10 Books to Change Your Life
By Fred Venturini
By Fred Venturini
Reading and applying just one of these books can have a lasting impact on your life, helping you to build new habits, mold empowering beliefs, and enhance your physical, mental, and emotional health.
As you browse through these works, keep in mind the unique ways in which they seem to cross over to each other.
The themes of willpower, using failure as fuel, mindfulness, journaling, and many others appear across these books, only serving to reinforce how important and transformative these ideas are--a mountain of evidence that only a handful of keystone habits (more on that in The Power of Habit) can create a domino effect that transforms your life.
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumph
Ryan Holiday
$26.00 $24.18The Big Idea: Setbacks often point us in the exact direction we need to go--we just need to learn how to to respond to failure and difficulty. Luckily, Stoic philosophy supplies us with the "operating system" necessary to turn obstacle to opportunity and approach life with dignity, grace, and morality.
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink
$17.00 $15.81The science of perfect timing helps you discover your peak times for specific activities each day to get more done, improve your creativity, and get in touch with your own circadian rhythm. This book provides tools and strategies to learn your own perfect timing, and match up your most important tasks with your peak capacity to excel at them.
Body by Science: A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week
Doug McGuff and John Little
$21.00 $19.53Almost everyone is working out in an inefficient, time-wasting, and sometimes detrimental way, while a minimum effective dose of exercise exists, backed by clinical studies and results, that you only do once per week.
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A Tr (Anniversary)
Dan Harris
$17.99 $16.73Meditation is accessible to everyone, even fidgety skeptics who work in high-pressure jobs. Dan Harris proves it in this book, which he wrote after melting down on national television and discovering meditation in the aftermath.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck
$17.00 $15.81Everyone has either a fixed mindset or a growth mindset shaped by our internal dialogue, and those with a growth mindset are uniquely equipped to succeed compared to their fixed mindset counterparts.
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
Kelly McGonigal
$18.00 $16.74Willpower is a mental muscle that fatigues as you use it, but also like a muscle, you can strengthen it with the right approach.
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
$18.99 $17.66Talent is a poor predictor of outstanding achievement--a blend of passion and persistence we call "grit" drives success more than genius. Grit reveals why effort trumps talent, how to cultivate and learn grit, and finds real-life examples of how grit is a common thread among high achievers.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg
$18.00 $16.74Habits are loops that get continuously reinforced, and if you break the loop, you can break the habit. Conversely, you can use a loop to create a new, healthier habit.
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Timothy Ferriss
$30.00 $27.90The formidable Tim Ferriss gives you access into the insights, habits, best advice, and philosophy of the most successful and inspirational people on the planet. Enjoy this book by understanding what it is not--this is not a deep-dive into singular ideas. He asks heavy hitters from all walks of life a series of questions meant to prompt interesting and useful responses. You'll highlight a lot in this book, and follow individual rabbit holes from bits of advice, book suggestions, or my favorite, the answers to "What's the best thing you've purchased for under $100 you've purchased in the past year?"
The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
$29.00 $26.97A journaling habit helps you put into practice the life you want to live and the person you want to be by preparing for what you will face each day with a morning session, and reflecting on how you fared in an evening journaling session.