Here are a few books to which I owe my sanity. Books open doors and these are no exceptions.
Getting Things Done is perhaps the single most important book I’ve read in my life. I’m an ideas man and a borderline crazy-maker and I needed a system that could catch my good ideas and move them along. My first reaction to listening to David Allen’s seminar was to cover my entire refrigerator with yellow PostIt notes. Upon doing so I unlocked an energy that kept me up for 2 days. I have listened to his seminar over 10 times and own a copy of GTD on paperback as well.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
The Power of Now is the most bizarre book you’d ever find me reading. I remember turning on the audiobook and the first 16 seconds were so existential I burst into laughter. I was up for the challenge and so I continued to listen and I have since learned to respect Eckhart Tolle’s somewhat unique philosophy. I listened a second time as soon as the audiobook had ended, just so I could understand what he was saying. I owe a great deal of moment-to-moment happiness to his teachings, as strange as I initially thought they were. Eckhart has many books and resources but none of them surpass The Power of Now with its Question and Answer format. It answers all concerns and it leaves little room for excuse to not practice happiness right away.