Zelana Montminy: Don’t Call It a Dream, Call It A Plan

I’m an author and psychologist.

I am currently reading Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

Since I was a young child when my memories began.

What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada – all of Kobi’s books are wonderful. This one explains how to nurture ideas so that they turn into something in a beautiful, simple way.

The worst job I’ve had would be stuffing files in an office. But it taught me patience and perseverance.

No I don’t, sadly but true.

There’s a long list of books I’d recommend that would include the following:

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman; Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud; Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman; Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman; The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt; Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl; Strangers to Ourselves: The Adaptive Unconscious by Timothy Wilson; Drive by Daniel Pink; Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth; Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck; The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, The Road to Character by David Brooks.

Several, I’m rereading Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl now. I hadn’t read it in many years and yet I quoted him in my book, plus my husband had just finished reading it, so it was a great reminder to re-read it. Re-reading classics at various ages in ones life can add a unique perspective.

My own!

Self-help (primarily because of the work I do) but I’m shifting to loving novels now too.

A hopeless one with limited creativity and vision.

Malcolm Gladwell. I love how clearly and succinctly he breaks down fads and emerging subcultures. He’s a myth detective, and I feel like I’m a myth buster in some ways in my own field, so I appreciate his work and it resonates.

No, they really shouldn’t. There’s nothing like holding, feeling, smelling and experiencing a book. I actually wrote my own book in such a way as to allow readers to write in it too.

21 Days to Resilience.

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. It had a profound impact because it’s not a book about dying, which is what you’d naturally think it would be about; it’s about how to really live well and to our best ability – and I try to remind myself to do so every day. Each of his life lessons are poignant, true and raw, and struck me at my core.

I’d have to also include the following:

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom; In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore; Freakonomics by Steven Levitt; The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman;

…and I could go on and on.

I’d like to try more novels.

Don’t Call It a Dream, Call It A Plan.