Personal Inspirations from Books + Movies + People + Quotes

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 Interesting People:

  • Chris Langan (Bouncer): Highest IQ Score, but did not know how to apply practical intelligence

  • Freida Kahlo (Painter): Overcoming limitations

  • John Naber (Olympic Medalist): Setting small goals to make a big impact

  • Michael Jordan (Basketball Player): Encouragement & persistence

  • Tony Robbins (Author): Coming from nothing to overcoming his optical

Movies:

Grief

  • It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)

  • Julie and the Phantoms (2020)

  • Joy Luck Club (1993) 

  • Mystic Pop-up Bar (2020)

  • Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

  • Up (2009)

Life Overview

  • Click (2006)

  • Forrest Gump (1994)

  • Groundhog Day (1993)

  • The Bucket List (2007)

  • The Farewell (2019)

Self Discovery

  • Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

  • Hitch (2005) 

  • Muriel’s Wedding (1994)

  • The First Wife Club (1996)

  • The Secret Garden (1993)

Thought Vibration

  • The Secret (2006)

  • Up in the air (2009)

  • Yes Man! (2009)


Non-Fiction Books:

Grief

  • If Anything Happens I Love You. (2020)

Minority Experience

  • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

  • Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran

Motivation

  • Action Begins Success from Tony Robbins on YouTube

  • How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes

  • Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

  • Ted Talks on YouTube

  • The Art of War by Sun Tzu

  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by David Goggins

Parenting

  • Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

  • IF in Life: How to Get Off Life’s Sideline and Becoming Your Best Self by Rashad Jennings (for teen boys)

  • Inside Out and Back Again Thanhha Lai (tween book)

  • Stories of South Asian Supergirls by Raj Kaur Khaira (for tween girls)

  • The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim. Shoot, and Score in This Game Of Life by Kwame Alexander (for teen boys)

Relationship

  • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray

  • The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

  • The Rules by Sherrie Schneider

Self Growth

  • Can’t Hurt Me: Mastering Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

  • You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay

  • Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Williman


Novels:

Life Overview

  • Animal Farm by George Orwell

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

  • Lord of the Flies William Golding

  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

  • The Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Parenting

  • Because a Little Bug Went Ka-choo by Dr. Seuss

  • Booked by Kwame Alexander (for teen boys)

  • Ghost by Kwame Alexander (for teen boys)

  • Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

  • Oh! The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss

  • Rebound by Kwame Alexander (for teen boys)

  • The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (for teen boys)

Self Discovery

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

  • The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (for teen boys)

  • Rebound by Kwame Alexander (for teen boys)

  • Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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