100 Ways God Speaks to You Book 1

How does God reveal Himself to us? How does He speak?

How does God teach us to hear Him? What techniques, tools and people does He use to draw us near and lead us into our life purposes? These short stories, in the life of one man, reveal how God breaks the chains of religious indoctrination, and sets us on the narrow path.

Perhaps God is speaking to you, and you fail to recognize it. God speaks in many ways. There are more than 100 ways God speaks to you. Compare your own path with the struggles and victories in the life of one Christian, as he experiences high school and the Marine Corps.

This book is for every Christian whose heart knows, “There is something more.” The #1 thing Christians want to know is, “How do you hear from God?” This book answers that question. Transform your faith. Hear from God.

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Excerpt from How Does God Speak to Us Today? © Copyright 2023 Robert A. Avila

UNEQUAL RUNNERS

An older Marine sergeant approached me one day in the chow hall. He slid into an empty seat next to my roommate, on the opposite side of one of the white, square tables that filled the Navy chow hall.

“I saw your Commander’s Cup run,” he said, leaning over the table. “You interested in running the Fort Ord 7-Miler?”

“What’s that?” I asked.

“Each year, the Army puts on a run. The course is seven miles, hence the name. We’re putting together a team, and I’d like you to be on it.”

We discussed the details and I agreed. Later, he provided me the entry form. I completed it and paid the entry fee.

On race day, we carpooled together. The sergeant showed me how to register. Then, he showed the proper method to pin numbered racing bibs onto our T-shirts. It was my first run. I lined up in the middle, along with others on our 5-man team. A Fort Ord soldier gave a brief speech, counted down and fired a starting pistol. Those nearest the starting line dashed off. The mob of runners in mid-pack, which included our team, chugged forward.

The crowd jostled politely, then spread out as some runners faded back, and small groups assembled in the silence of huffing and puffing and steadily left the others to eat their dust. As time passed, my little group dissipated, and I found myself ahead of most of the runners, on a long, dry stretch of road. The back of the runner just ahead of me looked like he could be me. His height and weight matched. He even wore the same military haircut.

The scorching sun coaxed thick rivulets of sweat off the top of my head and onto my cheeks. Smells of dead, drying grass wafted off the roadside terrain. Heat mirage lines trailed up from the paved surface, far ahead.

The next runner preceded me by about ten paces. In front of him, another ten or twenty paces, another soldier strode his pace. Every similar interval after that, another runner held a position along the white line at the edge of the road. Runners spotted the road all the way to the wall of mirage vapors.

Those are faster runners, I thought. They’re ahead of me because they are stronger.

Then, I recalled something spoken inside the Catholic Church. Several times in my youth, I overheard men say, “All men are created equal.”

If we are equal, it means the runners ahead are overrunning, will cramp up, be forced to slow down and will embarrass themselves, I thought. But, wait … If that is true for them, it must be true for me. This means I am overrunning, compared to the person behind me. So, I held my position and did not pass anyone. A few passed me, going the wrong direction. They overran their fitness levels, and faded back in the pack, grimacing from cramps and fatigue.

Our team finished outside the awards cutoff.

In the following months, other teams formed, and more invitations came. I finished the races in respectable times. But, in each race, after the pack of runners thinned out in the second half of the course, the same mental dilemma prevented me from passing.

If we are all equal, I cannot pass. If I pass, I will over-run, fail, and look weak.

Then, one night, a dream revealed a different way of thinking. A runner paced himself on a long dry road, like the 7-Miler course. Competing runners held positions, spaced out along the road. The dream zoomed in, and I recognized myself, holding my position.

A voice explained, “Do not look at the man in front of you. Ignore him. Focus on the runner two men up.” The dream perspective swooped over the shoulder of the man ahead of me and focused on the man before him. “Work to gain on that man and ignore the man before you. When you pass one man, change your focus again so that you always pursue the man two positions ahead.”

I woke suddenly. The notion that someone spoke to me in a dream, surprised me. But, the mental tool the voice taught interested me more.

We ran a 5K the following weekend. I tried the psychological trick explained in the dream. The herd split into two packs, and I advanced with the lead group. When this group thinned, I forgot the runner in front of me, accelerated slightly, and worked toward the runner two places ahead. I passed a runner, but ignored him. The mental trick worked. I passed seven or eight runners in the last mile, and finished in personal-record time.

