Becky's Book Review 2017

It is what you read when you don't have to 

that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

-Oscar Wilde

This year was an incredible year of growth for me, and a large part of that was because of the books I read and listened to. There are countless others that I started and did not finish since they did not grip me in that moment. Those, I may return to this year. In looking back at all I have learned during the past year,  it makes me excited to think what lies ahead for my heart, mind and soul in 2018!

Here is a list of most of the books I read and my top 10 summarized!

1. Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday

 "Ego holds us back from living the life it makes us desire so much, what we can do to overcome it at every turn and how to achieve true greatness."

2. Success Principles, Jack Canfield 

"Teaches you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions."

3. Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown 

"When you choose to be vulnerable with your shame and imperfection, you allow yourself to experience courage, compassion, and connection." I would recommend ALL of Brene's Books!!

4. Entrusted, Beth Moore 

"God has entrusted us with unique gifts and the incredible Gospel message, neither of which we should keep to ourselves."

5. Crazy Busy, Kevin Deyoung 

"Busyness can ruin our joy, it can rob our hearts, and it can cover up the rot in our souls. How to recognize our busyness and find a better, more satisfying, and more sustainable way to get through life." 

6. Sell or Be Sold, Grant Cardone

 "Everyone is selling something and massive results takes massive action."

7. Ted Talks, Chris Anderson 

"Explains the importance of public speaking and the joy it brings to both the speaker and the audience and offers  ways to plan and deliver a talk that will make a lasting impact."

8. Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan 

"Search Inside Yourself is a program for developing emotional intelligence created by an early engineer at Google and now offered as a live course; this book attempts to make the program accessible to everyone."

9. Perfectly Imperfect, The Art of soul of Yoga, Baron Baptiste 

"Go beyond the foundations of the Yoga practice by to where the true transformation occurs, and that often happens after you leave the mat."

10. Perennial Seller, Ryan Holiday 

"Explains the effort needed to create a timeless work and then shows you how to correctly position and market it."

Here is a list of the majority of the books I read this year:

Spirituality and Faith:

Resolution for Women, Patricia Shirer

Gideon, Patricia Shirer

She Did What She Could, Elisa Morgan

Every Woman’s Battle, Shannon Ethridge

Stronger, Angela Thomas

Entrusted, Beth Moore

Sermon on the Mount, Jen Wilkin

Woman at the Well, Shannon Ethridge

Circlemaker, Mark Batterson

Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Depak Chopra

Personal Growth:

Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday

Emotional Intelligence, Bradberry & Greaves

I thought it was Just Me, Brene Brown

Daring Greatly, Brene Brown

Power of Vulnerability, Brene Brown

Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown

Perfectly Imperfect, The Art of soul of Yoga, Baron Baptiste

Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan

Relationship:

10 great Dates to Energize your Marriage, David and Claudia Arp

Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel

5 Minute Relationship, Campbell and Gray

Ultimate Relationship Program, Tony Robbins

How to Create Chemistry with Anyone, Leil Lowndes

Crazy Busy, Kevin DeYoung

Business:

Success Principles, Jack Canfield

Sell or Be Sold, Grant Cardone

Barefoot Executive, Carrie Wilkerson

Secrets of Closing, Zig Ziglar

Closer’s Survival Guide, Grant Cardone

Rock Your Network Marketing Business, Sarah Robbins

TED TALKS, Chris Anderson

Power of Moments, Chip & Dan Heath

Perennial Seller, Ryan Holiday

Fun:

Magnolia, Chip and Joanna Gaines

Fitness:

Bigger Leaner Stronger, Michael Matthews

Thinner Leaner Stronger, Michael Matthews