Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Recommended Reading




SELF IMPROVEMENT

·         Now Discover Your Strengths - Marcus Buckingham

·         The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People for Teens - Stephen Covey

·         The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg

·         Monday Morning Choices: Go from Ordinary to Extraordinary - David Cottrell

·         Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Anyone Else - Jon Gordon

·         The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference - Linda Kaplan Thaler

·         Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High - Kerry Patterson

·         Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality - Henry Cloud

·         Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

·         Happiness Is a Serious Problem - Dennis Prager

·         Healthy At 100 - John Robbins

LEADERSHIP

·         Competitive Leadership: 12 Principles for Success - Brian Billick

·         Leadership and Self Deception – The Arbinger Institute

·         The Score Takes Care of Itself: Philosophy of Leadership - Bill Walsh

·         Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman

·         Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ - Daniel Goleman

·         Leadership 101 - John C. Maxwell

SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

·         Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol Dweck

·         Fighters Mind: Inside the Mental Game - Sam Sheridan

·         Influencer: The Power to Change Anything - Kerry Patterson

·         Choke: What the Secrets of Getting it Right When You Have To - Sian Bielock

·         Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self Motivation - Edward Deci

·         Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - MihalyCsikszentmihalyi

·         Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress - Taylor Clark

·         Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel Pink

·         Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, and the Science of Success - Matthew Syed

·         The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How - Daniel Coyle

·         Talent Overrated: What Real Separates World Class Performance - Geoff Colvin

·         Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell

·         Practice Made Perfect: How Anyone Can Master Anything - Roberto Morretti

TEAM CULTURE

·         The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable - Patrick Lencioni

·         Always Compete: An Inside Look at Pete Carroll and USC Football - Steven Bisheff

·         Good to Great: Why Some Businesses Make the Leap - Jim Collins

·         Season of Life: A Football Star, A Boy, A Journey to Manhood - Jeffrey Marx

·         The Wisdom of Teams: Creating a High Performance Organization - Jon R. Katzenbach

·         Coaching Mental Excellence (chapters 1-7) - Ralph Veracchia,Rick McGuire

 

TIME MANAGEMENT

·         Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity - David Allen

Thanks to Ron, Tom, Jim, Mac and the rest of GMS crew for putting these on our book shelves.