Best of
Personal-Development

1991

Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice


Dennis Kimbro - 1991
    Selma Burke, Oprah Winfrey, and many others. The result is inspiring, practical, clearly written, and totally workable. Use it to unlock the treasure you have always dreamed of--the treasure that at last is within your reach.

The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle: A Guide to Personal Success


Jim Rohn - 1991
    He covers the key components to success - philosophy, attitude, activity, results and lifestyle.

How to Be an Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual Integration


David Richo - 1991
    In this best-selling work, David Richo conveys to his readers just how to do this, based on his many years' experience as a psychotherapist and workshop leader. The author uses as a model the heroic journey whose three phases--departure, struggle, and return--explain what happens in us as we evolve from neurotic ego through healthy ego to the spiritual Self. Departure is explored by helping the reader deal with fear, anger, and guilt, and building self-esteem. Through struggle one learns to maintain boundaries and build intimacy in relationships. And the result is a return to wholeness and love through integration. This thoughtful, approachable work is filled with checklists, diagrams, and literary quotations for meditation, making this a book to read and digest a little at a time for best results. How to Be an Adult will guide readers on their positive journey from fear, through power, to love.

The Power Is Within You


Louise L. Hay - 1991
    Hay expands her philosophies of loving the self through:- learning to listen and trust the inner voice;- loving the child within;- letting our true feelings out;- the responsibility of parenting;- releasing our fear about growing older;- allowing ourselves to receive prosperity;- expressing our creativity;- accepting change as a natural part of life;- creating a world that is ecologically sound where it's safe to love each other;- and much more.She closes the book with a chapter devoted to meditations for personal and planetary healing.

It Works: The Famous Little Red Book That Makes Your Dreams Come True!


RHJ - 1991
    It shows you how to use the Mighty Power within that is anxious and willing to serve you if you know how to use it.IT WORKS shows you how. All scientific, psychological and theological explanations are eliminated. Three hundred pages are boiled down to ten minutes of interesting facts, a definite plan and three short rules of accomplishment. Don t let your worldly, objective mind keep you from more prosperity and happiness any longer.Test the power of this simple book that defies tradition and experience. Millions have tried the plan it presents and know in truth that IT DOES WORK.

Take Charge of Your Life


Jim Rohn - 1991
    Jim tells you what you need to do to take charge of your life and how to do it. Recorded before a live audience, this extraordinary program will teach you how to: ? Make your life better by making some small but significant changes ? Become more influential, wealthy, and powerful ? Transform responses into results ? Communicate effectively with everyone you meet ? Choose your attitude ? Affect people with words ? Control your emotions ? Be persuasive ? Refine your sales abilities and leadership skills ? Make the past more valuable ? Be prepared for the inevitable ? Study and analyze possibilities ? And much more! Take charge of your life today and gain the knowledge guaranteed to help you achieve your greatest goals!

Nourishing Wisdom: A Mind-Body Approach to Nutrition and Well-Being


Marc David - 1991
    Combining the principles of nutritional awareness, personal growth, and body psychology, Nourishing Wisdom provides practical methods for redefining the role food plays in our lives. Line drawings.

Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment


George Leonard - 1991
    Whether you're seeking to improve your career or your intimate relationships, increase self-esteem or create harmony within yourself, this inspiring prescriptive guide will help you master anything you choose and achive success in all areas of your life.In Mastery, you'll discover:The 5 Essential Keys to MasteryTools for MasteryHow to Master Your Athletic PotentialThe 3 Personality Types That Are Obstacles to MasteryHow to Avoid Pitfalls Along the Path. . . and more

The Essence of Success: 163 Life Lessons from the Dean of Personal Development


Earl Nightingale - 1991
    Book by Nightingale, Earl

Principle-Centered Leadership


Stephen R. Covey - 1991
    Covey has taught to many of the world's top executives and most influential leaders. Align your organization's resources and structures to increase long-term performance and create a high-trust culture - the ultimate competitive advantage.

Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior


Dan Millman - 1991
    Disillusioned with his life, unable to bridge the gap between knowing and doing, Dan sets out on a worldwide quest to rediscover his sense of purpose and source of inspiration.A buried memory sends Dan on a search for a woman shaman, deep in a Hawaiian rain forest. She is the gateway to all his hopes and his fears — and only she can prepare him for what is to come.In worlds of shadow and light, Dan encounters inner tests, mortal challenges, shocking revelations, and unforgettable characters as he ascends the warrior’s path to wisdom and peace. This is the sacred journey we all share, the journey to the Light that shines at the heart of all our lives.

Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World


Carol S. Pearson - 1991
    The quest is replete with dangers and pitfalls, but it offers great rewards: the capacity to be successful in the world, knowledge of the mysteries of the human soul, and the opportunity to find and express your unique gifts in the world."In this bold and original work, Carol S. Pearson shows that the heroic quest isn't just for certain people under special circumstances. Exploring the many heroic paths available to each of us, at every point in our lives, her innovative program enables us to live heroically by activating and applying twelve archetypes in our lives.This companion to the bestselling The Hero Within outlines twelve archetypal patterns that can aid inner development and the quest for wholeness.These archetypes are inner guides that can help us prepare for the journey, by learning how to become successful members of society; embark upon the quest, by becoming initiated into the mysteries of the human soul; and return to transform our lives as a result of claiming our uniqueness and personal power.Writing for individuals seeking to realize their full potential and professionals engaged in empowering others, Pearson shows how journeys differ by the age, gender, and cultural background of the seeker, and how archetypes help awaken the capacities of our psyches. A unique diagnostic test, the Heroic Myth Index, and exercises are included to help us understand and awaken our inner guides.AuthorBiography: Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D., is the author of many bestselling and respected works on archetypes, including Awakening the Heroes Within. She is president of CASA: The Center for Archetypal Studies and Applications and is the senior editor of The Inner Edge: A Resource for Enlightened Business Practice.

The Poetry of Self Compassion


David Whyte - 1991
    Innocence is the ability to look at the world with fresh eyes. On The Poetry of Self Compassion, David Whyte looks at innocence as a faculty of exploration and a source of courage, compassion and self knowledge.

The Quantum Leap Strategy


Price Pritchett - 1991
    The Quantum Leap Strategy explains the unconventional set of behaviors that will bring breakthrough results for individuals or team members.

Secrets About Life Every Woman Should Know: Ten Principles for Total Emotional and Spiritual Fulfillment


Barbara De Angelis - 1991
    In this remarkable blend of timeless wisdom and practical advice, De Angelis presents ten profound secrets for creating the kind of true freedom we all seek -- the freedom that comes from knowing how to stop sabotaging our happiness, how to tap into an inner state of confidence, clarity, and peace, and ultimately how to protect that state from life's many ups and downs. Whether you're longing for more calm in a too-busy life, searching for the inner confidence and self-esteem you've been lacking to manifest your dreams, or seeking more emotional stability and deeper spiritual discovery, these secrets will guide you on the next phase of your own very personal journey toward wholeness.

Recovering from Losses in Life


H. Norman Wright - 1991
    Norman Wright. Some are life-changing, such as leaving home, the effects of natural disasters or war, the death of a loved one, or divorce. Others are subtle, such as changing jobs, moving, or a broken friendship. But whether readers encounter family, personal, or community disaster, there is always potential for change, growth, new insight, understanding, and refinement. Writing from his own experience, Wright covers such issues as the meaning of grief, blaming God, and learning how to express and share in times of loss. Now repackaged and updated with additional material, Recovering from Losses in Life will help readers find hope in difficult times. Study questions included.

Creating: A Practical Guide to the Creative Process and How to Use It to Create Anything - A Work of Art, a Relationship, a Career or a Better Life.


Robert Fritz - 1991
    There musicians, painters, writers and executives learn how to harness inspirative energy. Now the author of The Path of Least Resistance differentiates between creativity and actually creating the object of one's inspiration.

Awakening: A Daily Guide to Conscious Living


Shakti Gawain - 1991
    Information overload, a lack of time, and an inability to connect with essential spiritual teachings conspire to make the journey to consciousness a daunting one. In Awakening: A Daily Guide to Conscious Living, preeminent teacher Shakti Gawain offers gentle daily guidance for that journey. A classic book of days, Awakening is organized around the calendar year and the seasons. Each of the 365 entries is clear and simple, consisting of a heading, a short message, and an affirmation or question. The author shows readers how to recognize and release old patterns and beliefs, and to open to new and nurturing ways in all areas of their lives. Equal parts affirmation and stimulation, these daily doses of wisdom put readers on the path to greater awareness of their own sense of spiritual truth.

Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living


Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1991
    This is the first truly accessible edition of Emerson's work, revealing him to be one of America's wisest teachers.

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth


Alice Miller - 1991
    "Both prolific and eloquent in her continuing indictment of parents who abuse their children and societies that tolerate such behavior."--Kirkus Reviews.

Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life


Christopher M. Bache - 1991
    Lifecycles is the first book to both describe the dynamics of rebirth and explore the ramifications of adopting a reincarnationist perspective. The book begins with a masterful synthesis of recent findings from consciousness research and near-death studies. It includes the work of such eminent therapists and scholars as Stanislav Grof and Dr. Ian Stevenson, and critically surveys the most compelling evidence for rebirth. Lifecycles emphasizes the lessons for self-awareness and spiritual growth inherent in a reincarnationist world view, showing us how we can reconnect with the order, intelligence, and beauty of the universe around us.

