Books that will change how you see the world.

The following is a list of books that have shaped Inspired Home Office into what it is today. I’ll bet you even own some of these must-reads.

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Creativity

• The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
  Robert Fritz

Space

• Apartment Therapy: The Eight Step Home Cure
  Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan
• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
  Karen Kingston
• Use What You Have Decorating
  Lauri Ward

Time “Management”

• In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
  Carl Honore
• Crazybusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and about to Snap! Strategies for Handling Your Fast-Paced Life
  Edward M Hallowell
• Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management
  Mark Forster

Business

• The E Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
  Michael Gerber
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
  Malcom Gladwell

ADD and Psychology

• Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
  Edward M Hallowell
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  Loving What is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
  Byron Katie
• Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
  Martin Seligman

Spirituality

• An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
  Barbara Brown-Taylor
• Gratefulness: The Heart of Prayer
  Brother David Steindl-Rast

• The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways for the Modern Dervish
  Neil Douglas-Klotz
• The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types
  Don Richard Riso
• Woman’s Retreat Book: A Guide to Restoring, Rediscovering and Reawakening Your True Self – In a Moment, an Hour, or a Weekend
  Jennifer Louden
• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lesson
  Mitch Albom
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Have a book to recommend that’s not on this list?

Feel free to comment below — I’d love to hear about it!

Music

These are songs that lift me up — I hope they inspire you, too!

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