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Below are tools that will change your perspective, mindset, and give a burst of inspiration.
Self-development is one of the most crucial things you can do to succeed.
Immerse yourself in these recommendations below, write down your learnings, and start to action these lessons.
Below are resources that will make a difference to your mindset and life. We are providing you with these but you need to go away and listen, read, and watch this content for it to actually have an impact on your life. Choose one book, podcast, or film to start with and take that actionable step. It’s up to you now.
Books
These books will change your life!
Some love to read and others dread it, find a way that works best for you and get your hands on these.
How to Win Friends & Influence People
"For more than sixty years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. The iconic bestseller. The world's benchmark business and personal development book. This book will help you solve one of the biggest problems you face: how to get along with and influence people in your daily business and social contacts. Since it was first published in 1936, Dale Carnegie's all-time classic has been translated into almost every known language and continues to help millions of readers around the world. How to Win Friends & Influence People can help you achieve these important goals: Get out of a mental rut, think new thoughts, acquire new visions, discover new ambitions; Make friends easily and quickly; Increase your popularity; Win people to your way of thinking; Increase your influence, your prestige, your ability to get things done; Handle complaints, avoid arguments; Become a better speaker and more entertaining conversationalist"
The barefoot investor
“This is the only money guide you'll ever need.
That's a bold claim, given there are already thousands of finance books on the shelves.
So what makes this one different?
Well, you won't be overwhelmed with a bunch of "tips" or a strict budget (that you won't follow).
You'll get a step-by-step formula: open this account, then do this; call this person, and say this; invest money here and not there. All with a glass of wine in your hand.
This book will show you how to create an entire financial plan that is so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette...and you'll be able to manage your money in 10 minutes a week.
You'll also get the skinny on:
Saving up a six-figure house deposit in 20 months
Doubling your income using the Trapeze Strategy
Saving $78,173 on your mortgage and wiping out seven years of payments
Finding a financial advisor who won't rip you off
Handing your kids (or grandkids) $140,000 checks on their 21st birthdays
Why you don't need $1 million to retire...with the Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy
Sound too good to be true? It's not.
This book is full of stories from everyday Aussies - single people, young families, empty nesters, retirees - who have applied the simple steps in this book and achieved amazing, life-changing results.
And you're next.”
That's a bold claim, given there are already thousands of finance books on the shelves.
So what makes this one different?
Well, you won't be overwhelmed with a bunch of "tips" or a strict budget (that you won't follow).
You'll get a step-by-step formula: open this account, then do this; call this person, and say this; invest money here and not there. All with a glass of wine in your hand.
This book will show you how to create an entire financial plan that is so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette...and you'll be able to manage your money in 10 minutes a week.
You'll also get the skinny on:
Saving up a six-figure house deposit in 20 months
Doubling your income using the Trapeze Strategy
Saving $78,173 on your mortgage and wiping out seven years of payments
Finding a financial advisor who won't rip you off
Handing your kids (or grandkids) $140,000 checks on their 21st birthdays
Why you don't need $1 million to retire...with the Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy
Sound too good to be true? It's not.
This book is full of stories from everyday Aussies - single people, young families, empty nesters, retirees - who have applied the simple steps in this book and achieved amazing, life-changing results.
And you're next.”
Thankyou book, CHAPTER ONE
"This book is a story of epic proportions with practical steps to help you flip conventional thinking, discover your purpose and help your ideas to breakthrough. It's more than just our story, it has insights to help you build resilience on your journey to making your ideas and dreams a reality."
7 Steps to financial Freedom
"Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world - from Carl Icahn, to Warren Buffett, to Jack Bogle and Steve Forbes. Robbins has a brilliant way of using metaphor and story to illustrate even the most complex financial concepts - making them simple and actionable. With expert advice on our most important financial decisions, Robbins dispels the myths that often rob people of their financial dreams. Money: Master the Game contains expert advice for readers of every income level, providing guidance through the steps to become financially free by creating a lifetime income plan. This book delivers invaluable information and essential practices for getting your financial house in order. It's the book millions of people have been waiting for."
