Featured Self-Help Author

Featured Author - Daniel Coyle

Daniel Coyle is the author of the New York Times bestseller Lance Armstrong's War, The Little Book of Talent, The Talent Code, and Hardball: A Season in the Projects, and he is a contributing editor for Outside magazine. He divides his time between Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Homer, Alaska. Below are a handful of self-help titles he recommends.

Dan Coyle
Book Cover Image. Title: The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills, Author: Daniel Coyle
Book Cover Image. Title: The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How., Author: Daniel Coyle
Book Cover Image. Title: Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France, Author: Daniel Coyle
Book Cover Image. Title: A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton, Author: John McPhee

A Sense of Where You Are

John McPhee

Most books about great performers portray them as magical. This book was a revelation because McPhee brings us inside the intensive daily process behind the magic of Bradley's basketball abilities. I'll never forget the scenes in which Bradley uses homemade practice device, like lead slivers in his shoes to help with leaping, and cardboard blinders on his glasses to help his court vision. Buy Now

Book Cover Image. Title: NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, Author: Po Bronson

NurtureShock

Po Bronson

I loved this book both as a researcher and as a parent, because it answers the big question: What really makes kids tick? (Hint: it ain't the genes.) Buy Now

Book Cover Image. Title: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Author: Charles Duhigg

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

This book belongs in the "you'll never see the world quite the same" category, because it reveals the powerful behavioral loops of cues and rewards that govern our lives, and (more important) teaches you how to hack them. Buy Now

Book Cover Image. Title: Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music, Author: Glenn Kurtz

Practicing

Glenn Kurtz

A small, lyrical work of nonfiction that takes you inside one of the most fascinating love stories of all: a person's relationship with the daily craft of excellence. Buy Now

Book Cover Image. Title: The Sweet Spot in Time: The Search for Athletic Perfection, Author: John Jerome

The Sweet Spot in Time

John Jerome

I remember reading this after I decided to be a writer, and being blown away at how seamlessly Jerome melds poetry (for example, Michael Jordan's jumpshot) and science (analyzing the arcs and angles of how Jordan did it). Buy Now

Book Cover Image. Title: The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science, Author: Norman Doidge

The Brain That Changes Itself

Norman Doidge

I grew up being taught that the brain you were born with was the brain you had for life. This book blows that old notion out of the water, with account after account demonstrating that the brain is not just capable of change, but is, in fact, built for it. Buy Now

Book Cover Image. Title: The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings To Raise Self-Reliant Children, Author: Wendy Mogel

The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee

Wendy Mogel

An insightful, useful look at what it means to be a good parent, drawn from the wisdom of the Torah. Buy Now