Book Recomendations

I am often asked for book recommendations.  The answer always is, “it depends?”

What are you looking for?  Are you a beginner in the topic or do you want to deepen towards mastery?

The incredible books left off of this list is much longer than what is included… and, it’s a start.

If you have a question on where best you could start, tell me a bit about yourself, and shoot me a note at mark@markjsilverman.com

Spiritual Books:

When I use the word "spiritual," I am pointing to the sense of freedom, healing, safety and connection fostered in my soul by experiencing the book.

 
 

The Twelve and Twelve

A.A.

Zero Limits

Joe Vitale

The Wisdom of No Escape

Pema Chodron

Awareness

Anthony deMello

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

Bringing Heaven Down to Earth

TzVi Freedman & Rabbi M.M. Schneerson

The Way of Mastery

Shanti Christo

The End of Your World

Adyashanti

Spiritual Enlightenment, The Damnedest Thing

Jed McKenna

I Am That

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Courage

Osho

Inner Engineering

Sadhguru

Boundless Intimacy

Dr. Andrew Shugyo Bonnici

The Untethered Soul

Michael Singer

You Are the Universe

Deepak Chopra

The Beginners Mind

Shunryu Suzuki

Living Untethered

Michael Singer

 

Leadership books:

Leadership is a vast topic with infinite perspectives.  The following books helped me with practical shifts in how I show up, the effectiveness of what I teach, and practical tools to add to your daily interractions.

 

The Weekly Coaching Conversation

Brian Souza

The Coaching Habit

Michael Bungay Stanier

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Pat Lencioni

The War of Art

Steve Pressfield

Think Faster, Talk Smarter

Matt Abrahams

From Start-Up to Grown Up

Alisa Cohn

Radical Candor

Kim Scott

Dare to Lead

Brene' Brown

The Unwritten Rules of Women's Leadership

Helen Appleby

Time Warrior

Steve Chandler

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

Mastering Leadership

Robert Anderson & William Adams

Rocket Fuel

Gino Wickman & Mark Winters

The Dojo

Tony Bonnici

The Very Best of Steve Chandler

Steve Chandler

The Genius Zone

Gay Hendricks

 

Self Help/Self Coaching Books:

These are some of the most influential books in shifting my perspective, teaching me a skill and changing my life significantly ins some way.  The trick is to apply one small insight or shift. Take what you learned into the world.

 

Immunity To Change

Robert Keagan

Loving What Is

Byron Katie

The War of Art

Stephen Pressfield

The Tools

Phil Stutz & Barry Michels

The Inside Out Revolution

Michael Neil

The How of Happiness

Sonya Lyubomirsky

Deep Work

Cal Newport

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

The Rise of Superman

Steven Kotler

Stolen Focus

Johann Hari

Dark Side of the Light Chasers

Debbie Ford

Authentic Happiness

Martin Seligman

Why Your Life Sucks

Alan Cohen

Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman

Time Warrior

Steve Chandler