Unlimited Power - Tony Robbins
"Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world - from Carl Icahn, to Warren Buffett, to Jack Bogle and Steve Forbes. Robbins has a brilliant way of using metaphor and story to illustrate even the most complex financial concepts - making them simple and actionable. With expert advice on our most important financial decisions, Robbins dispels the myths that often rob people of their financial dreams. Money: Master the Game contains expert advice for readers of every income level, providing guidance through the steps to become financially free by creating a lifetime income plan. This book delivers invaluable information and essential practices for getting your financial house in order. It's the book millions of people have been waiting for."
"Yes, you can do, have, achieve, and create anything you want out of life. Anthony Robbins has proved it. Robbins, the undisputed master of the magic of mind power, shows you in this audio program how to harness yours. He demonstrates passionately and eloquently that whatever you think will be, that your state of mind determines what you can and can't do, and that all successful results can be modeled and duplicated. His enthusiasm is contagious as he shows you how to:
Reprogram your mind in minutes to eliminate fears and phobias.
Fuel your body with spectacular health and energy.
Dramatically improve your interpersonal relationships.
Become a persuasive communicator and create instant rapport with anyone you meet.
Use the success of others to remodel yourself.
Discover the five keys to wealth and happiness.
Master the ultimate success formula.
Robbins calls Unlimited Power the new science of personal achievement. You'll call it the best thing that ever happened to you."
"Yes, you can do, have, achieve, and create anything you want out of life. Anthony Robbins has proved it. Robbins, the undisputed master of the magic of mind power, shows you in this audio program how to harness yours. He demonstrates passionately and eloquently that whatever you think will be, that your state of mind determines what you can and can't do, and that all successful results can be modeled and duplicated. His enthusiasm is contagious as he shows you how to:
Reprogram your mind in minutes to eliminate fears and phobias.
Fuel your body with spectacular health and energy.
Dramatically improve your interpersonal relationships.
Become a persuasive communicator and create instant rapport with anyone you meet.
Use the success of others to remodel yourself.
Discover the five keys to wealth and happiness.
Master the ultimate success formula.
Robbins calls Unlimited Power the new science of personal achievement. You'll call it the best thing that ever happened to you."
The Magic of Thinking Big
"Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives using The Magic of Thinking Big. Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and - most important of all - find greater happiness and peace of mind.
The Magic of Thinking Big gives you useful methods, not empty promises. Dr. Schwartz presents a carefully designed program for getting the most out of your job, your marriage and family life, and your community. He proves that you don't need to be an intellectual or have innate talent to attain great success and satisfaction - but you do need to learn and understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that will get you there.
Believe you can succeed and you will.
Cure Yourself of the Fear of Failure.
Build Confidence and Destroy Fear.
Use Goals to Help You Grow.
Think Like a Leader."
The Magic of Thinking Big gives you useful methods, not empty promises. Dr. Schwartz presents a carefully designed program for getting the most out of your job, your marriage and family life, and your community. He proves that you don't need to be an intellectual or have innate talent to attain great success and satisfaction - but you do need to learn and understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that will get you there.
Believe you can succeed and you will.
Cure Yourself of the Fear of Failure.
Build Confidence and Destroy Fear.
Use Goals to Help You Grow.
Think Like a Leader."
Keep Going
"The world is crazy. Creative work is hard. And nothing is getting any easier!
In his previous books - Steal Like an Artistand Show Your Work!, New York Times bestsellers with over a million copies in print combined - Austin Kleon gave readers the key to unlock their creativity and then showed them how to share it. Now he completes his trilogy with his most inspiring work yet.
Keep Going gives the reader life-changing, illustrated advice and encouragement on how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself in the face of personal burnout or external distractions. Here is how to Build a Bliss Station - a place or fixed period where you can disconnect from the world. How to see that Every Day Is Groundhog Day - yesterday's over, tomorrow may never come, so just do what you can do today. How to Forget the Noun, Do the Verb - stop worrying about being a "painter" and just paint.
