Our mental attitude creates our condition of success or failure.  If we believe in our hearts that something is possible, our mind will find a way to achieve it.  One of the great secrets in life is learning how to channel our mind and belief systems to shape our surrounding environment and harness the laws of abundance, health and prosperity. The following is a list of our favorite books that we have read over the years that have shaped our thinking.  There are also some websites to inspire you to reach higher for that next level in your performance, or give you that occasionally needed motivational boost!

Books we recommend for personal growth:

Master Key to Riches, Napoleon Hill
Keys to Success, Napoleon Hill
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude, Napoleon Hill
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Keys to Positive Thinking, Napoleon Hill
Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale
You Can If You Think You Can, Norman Vincent Peale
Amazing Results of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale
Enthusiasm Makes the Difference, Norman Vincent Peale
The Greatest Salesman in the World, Og Mandino
The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
How to Make the Impossible Possible, Dr. Robert Anthony
Personal Power, Anthony Robbins
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey

 Deep Survival, Laurance Gonzales

Inspiration through Sports Psychology:

Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis-Lessons from a Master, Brad Gilbert, Steve Jamison
Mental Training for Peak Performance, Steven Ungerleider
The Mental Edge: Maximize Your Sports Potential with the Mind-Body Connection, Kenneth Baum
Sports Psyching – Playing Your best Game of all Time, Thomas Tutko
Sports Slump Busting, Alan S. Goldberg
Arnold – The Education of a Body Builder, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Golf is not a Game of Perfect, Robert J. Rotella
Over the Edge, Michael Baine

Four books always on my nightstand:

Positive Imaging, Norman Vincent Peale

   ”Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve.”

Mightier Than Circumstance, Frank B. Whitney  

   “Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world”

(This is a Unity book, published in 1935. Unity has many uplifting inspirational books, in addition to a monthly magazine called Daily Word)

As a Man Thinketh, James Allen 

    “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.”

    “They themselves are makers of themselves.” 

The Miracle of Right Thought, Orison Swett Marden

    “Whatever the soul is taught to expect, that it will build.”

    “Success comes through a perfectly scientific mental process. The man who
      becomes prosperous believes that he is going to be prosperous.”   

Inspirational Resources on the Internet:

http://www.lindaland.com/positivebook/page1.htm  –  “Power Positive Thinking,” a free online book on the principles of Positive Thinking.