A Few Recommended Reads on Happiness, Goal Setting and Success from The School Counselor's Personal Library

   

A few authors, thinkers and successful folks you might want to study on your quest for success and happiness…no matter how you define those conditions:

• Get a Free chapter of Darren Hardy’s new book: The Compound Effect

Great read on all things success from the editor of Success Magazine.

Click here for The Compound Effect

·      How to Be Like Coach Wooden by Pat Willams and David Wimbush

A wonderful examination into the life and lessons of the legendary Coach Wooden. If you've read my blog for any length of time, you've witnessed his stricking influence on my beliefs, values and philosophy of education and life.

Click here for an Amazon link to How to Be Like Coach Wooden

·     Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change In Your Work and In Your Life. 

“Yes or No” The Guide to Better Decisions – A Story.

Both by  Spencer Johnson

"Look at what happened in the past, learn something valuable from it, use what you learn to improve the present."

-- Spencer Johnson

Both books provide quick and valuable lessons in the form of parables and short stories, which are eminently readable and thought-provoking.

Click here for an Amazon link to Who Moved My Cheese!

·       Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by

 

Click on the authors name  below for a link to the book, which is by one of the foremost happiness researchers in the world. His lessons are one part Buddhist philosophy, one part Nike slogan, but exceptional in their simplicity and applicability.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

What I'm currently reading and loving, by the way!

Click on the book if you want to get it on Amazon. Without doubt, this book takes much of theory found in the aforementioned books, and turns them into a step by step guide toward, not only finding, but making your dreams into reality. A must read!


All of these books will help you set goals, get more organized and be just a little better and definitely happier than you already are today

*Please note that links are provided for informational purposes only and the author of this blog is in no way affiliated with Amazon and makes no profit from any sales.