Self Management ? Classic Self-Management Books You Should ...

The best self management books are intended to teach people the most effective methods for improving themselves and living at and beyond their highest potential. They serve as guideposts that direct us towards our goals, and assists us in achieving success, respect, and happiness. The purpose of this post is to provide a list of the best of the self-improvement classics that even the most successful individuals regularly read for guidance, inspiration, and motivation.

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
As A Man Thinketh is a powerful collection of profound essays by British philosophical writer and poet James Allen. Published in 1903, it is consider by many motivational and self-help authors to be the pioneering source for self-improvement, inspiration, and positive thinking. Although written so many years ago, it is still considered to be one of the most important works of this century.

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
One of the most talked about books in history, How to Win Friends and Influence People is a definite must-read. It?s not just a motivational blueprint, but is the definitive rule book for building personal attraction, making friends, and improving human relationships. Published in 1936, it has sold more than 15 million copies, and is a highly recommended self-improvement source by network marketing companies, sales and marketing organizations, and leadership consulting firms.

The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, authored by Stephen R. Covey, takes the theoretical view that the whole person (and not just certain noticeable parts of the person) must be taken into account throughout the success fulfillment process. Covey gives a comprehensive step-by-step guide for developing and nurturing success patterns designed to promote positive change and quality of life.

Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle by Stuart Wilde
Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle is a 50-page pocket-sized personal growth guide that explains not only how we struggle in life, but why we struggle. Stuart Wilde uses his no-nonsense, take-no-prisons, and in-your-face style of writing to divulge the origins of human struggle; and how it gets passed down through the generations. Wilde uses a jungle analogy to illustrate how wild animals don?t struggle to live, but simply live. He suggests that, as human beings, we follow the example of the living wild, and simply live without the thought of fighting to struggle.

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience was originally created by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi as his Ph.D. psychology thesis, but has since evolved as a full text on consciousness-based miracle experience known as ?flow?. Miracles are not an unknown and unexplained source that appears out of nowhere. Instead, we create flow. We manufacture and multiply it, and Csikszentmihalyi provides techniques on how to do it.

Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-Reliance is an essay written by American Transcendentalist philosopher and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson?s recurrent themes. The theme is that each individual needs to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas.

Conclusion
Get copies of these books today. Read them and take a lot of notes. Then, apply as many of the ideas as you possibly can. Refer to your notes often, and go back and re-read of the yellow highlights that you marked in each book. There will be a second part to this post in the coming week. In the meantime, be a good student, and learn. Be a great self management practitioner, and grow.

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