Where to get great ideas (podcast 392)

These are the links to books and websites mentioned in podcast #392 on September 21, 2020. I am an Amazon affiliate. If you buy after clicking through these links, I get a small commission, but you pay nothing extra. Thank you for supporting my work at A Decided Difference!

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If you are dealing with depression and/or anxiety, I recommend these books by David Burns, M.D.

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life

If you want practical help with identifying your dreams and reaching your goals, I recommend this (or any) book by Barbara Sher.

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want

If you want to change your work or your personal life, identify and develop your strengths with the ideas of Marcus Buckingham, found in these two books.

Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance

Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently

For developing habits that serve you, this book by Charles Duhigg.

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

And this one by James Clear.

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

To understand your emotional mind and your rational mind and get them to work together, this book by Chip and Dan Heath.

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

And, if you are a communicator or influencer, this book by the Heath brothers.

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

To discover, develop, and strengthen your inner badass, these two books by Jen Sincero.

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth

For clarifying what is really important to you, this book by Greg McKeown.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

And this, or any book, by Brené Brown.

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

And finally, a link to the Clifton Strengths Finder test. (This is not an affiliate link.)

Clifton Strengths Finder