In future years, I ran many races, and took home many awards. After a time, the mental handicap expired, and I ran according to my fitness, training, and strategy. The dream initiated total freedom from a mental anchor.

Years later, the Holy Spirit revealed another application for this lesson.

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“For by thee have I run through a troop and by my God have I leaped over a wall. As for God, His way is perfect. The word of God is tried; He is a buckler to all those who trust in Him.” Psalms 18:29-30

“If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?” Jeremiah 12:5

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A Language for Living Well—Even When All Hell Breaks Loose

Travel with a United Nations civil servant to discover life-improving words from exotic and exciting places all over the planet.

Words Change How You Think, Feel, Act, and Even What You See

Neuroscience shows that words from different languages can re-wire your brain, helping you to create a positive mindset. Some words help you feel happy, see beauty, believe in a better world, and your own power to create it. These are the positive words you will find in this book: global words of wellness from ancient and modern languages all over the world.

Travel across the world to discover them with Lucy Turner: a United Nations civil servant who lived and worked on five continents. Through language-learning, she found words to feel hopeful, confident, and calm, no matter what. She shares these positive mindset words with you in this book, through fun short stories and ground-breaking science. 9 Wonder Words will do more than make you smile. It will give you a language for loving life, and your own power to make it even better.

In 9 Wonder Words, you will discover:

• A word to improve your leadership and resilience in times of crisis.
• A word to increase your creativity and performance.
• A word to give you access to the stress-reducing benefits of gratitude.
• A word to feel good now, no matter what circumstances you are in.
• An ancient Indian word to give you a sense that you have more time.
• Words from Southern Africa and the Pacific to help you believe in, and achieve, your biggest goals.
• Lessons from West Africa and South Asia on how language promotes peace and progress.
• Lessons from the Middle East on how to use your voice to increase your income and access to opportunities.
• Global research showing how language created our species, accelerates evolution and can regenerate our planet and societies – beginning with you.

Most of all, you’ll laugh your way across the planet with a woman who can reveal to you the beauty of some of the world’s most remote and extraordinary places.

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Excerpt from 9 Wonder Words © Copyright 2022 Lucy Turner

Introduction

As an international civil servant at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City after more than ten years in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific, I discovered three things I will share with you in 9 Wonder Words: A Language for Living Well— Even When All Hell Breaks Loose. First, well I’ll be damned! Living in places ravaged by war, poverty, tyranny, discrimination, division, and disease can be tough. Twenty hours a day without electricity or heating in the Himalayas. Shivering under yak wool blankets at -37 degrees in a home with no insulation. Dining by candlelight on dried fruit and nuts riddled with curious-looking holes. Sweating out a heat wave with no air conditioning. Lying restless in a bed full of bugs that bit me as rodents scuttled around it. “Bathing” for weeks with the soap-dabbed edge of a towel dipped in a bucket containing an inch of water. Commuting by convoy through streets lined by soldiers and protesters. Rescheduling assignments because my accommodation was bombed out of existence while I was en route. Malaria, typhoid, and a mystery parasite that left my skeletal body contorted in excruciating pain in the dead of night as monsoon rains hammered hot red earth—yes, my field work with the UN has not been as glamorous as my Mum made it out to be at ladies’ lunches—though I’m glad she got a kick out of it.

Second, learning foreign languages makes life easier. I did it partly out of respect, and partly to get from A to B and pick up some oranges on the way. And it worked. I got home, I got snacks, and I learned cute ways to say, “I’m not going anywhere, sunshine—see you tomorrow!” to hecklers yelling, “White girl! Go home!” as I was on my way to work.

I also got answers to my many questions: Why do people here yell so much?

Why do motorists push pedestrians off the road? Why is there a live crocodile in this office?

These folks haven’t eaten for two days, and woke up with sewage on their sheets: why are they smiling so much?

How come there is light in the slum when there is no generator or fuel or power in the grid?

Why is this clearly very poor woman I’ve never met before giving me sweet, warm, soft bread from a hole in the ground?

These folks sleep on a bench at the side of the road, breathe polluted air, drink dirty water, and eat no more than a few bites of food every few days—why are they talking about how grateful they are and saying, “Ah di do jis fayn tenki, no get no problem”? (I’m doing just fine, thank you, I don’t have any problems.)

