After a moving introduction that puts 50 iconic self-help authors in historical perspective, the author uses summaries of their major writings to explain dimensions of personal growth that are not often articulated. Referencing almost all the major figures from the Buddha to Daniel Goleman, this is a transformational lecture on the importance of personal growth and of making intentional changes from a secure sense of self. The work and lives of the authors are explained with touching reverence, but always with balance and perspective.
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For the first time, fifty of the most important life-changing works in one volume!
Thousands of books have been written offering the 'secrets' to personal potential, fulfillment, and happiness: how to walk The Road Less Traveled, Win Friends and Influence People, or Awaken the Giant Within. But which are the all-time classics? Which ones really can change your life?
Tom Butler-Bowdon has cut through the bewildering array of choices to bring you the essential ideas, insights, and techniques from the 'literature of possibilities'. In works that span the world's religions, cultures, philosophies, and centuries, he summarizes each work's key ideas and finally makes clear how these legendary classics can educate, affirm, and motivate anyone searching for the inspiration to make a meaningful life change.
The 50 classics examined here - from the ancient teachings of Buddha and Lao-Tzu and the character-building works of Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Smiles, to contemporary bestsellers such as Emotional Intelligence, Learned Optimism and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - represent the very best of what has become known only since the early 20th century as "self-help".
50 Self-Help Classics is the first and only 'bite-sized' introduction to the classic works of life transformation - a unique guide that acknowledges everyone's yearning for a more meaningful and successful life, yet appreciates that each of us is inspired by different philosophies and ideas.

About the Author

Tom Butler-Bowdon is widely recognized as an expert on the personal development literature. A passionate advocate of the positive power of self-help, what he calls "the literature of possibility," he is also the author of 50 SUCCESS CLASSICS (2004). Through his writing, his web site, and working with individuals, he actively promotes the belief that self-help is not about achieving a perfect life, but one of greater richness and freedom of mind. The author has spent over six years researching, reading, and compiling his list of the self-help and success classics.



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50 Self-Help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life

Introduction 1
1 James Allen As a Man Thinketh (1902)
2 Steve Andreas & Charles Faulkner (NLP Comprehensive Team) NLP: The New Technology of Achievement(1994)
3 Marcus Aurelius Meditations (2nd century)
4 Martha Beck Finding Your Own North Star: How to Claim the Life You Were Meant to Live (2001)
5 The Bhagavad-Gita
6 The Bible
7 Robert Bly Iron John (1990)
8 Boethius The Consolation of Philosophy (6th century)
9 Alain de Botton How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997)
10 William Bridges Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes(1980)
11 David D. Burns Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (1980)
12 Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers The Power of Myth (1987)
13 Richard Carlson Don't Sweat the Small Stuff. And It's All Small Stuff (1997)
14 Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
15 Deepak Chopra The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (1994)
16 Paulo Coelho The Alchemist (1993)
17 Stephen Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
18 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990)
19 The Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler The Art of Happiness:
A Handbook for Living (1998)
20 The Dhammapada (Buddha's teachings)
21 Wayne Dyer Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life (1992)
22 Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-Reliance (1841) 1
23 Clarissa Pinkola Est?s Women Who Run with the Wolves (1992)
24 Viktor Frankl Man's Search for Meaning(1959)
25 Benjamin Franklin Autobiography (1790)
26 Shakti Gawain Creative Visualization (1978)
27 Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ (1995)
28 John Gray Men Are from Mars,Women Are from Venus (1992)
29 Louise Hay You Can Heal Your Life (1984)
30 James Hillman The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling (1996)
31 Susan Jeffers Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (1987)
32 Richard Koch The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less (1998)
33 Ellen J. Langer Mindfulness: Choice and Control in Everyday Life (1989)
34 Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching (5th-3rd century BC)
35 Maxwell Maltz Psycho-Cybernetics (1960)
36 Abraham Maslow Motivation and Personality (1954)
37 Philip C. McGraw Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters (1999)
38 Thomas Moore Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life (1992)
39 Joseph Murphy The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (1963)
40 Norman Vincent Peale The Power of Positive Thinking (1952)
41 Carol S. Pearson The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By (1986)
42 M. Scott Peck The Road Less Traveled (1978)
43 Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged (1957)
44 Anthony Robbins Awaken the Giant Within (1991)
45 Florence Scovell Shinn The Game of Life and How to Play It (1925)
46 Martin Seligman Learned Optimism (1991)
47 Samuel Smiles Self-Help (1859)
48 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin The Phenomenon of Man (1955)
49 Henry David Thoreau Walden (1854)
50 Marianne Williamson A Return to Love(1994)
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