How Personal Development Changed My Life

If you want to change the world around you, you must start with yourself.

We are not born amazing leaders, great business people, influencers, awesome parents, awesome husband or wives, great brothers or sisters, or a person who knows their purpose in life.  We have to constantly work on ourselves to improve in those areas! Even if you think are awesome at those things, there will always be room for improvement!

I knew that I was weak in many areas of my life due to lack of life experience. I started working on my personal development back in 2013 when I had my first real bout of serious depression. I had never picked up a book outside of my school books. I was never taught how to develop the person I wanted to be.

As I started to read, learn, and most importantly implement the lesson I learned, things started to really change in my life. I began to challenge myself more and was not afraid of change. I started living way onside my comfort zone and found myself enjoying the experience.

Personal development has helped me to climb out of depression, has helped me to become a better leader, a better man, and a person! Personal development has also made me into a better business person! I had seen the amazing changes of reading Personal development every day in my life, so I encourage the people I am blessed to work with to add “PD” into their lives.

I found it best to follow a few simple rules when it comes to Personal development.

 1. Starting your day with 10-15 minutes of uninterrupted “PD” can really change how you look at the upcoming obstacles of your day.

2. It is better to find a few books you like and read them  over and over again until you start implementing the lessons learn before you move on to another book. Sure it’s great to read a lot of books, but if you do not take the time to evaluate yourself on the new habits learned from “PD”… Then what is the point?

Please share any books that have made an impact on your life.

Here is a list of books that I have found very helpful in my life.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTIONS:

Note: * Highly Recommended

MINDSET

 *The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster" - Darren Hardy
 *You are a Badass - Jen Sincero

 *The Dip - Seth Godin

 *Every Day a Friday - Joel Osteen

 *The Magic of Thinking Big- David Schwartz

  *Crush it- Gary Vaynerchuk

  *Failing Forward- John C. Maxwell
   You Can, You Will- Joel Osteen
   The Charge- Brenden Buchard
   Lifes Golden Ticket- Brenden Buchard
   The Power of Intention- Wayne Dyer   
   Outperform the Norm- Scott Welle
   Maximum Confidence- Jack Canfield
   Awaken The Giant Within- Tony Robbins
   What is Your What- Steve Olsher
   Playing Big- Tara Mohr
   Girlboss- Sophia Amoruso
   Living an Exceptional Life- Jim Rohn
   Daring Greatly- Brene Brown
   Unlimited" - Jillian Michael's

LEADERSHIP

*Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek

*Be a People Person - John C. Maxwell

*Start With Why – Simon Sinek

*Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek

 Good Leaders Ask Great Questions – John Maxwell

 Developing The Leadership Within - John Maxwell

 People Follow You" - Jeb Blount

 Tribes- Seth Godin
 Entreleadership- Dave Ramsey
 Think and Grow Rich- Napoleon Hill
 Born to Win- Zig Ziglar
 The Success Principles- Jack Canfield
 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership- John Maxwell
  A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life - Brian Grazer

RELATIONSHIPS

*How to Win Friends & Influence People- Dale Carnegie
*Start with WHY- Simon Sinek
*The Go Giver- Bob Berg
*The Go Giver Sells More- Bob Berg
*Developing the Leader Within- John C Maxwell
*Developing the Leaders Around You- John C Maxwell
 Personality Plus- Florence Littauer
 Just Listen- Mark Goulston
 The Fred Factor- Mark Sandborn
 Everybody Communicates, Few Connect- John C Maxwell
 Five Love Languages- Gary Chapman

 Be A People Person – John Maxwell

DAILY DISCIPLINE /TIME MANAGEMENT

*Push - Chalene Johnson (www.30daypush.com)

*The Slight Edge- Jeff Olson
 *The Compound Effect- Darren Hardy
 *Eat that Frog- Brian Tracy
 No Excuses- Brian Tracy
 The ONE Thing- Gary Keller
 Go For No- Richard Fenton
 The Power of Habit-Charles Duhigg
 Change Anything- Kerry Patterson
 Switch - Chip Heath
 Self Discipline in 10 Days- Theodore Bryant
 Power of Focus- Jack Canfield
 Living Your Best Year ever- Darren Hardy
 Getting Things Done- David Allen
 7 Habits of Highly Effective People- Stephen R Covey

GOAL SETTING

*Failing Forward” – John Maxwell

*Slight Edge - Jeff Olson

*Compound Effect - Darren Hardy

*PUSH- Chalene Johnson
*Goals!- Brian Tracey
  The Desire Map- Danielle LaPorte
  Unlimited- Jillian Michaels
  The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth – John Maxwell

  Switch – Chip Heath, Dan Heath

NUTRITION & CLEAN EATING

*Eat Clean Recharged - Tosca Reno

*Made to Crave - Lysa Turkeurst 

 SOCIAL MEDIA

*Jab Jab Jab Right Hook- Gary Vaynerchuk

*Crush It: Why Now is the Time...-Gary Vaynerchuk
Platform- Michael Hyatt
Likeable Social Media- David Kerpen

UNDERSTANDING NETWORK MARKETING

*Go Pro- Eric Worre

*Rock Your Network Marketing Business" - Sarah Robbins

*45 Second Presentation- Don Failla
How to be a Network Marketing Superstar- Mary Christensen
How to be a Recruiting Superstar- Mary Christensen
How To Sell Network Marketing (without fear, anxiety or losing you friends!)- Michael Oliver
Beachmoney- Jordan Adler
Your First Year in Network Marketing- Mark Yarnell
Building a Network Marketing Business- Scott Welle
Building Your Network Marketing Business- Jim Rohn
The Psychology of Selling- Brian Tracy