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The Good News about Worry
By William Backus

In very practical terms, Dr William Backus demonstrates that anxiety results from believing and acting upon misbeliefs; and that attempting to avoid whatever causes the anxiety actually reinforces and perpetuates it. In contrast, true faith is telling yourself the truth and doing it. Thus defined, faith overcomes anxiety by removing the reason for avoidance and ending the reinforcement of worry.The Good News About Worry will help you:

* Understand your own anxiety better * Identify how it affects you physically, mentally and most of all spiritually * Locate and isolate the automatic thoughts that, running through your mind, stir up those unpleasant, anxious feelings and actions * Replace those pain-causing thoughts and beliefs with solid facts based on God's own words that lead to the life of peace Jesus has promised. 

Think and Grow Rich
By Napoleon Hill

Are you too busy working to spare any time for thinking?...then you're too busy earning a living to make any money... until now!  Because the curious thing is, people who really make money - lots and lots of it - don't work too hard.  Once they've set the ball rolling wealth simply accumulates upon wealth.
The secret lies in moving that ball.  It's a secret Napoleon Hill discovered when he interviewed 504 of America's richest men - and it's a secret so simple anyone, but anyone can use it to become fabulously wealthy.

Six Action Shoes
By Edward de Bono

Most situations is business - and in life - are ambiguous and confusing.  And confusion is the enemy of action.  The dazzling yet amazingly clear "Six Shoes" framework lets us identify different situations so that we can take control of them and respond in the most effective way possible.
The truly successful person will master all six action modes learning to tailor action to the situation at hand.

Six Thinking Hats
By Edward de Bono

Put on a black hat for a critical view point or a yellow one for a sunny optimism!  A green hat brings a wealth of creative ideas!  Try white for neutrality and red for emotion!  And then, once you've generated a whole range of possible solutions, sort them out!  (A sky blue hat will give you a detached overview.)