How to live the life of your dreams

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The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander

In a word, "inspiration" is the best description for this lovely work of art. It may stretch and change your outlook, inspire you, and uplift you. It lives up to its lofty title. 

Visioning : 10 Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams  

by Lucia Capacchione

This is an inspired and inspiring book on creating a vision for your life. It is one of my personal favorites on this subject. There are numerous tools and exercises to literally design your life (through art and collage and other means). 

Take Time for Your Life : A Personal Coach's Seven-Step Program for Creating the Life You Want 

Life Makeovers by Cheryl Richardson

These two books are must-reads for anyone who wants to find their true passion, eliminate that which is draining their energy, and find the life they were meant to live. 

Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters 

The Life Strategies Workbook : Exercises and Self-Tests to Help You Change Your Life

by Phillip C. McGraw

This straight-shooting, hard-hitting book (and workbook) by Dr. Phil can assist in moving from wishing for a better life, to doing what it takes to strategize and achieve it. 

Coach Yourself to Success by Talane Miedaner

This book will walk you through the essential steps of discovering the life that you most want to live. This is a must-read for anyone seeking a higher quality of life. 

What Matters Most : The Power of Living Your Values by Hyrum W. Smith, Ken Blanchard

Those of us who have studied the process of finding the life of our dreams have found an indispensable principal. We have to first discover the true essence of what we are about. We have to explore and discover our true values. This excellent books by the founder of Franklin (now FranklinCovey) explains this process in an engaging manner, and illustrates it with a number of personal narratives to make it tangible.

The Portable Coach : 28 Surefire Strategies for Business and Personal Success 

by Thomas J. Leonard

This book contains 28 principles for attracting (rather than struggling for) abundance in your relationships, quality of life, and finances. Thomas Leonard, called “the father of personal coaching”, also offers self-assessments, tips, and multiple action steps for making each principle part of your life

The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People : What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It by David Niven

Gleaned from hundreds of research studies are one-hundred proven ways to increased happiness. Clear instructions, examples, and a description of the research study itself is provided to point you towards a happier life. Most of the items are not surprising; you probably already know that close friendships have been shown to not only increase your happiness but improve your health and increase your lifespan. You probably also know that making time to have fun is important to your quality of life too. The multiple studies behind these items will be illuminating and inspiring to you as you seek to create a better life for yourself.   

Take Yourself to the Top : The Secrets of America's #1 Career Coach by Laura Berman Fortgang

Would you like to achieve a higher digress of professional success? Fortgang outlines a clear plan for accomplishing this in this excellent career-oriented resource. 

Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain

If you have not read this classic on creating what you want through the power of your imagination, then you might consider making time for this book in the near future. Whether or not you subscribe to the metaphysics behind this, it has been proven that visualization has an enormous affect on our own performance and attitude. You may be able to check it out of your library, or, it is fairly inexpensive through any of the online bookstores. It is almost pennies at the discount and half-priced online bookstores such as http://www.half.com  

Creativity : Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention 

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

It is difficult to know if this is best placed within "creativity" or in "discovering the life of your dreams". It has a home in both sections, so I will place it in both! This is an extremely interesting and illuminating work on the optimal state of "flow", in which we are often most effective. It is a scholarly and captivating book. 

Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical & Financial Destiny! by Anthony Robbins

This highly motivating book is filled with concepts, exercises, and tools to assist us in mastering the various processes in our lives. 

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