Self Help Books

Popularizing discussions on human psychology and behavior has led to a rewarding market in self help books lately. The best ones make entertaining and educational guides and many people gain advantage from them.

They cover emotional, monetary and business issues. Some are far more philosophical and some are way more practical. There’s also an accelerating trend in parodies of the category. The work life balance issue is explored in The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich.

Created by Timothy Ferriss, he describes it as a semi-autobiographical book. He could be a rich entrepreneur, who found himself to be the victim of overwork and his book is about his technique of beating the issue and maintaining a rewarding business while lessening the workload. As with a great many self help books, this comes from experience and is valued by readers.

Ten Thousand Joys and Ten Thousand Sorrows

Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle writes a beautiful story of compassion and selfless love for her beloved husband, Hob, in Ten Thousand Joys and Ten Thousand Sorrows–A Couple’s Journey through Alzheimer’s.

Free Book Summary, The Slight Edge – Secrets...

This book has to be one of the best books written about execution. Jeff Olson is a highly successful entrepreneur and what sets this book apart is that it talks about philosophy. Have you ever driven to the office and once you got there almost forgot you drove? Basically the habit of driving is so ingrained that it does not require any thought. This is the whole concept of slight edge behavior.

A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver...

Reality for a person without Alzheimer’s disease is the here and now – what is affecting our lives in the present. For one with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it may be rooted in the past or even distant past, because those are the only memories the person can retrieve. As stated in Dr. Daniel C. Potts and Ellen Woodward Potts’ book, A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver, “people with AD lose their ability to remember first the recent past, and then the past in general.” When an individual asks a question repeatedly, it is because they do not remember the answer that you just gave to them. “Arguing and Correction” is one of the early chapters of part two of the book, which gives practical advice on how to deal with some of the many personality changes that a loved one will go through with AD.

Survive Caregiver Stress and Burnout

The need to raise survival rates among caregivers aged sixty-five and over who care for loved ones with dementia and Alzheimer’s is urgent. Why? A significant number die before they’re finished caregiving.

The Mandala of Being by Richard Moss, MD – B...

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Book Summary – Love Is the Killer App –...

This book was written in 2002 before Google when Yahoo was the killer search engine. Tim Sanders was the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo! The premise of this book is that those of us who use love as a point of differentiation in business will separate ourselves from our competitors just as world-class distance runners separate themselves from the rest of the pack trailing behind them. The term love here is the selfless promotion of the growth of others. Premise in plain English – “To Serve is to Rule”

Love Is the Best Medicine

Most of us want to lead healthy happy lives and when we get sick we usually go to a doctor who gives us some medicine, performs a procedure, does surgery – whatever he or she believes will relieve the symptoms. What we really want is not treatment but healing. We want whatever is causing the symptoms to go away leaving us free of disease or free of the problem. While we want healing, yet, the word “healing” conjures up strange and interesting thoughts. The concept of healing belongs back in Biblical times or times when miracles happened. Right? Wrong.

Book Summary – Outwitting the Devil – ...

Napoleon Hill was 50 years before his time. Everything he wrote was based on research. Andrew Carnegie pushed him to a higher challenge to study success and failure. The world renowned book Think and Grow Rich was one of the results. Understanding true form, Napoleon also wrote Outwitting the Devil. This book was never published because it was so controversial. Remember that this was written in the early 1930′s. The ideas in the book are thought provoking and eerily scary. This book is a wake-up call for anybody who reads it. I ask you to keep an open mind and put your personal religious beliefs on the shelf. Apologies – because I am going to break the cardinal rule. This summary is going to be longer than normal because of the enlightening material in the book. With that said – Enjoy!