How did reading 100 books positively impact my life?

I began 2018 with a goal to complete 100 books. Challenged Completed. And I must tell you that the whole experience was absolutely amazing!

My reasoning behind this challenge was simple, to grow beyond my current perspective of the world and thus expand my knowledge as I become a more effective leader. As I stated in my previous article, 3 Tips on How to Slay the "100 Books" Challenge, reading just one book can give you up to two years worth of knowledge, 100 books would load me up with over 200 years of experience in just 12 months. Not a bad deal.

“We are the sum total of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us the person we are, at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river, those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and reshape the person we are, and the person we become. None of us are the same as we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow.” - B.J. Neblett

Major Takeaways

Still I describe this experience as being amazing but I have to ask myself what exactly made it so? If the experience was truly incredible, wouldn't that imply that the exercise had a profound effect on me? And then wouldn't that be worth explaining? So I will attempt to answer the question, How did reading 100 books in one year positively effect my life?

Here were my two main takeaways:

Mental Toughness Cannot be Understood by Reading Alone

True story, I really wanted to learn more about mental toughness yet I didn't consider the best way to learn this was by completing tough goals. Don't get me wrong, I love taking on challenges, waking up early, getting a workout in before most people wake up, compete head to head with other recruiting teams and do it all while spending quality time with my family. But learning about Wim Hof, who is a man who believes in pushing his body and mind to the edge of endurance, like when he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro wearing nothing but a pair of running shorts and sneakers in 28 hours or David Goggins, who completed in more than 60 ultra-marathons – many of them involving running more than 100 miles – and holds the Guinness World Record for pull-ups, having completed 4,030 in 17 hours, set the bar at a completely different level. These guys and many others I read about never learned of mental toughness in a book. They live it, every day. "If it doesn't suck, I don't do it" mentality of life. Why? It is their edge that cuts through life. No moment is wasted.

So I too am "embracing the suck". I have chosen to do at least one thing daily that is physically and mentally hard pushing myself way past my normal limits. Comfort zone is not your friend. There is no growth in the comfort zone. Thank you Jesse Itzler for introducing us to David Goggins and Scott Carney for introducing us to Wim Hof.

Great Leaders Have 3 Traits in Common - Self-Awareness, Leading from the Front and are Highly Productive

Leaders have High Levels of Self-Awareness - Having self-awareness is key in order to properly balance your team with offsetting strengths and weakness. Self-awareness also helps leaders maintain emotionally intelligence and allows leaders to remain calm under pressure. The best way to develop positive self-awareness is to focus on the good, the wins, and the gains your team has made through each challenge and to also acknowledge what was learned through the painful trials. And lastly to be exceptional, I learned to be grateful for all of it. Humble fearlessness is the result.

Leaders Lead from the Front - this means leading by example. For example, demanding unreasonable standards from your team without being able to uphold these standards yourself is not an effective leader. A common complaint that recruiters have is that their production managers have no idea how much work they have to do, so a great leader will take the time to get to know their day-to-day struggles and help find ways to make things easier. Leaders must be responsible and take complete ownership. This will build deeper trust with your team and allow you to provide the "wins" each team member is looking for. This means earning their trust rather than demanding it, dig for the gold in each individual team member, building a sense of vitality while being empathetic to any situations that may arise.

Leaders Produce Extraordinary Results - Yes, its true that more times than not, a great leader within a sales environment usually has a high producing team. While company metrics are important, great leaders are able to reduce staff turnover by keeping the team motivated, develop the team by inspiring them with training and create a healthy and happy place to work by consistently working the culture as it is measured by the team's "Why" and its core values. All of this adds up to incredible results for a recruiting company. Lastly, Great leaders know that nothing would be achievable without the collective production of the team. It’s through working together that amazing things can happen. And always push to ensure your top producers are rewarded for their hard work and are recognized for the team's overall success.

I Must Thank The Authors and the Leaders They Wrote About

Overall, my 2018 was filled with stories of exceptional people who have extraordinary accomplishments. The historical figures that I had a chance to learn about further was Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, William Wilberforce, Eric Liddell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jackie Robinson, Charles Colson, Ernest Shackleton, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Winston Churchill.

I also had a chance to learn from more modern day leaders such as Peter Drucker, Spencer Johnson, Charlie Munger, Eugene O'Kelley, and Coach Wooden.

Lastly, I was honored to have been taught by such world changers like John Maxwell, Chris Voss, Simmon Sinek, Greg McKeown, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jim Collins, Tony Robbins, Andy Andrews, Joshua Medcalf, Mitch Albom, Jon Gordon, Bob Goff, Jocko Willink, Patrick Lencioni, David Schwartz, Brian Houston, Tim Grover, Danny McDaniel, Jesse Tevelow, Jesse Itzler, Tim Ferriss, Scott Carney and of course, Wim Hof and David Goggins. All these leaders became my mentors of sorts during this process.

And a very special thanks to my new friend and mentor, Don Yaeger. It was a great honor to recently work with you. Your guidance in developing Great Teams transcended the pages of your book and has firmly landed in my teams' hearts. We appreciate the time and attention you took with us and I look forward when our paths cross again. Keep in touch.

And of course, here is the complete list of books that was covered in 2018.

