The Soup of Possibilities Bookshelf!
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Recommended by Doug Dane of DougDane.com
Doug is a fellow Proctor Gallagher consultant, and also serves as the International Sales Director, teaching and encouraging all PGI consultants.
From the back cover:
You don’t have to be crazy to talk to yourself!
We all talk to ourselves all the time, usually without realizing it. And most of what we tell ourselves is negative, counterproductive and damaging… preventing us from enjoying a fulfilled and successful life.
Shad Helmstetter’s simple but profound techniques, based on an understanding of the process of the human brain, have enabled thousands of people to get back in control of their lives.
By learning how to talk to yourself in new ways, you will notice a dramatic improvement in all areas of your life. You will feel better and accomplish more. It will help you achieve more at work and at home, lose weight, overcome fears, stop smoking, and become more confident. And it works.
Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D. is a bestselling author of many personal growth books and the leading authority in the field of Self-Talk.
Recommended by Bob Proctor
From the Amazon description:
“(This book) presents the great spiritual and psychological truths in a simple manner, making them practical for daily use. You will read inspiring historical stories of those who dared all for Truth — and found wisdom and peace at last. “The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power” is Vernon Howard’s most popular book. This beautiful new 2005 edition belongs in the library of every serious spiritual student.”
This book applies to all close relationships, but it would be especially helpful for newlyweds or especially couples considering a life together. You see, each of us feels loved by different things, grouped into 5 categories: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch. What’s important about this book is learning to understand those “Love Languages,” how to understand what your partner’s love language is, and learning to “speak” that love language.
My definition of love is “the willingness to do that which serves the highest good for another.” Feeling loved is maybe one of the most important qualities in a person’s life, and learning to help them feel loved through learning how they experience it is certainly a powerful way to express love – in the other person’s terms, not your own. The challenge is that your love language is not necessarily the same as your partner’s. So if you only express love in your own love language, and that language is different than your partner’s, they are not going to “understand” the love you are expressing. They aren’t going to “hear” it. They will feel unloved… by you at least.
One comment I would make that is not covered in the book – maybe Dr. Chapman disagrees with this however it is what I have observed myself: The love language you “speak” is not necessarily the same as the love language you “hear.” So I believe it’s important to differentiate between the two, and recognize what your partner needs to “hear” and how to speak that language.
This book is required reading, unless you plan on being a hermit. Even then maybe you should read it so that you can learn to speak your own love language to yourself.
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- Amazon link: PaperbackOr you can get an autographed copy from the "AKitchenYouLove.com" website.
This book is a little off-topic, but hey! Ann is the author!
A Kitchen You Love is an examination of what makes a kitchen really work in your home – the difference between a kitchen that looks great, and one that looks great AND is a joy to work and entertain in. You know, it’s not much fun to use a dysfunctional kitchen. It can be very frustrating and aggravating. This book gives you all the tips and knowledge you need to make sure your kitchen design is functional!
From the book description:
Create a kitchen that works as hard as you do, one that flows and fits YOUR life style. Functionality is often overlooked when surrounded by the glamour and sparkle of new cabinets, fixtures and appliances. But after the new wears off, the function – or dysfunction – remains. Get it right from the start by following the guidance in this book. Create a kitchen you will enjoy for years to come. Do you wonder what goes into a well thought out kitchen? Maybe you really want to do it yourself but are not sure where to start. Ann McKinley is a kitchen and bath designer with a degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as Food Science and Technology. She has many years of experience working with houses from the inside out. Through rental properties, rehabbing fixer-uppers and her general love of all things housing, Ann has accumulated a wealth of knowledge that she is sharing with you in this book. Ann is one of the rare Kitchen and Bath designers who has construction skills and knowledge, as well as mechanical competency. She understands what is going on behind the walls, floors and ceiling, from structure to plumbing and electrical, as well as ergonomics. The kitchen is much more than pretty cabinets! This book is focused on providing an understanding of what will make your kitchen highly functional, and functionality is what makes it a joy to work in. It makes a kitchen you will enjoy for years to come.
Recommended by Mike Short of the Pro Business Support Group
From the Amazon description:
This is the 8th Anniversary Edition of the popular book that outlines a way of thinking and a way of processing information that enables you to make the daily choices that will lead you to the success and happiness you desire. Learn why some people make DREAM after DREAM come true, while others just continue to spend their lives building dreams for someone else. It’s not just another self-help motivation tool or methods you must learn in order to travel the path to success. The Slight Edge shows you how to create powerful results from the simple daily activities of your life, by using tools already within you. This new edition is completely re-edited, line by line and word by word. The authors took a few bits out, and added a whole lot more bits in. There’s an entirely new chapter called “The Secret of Happiness” (its core message is that success doesn’t lead to happiness — it’s the other way around) and another on the business of creating ripples on the pond of life and leaving a legacy. “We had the chance to say a whole lot we hadn’t quite said the first time ’round,” says John David Mann. “It was like getting to have a massive do-over. (How often does that happen in real life?!)It is, in other words, the same book … and at the same time an entirely new book.” This edition of The Slight Edge will show you how to create life-altering dynamics—how a way of thinking, a way of processing information, can impact daily choices that will lead you to the success and happiness you desire. The Slight Edge is “the key” that will make all the other how-to books and self-help information that you read, watch and hear actually work.
This book is the “Bible” of the “Centers for Spiritual Living,” (CSL) spiritual movement, also referred to as “Science of Mind” founded by Dr. Ernest Holmes (1887-1960). It contains the core teaching of CSL. CSL is an offshoot of the New Thought movement of the mid- 1800’s, which included Emerson, Thoreau, and others. Unity is another spiritual movement that came from the same roots, and is very similar to Science of Mind.
I read this book, along with Holmes’ “Love and Law” in the early 2000’s, long before I had discovered Unity or CSL. I only recently discovered CSL through a study group that formed recently in Charlottesville.
This book is pure spirituality – connecting with your spiritual self, with your spiritual reality and the power that comes with that realization. This book teaches you how to create your reality – your health, your happiness, your prosperity. It’s all in your mind.
The “Science” of Science of Mind, is the certain and specific method.