Hi Tony,

You are very knowledgeable in many fields. I suspect you have a huge library at your home. Which are your five favorite books/DVD's per field like: Martial arts, selfdefense, motivation, spirituality, health and nutrition? Which are your favorite authors?

Kind Regards,

Nick Engelen

Hi Nick,

Wow don’t know were to start with this list as my interests are so varied from engineering, philosophy, life, quantum physics, martial arts, fitness - nutrition and well being, self development – family and so on. So here goes with a quick list on books as they are better than DVD’s and I prefer to narrow my focus when answering such a broad question – so forgive me mate I am just listing a tiny percentage of my library at home…

Martial arts/selfdefense: in this category I will assume you also mean fitness related to the martial arts:
All of Geoff Thompson’s related work
The book of five rings by Miyamoto Musashi
The last wrestlers by Marcus Trower
Roque Black belt volume 1 and 2 by John B Will
SUN TZU the art of war
Streetwise by Peter Consterdine
Scientifically stretching by Thomas Kurz
Combat Conditioning by Matt Furey
The Underground Guide to Warrior Fitness by Ross Enamait
Power to the people by Pavel Tsatsouline (and his books on kettle bell training)
Ultimate Muay Thai by Bob Spour
Up Close, Nothing Personal by Lee Morrison
No Doubt no fear E-book by Bob Spour


Motivation: in this category I will assume we include self development including business knowledge.
All of Geoff Thompson’s related work
Maximum achievement by Brain Tracy
The essential Drucker by Peter F Drucker
Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Waltz
It’s not about the bike by Lance Armstrong
Don’t sweat the small stuff by Richard Carlson
First into action by Duncan Falconer (this was the first book about the SBS)
The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
Unstoppable by Cynthia Kersey
How to learn and think like Leonardo da Vinci
Jonathan Livingstone seagull by Richard bass
Against all odds by Chuck Norris
Is it just me or is everything shit! By Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur

Spirituality:
All of Geoff Thompson’s related work
The Bible
The spiritual practices of the Ninja by Ross Haven
Man’s search for meaning by Victor Frankl
Zen in the martial arts by Joe Hyams
Thick Face Black Heart by Chin-Nin-Chu
Way of the peaceful warrior by Dan Millman
Principles of Buddhism by Kulananda
An open heart by The Dali Lama
Quantum questions by Ken Wilber
Chief Joseph and the flight of the Nez Perce by Kent Nerbern
The road to reality the complete guide to the physical universe by Roger Penrose
The Celenstine Prophecy by James Redfield
Conversations with God by Donald Walsch

Health and nutrition:
The Zone by Al Sears
Sly Moves by Sylvester Stallone
Natural cures they don’t want you to know about by Kevin Trudeau
The stress of life by Hans Selye
Diet and nutrition by Rudolf Valentine
Nutrition for serious athletes by Dan Bernadot
Slow Burn by Stu Mittleman
Eat to win by Dr. Robert Hass

Nick, I would not know were to stop with writing the list as I have not listed so many great people such as Tagore, Rumi and Ghandi which are all on my bookshelves no to mention classis such as the Bhagavad-Gita and many others also sitting on my shelves.

Hope you find this interesting.

They say you can tell a lot about a person by: what they read; what they say about others and who they mix with (their environment) – so now after looking at this list you know a little bit more about me!

Regards,
Tony

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the list. Verry intresting collection.

What's the zone by Al Siers about?

Nick,

The zone is about that those moments in yoru life when you are in the zone and have lots of energy - his book is about being able to craeate that feeling of being in the zone all the time by eating the right foods - you should Google this guy and get to his website he is awasome mate -

Good luck my friend
Tony. T