Best “Personal Development” books I read in 2012

The year 2012 is coming to an end and a part of my reflection process is to look back on books I’ve read this year.

Some of them I even read twice.. & some I have blogged about.

Anyways here is my top 20 list

The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live–and How You Can Change Them
– Richard J. Davidson (Author), Sharon Begley (Author)
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
– Dan H. Pink
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
– William B. Irvine
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
~Shawn Achor
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
~Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A Whole New Mind: why right-brainers will rule the future
~Dan H. Pink
Man’s Search for Meaning
~Viktor E. Frankl
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
~Garr Reynolds
Outliers: The Story of Success
~Malcolm Gladwell
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
~Steven Pressfield
Mojo: How to get it, How to keep it, How to get it back if you loose it
~Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter
Wherever You Go, There You Are
~Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
~Dan Ariely
59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
~Richard Wiseman
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
~Charles Duhigg
Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life
~John B. Arden
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
~Steven D. Levitt (Author), Stephen J. Dubner (Author)
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
~Sharon Begley
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
~Daniel J. Siegel
Don’t Die with Your Song Unsung
~Gary Russo