Self Development Books from Famous Authors
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Self Development is a never ending process. There are lot of Self Development Books available in the markets, here i listed out some important books from famous authors. We can also call self development as personality development, it covers activity to improve self awareness, talents, human capital, employability, improves the quality of life, self realization, dreams and ambitions. By practicing in proper manner, we can develop ourself to shine among others.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25 years. It has transformed the lives of Presidents and CEOs, educators and parents— in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a ground-breaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas.
His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges. Before you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works.
Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more. This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. |
 
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How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
Gather successful people from all walks of life-what would they have in common? The way they think! Now you can think as they do and revolutionize your work and life!
A Wall Street Journal bestseller, HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK is the perfect, compact read for today's fast-paced world.
You'll find out how to tap into your creative potential, develop shared ideas, and derive lessons from the past to better understand the future. With these eleven keys to more effective thinking, you'll clearly see the path to personal success.
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How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities -- From the Very Start
Excellent ideas for fostering closeness and healthy independence... easy to browse format of anecdotes and information arranged in chronological order. -- Children's Literature, 1998, by Deborah Zink Roffino
Readers will find plenty of wisdom and common sense on these pages. -- Publisher's Weekly, January 1998. This book gave me a practical guide to giving my children enough room... has been an amazing resource for me. -- O, Oprah's Magazine, May 2005, by Felicity Huffman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Here is the "RIE" method, the increasingly popular, common-sense approach to child-raising, created by a renowned infant specialist and founder of Resources for Infant Educarers.
Explains how to use observation as the main tool for growth and learning, when to intervene and when to encourage independence, how to connect with a baby through daily tasks, and how to build trust, endurance and optimism in a child. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Think Confident, Be Confident for Teens
Confidence is like a magnet that attracts people to you and helps you get closer to reaching your goals. When you believe in yourself, you send the message that you have the brains, ability, and talent to handle whatever life sends your way. And the truth is, you do!
Using powerful skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Think Confident, Be Confident for Teens shows you how to tap into your self-esteem so you can be yourself in every situation, no matter how awkward you feel or scary that may sound.
The fun exercises and tips in this confidence-coaching workbook will guide you past feelings of self-doubt and encourage you to believe in yourself, strengthen your friendships, and meet every challenge head-on.
This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.
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Feel Confident!: A book about self-esteem
PreS-K-These books are simply written and will empower students to turn around bad days. Affirming statements such as "Even when something seems bad, I can learn from it or find some good in it" are accompanied by large, cheerful, illustrations that are perfect for prompting discussion about how the scene reflects the writing and whether similar examples can be found in students' lives.
The books conclude with numerous questions parents and teachers can ask to encourage additional reflection, as well as worthwhile hands-on activities to further emphasize positive thinking and foster self-confidence.
Thanks in large part to the basic, clear language, these enjoyable volumes manage to avoid the overwrought proclamations that plague a lot of the self-help genre.α(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journal. LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident
This Inspirational book can help you to: Be Positive, Believe in Yourself and Achieve Peak Performance. This book has received great reviews from: Best selling authors, Clinical Psychologists, Media personnel, Entrepreneurs, Business Executives, Wellness coaches and people from all walks of life (few mentioned below in the editorial reviews section).
About Author - Maddy Malhotra is an International Motivational Speaker and Success Coach. He is a regular guest on radio and has been interviewed by stations worldwide including the BBC.
He's done motivational shows for well-being TV channels and has been featured in several national newspapers and health magazines. His life story has inspired hundreds of thousands worldwide.
He lives in the UK and is involved in several Charity/non-profit projects. Maddy is passionate for helping people to achieve Success, Happiness and Self-Love.
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The Confident Woman Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations
Based on her #1 New York Times bestseller, THE CONFIDENT WOMAN, Joyce Meyer taps into the concerns and issues that trouble women most. She provides encouragement and tools to help resolve problems in the areas of life women struggle with most--including confidence, self image, and relationships.