1. The Science of Likability - Are you interested in 100% scientific and proven ways to make friends quickly, negotiate anything you want, turn enemies into friends, gain trust, and just be flat-out likable? How about step by step, methodical, literally foolproof approaches to just make people want you around more? In The Science of Likability, that's exactly what you'll get. I've taken 16 of the most influential, famous, and effective psychological studies and broken them down to see exactly how you can use their findings to your advantage.
2. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It - After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator. Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss’s head, revealing the skills that helped him and his colleagues succeed where it mattered most: saving lives. In this practical guide, he shares the nine effective principles—counter-intuitive tactics and strategies—you too can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life.
3. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't - Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders create environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things. 
4. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action - START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way -- and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.
5. How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients - In witty, succinct chapters, Fox offers surprising, daring, and totally practical wisdom that will help readers rise above the competition in any company in any field. A terrific resource for CEOs, as well as anyone looking to distinguish themselves in sales--be it books, cars, or real estate--How to Become a Rainmaker offers the opportunity to rise above the competition in any company, in any field.
6. Freakonomics - Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives—how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.
7. Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership - This book gives you the tools in mastering the art of asking questions, using them to learn and grow, connect with people, challenge himself, improve his team, and develop better ideas. In GOOD LEADERS ASK GREAT QUESTIONS, he shows how they can change yours, teaching why questions are so important, what questions you should ask yourself as a leader, and what questions you should be asking your team.
8. Killing Kryptonite: Destroy What Steals Your Strength - For so many Christians, frustration and fatigue set in as they try time and again to get free from what holds them back. God never intended for it to be this way. He destined you to be victorious in every area of your life, and more than that, He gives you the power to overcome whatever comes against you. In his new book Killing Kryptonite, best-selling author John Bevere opens up about his own story, revealing key biblical truths that moved him from a life of struggle to a life of breakthrough.
9. Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness - Seven Men addresses what it means to be a man today, at a time when media and popular culture present images of masculinity that are not the picture presented in Scripture and historic civil life. What does it take to be a true exemplar as a father, brother, husband, leader, coach, counselor, change agent, and wise man? What does it mean to stand for honesty, courage, and charity, especially at times when the culture and the world run counter to those values? Each of the seven biographies represents the life of a man who experienced the struggles and challenges to be strong in the face of forces and circumstances that would have destroyed the resolve of lesser men. Seven men profiled―George Washington, William Wilberforce, Eric Liddell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jackie Robinson, John Paul II, and Charles Colson.
10. Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently - What makes a team great? Not just good. Not just functional. But great? Over the last six years, long-time Sports Illustrated associate editor Don Yaeger has been invited by some of the greatest companies in the world to speak about the habits of high-performing individuals. Delivering an average of 80 keynote speeches per year, Don was approached by his most consistent client, Microsoft, to develop a talk on what allowed some teams to play at a championship level year after year. From Microsoft and Starbucks to the New England Patriots and San Antonio Spurs, what do some organizations do seemingly better than most all of their opponents?
11. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - If you’ve never read The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, you’ve been missing out on one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. The premise of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is that there are 21 “laws” that are universally true no matter what area of society you’re a leader in. Each chapter of the book discusses one of the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Two important things of note regarding the language used by Maxwell; These are “Laws”, not ideas or theories. John Maxwell is not suggesting that they are to be followed, he asserts them as LAW. And they are “Irrefutable”, hence to argue them would be pointless. Instead, embrace the Laws as you learn them, and you will be more successful.
12. Next Generation Leader: 5 Essentials for Those Who Will Shape the Future - The Next Generation Leader has been challenging young Christians eager to learn, grow, and lead in ministry or in the marketplace since its original release in 2003. Now with an all-new look, this repackaged version continues to advance the mission of the first release. Mentoring young leaders as they face the unique issues of a changing world has been pastor and bestselling author Andy Stanley’s passion for more than a decade. Here he shares material from his leadership training sessions, developed to address essential leadership qualities such as character, clarity, courage, and competency. This is the perfect guide for any new leader—or for the mentor of a future leader! 
13. How Successful People Lead: Taking Your Influence to the Next Level - It is not generated by your title. In fact, being named to a position is the lowest of the five levels every effective leader achieves. To be more than a boss people are required to follow, you must master the ability to inspire and invest in people. You need to build a team that produces not only results, but also future leaders. By combining the advice contained in these pages with skill and dedication, you can reach the pinnacle of leadership-where your influence extends beyond your immediate reach for the benefit of others. 
14. How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World - How to Influence People will empower you to become a potent and positive influence in the lives of those around you without using a position or title. By “pouring your life into other people”, “you can truly make a difference in their lives.” And when you make a difference in the lives of others, it makes a difference in your life too. Learn to perceive the stages of influence in your relationships and skillfully navigate your progress from perfect stranger to helpful confidant, to inspiring mentor and multiplier of influencers. Let this book impact your relationships, great and small, and make you a positive influencer and better leader in the lives of those around you.
15. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership - If you read nothing else on leadership, read these 10 articles (featuring “What Makes an Effective Executive,” by Peter F. Drucker). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on leadership and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance. This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article "What Makes an Effective Executive" by Peter F. Drucker, "What Makes a Leader?" "What Leaders Really Do," "The Work of Leadership," "Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?" "Crucibles of Leadership," "Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve," "Seven Transformations of Leadership," "Discovering Your Authentic Leadership," and "In Praise of the Incomplete Leader."
16. Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask - Many leaders are unaware of the amazing power of questions. Our conversations may be full of requests and demands, but all too often we are not asking for honest and informative answers, and we don’t know how to listen effectively to responses. When leaders start encouraging questions from their teams, however, they begin to see amazing results. Knowing the right questions to ask—and the right way to listen—will give any leader the skills to perform well in any situation, effectively communicate a vision to the team, and achieve lasting success across the organization.
17. Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions: Enduring Wisdom for Today's Leaders - Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions provides insightful guidance and stirring inspiration for today's leaders and entrepreneurs. By applying Drucker's leadership framework in the present context of today's leaders and those who lead with them, this book is an essential resource for people leading, managing and working in all three sectors—public, private and social. Readers will gain new perspectives and develop a solid foundation upon which to build a successful and bright future. They will learn how to focus on why they are doing what they're doing, how to do it better, and how to develop a realistic, motivational plan for achieving their goals.
18. Lincoln on Leadership for Today: Abraham Lincoln's Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues - With a characteristically fresh and perceptive reading of Abraham Lincoln’s own writings and speeches, best-selling author Donald T. Phillips reveals how America’s sixteenth president handled many of the same national dilemmas we face today. Looking to Lincoln’s exemplary leadership of a fractured nation, Phillips offers a deeply relevant analysis of how Lincoln’s example could help forge solutions to the many issues and divisions challenging our country now.
19. Essentialism: The Discipline Pursuit of Less - The Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. It is not  a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.  By forcing us to apply a more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy – instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us. Essentialism is not one more thing – it’s a whole new way of doing everything. A must-read for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to do less, but better, and declutter and organize their own their lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.
20. Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook - New York Times bestselling author and social media expert Gary Vaynerchuk shares hard-won advice on how to connect with customers and beat the competition. A mash-up of the best elements of Crush It! And The Thank You Economy with a fresh spin, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook is a blueprint to social media marketing strategies that really works. 
21. Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others -Skillfully redefine problems. Make an immediate connection with anyone. Rapidly determine if a client is ready to buy. Access the deepest dreams of others. Power Questions sets out a series of strategic questions that will help you win new business and dramatically deepen your professional and personal relationships. The book showcases thirty-five riveting, real conversations with CEOs, billionaires, clients, colleagues, and friends. Each story illustrates the extraordinary power and impact of a thought-provoking, incisive power question. To help readers navigate a variety of professional challenges, over 200 additional, thought-provoking questions are also summarized at the end of the book.
22. Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life - Chasing Daylight is the honest, touching, and ultimately inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelley, completed in the three-and-a-half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Its haunting yet extraordinarily hopeful voice reminds us to embrace the fragile, fleeting moments of our lives-the brief time we have with our family, our friends, and even ourselves. This paperback edition features a new foreword by his wife, Corinne O'Kelley and a readers' group guide and questions.
23. Leadership Lessons from Winston Churchill: The Remarkable Teachings from the Last Lion!: Business Action Guides - Discover the leadership lessons from Winston Churchill that can transform your life! For a wide variety of reasons, Winston Churchill is one of the most fascinating figures of the recent past. His life so definitively embodies the process of becoming a great leader. This book aims at teaching those interested in the subject of leadership learn some of the many lessons Churchill’s life has to offer. It begins with a brief overview of the great man's life story, ranging from the aristocratic, but often challenging, circumstances of his birth and early life to the height of his power and his subsequent decline. It then explains ten especially significant lessons in leadership from that famous life, each springing from the circumstances of a particular stage of Churchill's development and his responses to them.
24. Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers - Ever wish you could captivate your boardroom with the opening line of your presentation, like Winston Churchill in his most memorable speeches? Or want to command attention by looming larger than life before your audience, much like Abraham Lincoln when, standing erect and wearing a top hat, he towered over seven feet? Now, you can master presentation skills, wow your audience, and shoot up the corporate ladder by unlocking the secrets of history's greatest speakers.
25. Attributes of God, Volume 1: A Journey into the Father's Heart - "A Journey Into the Father's Heart" explores 10 attributes of God, including goodness, mercy, grace, holiness, omnipotence, wisdom, faithfulness, sovereignty, etc. Inspirational reading at its best.
26. Attributes of God, Volume 2: A Journey into the Father's Heart - For A. W. Tozer, there is no question more important. In fact, Tozer's desire to know God and His fullness consumed his entire life and ministry.
27. Great by Choice - Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins andhis colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous and fast-moving times. This book is classic Collins: contrarian, data-driven and uplifting.
28. Charlie Munger: Life Lessons, Success, Principles and Mental Models from a Titan of Finance - Charlie Munger! Are you ready to learn a wealth of lessons from Charlie Munger's life? If so you've come to the right place.... Here's a preview of what this book contains.... An Introduction to Charlie Munger The Early Years and the Value of Hard Work Charlie's Early Career The Combination of Munger and Buffet Munger's Struggles How to Live a Life of Misery (Don't Do These!) The Psychology of Human Misjudgment Mental Models and Elementary Worldly Wisdom On Living a Good Life And much, much more!
29. Talent is Never Enough: Discover the Choices that Will Take you Beyond Your Talent - Talent is "often overrated and frequently misunderstood," observes leadership expert Maxwell (The 360 Degree Leader ), who advises readers on building their strengths to become a "Talent-plus person." In the first chapter, he examines how "belief lifts your talent," whether it's belief in your potential, yourself and your mission that empowers and encourages you. He then introduces a dozen other factors that can be combined with talent to achieve your goals: passion, initiative, focus, preparation, practice, perseverance, courage, teachability, character, relationships, responsibility and teamwork. 
30. Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook - After interviewing fifty of the world’s greatest financial minds and penning the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins returns with a step-by-step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom. No matter your salary, your stage of life, or when you started, this book will provide the tools to help you achieve your financial goals more rapidly than you ever thought possible.
31. Awaken the Giant Within - Wake up and take control of your life! From the bestselling author of Inner Strength, Unlimited Power, and MONEY Master the Game, Anthony Robbins, the nation's leader in the science of peak performance, shows you his most effective strategies and techniques for mastering your emotions, your body, your relationships, your finances, and your life. The acknowledged expert in the psychology of change, Anthony Robbins provides a step-by-step program teaching the fundamental lessons of self-mastery that will enable you to discover your true purpose, take control of your life, and harness the forces that shape your destiny.
32. Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times - This “engaging, unusually rewarding book…[which] will foster a new appreciation for effective leadership and prompt many readers to lament the lack of it in the world today” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), by celebrated Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, examines five masters of crisis: explorer Ernest Shackleton; Abraham Lincoln; abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. What do such disparate figures have in common? Why do their extraordinary stories continue to amaze and inspire? In her “enthralling…fascinating look at a varied group of heroes” (Publishers Weekly), Nancy Koehn offers a remarkable template by which to measure our aspirations and, also, to judge those in our time to whom we've given our trust.
33. Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World - In this powerful book, McChrystal and his colleagues show how the challenges they faced in Iraq can be relevant to countless businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations. The world is changing faster than ever, and the smartest response for those in charge is to give small groups the freedom to experiment while driving everyone to share what they learn across the entire organization. As the authors argue through compelling examples, the team of teams strategy has worked everywhere from hospital emergency rooms to NASA. It has the potential to transform organizations large and small.
