Recommended reading - I need you to set me some homework

Every once in a while I ask you to "train the trainer" and set me some homework. Don't worry it's nothing too onerous on your part. All I need you to do is this:

Tell me name and title of one book that has touched you in some way during 2010.

If you post it here -

that way your fellow readers get to see your recommendation as well as me - so, those books that have inspired you, guided you, made you question, made you think, made you act, helped you to overcome the procrastination habit, motivated you - those are the books I need to read during this next year, and if I need to read them, well some of your fellow readers might like to read them too.

So - if I had to narrow mine down to one book it would be this:

The Go Giver - by Bob Burg and John David Mann - you've heard me mention it many times, but my main reason is this - we may think we are in the "sales" business, but we are not in sales, we are in the business of giving.

Tell me your favourite. No prizes, just a chance to share and pool our knowledge as we gather our thoughts for the new year.

Thanks and regards

Elle

p.s. BTW I've read the karma sutra :-) so please be nice

Comments

[Saudamini Kumar]

I recently read "Many Masters Many Lives" by Dr. Briam Wiess, it actually changed my perspective about life and Death. I still think about it and refer to my close ones.

Another book that moved me is "The Secret" . . . . Need I say more!

[Ziggy/Amethyst]

I read a few this year but "Eat, Pray, Love" was a great book that I found stimulating and inspiring.
Smiles from Ziggy/Amethyst

[Kushal Samant]

Hi all
sup??

well the book is:
Think And Grow Rich by Napolean Hill...
Honestly it changed my life :) for the better :P

take care...n the url is my college dept website which I maintain regularly,,,,

::D take care...be merry and happy new year...take care :) :) :)

[Pam]

Love the Killer App by Tim Sanders. Great book for personal growth!

[elle]

Hi and thank you.

Eat, pray, love - yes loved that book.
Napoleon Hill - THink and grow Rich - that is now on my e-reader as well as in hardback - re-reading that one...

The other 2 are new to me, so thank you, I will look out for those ones.

Thanks for your time and your suggestions

Elle

[elle]

OK folks, other recommendations received via facebook are:

Currency of the Future - Brad Dehaven.
"Fascinate" by Sally Hogshead,
"You're It" by Alan Watts,
"Business Stripped Bare by Richard Branson, "
The Geography of Bliss" by Eric Weiner &
"SuperFreakanomics", Steven Levitt.

[Kim Boulton]

"Close to Flying" Biography of Cadel Evans Pro Road racing bike rider.This guy is not your average sportsman has belief's an ethics in his sport and his life and way he lives it which I find truly inspirational.

[Terina Maria]

Lift by Kelly Corirgan
Mandelas Way 15 lessons on life, love, & courage by Richard Stengal
Never Eat Alone: & other secrets to sucess by Keith Ferrazzi

[shivani]

Outlines of Pyrrhonism- Sextus Empiricus

It's a bit different, in that it is a philosophical treatise, but it made me realise that it's ok not to have all the answers, and it is probably the one good thing my degree has done for my mental health.

[Samia]

The Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell ...

It made me realise that I just need to be ready when opportunities knock, and that others are not luckier than me. There are just many aspects of life that make success, and most of them have nothing to do with luck!

[Nathalie]

Practising The Power Of Now - Eckhart Tolle
The Power of TED - David Emerald

[Elle]

Thank you so much everyone for all your suggestions to date. I will be adding these to my online book site shopping cart later in the week ...
Best

Elle