YOUTH RESOURCES > RECOMMENDED READING

The magic of reading is you get to step into someone else? mind, if only for a few moments, and really understand how they see the world. Insights that may have taken them a lifetime to learn, we can learn in just a few hours. Keeping ourselves continually ?uned in to how to become more effective in our lives is essential. The books listed below are some of the favorites of the FuturePoint team, and collectively, have helped guide us through our own journeys.

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To help guide you in your choices, we have grouped our recommendations into four categories:

Personal Development Fiction
We learn from stories, we always have. Our past is a story, our future is another story, and our life will make one great story. Pick up any of these great novels and lose yourself in the story?hen find yourself in the lesson within the story.

Between Friends
a Novel by Keith O'Brien
"Reading Between Friends is like sitting down and meeting four new friends -
smart, interesting, sweet and sometimes obnoxious, they are totally lovable."
Sara Shandler, author of New York Times best-seller Ophelia Speaks

The Prophet
by Kahlil Gilbran
In a distant, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands. At the moment of his departure, he wishes to offer the people gifts but possesses nothing. The people gather round, each asks a question of the heart, and the man's wisdom is his gift. On the most basic topics--marriage, children, friendship, work, pleasure--his words have a power and lucidity that in another era would surely have provoked the description "divinely inspired." Free of dogma, free of power structures and metaphysics, consider these poetic, moving aphorisms a 20th-century supplement to all sacred traditions--as millions of other readers already have.

The Gift of the Acabar
by Og Mandino
All he wanted was some light to guide him through a terrible storm, but the star, which he caught in the folds of his red kite promised far more. Here is the shining joyful message meant not only for him for all those who dream of changing their lives for the better.

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach
It's an entertaining story of miracles, reality and the appearance of reality. A whirling dialogue between a guy named Richard and a Messiah who quit.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
This novel brings into focus the intense determination of a man who envisions another world - one of loving, understanding, achievement, hope and individuality.

The Celestine Prophecy
by James Redfield
This story is offering toward a new understanding about a spiritual unfolding that is personal and enchanting. An unfolding, that no science or philosophy or religion has fully clarified.

Golf in the Kingdom
by Michael Murphy
Paired with a mysterious teacher, a man is lead through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a back-swing governed by "true gravity." This is followed by a night of adventure and revelation.

On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
It swings to the rhythms of fifties underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns, and drugs. It follows an American dream that goes racing toward the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy, and autobiographical passion.

The Tao of Pooh
by Benjamin Hoff
A tale in which it is revealed that one of the world's Taoist masters isn't Chinese?r a philosopher?ut is none other than that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear, A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh!

Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book that Changes Lives
by Dan Millman

Way of the Peaceful Warrior is based on the story of Dan Millman, a world champion athlete who journeys into realms of flesh and spirit, romance and terror, light and darkness, laughter and magic. Guided by a powerful old warrior named Socrates, tempted by an elusive, playful woman named Joy, Dan is led toward a final confrontation in which will either deliver or destroy him. Join Dan as he learns what it means to die - and live - like a warrior.

Personal Development non-fiction
These are some of the greatest books and success and achievement ever written by some of the greatest coaches, entrepreneurs, heroes and leaders of all time. And others are written by average people, with incredible stories. Their timeless wisdom helps us build the life we desire.

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Great Lesson
by Mitch Album
A rekindled relationship that turns into a final "class": lessons in how to live. It is a chronicle of their time together through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift to the world.

Conversations with God
by Neale Donald Walsh
The dialogue begins?isten to the words in the next song you hear, the next article you read, the next conversation you have with someone. These are all devices He uses and all avenues are open to Him. He will speak to you if you will listen. He will show you then that he was always there in all ways.

Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self
by Sara Shandler
A collection of writings from adolescents nationwide offering views on issues public and private. It explores the unique issues, such as relationships, eating disorders, the influence of the media, self-mutilation and abuse that challenge girls in their struggle towards womanhood.

Finance, Entrepreneurship, Business & Philosophy
Does money buy happiness? No, not even close. But poverty doesn? either. If you have a ?oung entrepreneurial bug, or want to make sure that your financial future looks bright, then these books will help educate you, motivate you and propel you to take action on your professional dreams.

Educational & Learning Tools
There has been so much research done on how we think, how we learn and how we process information. If you do not invest time in understanding how to better utilize the power of your mind, you simply are operating at less than your potential. Learning how YOU learn is one of the keys to your success.