How to improve your mindset

Seven books to live your life by ….

For the observant amongst you, you may notice that the picture only contains six books. Well please read on as we tell you more about these amazing books plus another one to add to the pile for 2021.

Here they are in no particular order as they are all brilliant reads. Just make sure you have a pad and pens / post it notes with you as you read each book. Click on each book title to take you to Amazon to buy your books.

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

Considered one of the most inspiring books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has guided generations of readers for the past three decades. Presidents and CEOs have kept it by their bedsides, students have underlined and studied passages from it, teachers and parents have drawn from it and individuals of all ages and occupations have used its step-by-step pathway to adapt to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

Its author, Stephen R. Covey, recognised as one of Time Magazine’s 25 most influential Americans, was an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organisational consultant and author. His books have sold over 40 million copies in fifty languages and this book was named the No. 1 most influential business book of the twentieth century.

Dr. Covey’s emphasis on self-renewal and his understanding that leadership and creativity require us to tap into our own physical, mental and spiritual resources are exactly what we need right now.

Arianna Huffington – co-founder of HuffPost and CEO of Thrive Global

Book Two –  7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness by Jim Rohn

I was given some advice a couple of years ago. That advice was to read 7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness every year over Christmas to renew and refresh ready for the year to come. It has had a profound effect on me over the last couple of years, driving me forward to achieve more than ever before and keep me focused on the path ahead.

You don’t have to choose between wealth and happiness. They spring from the same foundation of abundance. With this book, you will discover the seven essential strategies you need for success.

I truly believe that Jim Rohn is an extraordinary human being whose philosophy can enhance the quality of life for anyone.

Anthony Robbins – International Motivational Speaker and Best Selling Author

Book Three – Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich is the seminal work by the well-loved and world-renowned Napoleon Hill, a contemporary of Dale Carnegie. Originally published in 1937, Hill’s money-making secrets are as powerful today as they were then and can change your life forever. After interviewing over 500 of the most affluent men and women of his time, Napoleon Hill uncovered the secret to great wealth based on the notion that if we can learn to think like the rich we can discover wealth and success. He developed a simple 13 step formula to success. This updated and revised edition includes examples of men and women of more recent times who have followed the principles that Hill puts forward.

Book Four – How To Be Brilliant by Michael Heppell

Fed up of doing the same old things day in, day out? Tired of working hard for average results? Have the feeling that you could do more, be more? How to Be Brilliant has been helping people to be brilliant for ten years. This international bestseller shows you how to make the critical steps from average to good and from good to brilliant – at work and in life. It’ll help you work out what’s happening right now and get clear about how it could be so much better. Then you’ll be given strategies and powerful methods to help you get there as quickly as possible, as economically as possible with as much fun as possible.

And once you know the secrets to being brilliant you can apply them to all areas of your life. Don’t be good. Be Brilliant.

I have met, talked to and been coached by the brilliant Michael Heppell. I can highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be more than they are.

The realisation that good is no longer good enough will positively change you and transform your business for ever.

Jonathan Raggett, MD Red Carnation Hotels and Hotelier of the Year

Book Five – The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

The Miracle Morning shows how a morning routine built around 6 key practices known as “Life S.A.V.E.R.S” – silence, affirmations, visualisation, exercise, reading and scribing – can help you get more done and live your best life. Most people don’t think they have time to change their lives or achieve their goals but Hal has proven you can start achieving your goals today by devoting only 1 minute to each of these practices every day. The Miracle Morning system now has thousands of fans who have transformed their lives by spending just one minute on each of these activities every morning.

Every once in a while, you read a book that changes the way you look at life, but it is so rare to find a book that changes the way you live your life.

Tim Sanders, New York Times bestselling author of The Likeability Factor

Book Six – Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable. Most of us try to fight those feelings – or feel guilt for feeling them in the first place.

In Daring Greatly, Dr Brené Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability, and dispels the widely accepted myth that it’s a weakness. She argues that, in truth, vulnerability is strength and when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability – from revealing our true selves – we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.

Brené writes with wisdom, wit, candour and a deep sense of humanity. You should read this book. I double dare you.

Sir Ken Robinson

Book Seven – A New Earth – Create a better Life by Eckhart Tolle

I’m now reading this book for the second time. Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality and self-improvement for years to come, leading readers to a new levels of consciousness and inner peace. Taking off from the introspective work “The Power of Now”, which is a number one bestseller and has sold millions of copies worldwide, Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live. Shattering modern ideas of ego and entitlement, self and society, Tolle lifts the veil of fear that has hung over humanity during this new millennium and shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness and health that every reader can follow.

A wake up call for the entire planet. A New Earth helps us to stop creating our own suffering and obsessing over the past and what the future might be and to put ourselves in the now.

Oprah Winfrey