Recommended by Dave Foy of DesignBuildWeb.co
Dave does a lot of very useful and very helpful youtube videos to help people who are working with WordPress and designing websites using among other things Elementor – a page builder plugin. Our website company Team Veritas uses Elementor for the websites we produce.  Dave also produces a number of very well received courses on different subjects related to WordPress, Elementor, and building income-generating websites.

From Amazon’s description:
Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you often busy but not productive? Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist. The Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.

By forcing us to apply a more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy – instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us. Essentialism is not one more thing – it’s a whole new way of doing everything. It’s about doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.

Recommended by Catherine Mulvihill of My Happy Insides

Catherine mentioned this book in several conversations.

From Amazon’s description:

A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don’t change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation aren’t enough: even when it’s literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive.

Given that the status quo is so potent, how can we change ourselves and our organizations?

In Immunity to Change, authors Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey show how our individual beliefs–along with the collective mind-sets in our organizations–combine to create a natural but powerful immunity to change. By revealing how this mechanism holds us back, Kegan and Lahey give us the keys to unlock our potential and finally move forward. And by pinpointing and uprooting our own immunities to change, we can bring our organizations forward with us.

This persuasive and practical book, filled with hands-on diagnostics and compelling case studies, delivers the tools you need to overcome the forces of inertia and transform your life and your work.

Recommended by Bob Proctor

From the Amazon description:

“(This book) presents the great spiritual and psychological truths in a simple manner, making them practical for daily use. You will read inspiring historical stories of those who dared all for Truth — and found wisdom and peace at last. “The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power” is Vernon Howard’s most popular book. This beautiful new 2005 edition belongs in the library of every serious spiritual student.”

This book is on Paul’s reading list.  It was recommended by Teresa Kenny of Flawless Beauty of Charlottesville:

From Amazons description:

What’s being widely regarded as “one of the most life changing books ever written” may be the simplest approach to achieving everything you’ve ever wanted, and faster than you ever thought possible’

This audio book is on Paul’s listening list.  It is an American Management Association International recording.

There is also a book: How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership

From Amazons description:

As a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, Marilyn has always put people first. This multi-faceted woman also happens to be one of the most successful CEOs in the world. In this conversation, she shares her thoughts on the role of women in leadership and the importance of believing in yourself.

This is a small little book, but it’s full of encouragement to work smarter rather than harder.  There’s the story of the fly on the inside cover that I frequently read to clients because it illustrates how we can be so focused on working hard at what we are doing that we can’t see the better way that’s right there for us. This book is about MULTIPLYING your effectiveness and results.  You squared.

I remember years ago I would struggle to make something happen.  Just as I seemed to have a good direction, it seemed the door would slam in my face.  Being rather stubborn I would beat my head against the closed and locked door, until finally I would step back and notice that as soon as the one door had closed, another one next to it had opened up.  How often does this happen to you?

Get this book.  You’ll be reading the fly story to YOUR clients, family, and friends.