Looking for some book recommendations this summer?
Sometimes all you need is to sit back and enjoy a great book that helps with your personal development!
We can always learn more and there are a lot of great minds out there that have invested their time in helping other by publishing books on insight on successful knowledge.
Put your time this summer to good by investing in yourself with self-actualization and advice from the greatest minds out there- who knows, these books might be the step that changes your life! Check out 10 great self-development books below.
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1. Think and Grow Rich
WHAT: Written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill and still relevant to this day. This book is all about personal development and self-improvement. The author’s philosophy is in line with how he can help people succeed in any line of work, to do, and be anything they can imagine.
WHERE TO BUY: Amazon
2. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
WHAT: This book by Timothy Ferriss, an American entrepreneur who was a seed investor in Uber and is the founder of the website StumbleUpon among other successful investments. The bestseller book gives insights to the reader on tips and a step-by-step guide to luxury lifestyle design.
WHERE TO BUY: Amazon
3. Outliers: The Story of Success
WHAT: This book was published in 2008 by The New Yorker journalist Malcolm Gladwell. The book examines how a person’s environment, in conjunction with personal drive and motivation, affects his or her possibility and opportunity for success.
WHERE TO BUY: Amazon
4. The Lean Startup
WHAT: For all the entrepreneurs out there who are in the start-up business, this book is a must-read. Author Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty and how to move through the industry.
WHERE TO BUY: Book Depository
5. The Magic of Thinking Big
WHAT: Published in 1987 and sold millions of copies, this book inspires internal motivation and intention to help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and—most important of all—find greater happiness and peace of mind.
WHERE TO BUY: Amazon
6. You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
WHAT: This is for the ones who are ready for success but still battling self-doubt, look into this self-help book as an entertaining how-to guide with funny anecdotes, inspiring stories, advice, exercises, all to help you identify and change beliefs and behaviors that stop you from getting what you want. The exact motivation you’ll need!
WHERE TO BUY: Amazon
7. How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
WHAT: This book from 2009 is all about putting you in the same mindset as all successful people from all walks of life, what would they have in common? The way they think! Now you can think as they do and revolutionize your work and life! Ready to learn their secrets? Check out this book focused on the big picture and creative thinking.
WHERE TO BUY: Amazon
8. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
WHAT: If you’re ready to change your mindset in the name of success, this is the book for you. Published in 2007 and is still relevant to this day and has changed millions of people’s lives. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed.
WHERE TO BUY: Amazon
9. The Power of Broke
WHAT: What better way to learn the secrets to success than from the famous Shark Tank star and Fubu Founder Daymond John! Desperation breeds innovation, and so he hatched an idea for a creative campaign that eventually launched the FUBU brand into a $6 billion dollar global phenomenon. But it might not have happened if he hadn’t started out broke – with nothing but hope and a ferocious drive to succeed by any means possible. Learn how to create a successful business from nothing by reading this book
WHERE TO BUY: Book Depository
10. Maximum Achievement : Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed
WHAT: The ultimate book on personal development, Brian Tracy is one of the world’s leading authorities on success. Learn how to unlock your individual potential for personal greatness. You will immediately become more positive, persuasive, and powerfully focused in everything you do.
WHERE TO BUY: Book Depository