34. The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea - Nearly a decade since its original publication, the term “go-giver” has become shorthand for a defining set of values embraced by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Today this timeless story continues to help its readers find fulfillment and greater success in business, in their personal lives and in their communities.
35. E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company - A practical, real-world program that is implemented real-time into your business, Gerber begins by engaging the reader in understanding why the entrepreneur is so critical to the success of any enterprise, no matter how small or large it may be, and why the mindset of an entrepreneur is so integral to the operating reality of the organization, of the small business, and the enterprise.
36. Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education - In Unfair Advantage, readers are advised to stop blindly accepting that they are ‘disadvantaged’ people with limited options. They are encouraged to act beyond their concept of limited options and challenge the preconception that they will struggle financially all of their lives. Why do the rich get richer even in a financial crisis? In his new book, An Unfair Advantage, Robert confirms his message and challenges readers to change their context and act in a new way. Readers are advised to stop blindly accepting that they are ‘disadvantaged’ people with limited options and challenge the notion that they will struggle, financially, all their lives. 
37. Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 - Twenty-five years ago, John Maxwell published the book that forever transformed how we think about leadership. Developing the Leader Within You revolutionized the way leaders are made and in the process sold more than one million copies. Now John Maxwell returns to his classic text to include the leadership insights and practices he's learned in the decades since the book first appeared. Thoroughly revised and with two completely new chapters, this new edition updates the foundational principles for transformative leadership that Maxwell has used as a leader for more than 40 years. No matter what arena you are called to--family, church, business, nonprofit--the principles Maxwell shares will positively impact your own life and the lives of those around you. New readers as well as longtime fans of Maxwell and the original book won't want to miss out on this one.
38. The Traveler's Summit - This is humanity’s last chance. Centuries of greed, pride, and hate have sent humankind hurtling toward disaster, far from our original purpose. There is only one solution that can reset the compass and right the ship, and that answer is only two words. With time running out, it’s up to David Ponder and a cast of history’s best and brightest minds to uncover this solution before it is too late. The catch? They are allowed only five tries to solve the ominous challenge. 
39. Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Building Blocks for a Better Life - Legendary college basketball coach John Wooden and Jay Carty know that when it comes down to it, success is an equal opportunity player. Anyone can create it in his or her career, family, and beyond. Based on John Wooden's own method to victory, Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success reveals that success is built block by block, where each block is a crucial principle contributing to lifelong achievement in every area of life. Each of these 32 daily readings takes an in-depth look at a single block of the pyramid, which when combined with the other blocks forms the structure of the pyramid of success. Join John Wooden and Jay Carty to discover the building blocks and key values--from confidence to faith--that have brought Coach to the pinnacle of success as a leader, a teacher, and a follower of God.
40. Pound the Stone: 7 Lessons to Develop Grit on the Path to Mastery - “There’s a secret to mastery that you may have never heard, a single little thing that only the very best in the world know how to do. In fact, I believe it is the only thing anyone can do to gain true mastery at anything, and it’s an equal opportunity principle. It can be applied to fulfill your potential in business, in sports, in your relationships, as well as your overall life. Do you want to know what it is?” In the crowd, Jason leaned forward, laser focused. Kicked off his basketball team after a season-ending fight, his only chance to play ball again was to sell enough books door-to-door over the summer to get back on the team. He never needed wisdom like he needed it now. But little did he know that the answer he was seeking was about to change his life forever… Pound The Stone is the intense and inspiring story of a young man’s journey through the obstacles, defeats, and eventual victories that come while developing grit on the path to mastery. 
41. Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great- Guided by "Akira-sensei," John comes to realize the greatest adversity on his journey will be the challenge of defeating the man in the mirror. This powerful story of one boy's journey to achieve his life long goal of becoming a samurai warrior, brings the Train to be Clutch curriculum to life in a powerful and memorable way.
42. Talent Magnet: How to Attract and Keep the Best People - More than vision, strategy, creativity, marketing, finance, or even technology, it is ultimately people that determine organizational success. That's why virtually every organization wants more top talent. But do you know what they're looking for? It might not be what you think! Talent Magnet will show you how to attract and keep great people.
43. Willpower Doesn't Work - We rely on willpower to create change in our lives...but what if we're thinking about it all wrong? In Willpower Doesn't Work, Benjamin Hardy explains that willpower is nothing more than a dangerous fad-one that is bound to lead to failure. Instead of "white-knuckling" your way to change, you need to instead alter your surroundings to support your goals. This book shows you how. The world around us is fast-paced, confusing, and full of distractions. It's easy to lose focus on what you want to achieve, and your willpower won't last long if your environment is in conflict with your goals--eventually, the environment will win out. Willpower Doesn't Work is the needed guided for today's over-stimulating and addicting environment.
44. Remarkable!: Maximizing Results Through Value Creation - When it comes to qualities such as passion, enthusiasm, energy, and creativity, the majority of the American workforce could be described as "severely lacking." Too many people just go through the motions, viewing work as something they have to do rather than something they love to do. This translates into lackluster performance, lost opportunities, and a staggering loss of profits. So how does a team leader turn a business-as-usual team into a remarkable one?
45. Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter - In analyzing data from more than 150 leaders, Wiseman has identified five disciplines that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers. These five disciplines are not based on innate talent; indeed, they are skills and practices that everyone can learn to use—even lifelong and recalcitrant Diminishers. Lively, real-world case studies and practical tips and techniques bring to life each of these principles, showing you how to become a Multiplier too, whether you are a new or an experienced manager. This revered classic has been updated with new examples of Multipliers, as well as two new chapters one on accidental Diminishers, and one on how to deal with Diminishers.
46. Play the Man: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be - In this inspiring call to something greater, he helps men understand what it means to be a man of God by unveiling seven virtues of manhood. Mark shares inspiring stories of manhood, including the true story of the hero and martyr Polycarp, who first heard the voice from heaven say, "Play the man." Mark couples those stories with practical ideas about how to disciple the next generation of men. This is more than a book; it's a movement of men who will settle for nothing less than fulfilling their highest calling to be the man and the father God has destined them to be. Play the man. Make the man.
47. Tuesdays with Morrie - Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live. Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world. It’s been ten years since Mitch Albom first shared the wisdom of Morrie Schwartz with the world. Now–twelve million copies later–in a new afterword, Mitch Albom reflects again on the meaning of Morrie’s life lessons and the gentle, irrevocable impact of their Tuesday sessions all those years ago.
48. You Must Write a Book: Boost Your Brand, Get More Business, and Become the Go-To Expert - Authority and Credibility-Your own book effortlessly attracts investors, clients, and customers. Brand recognition-Your own book makes your name and brand easier to recognize, extending your reach further than ever before. The ultimate business card-We're hard-wired to hold on to books, to keep and care for them, and to share them with others. When's the last time someone did that with your business card? You Must Write a Book introduces you to how a book can help you to build and grow your business and your brand, and how you can put your ideas on the page.
