Title : Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change
Author : William R. Miller
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : ...care ... communicate...
I searched the internet for months - looking for books or any kind of teaching aids - that could shine just a tiny ray of light - onto communicating effectively with people who have any kind of addiction problems.
This book is a masterpiece.
With a basis in the teaching and counselling methods of Carl Rogers, taken further into the specialist field of addiction - It describes in such careful detail the most gentle, most understanding - most effective ways to communicate....so that you will learn the most helpful ways - to inspire change, how to discover, and be supportive of the addicted person's smallest inclination to change.
It is not a book about fixing things - controlling anyone - or changing minds ... but about how best to support, encourage and inspire someone you care about - to develop their own decisions.. that may be life saving.
It is a book suitable for professional counsellors - but it is written in a lucid style which is equally comprehensible to any one with an interest in the topic.
Carefully chosen words of encouragement and support - given at the right time - to people whose own insecurity and self doubt may make them aggressive and defensive against all approaches that seem to be attempts to change or guide them.....
...may seem to you, as they did to me - to be impossible to find.
Read this book. It will help you to find them.
Title : S.U.M.O. (Shut Up, Move On): The Straight-Talking Guide to Creating and Enjoying a Brilliant Life
Author : Paul McGee
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : To end all self help books
I'll confess I read alot of self help books but most of the time I just read them and thats it over but this book is differnat. It actually made me sit and do the exercises he asks of us such as 'write a list of what you wnat to do in the next year' and delivers a series of insirational quotes. i WOULD ABSOLUTLY RECOMEND THIS BOOK TO ANY SELF HELP READER AND IT IS THE SELF HELP BOOK TO END THEM ALL.
Title : Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised
Author : Napoleon Hill
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : What matters is reading on!
I heard of this book in `Rich Dad, Poor Dad' by KIYOSAKI for the first time. I came to realize that this book has been considered as sort of a Bible in terms of getting rich, when I checked the `customer reviews' on the website of Amazon. So I decided to give it a try.
Indeed, this book may be an eye-opener for those who just wish to become rich without thinking twice. However, frankly speaking, the so-called "secrets" as follows in this book are nothing new at all for me and maybe for you as well. Having said that, even you've already known the `secrets', this book will definitely inspire you if you read on page by page. It provides you with an opportunity to converse with yourself, by which you may become a person with deep conviction of getting rich. That's the power of this book.
1) Discipline
2) Dedication/persistence
3) Hardwork/determination
4) Practice practice practice
5) Confidence
6) Ambition along with personality
Again, the `secrets' in this book are simple. What matters to you is the process of reading on.
Title : Quantum Success: The Astounding Science of Wealth and Happiness
Author : Sandra Anne Taylor
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Scientifically verifiable
Quantum Success is all about personal life transformation and empowerment based on the latest scientifically verifiable findings of quantum physics.
Sandra Taylor clearly explains how to tap into the power that can manifest your dreams so that you can live a more authentic, totally self-expressed and joyous life. The strategies are simple,practical and sure to create amazing results.
Some further reading that I'm sure you will find of interest is a recently released new age novel, a psychological/spiritual adventure about compassion, life transformation, and self-empowerment "Nexus: A Neo Novel" and "The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO" - remarkable stories about life transformation.
Title : Getting It Done: How to Lead When You're Not in Charge
Author : Roger Fisher
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : filled with powerful tools and ideas
Fisher, Sharp and Richardson have an astonishing ability to design simple but powerful tools for clear thinking and focused action.
Title : Psycho-cybernetics
Author : Maxwell Maltz
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Astonishingly practical and enlightening
This book is profoundly good. Do not let the artificial sounding title put you off - it contains chapter after chapter of elegantly written guidance for living. It is evident in the writing that this is the result of not years but decades of observation by Maltz. The chapter on negative emotional habits is in itself worth the money. I bought the book to try to resolve 11 years of tension headaches. After reading teh first chapter, I stopped reading in order to try out some ideas. The headaches are improving, but almost as importantly, I have learnt so much more about myself. Not speculative, extrapolated ideas of the author, but the result of close observations of patients who were councelled before cosmetic surgery. In many cases, the intended facial surgery was canceled, to be replaced by surgery of attitude.
I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Other Related Resources:
1: http://briankim.net/blog/2007/02/the-dangers-of-motivational-hype/
2: http://holycrapthatsfunny.com/2008/12/29/kiss/
3: http://www.fattyweightloss.com/weight-loss-motivation-using-pedometer/
4: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/11/28/use-your-archives-as-inspiration/
5: http://www.weareamericasbailout.com/?p=42
