10 Books to Read for Personal Development & Self-Growth
Are you someone who reads books to improve your personal development & self-growth? If so, that’s amazing, and if not, now is the perfect time to start.
I started getting into self-help books a few years ago when I was feeling stuck in my personal growth. I heard a few people talking about this book called The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck on Instagram and like most people, the title really drew me in. As someone with crippling perfectionism, this book felt practically made for someone like me. I can honestly say it changed my life. Not just the particular book itself, but the way books open up a whole new perspective. Bookshelves of the 21st century are stuffed with authors intended to help each and every one of us with their insights, knowledge, or research results. They force you to see things in a new light, often providing a lot of clarity that we’re all searching for.
If you’re interested in becoming a better you, here’s 10 of my favourite self-growth books to delve into.
Obviously I had to start with the book that got me into personal development books.
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Atomic Habits is the most comprehensive and practical guide on how to create good habits, break bad ones, and get 1 percent better every day. James Clear distills the most fundamental information, so you can accomplish more by focusing on less
The seven habits of highly effective people helps us to identify and acknowledge the principles that lie deep inside the core of every individual and converts them into simple habits. Its main focus is on building character rather than just developing personality. This book will give you simple but effective ways to improve yourself and your life.
How to Win Friends & Influence People can help you achieve important goals such as getting out of a mental rut, thinking new thoughts & visions, make friends easily and increase your influence. If you struggle as with your confidence and conversation, this is definitely one to read!
This book will help identify and change the self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviours that stop you from getting what you want. By the end of You are a Badass, you'll understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and create the life you love.
Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.
This book shows readers how to recognize themselves as the creators of their own pain, and how to have a pain-free existence by living fully in the present. Accessing the deepest self, the true self, can be learned, Tolle says, by freeing ourselves from the conflicting, unreasonable demands of the mind and living present, fully, and intensely, in the Now.
The Alchemist has inspired a devoted following around the world. The story is an eternal testament to the transforming power of our dreams and the importance of following your journey, listening to your heart and never giving up.
