3 Personal Development Books You Don't Want to Miss

NEWS | September 3, 2020

Over the past few years, sales in personal development books increased enormously. The same goes for the popularity of their authors, some of whom have become sought-after experts on wellbeing. Here, Printemps.com has selected three titles that everyone should read at least once in their lives.

Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement by Anthony Robbins. Ballantine Books, 1987.

Anthony Robbins is without a doubt one of the leading figures in personal development and in NLP, neuro-linguistic programming, a method that encourages success-ensuring behavior. From Bill Clinton to Leonardo DiCaprio and even Princess Diana, the American coach and public speaker has helped millions of people better their lives with his bestselling books. Released in 2008, Unlimited Power is one of the most respected works for understanding methods of communication that allow us to live up to our full potential.

La Puissance de l'acceptation. Se réconcilier avec l'autre, se pardonner soi-même by Lise Bourbeau ("The Power of Acceptance: Reconciling with Others and Forgiving Yourself"). Pocket, 2017.

Lise Bourbeau is a prolific best-selling author who seeks to answer one timeless question: what is the key to happiness? In "The Power of Acceptance," she outlines major themes such as the capacity of listening and accepting oneself — a positive life philosophy to enable us to live in greater harmony with those around us, and our inner selves.

Synchrodestiny: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence. Ebury Publishing, 2004.

Do you believe in coincidence? In this volume, famous Indian-American doctor Deepak Chopra, nicknamed the "Health Guru," brings readers along to explore a magical life in which "coincidences, in reality, are glimpses of a dimension where everything occurs simultaneously and where possibilities are endless." Behind each happenstance is hidden, according to Chopra, a meaning — a more profoundly-universal intention. Thus, Chopra encourages us to learn to engage with serendipity— a process by which we take our destiny in hand and sculpt it ourselves. It's been an essential teaching for prominent celebrities, making the doctor one of the most influential spiritual experts on the planet.