Me? I can see plenty of problems with this situation. Until . . .

Until, through specific words, I gained access to different perspectives; perspectives through which I could look at the same scene and agree, “No get no problem.”

I was in more stressful, chaotic, and unpleasant environments than ever; feeling more relaxed, peaceful, and happier than ever. That was how learning local languages truly made my life easier, because I acquired words that served as “medicine for the mind.” Their effect was to ease my irritation over . . . oh, everything, and enable me to notice and enjoy new forms of beauty and pleasure. This gave me new strength, and the ability to do more, achieve more, and enjoy more—no matter how challenging the situation may seem to be. Without yet knowing it, I had acquired a gift: a newfound resilience and ability to access an inner reserve of peace and strength.

My first steps back into the world of soft toilet paper and functioning plumbing systems was the security line at Heathrow airport, where people were having a meltdown about the waiting time. After witnessing plenty more first-world problems, such as, “Oh no, they’ve sold out of blueberry flaxseed muffins!!,” I, who also love those muffins, realized that other people could benefit from the resilience I had acquired through language.

Third, language changes the way people think, see, act, and behave. A few years later, at UN headquarters in New York City, I found an unexpected benefit of being identified as the “native speaker” who must therefore do writing tasks for the team alongside my main job. Since the business of bureaucracy is largely based on writing (briefing notes, speeches, reports, letters, code cables, invitations, and such) there was plenty of this additional work. With “Tell God, tenki, no get no problem” (Tell God, thank you, I don’t have any problems) and “alhamdulillah” (Thank God; thank God for this problem because a good thing will come of it) buzzing through my brain, I didn’t complain. And sure enough, I discovered an unexpected blessing in the “burden” of being the team writer, a new understanding of the power of language.

To write and to speak is to put ideas in people’s minds, introduce new thoughts to their brains, add new perspectives to their worldview. And if the writing is concise enough (single words, short phrases) and sufficiently compelling (human stories, statistics) people are led to not only understand but to care about those new ideas, possibilities, and their own power to create change. As colleagues in other agencies (who honestly had not always been very excited to work together) began to behave and express themselves in a slightly different way that suggested an appreciation of the ideas presented to them in speeches and reports, briefing notes, and code cables, I realized that maybe words could be more than just “medicine for the mind.” Perhaps they could even be medicine for our world, and the institutions that serve it.

Huh?! But we need projects and programs, laws and policies, evidence-based formulas and formal interventions to create meaningful change, not mere sounds and scribbles!

Knowing this, still, my curiosity led me to look into the data and discover this one final thing about language: the idea that words can change the way we see, think, feel, act, and respond to other people and situations is proven in countless studies from numerous prestigious institutions. And of course, the mantra-chanting monks, speech-making politicians, and keyword-spinning marketing gurus knew this all along. You and I may not all be scientists, spiritually enlightened, or elected to public office, but we like to know about what works to make life better. I wrote this book for us.

9 Wonder Words is a way for me to share the gifts of a life of languages. I grew up in a family in which three were spoken: English, Welsh, and Gaelic. I learned four more at school (Latin, French, Russian, and Italian) before learning countless more in a career spanning thirteen years and five continents, so far.

I wrote 9 Wonder Words to help protect the rapidly depleting collective wisdom of humanity, held in more than 7,000 languages. I wrote it to help us adapt to diversity through words that promote  intercultural  understanding and appreciation. I wrote it because people’s self-worth is so often bound to the respect accorded to their language; and by honoring diverse languages, we honor diverse peoples. Most of all, I wrote it to make people smile—and give them tools to keep smiling after they have closed the cover to crack on with Tuesday.

At the United Nations, I find ways for people affected by conflict and poverty to communicate with decision-makers, so they can get the resources and respect they need to flourish. In Liberia, Sierra Leone, Timor Leste, Nepal, Palestine, San Quentin State Prison, and now at HQ, I have seen how helping people speak and be heard promotes peace, empowerment, empathy, and measurable improvements in their lives and institutions.

The following chapters present some words of wisdom and wellness  from  languages  around  the  world,  which I discovered in places I visited and became immersed in for a time. I’m delighted to share them with you. Thank you.

Joel Stafford

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How to master your state of mind, any skill-set & control your financial destiny!

