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Required Reading for Success

Guest post by: Jim Stovall

Article Overview: I have often heard it said by one of the great leaders in the field of personal development, my friend Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, that five years from now you will be the same person that you are today with the exception of the people you meet and the books you read. I find that by reading books, we have the ability to meet the greatest minds in recorded history. They are simply waiting to give us the secrets of a successful life that have transcended the decades and centuries.

Required Reading for Success

I have often heard it said by one of the great leaders in the field of personal development, my friend Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, that five years from now you will be the same person that you are today with the exception of the people you meet and the books you read. I find that by reading books, we have the ability to meet the greatest minds in recorded history. They are simply waiting to give us the secrets of a successful life that have transcended the decades and centuries.

When I began my own personal quest for success, one of my mentors gave me a list of required reading material. He said, "No one can consider themselves well-read unless they have completed all ten of the books." Since then, my list has grown and shifted, but today, I want to give you my list of the ten books I believe that you would need to read in order to consider yourself well read in the areas of personal development and success.

1. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
2. The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
3. The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peal
4. Wake up and Live by Dorothea Brande
5. The Psychology of Winning by Dr. Denis Waitley
6. How to Sell Anything to Anybody by Joe Girard
7. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Dr. Stephen Covey
8. Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do by Dr. Robert Schuller
9. Giant Steps by Tony Robbins
10. Lead the Field by Earl Nightingale

You may agree or disagree with my choices, and that really doesn't matter. What matters is, have you read your own list within the field of endeavor most important to your life goals?

People who study the history of the game of baseball are very busy debating who should be selected as the "all century team." While some of the experts disagree, we can all understand that the list will be constantly changing. In a few years, some young player will emerge and have to be considered as one of the greatest of all times. In much the same way, your top ten list of books will be changing and growing for the rest of your life. And if you pursue your quest for the ultimate 10 books, you will continue to change and grow as well.

Today's the day!

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Article Tags: Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, Jim Stovall, Napoleon Hill, personal development



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