Self Improvement – The Top 101 Experts that Help Us Improve Our Lives

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subtly, that their

difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction that should not be and that

n essential part of true listening is the discipline of bracketing—the

temporary giving up or setting aside of one’s own prejudices, frames of

step in inside his or her shoes.

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only through persistent exercise of real love.

• Until you value yourself you will not value your time. Until you value your

thing else at the same time.

• Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they
  e growth and development of the spirit.

their burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally easy, as if li

should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or

has somehow been especially visited upon them, or else upon their families,

their tribe, their class, their nation, their race, or even their species, and not

upon others.

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reference, and desires so as to experience as far as possible the speaker’s

world from the inside,

• Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual grow

time, you will not do anything with it.

• You cannot truly listen to anyone and do any

remain, forever a barrier to th

The Best Way to Get Started with M. Scott Peck

Dr. M. Scott Peck is best known for his book, The Road Less Traveled, and this is
the best place to start. The book was first published in 1978 but didn’t become
best-seller until 1983.
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Traveled was one of the

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It has had a tremendous impact on a wide range of people

nd is still an important part of any Self Improvement library. The Road Less

first books dealing with the psychology of spirituality and

et the groundwork for other authors to write their works.

The Road Less T imer on personal growth, trying to meld
psychology, religion, love, and science into one book. It is not a fluffy, feel-good
book or a quick inspirational manual. It delves deeply into ideas from
psychoanalysis, philosophy, spirituality, and religion. The book starts out with the
premise that “life is difficult” and personal growth is a “complex, arduous, and
lifelong task.”

Dr. Peck provides details from his own life combined with stories from anonymous
therapy clients. He uses a variety of sources including traditional psychology,

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raveled can be seen as a pr