Practice Is The Pathway to Perfection is a comprehensive personal development guide. It is a transformational tool to renew your beliefs about what is possible through repetition and practice.  After reading this book, you will know how to master your state of mind, become the very best at any skill-set and control your financial destiny!

It is your personal life coach in a book. Any situation that you find yourself questioning, your answer is contained in this book. This book will radically transform your life!

Joel Stafford

My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), check my latest mobile app called Upcoming or my Chrome extensions for ChatGPT. But my real passion is reading books both fiction and non-fiction. I have several favorite authors like James Redfield or Daniel Keyes. If I read a book I always want to find the best part of it, every book has its unique value.

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Purpose. Progress. Happiness.

Destined to Change is a book about finding progress, looking for opportunity, creating paths of blessings, leading a life of success, setting a blueprint for generations to come, seeking health and wealth in all aspects of life, joining forces with individuals who can bring purpose to pass, and more.

Leading a life of success, from my experience, takes time; even though some people are born into it, others find purpose gradually as they grow, and still others, well— some never take the time to find it. That is the principle: If I only take the time to find it, if I take a leap of faith that takes me where I want to go, if I only look in the right places, success will find me, too; action is required wherever we go, and energy comes out of us whether we want it to or not.

Life is energy, and it is essential for us to place our limited and unlimited resources into efforts that accumulate interest over the years.

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Joel Stafford

My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), check my latest mobile app called Upcoming or my Chrome extensions for ChatGPT. But my real passion is reading books both fiction and non-fiction. I have several favorite authors like James Redfield or Daniel Keyes. If I read a book I always want to find the best part of it, every book has its unique value.

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The Knowledge of the Willing

The YOU beyond you takes readers on a journey through both the seen and unseen toxicity of our modern environment. It deals with both mental and physical assaults on the minds and body. And it gives users what Najjar hopes will be liberating tools.

Najjar starts from basic precepts – such as the fact that all experience is subjective – and builds from there. He challenges the notion that society's beliefs are final and argues that many of its assumptions hinder our understanding of Reality. In his view, we have lost touch with what we are and, as a result, are no longer happy and functional.

Najjar is an inclusive writer who aims The You Beyond You for readers of all ages. It covers practically every dimension of life, from one's frame of mind to metaphysics. And it highlights the mental habits people consciously and unconsciously adopt, providing a much-needed roadmap for how to escape them.

Critically, Najjar points out; human life does not have to follow the pattern set out by the culture. Instead, each person can follow a path to their spiritual awakening.

Najjar states that the book is “a must-read of at least once-in-a-lifetime for everyone willing to experience the real dimension of existence and go beyond limited norms.” The book aims to convey the idea that conscious thoughts are just the tip of the iceberg. Human beings, Najjar asserts, are a far more profound and richer phenomenon than the culture admits.

After reading the book, Najjar says that readers should better understand the mental habits that are “polluting [their] bodies.” They should also be better able to overcome the thoughts that frame our minds and destroy mental peace. And they would have a much better understanding of the dynamics that form our Reality. Ultimately, Najjar wants the work to empower people, allowing readers to take control of their lives, both for the betterment of themselves and others. The goal is to guide readers towards a state of spiritual enlightenment – a form of sustained bliss and levity. That, in his view, is a path to a better world.

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Joel Stafford

My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), check my latest mobile app called Upcoming or my Chrome extensions for ChatGPT. But my real passion is reading books both fiction and non-fiction. I have several favorite authors like James Redfield or Daniel Keyes. If I read a book I always want to find the best part of it, every book has its unique value.

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Some wounds aren’t always visible, some hurts are too deep to be fully seen…After two decades of trying not to get knocked up, Linda finds herself struggling to fall pregnant.

The initial period of fun soon turns to frustration. Hurdles are faced, difficulties are overcome and at last Linda falls pregnant – until fate deals them a tragic blow. One moment, Linda feels on top of the world. The next? She’s devastated, waiting for surgery to end her pregnancy in a ward surrounded by happy, expectant mothers eager to hold their precious new babies in their arms.

In a world that has little sympathy for her predicament, Linda searches desperately for a source of comfort to ease her pain. Perhaps finding her own biological mother, who surrendered her as a baby, will give her the strength she needs to get through these challenging times.

Tender and supremely empathetic, My Roller Coaster Ride to Motherhood delves into a pain that many women have to bear; into their silent tragedies that always throb and ache and never quite go away.

