To kick off 2013 I decided to dream big. I pulled together all of my favorite sources of inspiration: books, TED talks, thought leaders and tech tools and I used them to build 12 Days of Transformation.
But it doesn’t have to be the new year to kick off the big changes you want to make in your business and your life. Start where you are. Start today.
If you are ready to bring a new spark to your business and life, look no further. I’ve got all the inspiration you can handle right here.
Get started with my personalized video message to you. Then scroll down to find each day’s slideshow and links to all of the resources highlighted in each day of the 12 Days of Transformation.
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DAY 12: Life-Transforming Books
Book List:
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Author: Brene Brown
The Artist’s Way Starter Kit
Author: Julia Cameron
If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path
Author: Charlotte Sophia Kasl
Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life
Author: Trevor Blake
The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life
Author: Timothy Ferriss
The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity
Authors: Phil Stutz, Barry Michels
This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
Author: Augusten Burroughs
Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live
Author: Martha Beck
The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Author: Mark Nepo
Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward
Author: Henry Cloud
Mastery
Author: Robert Greene
DAY 11: Transformational TED Talks
Matt Cutts
Brene Brown
Elizabeth Gilbert
Ben Zander
Steve Jobs
Jill Bolte Taylor
Dan Pink
J.K. Rowling
Tony Robbins
Dan Gilbert
Richard St. John
And here’s a powerful BONUS video – not a TED Talk, technically speaking, but still not to be missed:
Seth Godin
DAY 10: Transformation Teachers to Follow on Twitter
Click on the ‘@’ names below to follow these teachers on Twitter:
Martha Beck
@MarthaBeck
Simon Sinek
@simonsinek
Julia Cameron
@J_CameronLive
Byron Katie
@ByronKatie
Dalai Lama
@DalaiLama
Danielle LaPorte
@DanielleLaPorte
Judy Martin
@JudyMartin8
Elisha Goldstein
@Mindful_Living
Tiny Buddha
@TinyBuddha
Deepak Chopra
@DeepakChopra
DAY 9: Business-Changing Books
Book List
The Pumpkin Plan
Author: Mike Michalowicz
The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Author: Jim Huling
The 3 Laws of Performance
Author: Steve Zaffron
Culturematic
Author: Grant David McCracken
E-Myth Mastery
Author: Michael E. Gerber
Lean Startup
Author: Eric Ries
Linchpin
Author: Seth Godin
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Authors: Al Ries and Jack Trout
The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
Author: Danielle LaPorte
DAY 8: Possibility-Expanding Books and Blogs
Art of Nonconformity
Author: Tim Ferriss
Weekly Sermons and Daily Truth Bombs
Danielle LaPorte
The Charge
Author: Brendon Burchard
Who Would You Be Without Your Story? The Work of Byron Katie
Author: Byron Katie
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Author: David Allen
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life
Author: Rosamund Stone Zander
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Author: Deepak Chopra
DAY 7: Habit-Changing Books and Blogs
Sivers.org
Push, push, push. Expanding your comfort zone.
Author: Derek Sivers
The Blog of Tim Ferriss
Practical Tactics for Dealing with Haters
Author: Tim Ferriss
Oprah.com
10 Life Lessons You Should Unlearn
Author: Martha Beck
Charles Duhigg Blog
Infographics! (Or, a flowchart for changing a habit)
Author: Charles Duhigg
Harvard Business Review
Throw Your Life a Curve Ball
Author: Whitney Johnson and Juan Carlos Méndez-García
Seth’s Blog
Reject the tyranny of being picked: pick yourself
Author: Seth Godin
DAY 5: Life Hackers to Follow On Online
Chris Guillebeau
@ChrisGuillebeau
Tim Ferriss
@TFerriss
Gretchen Rubin
@gretchenrubin
Leo Babauta
@zen_habits
Louise Hay
@LouiseHay
DAY 4: Manifestos for Work and Life
DAY 3: Body and Health Changing Books and Blogs
Books
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Author: Rich Roll
Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
Author: Geneen Roth
Blog
DAY 2: Money Books and Blogs
Book + Blog
The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of “Enough”
Author: Julia Cameron
DAY 1: App To Power Change (and a bonus)
This is the final day of the 12 Days of Transformation – now you’re equipped to get into motion on your change efforts.
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