Self Help Books: The 101 Best Personal Development Classics
By Vic Johnson
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It’s vitally important that you read books. As Mark Twain wrote, “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.”
And many would agree that “personal development” books are the ones to focus on if you’re trying to improve yourself, your position in life and your quality of life.
But which ones should you read? There are tens of thousands to choose from.
Vic Johnson, a veteran personal development author, speaker and trainer, answers that question for us in “Self Help Books: The 101 Best Personal Development Classics."
From an 1,100 page “encyclopedia of success” to a 28-page speech that became a classic more than a hundred years ago, Vic identifies the publication dates of the classics, the major theme(s) of the book and then some solid reasons to add them to your reading list.
Along the way he also shares valuable anecdotes on his personal lessons learned from these authors (some of whom have mentored him).
This is quick and easy reading that takes the guesswork out of choosing the books to add to your library as well as helping you prioritize your reading.
About the Author:
Despite being totally unknown in the personal development industry when he launched his first website in 2001, Vic Johnson has gone on to become an international expert in goal setting and host of the popular TSTN show Goals 2 Go.
Evicted from his home in 1996 and his last car lost to repossession a year later, his story has become an oft-quoted source of inspiration to the more than 300,000 subscribers he serves worldwide. He is the author of the bestselling books Day by Day with James Allen and Goal Setting: 13 Secrets of World-Class Achievers. He has appeared in numerous video programs with Bob Proctor, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Denis Waitley and Mark Victor Hansen.
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Self Help Books - Vic Johnson
SELF HELP BOOKS : THE 101 BEST PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASSICS
Vic Johnson
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Acres of Diamonds
As A Man Thinketh
Atlas Shrugged
Awaken the Giant Within
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Even Eagles Need a Push
Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
First Things First
Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle
Getting Things Done
How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling
How to Get What You Want
How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People
How to Read a Book
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Hung By the Tongue
I Dare You
In Tune With The Infinite
It Works!
Learned Optimism
Life is Tremendous
Live Your Dreams
Make Your Life Worthwhile
Man's Search for Himself
Man's Search for Meaning
Maximum Achievement
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Message To Garcia
Over The Top
Power of Your Supermind
Power Through Constructive Thinking
Prosperity
Psycho-Cybernetics
Science of Mind
Secret of the Ages
See You at The Top
Seeds of Greatness
Self Help
Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion
Self-Reliance
7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness
Success! The Glenn Bland Method
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
The Aladdin Factor
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and The Gospel of Wealth
The Common Denominator of Success
The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity
The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science
The Five Love Languages
The Game of Life and How to Play It
The Go Getter
The Greatest Salesman in the World
The Law of Success in 16 Lessons
The Magic of Believing
The Magic of Thinking Big
The Magic Story
The Majesty of Calmness
The Master Key System
The Mastery of Destiny
The Message of a Master
The Millionaire Next Door
The Miracle of Right Thought
The One Minute Manager
The Power of Concentration
The Power of Positive Thinking
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
The Purpose Driven Life
The Richest Man in Babylon
The Road Less Traveled
The Science of Being Great
The Science of Getting Rich
The Science of Mind
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
The Strangest Secret
The Success System That Never Fails
The Ultimate Gift
The University of Success
The Will to Believe
Think and Grow Rich
Think Like a Winner!
Thoughts Are Things
Three Magic Words: The Key to Power, Peace and Plenty
Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do
Unstoppable
Wake Up and Live
Walden
What to Say When You Talk to Yourself
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Who Moved My Cheese
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court
Working With The Law
You Can If You Think You Can
You Were Born Rich
You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation
You² (You Squared)
Your Invisible Power
Day by Day With James Allen
Now What?
Introduction
When my youngest son turned twenty we had a party at our house to celebrate the occasion. Most of the guests were friends of his who were in his age group.
Late in the afternoon I went downstairs and found my son huddled up with several of his friends and his football coach from high school. They were sitting on the porch in front of my library that has an incredible view overlooking the lake and loads of wildlife that hang out there.
The conversation very quickly turned to wealth
and what it must have taken to acquire such a place.
When I asked the young twenty-something who posed the question if he’d like to see what created all that wealth, an incredulous and eager look came over his face as he nodded affirmingly.
I then pointed toward the glass to direct their attention to my library behind them and said, Those books bought this house and everything in it.
Then I shared one of my favorite Jim Rohn quotes with them, Poor people have big TV’s in their homes. Rich people have big libraries in theirs.
Whereupon the questioner instantly recognized the simplicity of that wisdom, but in a moment seemed perplexed when he said, But Mr. J you’ve got seven televisions in your house.
To which I replied, And every one of them were bought with those books, and not the other way around.
Thus has been the