Op mijn Engelstalige site www.solutionfocusedchange.com vroeg ik lezers te vertellen welke boeken hun denken over zichzelf, hun werk en/of het leven fundamenteel veranderd hadden. Inmiddels staat er een interessante lijst van boeken:
Mijn eigen lijst:
- You Erroneous Zones by Wayne Dyer. While I now think this book is probably not the most sophisticated book on psychology, it did ignite my curiosity for psychology.
- Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern by Douglas Hofstadter. This book, more than the famous Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid opened a fascinating world for me and got me hooked on reading and learning. It introduced me to such things as artificial intelligence, social dilemmas and skepticism.
- The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril In The Age of Networked Intelligence by Don Tapscott. This book woke me up to the phenomenon of Internet. After reading it I kept on talking to people about it and they often confidently dismissed the idea that 10 years from then they would do a lot of stuff via The Internet. Now they do. This book inspired me to take the Internet very seriously. I still do.
- Interviewing for Solutions by Peter De Jong and Insoo Kim Berg. When I read this book in 2000 I knew the approach it described would easily keep be busy for many, many years which turned out to be true. The solution-focused approach changed the very foundation from which I approach my work and many situations beyond work. It was a great privilege to get to know Insoo personally and to work and write with her.
Here are the lists (for full explanations read the comments section):
1. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert Pirsig
2. Le petit Prince by Antoine sant-Excupéry
3. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Kevin Clouthier:
5. Change: Principles of Problem Formation & Problem Resolution by Paul Watzlawick, John Weakland & Richard Fisch
8. Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future by M. Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers
Margreeth van der Kooij:
Neil Usher:
Liselotte Baeijaert:
5. Guèrir by Dr. David Servan Schreiber
Erik Volkers
Gwenda Schlundt Bodien:
Anna M. Vos
Bill O’ Hanlon:
Anton Stellamans:
5. De pathologie van de veldslag by Eelco Runia
4. Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations by Marie McGinn (in conjunction with the original)
My list:
Peter Damoc:
Phillip Ziegler:
Peter Millecam:
3. Levensregel voor beginners by Wil Derksen.
Bertrand Weegenaar:
1. Disney’s illustrated book on Nuclear Physics
4. Google links to neuroscience labs.
Yvonne van Lith:
1. De Helende Reis – Brandon Bays
2. Wat je vindt mag je houden – Jan van Koert
3. Geweldloze Communicatie – Marshall Rosenberg
4. Doen wat werkt – Coert Visser
5. Je ongekende vermogens – Anthony Robbins
6. De Kabbalist – Geert Kempen
I know the question is hard, but let’s hear it folks, what are the books that changed you?
De Helende Reis – Brandon Bays
Wat je vindt mag je houden – Jan van Koert
Geweldloze Communicatie – Marshall Rosenberg
Doen wat werkt – Coert Visser
Je ongekende vermogens – Anthony Robbins
De Kabbalist – Geert Kempen