Top 10 reads for recent college grads on Grad to Great

Grad to Great asked me for my top 10 Recommended Reading for college grads. In tune with their mission to help you achieve and sustain career success, I came up with the following books that have made positive imprints in my life and career and has shaped who I am today. It was tough coming up with only 10!

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• The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life by Geshe Michael Roche
• Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement by Napoleon Hill
• Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design by Laurence Boldt
• Creating Affluence by Deepak Chopra
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Pocketbook Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams (One Hour of Wisdom) by Deepak Chopra
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
• A Revolution in Kindness and Business As Unusual by Anita Roddick
• The Death of Common Sense by Philip K. Howard
• Road Fever by Tim Cahill (have a goal but have fun in the process, this was a fun read and one of the lighter ones!)
• The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brand

Consider these books as tools to help you design your life right now, at any place in your life. These are books that resonated with me. Add to these and come up with your own personal list. Track them over time. Then look back on the year(s) of how you fed your mind.

I used to use a spreadsheet to document my books and my reading wish list. Here's a neat site that helps catalog your books online. Check out LibraryThing.

Plus three more to add to my original list...
Thinking for a Change by John Maxwell
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
The time of our lives; the ethics of common sense by Mortimer Adler