For Achievers SUCCESS BEST-SELLERS llil rath Experts agree that achievers are avid readers. Here are the current top 10 self-help best-sellers to help you boost your productivity, further your education and achieve your goals. Strengths Finder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath (Gallup Press) Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Harper Perennial) The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (Hyperion Books) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books) The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey (Nelson Books) ,IStbestseUers success.cor Bounce Back: Overcoming Setbacks to Succeed in Business and Life by John Calipari (Free Press) How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud by Ken Fisher and Lara W. Hoffmans (Wiley) The Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Free Press) The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass) Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis by Bill George (Jossey-Bass) Thank you to Nielsen .......Bookscan for providing SUCCESS with this list. Nielsen Bookscan is a subsidiary of The Nielsen Company LLC, i gathering point-of-sale book data from more I than 13,000 locations across the United States. Sales Aug. 23 through Sept. 13. Class Act Frank McCourt 1930-2009 Frank McCourt was a teacher for most of his life, but his most important lesson came after he retired. Publishing Angela's Ashes, a memoir about his impoverished childhood in Ireland, McCourt realized at age 66 that it's never too late to pursue a dream. Angela's Ashes spent 117 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List, won a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, and became a movie. McCourt had no idea his book would be so successful. In an interview for the March issue of SUCCESS, McCourt said, "If I hadn't written Angela's Ashes, I would have died begging. Just one more year, God, just one more year, because this book is the one thing I want to do with my life." McCourt went on to write more books, including Tis in 1999 and Teacher Man in 2005. He passed away in July at 79. TEACHING MOMENTS Frank McCourt's Life Lessons for beauty in life. focus so intently on your own difficulties that you fail to see humor, as well as the color and details that make life so rich. control of your life. A grade-school dropout, McCourt thought anyone with an education was he summoned the courage to talk his way into college and pave his future for success. your bliss. "You know what causes your satisfaction.... If you have a very strong dream, you should follow it.'' Read the full story about Frank McCourt at SUCCESS.com. 16 success DECEMBER 2009