“All that we achieve and all that we fail to achieve is the direct result of our own thoughts” --James Allen (As a man thinketh)
It's a sad fact that not many people pay a great deal of attention to what gets into their minds, though it's been proven that the mind is the single most important factor in determining who you are and what you do as an individual.
If your mind is positive and creative, you can become all you ever dream of becoming. Most of the highly successful people you see in the news today took a great deal of time to work on improving their minds.
On the other hand, if your mind is negative and inactive, it's very likely you won't amount to anything in life. Analyzing the lives of some of the most notorious people in the world would reveal that they always fed their minds with negative thoughts.
As within, so without.
The question that obviously comes to play here is - are we born with positive or negative minds?
The answer is a resounding NO to both!
We develop our minds by what we put into it. If we are continually putting negative information into our minds, this results to negative thoughts and ultimately negative actions.
So, if you want the opposite creative thoughts, it is important to always get the right kind of information into your mind. The usual way to do this is by reading the right kinds of books.
Sadly, because of the great demand on our time, only few people still read lots of books, especially after college. We mostly only have time to read the newspapers and magazines. And guess what? Most newspapers only end up giving us bad news that further increase our negative state of mind.
If you want to really get positive and helpful information, you need to read books that contain such information. Thankfully with the arrival and popularity of audio books, anyone can get the right information into his or her mind without having to "read".
You can enjoy the tremendous benefits of audio books while exercising, commuting to and from your job, doing chores around the house, etc.
For those who don't know exactly where to start, below are 10 of the best audio books to help improve your mind.
1. The Magic of Believing --Author: Claude M. Bristol. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
2. Living Your Dream --Author: John Gray & John Selby. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
3. Learned Optimism --Author: Martin Seligman. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
4. How to Win Friends and Influence People --Author: Dale Carnegie. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
5. The Power of Positive Thinking --Author: Dale Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
6. Fear and Other Uninvited Guests --Author: Harriet Lerner. Publisher: Harper Collins
7. Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway --Author: Susan Jeffers. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
8. The Magic of Thinking Big --Author: David Schwartz. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
9. Manifest your destiny --Author: Dr. Wayne Dyer. Publisher: Harper Collins
10. Awaken the Giant within --Author: Anthony Robbins. Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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