One of the most difficult challenges in a job search… especially in today’s market is maintaining a positive attitude. Unfortunately, the majority of things that happen to job seeker are negative… in fact, my estimate is that there are 15 negative things that happen for every positive. It is very easy to get what Zig Zigler used to call “stink’en think’en”… Just the emotional strain of having to find a job can put people into a negative spiral.
I suggest that job seekers… or anyone, for that matter… be constantly reading positive, motivational books and listening to positive CD’s… here is a list I recommend…some are old “classics” and some are relatively new… 15 to 30 minutes of this kind of reading every day makes all the difference in the world…
Acers of Diamonds by R. Conwell
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
Beyond Strength: Psychological Profiles of Olympic Athletes by Steven Ungerleider & Jacqueline Golding
Blink by Malcom Gladwell
Devotional Classics by Richard J. Foster
In Pursuit of Excellence by Terry Orlick
In the Zone: Transcendent Experience in Sports by Michael Murphy and Rhea A. White
Inner Athlete by Dan Millman
Inward Bound by Alexander Everett
Man’s Search for Meaning by V. Frankl
Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith
Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
The Achievement Zone by Dr. Shane Murphy
The Book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallowey
The Intention Experiment by Lynne McTaggart
The Job Search Solution Tony Beshara
The Laws of Spirit by Dan Millman
The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
The Richest Man in Babylon by G. Clason
Talent Is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
Outliars by Malcom Gladwell
Drive by Daniel Pink
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Wooden onLeadership John Wooden
Willpower by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Willpower Roy Baumeister and John Tierny
Nerve by Taylor Clark
Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow
Spiritual books, like the Bible, the Koran, the Bhagavad-Gita, Tao Te Ching, books of prayer, etc., are also essential.
I would recommend “Horatio Alger” type stories, like the story of Helen Keller, Colonel Sanders, or any inspirational stories that talk about lessons people learn by living and succeeding in a terribly “unfair” world. Stories about people overcoming a fear, insurmountable odds to triumph in the end, inspire us all.
RECOMMENDED AUDIO CD’S
Norman Vincent Peal, Anthony Robbins, Phil McGraw (Dr. Phil), Dennis Waitley, Brian Tracy, Zig Ziglar, Wayne Dyer, Dan Millman, Steven Covey and Michael Gerber