Life's Little Instruction Book: Simple Wisdom and a Little Humor for Living a Happy and Rewarding Life


H. Jackson Brown Jr. - 1991
    Jackson Brown, Jr. jotted down some words of advice from his own life experience to share with his college-bound son. The compilation was eventually published as Life’s Little Instruction Book, a volume that proved irresistible to millions of readers worldwide and that became the first book in history to be the #1 New York Times Best Seller in both hardcover and paperback at the same time.The book’s continuing popularity is proof that the simplest observations about life are often the most enlightening.It turns out that life did come with an instruction manual. Rediscover the simple but profound message of Life’s Little Instruction Book.

Released from Shame: Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families


Sandra D. Wilson - 1991
    Wilson explains the patterns of thinking and feeling common to adult children of dysfunctional families and helps them start on their own journey toward freedom and wholeness.

The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace: Core Teachings of Tibetan Buddhism


Dalai Lama XIV - 1991
    Combines lessons on living a good life through compassion, patience, wisdom and effort with various Buddhist teachings.

Love Is a Choice Workbook


Robert Hemfelt - 1991
    This workbook helps you to step back and examine your life and then effectively deal with your codependency at your own pace. It can be used independently, or with Love Is a Choice, to help you break the cycle of codependency and be free to make new choices-free to choose love.

Less Is More: An Anthology of Ancient Modern Voices Raised in Praise of Simplicity


Goldian VandenBroeck - 1991
    Less Is More draws us into the company of men and women from many eras and cultures, whose writings explore the virtues of simplicity and moderation in living.Confucious, Patañjali, Ovid, St. Matthew, Milarepa, Rumi, Eckhart, da Vinci, St. Teresa of Avila, Basho, Thoreau, Tagore, Suzuki, Illich, and many others share profound thoughts on our wants and needs, lifestyles and lifeworks. Here is a book to be savored in quiet moments when we reflect on our hectic pace of life; when we wonder if the race to riches is worth the struggle; or when we wonder if the earth can sustain our greed for many more generations.

When Food Is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy


Geneen Roth - 1991
    Drawing on painful personal experience as well as the candid stories of those she has helped in her seminars, Roth examines the crucial issues that surround compulsive eating: need for control, dependency on melodrama, desire for what is forbidden, and the belief that one wrong move can mean catastrophe. She shows why many people overeat in an attempt to satisfy their emotional hunger, and why weight loss frequently just uncovers a new set of problems. But her welcome message is that the cycle of compulsive behavior can be stopped. This book will help readers break destructive, self-perpetuating patterns and learn to satisfy all the hungers - physical and emotional - that make us human.

Horary Astrology: Plain & Simple: Fast & Accurate Answers to Real World Questions


Anthony Louis - 1991
    Horary astrology is the best method for getting answers to questions of pressing personal concern: Will I ever have children? Should I buy that lakefront property? What happened to my car keys? When used wisely, horary acts like a trusted advisor to whom you can turn in times of trouble.

Breathing Space: Living and Working at a Comfortable Pace in a Sped-Up Society


Jeff Davidson - 1991
    Offers proven steps for handling information and activity overload.

The Universal Laws of Success and Achievement


Brian Tracy - 1991
    

Life's Not Fair but God Is Good


Robert H. Schuller - 1991
    Robert H. Schuller, the world's premier positive thinker, has great news. Even when life is toughest, even when you're battling more than your share of disappointments, you can rise above adversity and find new hope and true happiness Dr. Schuller shows you know to keep your faith in good times and bad.  You'll discover how to turn disappointments into stepping-stones to success.  Five self-esteem boosters that can give you the confidence to turn your dreams into reality.  Six easy steps for unlocking the tremendous healing power of prayer.  The nine commandments of thankful to restore your positive outlook on life.  How to keep your goal in sight, even when obstacles get in the way. . .and much more!  Life may not always be fair, or easy, but you can triumph over any obstacle that comes your way if you remember these simple but powerful life--affirming words:  God is good.

The Greatest Opportunity in the History of the World: You and the Dream of the Home-Based Business


John Kalench - 1991
    

The Acceleration of Knowledge: The Jumping Jesus Phenomenon


Robert Anton Wilson - 1991
    

Art and Soul: Notes on Creating


Audrey Flack - 1991
    Intended to offer "comfor and nourishment" to other artists -- including poets, musicians, dancers, painters, and sculptors -- Flack's teas and insights help to open the pathways of creativity.