49. Hustle - Joshua Medcalf (author of Hustle) is the founder of, Train to be CLUTCH, a consulting firm that includes clients from the NFL, NBA, PGA, LPGA, MLS, MLB, and Fortune 500 companies. Joshua also created the first mental training apps in the world for basketball, soccer and golf. Joshua has the unique position of mentoring highly talented millennials as well as baby boomers with decades of invaluable experience. This unique position has allowed him to become a thought leader in the spaces of transformational leadership, the future of work, and maximizing human performance in a multi-generational workplace. From his life changing experience of sleeping on skid row, all the way to sharing a stage with Condoleeza Rice, Joshua Medcalf’s stories and tools will leave you inspired and with a fresh perspective on tackling your greatest challenges and fulfilling your personal greatness in business, sport, and life.
50. QBQ! - The Question Behind the Question: What to Really Ask Yourself to Eliminate Blame, Victim Thinking, Complaining and Procrastination - QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, already a phenomenon in its self-published edition, addresses the most important issue in business and society today: personal accountability. The lack of personal accountability has resulted in an epidemic of blame, complaining, and procrastination. No organization-or individual-can achieve goals, compete in the marketplace, fulfill a vision, or develop people and teams without personal accountability. The solution involves an entirely new approach. We can no longer ask, "Who dropped the ball?" "Why can't they do their work properly?" or "Why do we have to go through all these changes?" Instead, every individual has to ask the question behind the question: "How can I improve this situation?" "What can I contribute?" or "How can I make a difference?" Succinct, insightful, and practical, QBQ! The Question Behind the Question provides a method for putting personal accountability into daily action, which can bring astonishing results: problems get solved, barriers come down, service improves, teamwork grows, and people adapt to change.
51. ?Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion - Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader. Then one day he turned on a video camera, and by using the secrets revealed here, transformed his entire life and earning potential by building his personal brand. By the end of this book, readers will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Step by step, Crush It! is the ultimate driver’s manual for modern business.
52. The Success Principles - The Success Principles? by Jack Canfield, co-creator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul? series, will teach you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions. This audio spells out the timeless principles used by successful men and women throughout history. And the fundamentals are the same for all people and all professions -- even if you're currently unemployed.
53. The Richest Man in Babylon - Countless readers have been helped by the famous “Babylonian parables,” hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of—and a solution to—your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime.
54. The Power of Positive Leadership - We are not positive because life is easy. We are positive because life can be hard. As a leader, you will face numerous obstacles, negativity, and tests. There will be times when it seems as if everything in the world is conspiring against you and your vision seems more like a fantasy than a reality. That’s why positive leadership is essential! Positive leadership is not about fake positivity. It is the real stuff that makes great leaders great. The research is clear. Being a positive leader is not just a nice way to lead. It's the way to lead if you want to build a great culture, unite your organization in the face of adversity, develop a connected and committed team and achieve excellence and superior results.
55. Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALS: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results - In today's super heated business climate, executives and managers are under increasing pressure to squeeze every last drop of productivity out of their people. Built around inspiring stories from both the military and business worlds, Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALS outlines a step-by-step approach to boosting morale and increasing productivity in any business organization.
56. Ticket to the Limit: How Passion and Performance Can Transform Your Life and Your Business into an Amazing Adventure - How can someone get the best seats to the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the Kentucky Derby, and all the greatest concerts and sporting events in the world? By owning Ticket City, one of America's fastest-growing ticket brokers. In this motivational and inspirational book, you will learn how author Randy Cohen started a business with just $1,200 and a few University of Texas basketball tickets and built it into a ticket-selling empire that today serves 250,000 clients in seventeen countries. Along the way, Cohen introduces you to his Woo-woo philosophy to life and business, and takes you behind the scenes at the Masters, the World Cup, the Final Four, and other phenomenal events.
57. Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World - Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world’s most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does. When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss.
58. Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People - Driven by Bob’s trademark storytelling, Everybody, Always reveals the lessons Bob learned--often the hard way--about what it means to love without inhibition, insecurity, or restriction. From finding the right friends to discovering the upside of failure, Everybody, Always points the way to embodying love by doing the unexpected, the intimidating, the seemingly impossible. Whether losing his shoes while skydiving solo or befriending a Ugandan witch doctor, Bob steps into life with a no-limits embrace of others that is as infectious as it is extraordinarily ordinary. Everybody, Always reveals how we can do the same.
59. Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals - We all want to live a life that matters. We all want to reach our full potential. But too often we find ourselves overwhelmed by the day-to-day. Our big goals get pushed to the back burner--and then, more often than not, they get forgotten. New York Times bestselling author Michael Hyatt wants readers to know that it doesn't have to be this way. In fact, he thinks that this is the year readers can finally close the gap between reality and their dreams.
60. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life - Does your life feel like it's out of control? Perhaps you feel like you have to say yes to everyone's requests. Maybe you find yourself readily taking responsibility for others' feelings and problems. Or perhaps you focus so much on being loving and unselfish that you've forgotten your own limits and limitations. Or maybe it's all of the above. In the New York Times bestseller, Boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend help you learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of your life and set healthy, biblical boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even yourself.
61. Seeing Through Heaven's Eyes: A World View that will Transform Your Life - For Christians of all denominations who want to experience a transformation of the heart from judgment to love. This beautifully written memoir-essay explores the realities of Papa God s love for you, your identity as His beloved child and heir, and the transformation of your vision of yourself, others, and world events that this revelation of your place in the divine family brings.
62. Own the Moment - As lead pastor of the first United States branch of global megachurch Hillsong, the former college basketball player is on a mission to make Christianity accessible in the 21st century. In Own The Moment, he shares the unlikely and inspiring story of how he went from being an average teenager who couldn’t care less about church to leading one of the country’s fastest-growing congregations—how one day he is trying to convince a Virginia Beach 7-Eleven clerk to attend his service, and just a few years later he is baptizing a global music icon in an NBA player’s Manhattan bathtub. Amid such candid personal tales, Lentz also offers illuminating readings of Bible passages and practical tips on how to live as a person of faith in an increasingly materialistic world. How do you maintain your values—and pass them onto your children—in a society that worships money and sex and fame? How do you embrace your flaws in this Instagram era that exalts the appearance of perfection? How do you forget about “living the dream” and learn to embrace the beauty of your reality?
63. Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes - In Beyond Measure, Margaret Heffernan looks back over her decades spent overseeing different organizations and comes to a counter intuitive conclusion: it’s the small shifts that have the greatest impact. Heffernan argues that building the strongest organization can be accelerated by implementing seemingly small changes, such as embracing conflict as a creative catalyst; using every mind on the team; celebrating mistakes; speaking up and listening more; and encouraging time off from work.
64. Live Love Lead: Your Best is Yet to Come - Whether a person is searching for their calling or wholeheartedly pursuing their life's purpose, Live Love Lead will help them navigate a faith path that is all their own and discover unique gifts tailored perfectly for their journey. How do people experience the best life that God intends for them? The answer lies in understanding that the Christian life is an adventure and that they only have to follow the greatest guide who ever walked the path of life - Jesus. In this straightforward book, Brian Houston shows listeners the way to live fully, love completely, and lead boldly - the hallmarks of Jesus' time on Earth.
65. There is More: When the World Says You Can’t – God says you Can - By building our lives around godly principles, surrounding ourselves with wisdom, and living for a cause greater than ourselves, we can effectively live out God's purposes and have an enduring impact. As Brian Houston has personally discovered, when we depend on Jesus as the source for our identity, our lives can be a lasting legacy that maximize the gifts He has given each of us as unique individuals. There is More is for anyone who wants to be challenged to live with expectancy. Ephesians 3 is a call to release the immeasurable potential within you and the exceeding, abundant, and above plans and purposes of a Holy God that are beyond your greatest imagination. "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen" (Ephesians 3:20-21).
66. H3 Leadership: Stay Hungry. Be Humble. Always Hustle. - In H3 Leadership, Brad Lomenick shares his hard-earned insights from more than two decades of work alongside thought-leaders such as Jim Collins and Malcom Gladwell, Fortune 500 CEOs, and start-up entrepreneurs. He categorizes twenty essential leadership habits organized into three distinct filters he calls “the 3 Hs”: Humble (Who am I?), Hungry (Where do I want to go?), and Hustle (How will I get there?). These powerful words describe the leader who is willing to work hard, get it done, and make sure it’s not about him or her; it’s about the leader who knows that influence is about developing the right habits for success. Lomenick provides a simple but effective guide to help one lead well in whatever capacity he or she may be in.
67. Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality - Integrity—more than simple honesty, it's the key to success. A person with integrity has the ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstances. Drawing on experiences from his work, Dr. Henry Cloud, a clinical psychologist, leadership coach, corporate consultant and nationally syndicated radio host, shows how our character can keep us from achieving all we want to (or could) be.
68. Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less - Sutton and Rao have devoted much of the last decade to uncovering what it takes to build and uncover pockets of exemplary performance, to help spread them, and to keep recharging organizations with ever better work practices. Drawing on inside accounts and case studies and academic research from a wealth of industries-- including start-ups, pharmaceuticals, airlines, retail, financial services, high-tech, education, non-profits, government, and healthcare-- Sutton and Rao identify the key scaling challenges that confront every organization. They tackle the difficult trade-offs that organizations must make between whether to encourage individualized approaches tailored to local needs or to replicate the same practices and customs as an organization or program expands. They reveal how the best leaders and teams develop, spread, and instill the right mindsets in their people-- rather than ruining or watering down the very things that have fueled successful growth in the past. They unpack the principles that help to cascade excellence throughout an organization, as well as show how to eliminate destructive beliefs and behaviors that will hold them back.
69. Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All - Listening is harder than it looks- but it's the difference between business success and failure. Nothing causes bad decisions in organizations as often as poor listening. But Bernard Ferrari, adviser to some of the nation's most influential executives, believes that such missteps can be avoided and that the skills and habits of good listening can be developed and mastered. He offers a step-by-step process that will help readers become active listeners, able to shape and focus any conversation.
70. Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life - Most people are fearful of change, both personal and professional, because they don't have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Dr. Spencer Johnson, the coauthor of the multi-million bestseller The One Minute Manager, uses a deceptively simple story to show that when it comes to living in a rapidly changing world, what matters most is your attitude. Exploring a simple way to take the fear and anxiety out of managing the future, Who Moved My Cheese? can help you discover how to anticipate, acknowledge, and accept change in order to have a positive impact on your job, your relationships, and every aspect of your life.
71. What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: And Two Other Short Guides to Achieving More at Work and at Home - Laura Vanderkam has combined her three popular mini e-books into one comprehensive guide, with a new introduction. It will help readers build habits that lead to happier, more productive lives, despite the pressures of their busy schedules.
72. The Dichotomy of Leadership - Mastering the Dichotomy of Leadership requires understanding when to lead and when to follow; when to aggressively maneuver and when to pause and let things develop; when to detach and let the team run and when to dive into the details and micromanage.
73. The New One Minute Manager - For decades, The One Minute Manager? has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless, our world has changed drastically since the book’s publication. The exponential rise of technology, global flattening of markets, instant communication, and pressures on corporate workforce to do more with less—including resources, funding, and staff—have all revolutionized the world in which we live and work. Now, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson have written The New One Minute Manager to introduce the book’s powerful, important lessons to a new generation. In their concise, easy-to-read story, they teach readers three very practical secrets about leading others—and explain why these techniques continue to work so well.
74. What makes an Effective Executive - In his sixty-five-year consulting career, Peter F. Drucker, widely regarded as the father of modern management, identified eight practices that can make any executive effective. Leadership is not about charisma or extroversion. It’s about these practices: Effective executives ask, “What needs to be done?” They also ask, “What is right for the enterprise?” They develop action plans. They take responsibility for decisions. They take responsibility for communicating. They focus on opportunities rather than problems. They run productive meetings. And they think and say “we” rather than “I.” Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.
75. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior has resulted in this highly acclaimed book. You'll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader—and how to defend yourself against them. Perfect for people in all walks of life, the principles of Influence will move you toward profound personal change and act as a driving force for your success.
76. Speak Like a Leader: The Definitive Guide to Mastering the Art of Conversation and Becoming a Great Speaker - If you want to become a great speaker you need to believe in secrets. The great secret of our time is that you can actually reach a very competent level at any skill just by harnessing the power of your most important asset - your brain. In "Speak Like a Leader" self-growth pioneer and social chameleon Andrian focuses on fundamental principles that define our speaking ability and presents the most impactful but extremely attainable ways to dramatically improve this inherited but quite neglected skill.
77. Speaking As a Leader: How to Lead Every Time You Speak... from Board Rooms to Meeting Rooms, from Town Halls to Phone Calls - Make every communication count—with a simple, four-step speaking model. Whether it's among colleagues at lunch or an audience of a thousand, a leader's role is to move and inspire others. It's not only the big occasions that test a leader's mettle, but the little ones as well—in a casual conversation in the elevator, in phone calls, or one of many incidental, seemingly "insignificant “interactions in everyday work life. Written by one of the world’s leading communications coaches, Speaking as a Leader shows you how to make the most of your daily communications, creating a presence on the job as a genuine and constant leader.