It is easy to get caught up in what the coming weeks, months, or years might hold and forget to slow down and live in the present. This powerful daily devotional will help women on their journey towards a confident life filled with love, laughter, and God's acceptance, one day at time.
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A Workbook to Help Kids Learn Assertiveness Skills
As children complete the exercises in Cool, Calm, and Confident, they will develop the assertiveness skills they need to build self-esteem, stop being bullied or bullying others, and stand up for themselves in healthy, nonaggressive ways.
Lisa M. Schab, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with a private counseling practice in the greater Chicago area. She has authored fourteen self-help books and workbooks for children, teens, and adults, including The Anxiety Workbook for Teens and Beyond the Blues. Schab teaches self-help workshops for the general public and training seminars for professionals, and is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD).
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How to Be Confident and Destroy Low Self-Esteem
"How to Be Confident and Destroy Low Self-Esteem" will show you the steps that have taken countless people from a life of lack and insecurity to a life of extreme confidence and abundance.
Do you suffer from a lack of self-esteem and confidence?
Do you wish that you were more sure of yourself so you could go out in the world and do great things?
This book will give you the tools necessary for you to begin creating extreme confidence and success in your life. "How to Be Confident and Destroy Low Self-Esteem" is full of proven strategies for increasing self-esteem and confidence. Years of personal research and experience have allowed me to create this potentially life changing book for you.
Topics covered include the power of positive thinking, body language, mind-body connection, goal setting and visualization, facing fear, and more. Practicing the strategies and techniques mentioned in "How to Be Confident and Destroy Low Self-Esteem" will help you to begin moving forward in the direction of your dreams with confidence and conviction. You were destined for greatness. You deserve to live a life of abundance.
Confidence is the result of success, no matter how small. Take the first step, never give up, and you will see amazing things begin to happen as your confidence and self-esteem rises.
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Self Defense for Women
Patricia Benson was an Teacher and Blogger for last 10 years. Being previously overweight herself, her first few years were an emotional roller coaster, having very low regard for her self-esteem and wellness.
After hitting rock-bottom and finding her own marriage on the brink of disaster, she pushed herself to improve and discovered the wonders of health and fitness in preserving her overall well-being. This caused very significant improvements on her family life as well. Since then, she has never stopped advocating for healthy options and lifestyles.
She started it out as a hobby and has now transformed into her passion, as she is now a certified nutrition and fitness consultant for seven years. This allows her to communicate with fellow mothers to help them gain improved health and develop a greater confidence in themselves. She is also actively involved with creating ways to cleanse the body, develop a healthy lifestyle with focus on complete nutrition, and emotional balance.
She sees her community as her second family and likes to host healthy picnics at her home. Her free time is spent bonding with her three boys, running and practicing yoga.
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Emergence: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change
In his bestselling book Emergence, Derek Rydall helps you throw aside the self-help books and recognize one simple, radical truth: the answer is already in you.
The harder we try to change, the deeper in the hole we get. We find a new partner but have the same old fights. We strive for an ever-bigger paycheck but end up broke at a higher income bracket.
This is what happens when the basic principle of life—the Law of Emergence—is disrupted, stopping you from knowing that you are the perfect you. Like an acorn is a perfect acorn that becomes a perfect oak tree, there is not a part of you from beginning to end that isn't exactly what you should be.
The Law of Emergence provides the foundation to re-engage with this ancient principle. In this seven-stage framework, spiritual life coach Derek Rydall shows that we aren’t lacking anything; everything we need to fulfill our full potential is already inside us.
Backed by an ancient truth that has largely been lost, Rydall changes the conversation around how to achieve your potential by showing you how to activate the genius already in you and empower your purpose in life.
If you are struggling to improve something about yourself—your health, your mindset, your relationships, then Emergence is the book and Derek is the teacher you have been waiting for.
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The Practicing Mind
In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome, what we need most are patience, focus, and discipline, traits that seem elusive or difficult to maintain. In this enticing and practical book, Thomas Sterner demonstrates how to learn skills for any aspect of life, from golfing to business to parenting, by learning to love the process.
Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If we had given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, we would never have learned to walk or tie our shoes. So why, as adults, do we often give up on a goal when at first we don’t succeed? Modern life’s technological speed, habitual multitasking, and promises of instant gratification don’t help. But in his study of how we learn (prompted by his pursuit of disciplines such as music and golf), Sterner has found that we have also forgotten the principles of practice — the process of picking a goal and applying steady effort to reach it.
The methods Sterner teaches show that practice done properly isn’t drudgery on the way to mastery but a fulfilling process in and of itself, one that builds discipline and clarity.
By focusing on “process, not product,” you’ll learn to live in each moment, where you’ll find calmness and equanimity. This book will transform a sense of futility around learning something challenging into an attitude of pleasure and willingness.
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Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller
Think and Grow Rich has been called the "Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature." It was the first book to boldly ask, "What makes a winner?" The man who asked and listened for the answer, Napoleon Hill, is now counted in the top ranks of the world's winners himself.
The most famous of all teachers of success spent "a fortune and the better part of a lifetime of effort" to produce the "Law of Success" philosophy that forms the basis of his books and that is so powerfully summarized in this one. |
 
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The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective
On the basis of a theologically grounded understanding of the nature of persons and the self, Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King and Kevin S. Reimer present a model of human development that ranges across all of life's stages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, elder adulthood.
They do this by drawing on a biblical model of relationality, where the created goal or purpose of human development is to become areciprocating self--fully and securely related to others and to God. Along the way, they provide a context for understanding individual development issues--concerns, tensions, worries or crises encountered by the self in the context of change. |
 
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Moonlight Transformation of Knowledge
In this brilliant book, Ruth Tel-Tsur, a clinical psychologist, explains why we feel the way we do and how to change it for the better.
She draws a road map to overcoming the negative influences of hard feelings, pain, and agony and guides us to a healthy path and embracing a positive mindset.
Why?
Because it causes us unnecessary hard feelings of pain and agony in many areas such as: being a parent, being a child, a lover, a teenager, a student, poor or rich, ill or healthy, skinny or fat, unknown or famous, and so on”...
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Making Their Own Way
"Although an advisor can find much to appreciate in the first part of Baxter Magolda’s book, perhaps the second part provides the most value for day-to-day advising practice...The practical suggestions and advice provided can certainly benefit advisors as well as advising administrators who wish to empower students in their decision making." (NACADA Journal (National Academic Advising Association))
"[This book] is strongly recommended reading for educators concerned with the holistic development of their students and higher education's role in fostering critical thinking, citizenship, and civic leadership." (Wisconsin Bookwatch)
"...Provides long-awaited answers to critical questions regarding how college impacts students' lives. Through an accomplished interview technique, the author provides us with an inside tour of the lives and minds of hundreds of college graduates.
The longitudinal design allows us to comprehend more fully the lifelong impact of higher education. The author weaves these stories into a highly usable framework for educational improvement. Her concrete suggestions help the reader transform insights gained from the interviews into current college curricular and co-curricular practices. This book will be immediately useful for anyone connected to the college experience." (AAHE Bulletin)
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Self-Regulation Interventions and Strategies
Keeping children bodies, minds and emotions on task just got easier with this new book from self-regulation expert Teresa Garland. Featuring more than 200 practical and proven interventions, strategies and adaptation for helping children gain more control over their lives. Each chapter provides rich background and theoretical material to help the reader better understand the issues our children face.
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Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
In this follow-up to his best-selling Gifted Hands, Dr. Ben Carson prescribes his personal formula for success. And who could better advise than a man who has transformed himself from a ghetto kid into the most celebrated pediatric neurosurgeon in the world? With an acrostic, Dr. Carson spells out his philosophy of living: T-Talents/time: Recognize them as gifts. H -Hope for all good things and be honest. I -Insight from people and good books. N -Be nice to all people. K -Knowledge: Recognize it as the key to living. B -Books: Read them actively. I -In-depth learning skills: Develop them. G -God: Never get too big for Him. Think Big emphasizes how to evaluate and respond to problems in order to overcome them and make the most of your inner potential. Written in the tradition of his best-selling autobiography Gifted Hands, Think Big is guaranteed to touch the hearts of readers everywhere.