Keep working. Keep playing. Keep searching. Keep giving. Keep living. Keep Going. It's exactly the message all of us need, at exactly the right time."
In his previous books - Steal Like an Artistand Show Your Work!, New York Times bestsellers with over a million copies in print combined - Austin Kleon gave readers the key to unlock their creativity and then showed them how to share it. Now he completes his trilogy with his most inspiring work yet.
Keep Going gives the reader life-changing, illustrated advice and encouragement on how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself in the face of personal burnout or external distractions. Here is how to Build a Bliss Station - a place or fixed period where you can disconnect from the world. How to see that Every Day Is Groundhog Day - yesterday's over, tomorrow may never come, so just do what you can do today. How to Forget the Noun, Do the Verb - stop worrying about being a "painter" and just paint.
Keep working. Keep playing. Keep searching. Keep giving. Keep living. Keep Going. It's exactly the message all of us need, at exactly the right time."
Shoe Dog
"In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.
In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime-green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Today, Nike's annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of start-ups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all start-ups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today.
But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment. At 24, after backpacking around the world, he decided to take the unconventional path to start his own business - a business that would be dynamic, different.
Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream - along with his early triumphs. Above all, he recalls the formative relationships with his first partners and employees, a ragtag group of misfits and seekers who became a tight-knit band of brothers. Together, harnessing the transcendent power of a shared mission and a deep belief in the spirit of sport, they built a brand that changed everything."
In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime-green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Today, Nike's annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of start-ups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all start-ups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today.
But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment. At 24, after backpacking around the world, he decided to take the unconventional path to start his own business - a business that would be dynamic, different.
Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream - along with his early triumphs. Above all, he recalls the formative relationships with his first partners and employees, a ragtag group of misfits and seekers who became a tight-knit band of brothers. Together, harnessing the transcendent power of a shared mission and a deep belief in the spirit of sport, they built a brand that changed everything."
The 4-hour Work Week
"Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times."
Passion. Purpose. Profit.
"The must-have book for anyone starting a business or looking to fall in love with their business again.
It's one thing to have a business idea, or even to start a creative business. It's quite another to scale it sustainably without increasing your financial and emotional stress. For most small business owners, what starts as something exciting and energizing quickly turns into something overwhelming and energy depleting. You spend so much time in your business, it's hard to find any time to work on your business.
In this practical guide, experienced business coach and creative consultant Fiona Killackey shows you how to scale the business without scaling the stress. From validating your business idea (whatever stage in its development), mapping out your money and specifying your business goals, through to hiring staff and defining your marketing plan, Passion Purpose Profit provides you with a clear understanding of where you're going and exactly how you'll get there. Complete with step-by-step tips and templates, as well as case studies of successful creative business owners, Make it Happen will have you energized and excited about business again."
It's one thing to have a business idea, or even to start a creative business. It's quite another to scale it sustainably without increasing your financial and emotional stress. For most small business owners, what starts as something exciting and energizing quickly turns into something overwhelming and energy depleting. You spend so much time in your business, it's hard to find any time to work on your business.
In this practical guide, experienced business coach and creative consultant Fiona Killackey shows you how to scale the business without scaling the stress. From validating your business idea (whatever stage in its development), mapping out your money and specifying your business goals, through to hiring staff and defining your marketing plan, Passion Purpose Profit provides you with a clear understanding of where you're going and exactly how you'll get there. Complete with step-by-step tips and templates, as well as case studies of successful creative business owners, Make it Happen will have you energized and excited about business again."
A Bit of Optimism with Simon Sinek
"During these times, we are all having to find new ways to connect. Join me every week as I talk with people that inspire me, about love, life, leadership, and silver linings. The hope is that we all leave with something I think we need these days… A Bit of Optimism."
