Motivational category: 14833 books
Screw the Rules
Follow your heart and do your thing
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2019
A candid and courageous journey across continents and into the soul.
Part travel memoir, part David versus Goliath tale, part personal manifesto, Sabine Raschhofer’s autobiography takes us across continents and into the soul, daring us to live life fully and authentically.
Raised in...
by Paul Crow, Steve Eggleston
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
I was born into poverty, ignorance, and crime. And for a while, I did exactly what most other kids like me do: I succumbed. One day I saw a bridge and took it. For a kid from Burngreave in Sheffield, England, this road was as unlikely as it could be. Today I live in affluence, with a wonderful...
Maestro
A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
A conductor reveals powerful leadership lessons by explaining the inner workings of a symphony orchestra
Roger Nierenberg, a veteran conductor, is the creator of The Music Paradigm, a unique program that invites people to sit INSIDE a professional symphony orchestra as the musicians and conductor...
The Art of Asking
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
FOREWORD BY BRENE BROWN and POSTSCRIPT FROM BRAIN PICKINGS CREATOR MARIA POPOVA
Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became...
Do You!
12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Since rising out of the New York City streets over twenty-five years ago, Russell Simmons has helped create such groundbreaking ventures as Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, and Def Comedy Jam. Russell might have helped introduce hip-hop to the world, but he credits his success to his belief in a strong...
by Rich Redmond
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019
Success is within anyone's grasp with Rich Redmond's C.R.A.S.H. Course for Success: 5 Ways to Supercharge Your Personal and Professional Life. These memorable tenets, if put to use, will change your life.
C—COMMITMENT
R—RELATIONSHIPS
A—ATTITUDE
S—SKILLS
H—HUNGER
In this book,...
Black Privilege
Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
An instant New York Times bestseller! Charlamagne Tha God—the self-proclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and “the most important voice in hip-hop”—shares his eight principles for unlocking your God-given privilege.
In Black Privilege,...
by Maria Menounos
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
Raised by working-class immigrant parents and later exposed to Hollywood's most elite experts in every field, Access Hollywood's, Today's, and Nightly News's reporter Maria Menounos reveals her EveryGirl secrets on everything: her systems to organize life, manage time, and ascend the ladder of success;...
Nothing Is Impossible
Reflections on a New Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2002
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. If we can conquer outer space, we can conquer inner space, too.
Christopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In...
I'll Never Change My Name
An Immigrant's American Dream from Ukraine to the USA to Dancing with the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
"Val embodies what it means to live the American dream." — Robin Roberts, Good Morning America
Valentin Chmerkovskiy, the world championship-winning and beloved Dancing with the Stars ballroom dancer invites fans into his life as never before, sharing the experiences, including...
Sorry Not Sorry
Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Funny and deeply personal, Sorry Not Sorry recounts Glee star Naya Rivera's successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them.
Navigating through youth and young adulthood isn't easy, and in Sorry Not Sorry, Naya Rivera shows us...
The World According to Mister Rogers
Important Things to Remember
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2003
A timeless collection of wisdom on love, friendship, respect, individuality, and honesty from the beloved PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
There are few personalities who evoke such universal feelings of warmth as Fred Rogers. An enduring presence in American homes for over 30 years,...
True Strength
My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal--and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
In this inspiring memoir, the star of Hercules shares the story of the sudden aneurysm and multiple strokes that left him incapacitated--but ultimately redefined his definition of success.
On television, Kevin Sorbo portrayed an invincible demigod; in his real life, an aneurysm caused strokes...
Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers
Things to Remember Along the Way
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
An inspiring collection of thoughts to take with us on the paths we travel in life.
For all the roads we choose to travel, and even those we don't, Fred Rogers has an observation, a story, some insights to share. Whether you're facing graduation, a new job, a new baby, marriage, any change...