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The Secret Art of Self-Development
Stop being a seeker - Start being a finder! Self-development is an amazing quest. It's the desire to find your own freedom and happiness. It's about letting go of limitations, and learning how to live successfully. This book is a series of 16 simple "pep talks" for that self-development journey. No hype, no rituals, no follow-on courses. Just a series of conversations to help you finally discover your own true freedom. Forget The Secret, set aside religious texts and ignore the so-called gurus. This book will guide you straight to the only true authority on your own self-development. You.
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Leadership: A Practical Guide on Self-Development and How to be a Great Leader
Updated and Expanded! Discover A Practical Guide on Self-Development and How to be a Great Leader and Influence People Anyone can be a leader. When you say it like that, it does sound easy. But it's not. True leadership is hard to come by, but it is not impossible. The reason why people settle to be followers is because they refuse to do the one thing they need to and that is to grow influence.
This book will give you an in-depth look on how to lead and influence people effectively. You will also learn how crucial the role of being a leader is when filling a position of authority. There are many helpful illustrations found in this book that can help you become the best leader possible!
Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Everything That A Good Leader Is The Importance of Vision in Leading Managing Inner and Outer Conflict The Importance of Knowing How to Delegate Strategies for Positive Employee Recognition Much, much more! Grab a copy now and start for a positive change!
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The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
"Millions of individuals--myself included--have been inspired by the words and works of John Maxwell. Now, in The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, John again shares his remarkable insights and wisdom into how each of us can reach our full potential and make a positive difference in the lives of others."―Elizabeth Dole, former U.S. Cabinet Secretary, Senator and President of the American Red Cross
"I salute John Maxwell for being a pioneer for leadership throughout the world. In his most recent book, he has successfully distilled the 15 most invaluable laws for personal growth. To read this book is to receive the essence of John's expertise, which will help you take your personal success to the next level."―Stedman Graham, speaker, author and entrepreneur
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Stick Up for Yourself: Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power & Positive Self-Esteem
First published in 1990, this perennial best-seller has helped countless children build self-esteem and assertiveness skills.
Newly revised and updated, it’s the ultimate resource for any kid who’s ever been picked on at school, bossed around, blamed for things he or she didn’t do, or treated unfairly—and for any kid who sometimes feels frustrated, angry, powerless, or scared. Simple words and real-life examples show how children can stick up for themselves with other kids (including bullies and teasers), big sisters and brothers, even grown-ups.
Kids learn how to build relationships, become responsible, manage their anger, grow a “feelings vocabulary,” make good choices, solve problems, set goals, and “store” happiness and pride. Questions from real kids are paired with answers about how to handle specific situations calmly, confidently, and effectively. A special note to parents and teachers explores the “self-esteem backlash” and explains what self-esteem really is—and why kids today need it more than ever.
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Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
Since its original publication in 2000, Leadership and Self-Deception has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon. Its sales continue to increase year after year, and the book’s popularity has gone global, with editions now available in over twenty languages.
Through a story everyone can relate to about a man facing challenges on the job and in his family, the authors expose the fascinating ways that we can blind ourselves to our true motivations and unwittingly sabotage the effectiveness of our own efforts to achieve success and increase happiness.
This new edition has been revised throughout to make the story even more compelling. And drawing on the extensive correspondence the authors have received over the years, they have added a section that outlines the many ways that readers have been using Leadership and Self-Deception to improve their lives and workplaces—areas such as team building, conflict resolution, and personal growth and development, to name a few.
Read this extraordinary book and discover what millions already have learned—how to consistently tap into an innate ability that dramatically improves both your results and your relationships.
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