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Joel Stafford

My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), check my latest mobile app called Upcoming or my Chrome extensions for ChatGPT. But my real passion is reading books both fiction and non-fiction. I have several favorite authors like James Redfield or Daniel Keyes. If I read a book I always want to find the best part of it, every book has its unique value.

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Enjoying Happy and Safe Times at Home

What does Cocooning mean?
Who invented Cocooning?
What are the benefits and pleasures of a Cocooning lifestyle for me?

Discover answers to these questions and many more from another book by Tess Jansen who already wrote about “Niksen – The Power of Doing Nothing“.
A Cocooning lifestyle is a great help in times when you want to stay safely and happily at home.

This book will show you the benefits and give you ideas on how to spend a great time at home, enjoy the benefits of de-stressing, and also of using gained additional time and freedom. Cocooning does not mean to be alone or even lonely! Even though this can be part of it, there are many ways to connect to other people.

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Joel Stafford

My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), check my latest mobile app called Upcoming or my Chrome extensions for ChatGPT. But my real passion is reading books both fiction and non-fiction. I have several favorite authors like James Redfield or Daniel Keyes. If I read a book I always want to find the best part of it, every book has its unique value.

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Baby Picture Book & Bible Scriptures for Babies

This splendid book is full of over 50 inspirational scriptures related to babies, as well as tons of beautiful colorful baby pictures. This heartening book would make an excellent gift for a baby shower, expecting parents or current parents, grandparents, or just for anyone that loves babies and sees them as little bundles of joy from heaven.

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Joel Stafford

My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), check my latest mobile app called Upcoming or my Chrome extensions for ChatGPT. But my real passion is reading books both fiction and non-fiction. I have several favorite authors like James Redfield or Daniel Keyes. If I read a book I always want to find the best part of it, every book has its unique value.

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A Moscow Mom's Everyday Struggle For A Better Life

A personal message from the author:

With a great interest to the Russian culture, there are many books about Russian spies, criminals, oligarchs, mafia and no any about normal people and everyday life of the modern Russian people. I want to change it.

We also saying in Russia: Moscow is not Russia – it's a totally different country. Readers of my book will have a chance to see the real Russia and even real Moscow from the critical point of view of the Siberian person who moved to Moscow (it was the hardest relocation ever – not even close to relocation to Australia to to US).

I was working as a lawyer in Russia (Moscow and Krasnoyarsk) as a working mom with toddler and I show my life through funny stories and strange Russian customs and traditions.

— Elena Bobkova

This interesting biography details the day-to-day life of a Russian Lawyer turned Australian immigrant.

Elena Bobkova chronicles a year in her life as a Russian lawyer. Complete with the struggles of moving, starting over, and finding new jobs, she shows us that despite living in different parts of the world, we’re all not so different after all.
Her powerful testimonials shed light on the various reasons people leave Russia to start new lives in other parts of the world.
Filled with humor, this book will open your eyes to flaws in the Russian legal system, explain Russian customs you’ve never heard of, and recount curious traditions that’ll answer questions you didn’t know you possessed.

The conversational tone is easy to read and you’ll likely wind up reading long past bedtime. If you’re interested in real Russian culture, then this book won’t disappoint.

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My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), check my latest mobile app called Upcoming or my Chrome extensions for ChatGPT. But my real passion is reading books both fiction and non-fiction. I have several favorite authors like James Redfield or Daniel Keyes. If I read a book I always want to find the best part of it, every book has its unique value.

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Mental toughness and resilience go hand-in-hand. When going becomes tough, resilience and mental toughness help us in staying calm, fighting challenging situations, and preventing negative inclinations. To gain insights into the science of mental toughness and change the mindset for facing tough times, here are the top 6 books from psychologists, coaches, and experienced authors.

Mentally Tough Me, by Justin Bower 

This self-help book from Justin Bower is ideal for anyone who is looking for the best in themselves. Useful morals and fun stories from the author’s personal experiences at a young age aids in binding the prescribed solutions to real life. They are just not confined to be mentally tough while contesting but expand to show how to be mentally tough in other life scenarios such as jobs and academics for finding the best in oneself.

From meeting rooms to professional stages and Wimbledon courts, the best people on the planet have one common trait; they know to plan and perform successfully. They know that winning is not by chance but by opportunity. This is what the author believes and propagates through this book.