78. 7L: The Seven Levels of Communication: Go from Relationships to Referrals - (7L) The Seven Levels of Communication tells the entertaining and educational story of Rick Masters, who is suffering from a down economy when he meets a mortgage professional who has built a successful business without advertising or personal promotion. Skeptical, he agrees to accompany her to a conference to learn more about her mysterious methods. Rick soon learns that the rewards for implementing these strategies are far greater than he had ever imagined. In seeking success, he finds significance. This heartwarming tale of Rick’s trials and triumphs describes the exact strategies that helped him evolve from the Ego Era to the Generosity Generation. This book is about so much more than referrals. This is about building a business that not only feeds your family, but also feeds your soul.
79. Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life - Most people are fearful of change, both personal and professional, because they don't have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Dr. Spencer Johnson, the coauthor of the multimillion bestseller The One Minute Manager, uses a deceptively simple story to show that when it comes to living in a rapidly changing world, what matters most is your attitude. Exploring a simple way to take the fear and anxiety out of managing the future, Who Moved My Cheese? can help you discover how to anticipate, acknowledge, and accept change in order to have a positive impact on your job, your relationships, and every aspect of your life.
80. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) - Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart. Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security. Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.
81. Living an Exceptional Life - Jim Rohn knows the secrets of success - in business and in life. He has devoted his life to a study of the fundamentals of human behavior and personal motivation that affect professional performance. He can awaken the unlimited power of achievement within you. Jim Rohn simply cannot be described nor defined. Instead, he must be experienced. The remarkable combination of his personal style and his message does something to people that cannot be captured in a text description. The power that is behind his extraordinary effect on people is not found just in what he enables them to learn, but in what he makes them feel. Time spent with Jim Rohn, whether at a live seminar or through his audio and video programs, is an indescribable emotional journey that will expand your self-confidence, rekindle your determination to succeed, and enrich your attitude - further intensifying your ambition to alter your life for the better.
82. Talk Less, Say More: 3 Habits to Influence Others and Make Things Happen - It's the first book to deliver a proven method to master the core leadership skill of influence. Talk Less, Say More lays out a powerful 3-step method called Connect, Convey, Convince (R) and guides you in how to use these habits to be more influential. This succinct book solves your modern communication issues in today’s demanding, distracted world at a time when interaction skills are plummeting. Communication is the single greatest challenge in business today. It takes just 3 habits to conquer it. Talk Less, Say More will help you achieve more with less. Less wordiness. Less tune-out. Less frustration. You'll gain more time. More positive outcomes. More rewarding relationships.
83. Secret Power: The Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work - No other power on earth can quicken a dead soul except the same power that raised the body of Jesus Christ out of Joseph’s sepulcher. And if we want that power to quicken our friends who are dead in sin, we must look to God and not to man to do it. If we only look to ministers, if we only look to Christ’s disciples to do this work, we shall be disappointed. But if we look to the Spirit of God and expect that power to come from Him and Him alone, then we shall honor the Spirit, and the Spirit will do His work.
84. The Magic of Thinking Big - Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives using The Magic of Thinking Big. Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and—most important of all—find greater happiness and peace of mind. The Magic of Thinking Big gives you useful methods, not empty promises. Dr. Schwartz presents a carefully designed program for getting the most out of your job, your marriage and family life, and your community. He proves that you don’t need to be an intellectual or have innate talent to attain great success and satisfaction—but you do need to learn and understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that will get you there. This book gives you those secrets!
85. The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable - A commemorative edition of the landmark book from Patrick Lencioni. When it was published ten years ago, The Five Temptations of a CEO was like no other business book that came before. Highly sought-after management consultant Patrick Lencioni deftly told the tale of a young CEO who, facing his first annual board review, knows he is failing, but doesn't know why. Refreshingly original and utterly compelling, this razor-sharp novelette plus self-assessment (written to be read in one sitting) serves as a timeless and potent reminder that success as a leader can come down to practicing a few simple behaviors? Behaviors that are painfully difficult for each of us to master. Any executive can learn how to recognize the mistakes that leaders can make and how to avoid them. The lessons of The Five Temptations of a CEO, are as relevant today as ever, and this special anniversary edition celebrates ten years of inspiration and enlightenment with a brand-new introduction and reflections from Lencioni on the new challenges in business and leadership that have occurred in the past ten years.
86. The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable - In this stunning follow-up to his best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni offers up another leadership fable that's every bit as compelling and illuminating as its predecessor. This time, Lencioni's focus is on a leader's crucial role in building a healthy organization--an often overlooked but essential element of business life that is the linchpin of sustained success. Readers are treated to a story of corporate intrigue as the frustrated head of one consulting firm faces a leadership challenge so great that it threatens to topple his company, his career, and everything he holds true about leadership itself. In the story's telling, Lencioni helps his readers understand the disarming simplicity and power of creating organizational health, and reveals four key disciplines that they can follow to achieve it.
87. Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You – at Work and in Life - A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak. At first the young man doesn’t realize that he is talking to one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. But in the course of further encounters and conversations, the young man comes to understand that he can apply the old man’s remarkable principles and practical tools to his own life to change it for the better. Spencer Johnson knows how to tell a deceptively simple story that teaches deep lessons. The One Minute Manager (co-written with Ken Blanchard) sold 15 million copies and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than twenty years. Since it was published a decade ago, Who Moved My Cheese? has sold more than 25 million copies. In fact there are more than 46 million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books in print, in forty-seven languages—and with today’s economic uncertainty, his new book could not be more relevant. Pithy, wise, and empowering, Peaks and Valleys is clearly destined to become another Spencer Johnson classic.
88. The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business - There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. In this book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many of the themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and delivers a first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the unique advantage organizational health provides.
89. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable - In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.
90. Hustle: The Life Changing Effects of Constant Motion - Jesse's first book was a #1 bestseller. It took him a year to write it. Hustle is different. It was written, produced, and published in just 7 days. The ridiculously short production schedule was meant to prove a point: focus + momentum = mind bending productivity. Don't be fooled, though. The biggest opportunities in life don't come from sprinting. They emerge over time through constant motion. A gritty, inspiring read, Hustle is the nudge we've all been waiting for.
