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“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
- Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)

“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)

Some favorite reading to deepen learning

Topics:  Personal Development | Leadership | Coaching | other topics | en français

   Success & Personal Development

• Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment--and Your Life - Jon Kabat-Zinn
• The Ascent of Humanity - Charles Eisenstein
• The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation - Thich Nhat Hanh
• Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment - Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD
• Even Happier: A Gratitude Journal for Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment - Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD
• The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life - Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD
• Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises From The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
• Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment - Martin E. P. Selignam, PhD
• Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill - Matthieu Ricard
• The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything - Stephen R. Covey
• Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom - Rick Hanson, PhD with Richard Mendius, MD
• If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules - Cherie Carter-Scott
• Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment - George Leonard
• The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy - Jon Gordon
• Art of Achievement: Mastering the 7 C's of Success in Business and Life - Tom V. Morris
• Happiness Is a Choice - Barry Neil Kaufman
• Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way - Rick Carson
• True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence - Tom V. Morris
• The Art of Conflict or How to Stay Zen - Brigitte I. Kehrer
• How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day - Michael Gelb

   Leadership & Business

• Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance (J-B Warren Bennis Series) - George Kohlrieser and Joe W. Forehand
• Now, Discover Your Strengths: How to Develop Your Talents and Those of the People You Manage - Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
• Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?: What It Takes To Be An Authentic Leader - Robert Goffee
• and the abstract Why Should Anyone Be Led by You: A Harvard Business School Press Book Summary in Partnership with getAbstract
• Move to Greatness: Focusing the Four Essential Energies of a Whole and Balanced Leader - Ginny Whitelaw, PhD
• Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values - Fred Kofman
• If Harry Potter Ran General Electric: Leadership Wisdom from the World of the Wizards - Tom V. Morris
• Real Power: Buysiness Lessons From the Tao Te Ching - James A. Autry
• Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Norton Critical Editions) - Seamus Heaney
• The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels - Michael Watkins
• Managing Across Cultures (2nd Edition) - Susan C. Schneider and Jean-Louis Barsoux
• Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman
• The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership - Steve Farber
• Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People, Revised and Updated Edition - Bradford D. Smart

   Coaching

• Relational Coaching: Journeys Towards Mastering One-To-One Learning - Erik de Haan
• The Handbook of Knowledge-Based Coaching: From Theory to Practice - Leni Wildflower, PhD
• Coaching Skills: A Handbook - Jenny Rogers
• Coaching to the Human Soul: Ontological Coaching and Deep Change: Volume II: Emotional Learning and Ontological Coaching - Alan Sieler
• Effective Coaching: Lessons from the Coach's Coach - Myles Downey
• Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose - The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership, 4th Edition - Sir John Whitmore
• Coaching Across Cultures: New Tools for Leveraging National, Corporate, and Professional Differences - Philippe Rosinski
• The Tao of Coaching: Boost Your Effectiveness at Work by Inspiring and Developing Those Around You - Max Landberg
• The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure, and Mobility in the Workplace - Timothy Gallwey

   Other

• The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future - Riane Eisler
• The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships that Will Change Your Life - Riane Eisler
• Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior - David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD
• From Knowledge to Wisdom: Essays on the Crisis in Contemporary Learning - Julio Olalla
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• The Naked Truth: A Working Woman's Manifesto on Business and What Really Matters - Margaret Heffernan
• Speaking WITH Your Audience: An Enlarged 'Heart to Heart" Dialogue - Dorotea Brandin
• “COACHING - The Stories of 12 Life and Leadership Coaches Working in Switzerland” - by writer and journalist Gail Mangold-Vine. Through commentary woven around interviews with 12 expat and Swiss coaches working in Switzerland, Coaching answers basic questions such as:
• What are the differences between business and life coaching?
• How does coaching differ from consulting, mentoring, training and therapy?
• Why are more and more companies hiring coaches?
• Why are individuals of all ages increasingly seeking coaching -- or to become coaches?

   en français

• Plaidoyer pour le bonheur - Matthieu Ricard
• L'éveil des sens - Vivre l'instant présent grâce à la pleine conscience - Jon Kabat-Zinn (traducteur Olivier Colette)
• Le Miracle de la pleine conscience - Manuel pratique de méditation - Thich Nhat Hanh
• Le cerveau de Bouddha - Rick Hanson, PhD avec le Dr. Richard Mendius
• Le non-jugement, de la théorie à la pratique - Yves-Alexandre Thalmann
• Vos émotions: amies ou ennemies ? - Yves-alexandre Thalmann

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