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CHANGENOW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2014
Books That Will Change Your Life Recommendations to Help You Read More. If you want your life to be different… READ! Words are thoughts that when shared are accepted as good ideas or bad ideas. Every single word you hear or read consciously or subconsciously shapes your beliefs and therefore they shape your life. Books have changed our life. We should be grateful to each author whose words have shaped our soul.
• Biography
Who do you admire? Imagine what you can learn from reading the biographies of some of the best and worst men and women in history. • Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson • Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing • Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Major (Ret.) Dick Winters & Cole C. Kingseed • Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose • D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches by Stephen Ambrose • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin • Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
• John Adams by David McCullough • Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris • Abraham Lincoln (Pocket Biographies) by H. G. Pitt • Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank • The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
• Attention / Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity: the brain is plastic or changeable. Do not miss this section! Yes, some of these books read like text books. The brain science of neuroplasticity has fascinated me since the moment I first read about how you can re-wire your brain to increase your attention span and sharpen your concentration and ability to focus. • The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge
• Personal Development
You can be different tomorrow than you are today. Reading books is one of the best ways to learn from the wisdom of others.
• Psychology
Happiness, sadness, creativity, logical thinking, planning, dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, courage, motivation, new challenges. This set of books will inspire and educate you.
• Faith
We all believe something. These are
books that have inspired hundreds of thousands. Slow down and enjoy a book to reconnect with your soul.
Three Recommendations to Help You Read More
As a time management strategist I offer three recommendations to help you find the time to read more books. 1. Read 10 Pages a Day Books are not usually intended to be read in a single setting. Create a daily reading strategy, set a time where you will read ten pages of a book every day. If you want to learn more about leadership, read ten pages of a biography of a great leader. If you want to be inspired, read ten pages of an inspirational book. 2. Listen to Books Some people have difficulty sitting and reading. Therefore, my second recommendation is for you to download books to your smart phone or to your computer and list to books as you exercise or clean house or while you are waiting in a doctor’s office. Many libraries now allow you to download books electronically for a couple of weeks at no charge. And, there are several other great ways to download books like Audible.com. 3. Read Books Aloud This is one of my favourite recommendations to help you read more books. I have strong memories of my primary school teachers reading books aloud to our class and when reading time was over we would collectively beg for her not to stop reading.
Do you have a library card? Make time to go to your local libraries. Go visit your locla book Stores today.