Personal Growth Bookshelf

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.

What the world’s most influential leaders know is that the secret to achieving that effectiveness is becoming coachable. And in order to do so, one must be ready to engage in the process of betterment, starting with investing in yourself in order to give the most back to your organization, team, and the world.

Learn shortcuts, systems, and secrets for taking charge of your interactions at work, at home, and in any social situation. These aren’t the people skills you learned in school. This is the first comprehensive, science backed, real life manual on how to captivate anyone—and a completely new approach to building connections.

Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation―especially difficult ones―leads to the results you want. Learn how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.

Cues – the tiny signals we send to others 24/7 through our body language, facial expressions, word choice, and vocal inflection – have a massive impact on how we, and our ideas, come across. Our cues can either enhance our message or undermine it. Learn how to convey power, trust, leadership, likeability, and charisma in every interaction

Learn how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. Design and build your career and your life—joyful, creative and productive—one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

It’s no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing what EQ is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two very different things. Explore a step-by-step program for increasing your EQ via four, core EQ skills: 1) Self-Awareness; 2) Self-Management; 3) Social Awareness; and 4) Relationship Management. Assessment included.

Master positive change through powerful communication. In this guide, which includes a workbook and The Seven Principles of Fierce Conversations, Scott teaches you how to transform everyday conversations at work and at home with effective ways to get your message across.

Progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess—it’s about the character you develop. Explore how to build the character skills and motivational structures to realize your potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked.

Our individual beliefs--along with the collective mind-sets in our organizations--combine to create a natural but powerful immunity to change. And by pinpointing and uprooting our own immunities to change, we can unlock our potential and finally move forward.

Explore and apply the Co-Active model to become more effective, connected, and whole. Richly illustrated with true stories of integration in action, as well as current research in neuroscience, this book provides a guide to reaching our full potential within ourselves, with each other, in groups and organizations and with society at large.

Learn the secret to defeating ten well-disguised mental Saboteurs. Positive Intelligence (PQ) measures the percentage of time your mind is serving you as opposed to sabotaging you.  While your IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence) contribute to your maximum potential, it is your PQ that determines how much of that potential you actually achieve.

The Anatomy of Peace uses a fictional story to powerfully show readers the way to transform conflict. We learn how they come together, how they help parents and children come together, and how we too can find our way out of the personal, professional, and social conflicts that weigh us down.

Design the most important project of all: your life. This notebook allows you to dig deeper into your curiosities, motivations, and skills; define your goals; and track your progress. Work through innovative option-generating tools and exercises.

Learn how the dynamic of emotional intelligence works. By understanding EQ, you can build more meaningful relationships, boost your confidence and optimism, and respond to challenges with enthusiasm-all of which are essential ingredients of success.

“We are living an earned life when the choices, risks, and effort we make in each moment align with an overarching purpose in our lives, regardless of the eventual outcome.” But for many of us, that pesky final phrase is a stumbling block. Not being attached to the outcome goes against everything we’re taught about achievement and fulfillment.

Explore the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.

If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words—Let Them—will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you.