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Library: 50 Books To Shift Your Mindset

There is no order to this list, but there is a definitive purpose - to shift perspective and look at life and work from a different lens. That is a very subjective undertaking so see what you're naturally drawn to. This is by no means a comprehensive list. It is curated based on what truly resonated with me upon first encounter and what continues to provide legacy value at every reading.

Spirituality

​The Art of Happiness — Dalai Lama

​Waking Up — Sam Harris

​Falling Into Grace — Adyashanti

The End of Your World — Adyashanti

Climbing Jacob's Ladder — ​Alan Morinis

Mindfulness

​ Wherever You Go, There You Are — Jon Kabat-Zinn

Full Catastrophe Living — ​Jon Kabat-Zinn & Thich Nhat Hanh
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Inside Out Revolution
 — Michael Neill

The Book​ — Alan Watts

Meditation

True Meditation — Adyashanti
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Being Peace
 — Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Power of Now
 — Eckhart Tolle

The Pocket Pema Chodron — Pema Chodron

Non-Duality

Being Aware of Being Aware — ​Rupert Spira

​​I Am That — Nisargadatta Maharaj

​Before I Am — Mooji
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Freedom From The Known — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Truth Love Beauty — ​Francis Lucille


Chup Sadhana — Mansoor & Clarissa

Leadership

Start With Why — Simon Sinek
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7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook — ​Stephen Covey

​Straight Line Leadership — Dusan Djukich
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​The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 

15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership — Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp

Organizations

Reinventing Organizations — Frederic Laloux
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​The Alliance — Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha

Helping — ​Edgar Schein

Remote — ​Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson

Leading From The Emerging Future
 — ​Otto Scharmer

Communication

Flow — ​​Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

​The Coaching Habit — Michael Bungay Stanier
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The Power of Moments — Chip & Dan Heath

The Unpublished David Ogilvy — David Ogilvy

Silence: In the Age of Noise - Erling Kagge

Relationships

Nonviolent Communication — Marshall Rosenberg

The Dance of Intimacy​ — Harriet Lerner


​Forgive For Good — ​​Fred Luskin

The Three Marriages — ​David Whyte

The Wild Edge of Sorrow — Francis Weller

Mindset

​The Outward Mindset — The Arbinger Institute

Graceful — Seth Godin

New Slow City — William Powers

Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life — ​James Hollis

The War of Art — Steven Pressfield

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Getting Naked — ​Patrick Lencioni

How To Live or A Life of Montaigne — ​Sarah Bakewell

Entrepreneurship

Four Steps to the Epiphany — Steven Gary Blank

The Startup of You — Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha

The Partnership Charter — David Gage

The Lean Startup — Eric Reis

Parenting

Though it may seem outside the realm of leadership, I've found that parents are offered another lens into their own growth and that of others, and it re-shapes their psyche as humans in the world. As a parent, I regularly research this topic and want to share what has shifted my mindset so far. This list will certainly morph as my kids get older and as more authors contribute their perspective.
The Fathering Series  — Armin Brott

How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen — Joanna Faber & Julie King

Fair Play — Eve Rodsky

The Conscious Parent — Shefali Tsabary​

All the Rage — Darcy Lockman


Unconditional Parenting — Alfie Kohn

Mindful Birthing — Nancy Bardacke

How to be a Happier Parent — 
KJ Dell'Antonia
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