The Whatsnext Podcast
"The #WHATSNEXT Podcast is a life changing resource that you can use to make huge impact on your business & life! Hosted by Chartered Accountants, Luke Kemeys and Phillip Smith. With these two leading the charge, there is no doubt that you'll find a heap of value. Consider nextAdvisory as the value library for business resources. Listen to find out what's next for your business."
Ace The Gram
"Learn how to leverage Instagram for your personal brand or business with Instagram specialists Tash and Viv"
The Business Bible
"Join award-winning financial advisor/business owner Victoria Devine and broadcaster/content creator and consultant Ryan Jon as they walk us through the A-Z of starting and sustaining a successful business. Throughout this season, they’ll be covering off the do's and don’ts of running an impactful business with all of the wisdom and none of the waffly stuff. So if you’ve got a biz idea you’re ready to get off the ground but you’re unsure of where to start, then look no further friend - you’ll be a little Jeff Bezos before you know it."
Mindset Mentor with Rob Dial
"The Mindset Mentor™ podcast is designed for anyone desiring motivation, direction, and focus in life. Host Rob Dial has amassed a passionate following of over 2 million social media followers, including business professionals, entrepreneurs, and small business owners with his expertise and passion for helping motivate people to become the best version of themselves. Rob challenges his audience to live a life of love and purpose. Rob has been featured in Forbes and Inc. for his ability to connect with his listeners. Over the past 15 years he has studied with some of the greatest thought leaders of our time like Tony Robbins, Ram Dass, Dr. Joe Dispenza, Jay Shetty and many more. Tune in if you're ready to take your life to the next level."
How I built This with Guy Raz
"Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built."
She's on the money
"The one stop destination for millennial women who want financial freedom."
I Love Ugly Audio Show
"We interview some of the most successful people we know from various areas such as music, fashion, art, politics and sports. We dissect the strategies, perspectives and lessons that have helped these people get out of the trickiest of situations to go on and became successes in their field. We also give you an insight into how our business is run, by giving you mini-lessons that will both inspire and entertain you."
Pep Talk
“Pep Talk is all about celebrating and supporting our favourite businesses, learning their stories and how they got to where they are today
A a go-to for inspiration (or kick up the bum!) you need to start that business or project you've always dreamed of.”
A a go-to for inspiration (or kick up the bum!) you need to start that business or project you've always dreamed of.”
Podcasts
At Collective Leigh we are big fans of podcasts! Chuck on one of these when you are driving, walking, watching nature, or anywhere that you can take the time to listen. Here are our top recommendations to inspire + educate you.
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Films & documentaries
These are more than just movies, they share a message that we believe is so important to understand.
Jim Carrey - Manifesting
"Jim Carrey speaks to us about his view on manifesting and what it truly means to manifest the life you want."
What do you desire?
"What would you do if money were no object?"
The Pursuit of Happyness
“Tired of Chris's professional failures, his wife decides to separate, leaving him financially broke with an unpaid internship in a brokerage firm and his son's custody to deal with.”
This film portrays emotion, sacrifice, dreams, pressure, love, determination, and strength. Based on a true story.
This film portrays emotion, sacrifice, dreams, pressure, love, determination, and strength. Based on a true story.
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
"A behind the scenes look of Tony Robbins' mammoth seminar Date With Destiny, attended by over 2,500 people in Boca Raton, Florida, each year, giving an insider look at how one man can affect millions."
Found on Netflix
Found on Netflix
No Excuses.
"“Excuses are the obstructions that become the reason for abandoning your dreams” - Casey Neistat
Extra bits
These are too good to not to add to the resources tab. Come back often to be re-inspired.
7 Ways To Stop Procrastination
"Procrastination. The time sucking, dream killing phenomena. We all procrastinate from time to time, after all, we are all human. It can get to the point when you delay your task by so much that you never actually end up starting it at all. A lot of people ask us how we get through it, as we are also battling it. Now, by all means, we aren't professionals in this space, but we do have a high output for a small team. Here are some handy tips we’ve broken down for you and use ourselves for you to apply the next time your brain tries to wonder. " - I Love Ugly
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