Pema Chödrön is one of the three most read Buddhist teachers. She has the amazing ability to take problems and concerns that we ordinary people all have and to show us how to get through this using the wisdom of Buddhism.

In this book Pema present the Seven Points of Mind Training which are a famous text on how to prepare the mind for meditation through develooping lovng-kindness and compassion. It includes these points and then Pema gives a commentary on how to use these "slogans"  to develop one's practice which includes developing compassionate mind (bodhichitta), doing Sending and Receiving practice (tonglen) and using these slogans in every day situations off the cushion.

Thrangu Rinpoche also has a book and PDF on these Seven Ponts of Mind Training which is entitled The Heart of the dharma: Mind Training for Beginners.