one I remember was accepting responsibility.

I think it's a fantastic book that touches on some really life empowering concepts.