91. The Hustler's Mindset: Learn Mind Control Mastery Secrets, Enhance Your Subconscious Mind for Greatness and Turbo Charge Your Hustle for Success - Are you tired of looking around, wondering why others are more accomplished than you are? What makes them different from you? Do you want to improve your life, become debt-free, and learn how to freelance using your skills and passions? Then this book is for you!
92. Game Changer: The Elite Athletes Guide to Peak Performance - Every athlete has the same goal: Victory. Game Changer: The Elite Athletes Guide to Peak Performance brings together the best of the best for taking any athlete from any sport and catapulting their performance to the top, FAST. Combining the most cutting-edge scientific wisdom with real life case studies, Game Changer provides a clear blueprint to victory, and will put you at the top of your game faster than anything you’ve ever experienced. Ready to reach your peak performance? Apply the scientifically proven, easy and straightforward practices in this book and get ready to WIN!
93. Beyond Success: A Search for Significance - It has been said that the saddest day in life is the day you reach the ultimate success, and it lets you down. Listen as the mental-training coach of world and national champions, Olympians, PGA Tour champions, and Fortune 100 companies teaches you why success is fleeting and why your purpose in pursuing your relationship with God defines your success here in earth. In this program you will discover why scoreboard success fails to deliver satisfaction, the secret to moving from success to significance, your one true Christian purpose, and how to be a champion in heaven's economy.
94. Mental Toughness: A Guide to Developing Peak Performance and an Unbeatable Mind in Everyday Life - The concepts of Mental Toughness are simple to understand and with the right mind set, are easy to implement. My aim is for you to take the understanding you gain from this book and to train your mind just like you would in any other discipline. For example, you might know how to perform a Bench Press, but that alone won’t allow you to bench 500lbs. You need to train, rest, grow and adapt over time to get to that level. I share the mental exercises I use to develop my mental strength, from my own research, experience and experimentation. I have sourced information from the best Sports Psychologists, Military Leaders, and Business Owners to create this book. Knowledge on its own is not enough though, you need to practice.
95. Mastering the Inner Game: 7 Keys to Personal, Professional & Athletic Peak Performance - Whether you want to take your career up a notch or two, improve your golf game, or gain control of your mental game, your "inner game" is crucial to your level of success. These inner-game strategies will help you achieve peak performance in your career, sports performance, and goal achievement. Apply them and take your game to a whole new level!
96. Mental Toughness: The 7 Habits to Build A Peak Performance Mindset, Become Unstoppable & Dominate On Every Level - Discover the 7 Habits to build a peak performance mindset, become unstoppable & dominate on every level! What is it that separates the people who succeed in life and accomplish win after consecutive win from those who fall short of their potential? More often than not it is the lack of mental toughness in their approach to the game of life. Mental toughness in this book refers to the power and potential you have inside you to overcome, persist, dominate and conquer over challenges in life regardless of the obstacles in your path. It is about becoming unstoppable. It is about constantly raising the standards of what you expect of yourself in life. Most importantly, it is about cultivating a competitive winning mentality. It is about a peak performance mindset that applies to your life. Inside this book, you are about to discover the 7 habits to build a peak performance mindset, become unstoppable & dominate on every level in your life.
97. Low Carb For Athletes: A Simple Guide For Peak Performance: Low Carb Diet, Athletic Performance, Gain Muscle, Loss Fat - Do you want to know how to properly fuel your exercise performance with a LOW CARB Diet! Want to start a Low Carb Diet but think your athletic performance will suffer. Don’t want to read through a 300-page book full of scientific terms and charts! Are you tired of reading through endless blogs and forums for good advice! Look no further this guide will explain everything about becoming a successful Low Carb Athlete in a SHORT and EFFECTIVE way!
98. Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable - Direct, blunt, and brutally honest, Grover breaks down what it takes to be unstoppable: you keep going when everyone else is giving up, you thrive under pressure, you never let your emotions make you weak. In “The Relentless 13,” he details the essential traits shared by the most intense competitors and achievers in sports, business, and all walks of life. Relentless shows you how to trust your instincts and get in the Zone; how to control and adapt to any situation; how to find your opponent’s weakness and attack. Grover gives you the same advice he gives his world-class clients—“don’t think”—and shows you that anything is possible. Packed with previously untold stories and unparalleled insight into the psyches of the most successful and accomplished athletes of our time, Relentless shows you how even the best get better . . . and how you can too.
99. The Connection Algorithm: Take Risks, Defy the Status Quo, and Live Your Passions - Ever wish you could be a little more extraordinary? A little happier? A little more in control of your life? Well, this is your blueprint for making it happen. It might sound crazy, but it all starts with quitting your 9-5. Jesse should know. He quit his job to join TechStars, a startup accelerator that helped him and his business partner build a multimillion-dollar company from the ground up. Then he wrote this book while lounging at the beach. Sound impossible? It's not. This isn't just Jesse's story. It's the story of every successful person you've ever known - and all of them have followed the same formula. After nearly a decade of interviews and research, Jesse has compiled the ultimate playbook for defying the status quo, weaving together the most critical yet overlooked tips from industry heavy hitters like Ben Horowitz, Tim Ferriss, and Steve Jobs.
100. What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength - Investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney takes up the challenge to find out: Can we hack our bodies and use the environment to stimulate our inner biology? Helping him in his search for the answers is Dutch fitness guru Wim Hof, whose ability to control his body temperature in extreme cold has sparked a whirlwind of scientific study. Carney also enlists input from an Army scientist, a world-famous surfer, the founders of an obstacle course race movement, and ordinary people who have documented how they have cured autoimmune diseases, lost weight, and reversed diabetes. In the process, he chronicles his own transformational journey as he pushes his body and mind to the edge of endurance, a quest that culminates in a record-bending, 28-hour climb to the snowy peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro wearing nothing but a pair of running shorts and sneakers.
101. Tell It Well: Fuel Your Faith & Encourage Others with the Power of Your Story - YOUR STORY MATTERS. In today's culture, it is becoming evident that the person who tells the best story and captures the heart of the audience will have the greatest influence. As Christians-, we hold in our hearts the manuscript of the greatest true story ever told-the message of the Gospel. Additionally, God has given each of us our own stories of divine redemption and miraculous victories. Yet, far too often, we fail to articulate these God-moments to others with clarity and conviction. Our personal stories tend to get lost in the fog of poor communication and weak presentation. In this easy and engaging read, Luke Gajary combines personal stories with simple truths to fuel your faith and strengthen your resolve to tell your stories well for the sake of eternity.
102. Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet - Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler will try almost anything. His life is about being bold and risky. So when Jesse felt himself drifting on autopilot, he hired a rather unconventional trainer to live with him for a month-an accomplished Navy SEAL widely considered to be "the toughest man on the planet"! LIVING WITH A SEAL is like a buddy movie if it starred the Fresh Prince of Bel- Air...and Rambo. Jesse is about as easy-going as you can get. SEAL is...not. Jesse and SEAL's escapades soon produce a great friendship, and Jesse gains much more than muscle. At turns hilarious and inspiring, LIVING WITH A SEAL ultimately shows you the benefits of stepping out of your comfort zone.
103. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds - For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him The Fittest (Real) Man in America. In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.