He shares the secrets for developing a victorious mentality so that one can become successful in different stages of life. This is regardless of whether one is a professional tennis player or a rising entrepreneur facing the world’s most difficult rivals.

The book takes you on a profound journey through which you get a golden opportunity to develop a brave mind, step by step.

Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness, by Rick Hanson Ph.D and Forrest Hanson 

Written by Dr. Rick Hanson who is a psychologist, this self-help book is a practical guide that focuses on the importance of having resilience for all tasks of life, ranging right from healing a chronic pain to working at office. It provides realistic suggestions, examples, and exploratory insights into the brain to strengthen vital relations and interact effectively with others.

The author shows the way to develop 12 important inner strengths that are genuinely programmed in the nervous system. If they manifest within, one will be able to feel less stress, remain calm, and chase opportunities no matter what life brings in front.

For developing mental toughness by retraining the brain to be positive amidst adversities, the author takes you through the science of positive psychology and resilience. You can expect an intelligent influence on your brain and reduced self-criticalness required for being tougher mentally.

Overthinking: Learn How to Eliminate Negative Thinking and Build Mental Toughness with Successful Habits, by Fred Hansen

Not many people realize but overthinking makes you mentally weak. So, if you wish to know how this can be and how to come out of it, this book from Fred Hanson is for you. The author reveals a set of practical steps that can get one out from where she or he is stuck in life and motivate one for realizing the dreamed success.

The book throws light on what is overthinking, how it sabotages performance and mood, and how counteracting it makes one proceed to an improved life. It also reveals the best strategies to stop sabotaging yourself, the proven way to measure the subconscious stress, positive thinking facts, the easiest way to overcome overthinking, and dos and don’ts of thoughts and actions.

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth

So, what is grit? Well, the author, Angela Duckworth, defines it as a special mix of passion and long-term persistence as a secret to a terrific achievement, which otherwise, is believed to be gained by talent. She shares her personal experience to explain that it is not talent or genius mind required to succeed but grit that contributes to mental toughness as well.

It is essential to have a goal for which you care to such an extent that it helps in organizing and giving meaning to anything you do. Grit is sticking unflinchingly to that goal even if you fail, mess up, or are slow.

This award-winning book is for all those who want to know why some fall while others succeed, how to stand up again after setbacks, and grit (the blend) is important for overcoming obstacles and succeeding in life.

Through the book, Duckworth introduces struggling cadets, teachers of a few toughest schools, and young National Spelling Bee finalists. She also shares her learnings by interviewing several respectful icons such as the CEO of JP Morgan and a cartoon editor of New York.

Victory Favors the Fearless, by Darrin Donnelly

To have a tough mind, it is extremely important to be fearless. It is not possible to accomplish anything until you come out of all fears acting as obstacles. Fearful thinking is destructive not only for your goal but also for your strong mind. Fear is ruling you if you are worrying, doubting your potential, or are dragging your feet away from your goal.

The book reveals seven common fears that hold you back from living a happy life. These are what others will think, what if I take a wrong decision, missing a better chance, fear of change, fear of permanent failure, fear of not being good, and setback fear.

It is believed that all worries and self-harming thoughts are due to one of these fears. This is what the author, Darrin Donnelly, explains through this book by giving a motivational story of a pro boxer who learns to remove these seven fears before defeating the fighting rivals. The techniques shown for the fear removal are applicable to any sphere of life.

Reset Your Mindset to Be a Champion, by Walter Arthur

This guide from Walter Arthur shows how your mindset affects your behaviors, what is a mindset of a champion like, and how to change your mindset for the better. Did you know that mindset governs how to perceive qualities such as talent and intelligence?

Mindset refers to one’s beliefs and thoughts that affect your thinking habits, how you feel, and what you do. Based on this, the book introduces the different types of mindsets, explains business mindset and leadership along with mindsets in relationships, and reveals the mindsets of parents, teachers, and coaches.

So, which book you think is best to make you mentally tough? Well, it could be more than one!

Joel Stafford

My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), check my latest mobile app called Upcoming or my Chrome extensions for ChatGPT. But my real passion is reading books both fiction and non-fiction. I have several favorite authors like James Redfield or Daniel Keyes. If I read a book I always want to find the best part of it, every book has its unique value.

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