Received a few requests asking me to provide a list of the best self-help/inspirational books I’ve read. Here’s my list:
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Psycho Cibernetics
- The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (Murphy)
- Head Strong (Dave Asprey)
- Superbodies (Wells)
- The Millionaire Next Door
- The Millionaire Mind
- The Richest Man in Babylon
- Release Your Brakes (Newman)
- Success Principles (Canfield)
- The Compound Effect
- 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth (John Maxwell)
- The Art of Work (Goins)
- The Science of Getting Rich (Wattles)
- Grit (Duckworth)
- The Power of Habit (Duhigg)
- Genome (Ridley)
- Super Brain (Chopra/Tanzi)
- Super Genes (Chopra/Tanzi)
- Million Dollar Habits (Ringer)
- Rich Dad Poor Dad
- Willpower (Baumeister/Tierney)
- Unstoppable (Kersey)
- The Richest Man Who Ever Lived (Scott)
- Tools of Titans (Ferris)
- 10% Human (Collen)
- Getting There (Segal)
- Economics in One Lesson (Hazlitt)
- The Science of Happiness (Klein)
- The Well-Tuned Brain
- Focus (Coleman)
- The Eureka Factor (Kounios/Beeman)
- A Lifetime of Riches (Ritt/Landers)
- Be My Guest (Conrad Hilton)
- The Brain That Changes Itself (Doidge)
- Making Habits Breaking Habits (Dean)
- Mini Habits (Guise)
- Finding Your Element (Robinson)
- The Psychology of Achievement (Tracy)
- Create Your Own Future (Tracy)
- Seven Strategies for Wealth & Happiness (Rohn)
- Train Your Brain Change Your Brain (Begley)
- The Owner’s Manual for the Brain (Howard)
- Brain Rules (Medina)
- Rewire the Brain (Arden)
I have just started reading. Hope to see changes in my habits.
What? Where’s the 7 habits of highly effective people?
Habit 1 Be proactive
Habit 2 Begin with the end in mind
Habit 3 Put first things first
Habit 4 think win win
Habit 5 seek to understand before being understood
Habit 6 Synergize
Habit 7 Sharpen the saw
I highly recommend this Tom.
I’ve tried reading that book at least 3 times over the years and never liked it. I did not like the way it was written. It seemed to me it was written for corporate America. I even bought the audio book two years ago and tried listening to it. I couldn’t get through the audio book either. I want to like that book, but I just don’t.
Great list! You mention a bunch of books I haven’t even heard of! Thanks!
I am still digesting your Change Your Habits, Change Your Life–probably on the 10th or so go around. I love it. But looks like I need to take it, incorporate it and go on. Have you thought of making a workbook with the Rich Habits Test, (which I gave my students with a little editing), habit rating, future letter, obituary, dream-setting, goal-making, bucket list???
How about the book Getting Things Done by David Allen
I would add Getting Things Done by David Allen