(Amazon) Set for LifeĪt risk of sounding like a broken record, this book is my most recent life-changer. I have read both The Slight Edge and The Compound Effect multiple times, and find myself newly motivated and re-focused every time. I still find this book to be equally valuable, especially as there is value in learning by repetition.
The Compound Effect is essentially The Slight Edge, but published a little later and approaching the same idea from different angles. I speak from personal experience here-I break my large, lofty goals down into simple daily disciplines and have seen incredible success in my health, wealth, confidence, success, and happiness. Small things, done consistently, yield incredible results. Massive success comes from small, simple, continual action over time. Jeff Olson speaks to our inner desire to have health, wealth, and happiness, showing that the path is far easier than most expect. The book is best summed up with its subtitle: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success. I don’t even remember how I stumbled across this book, but it literally changed my life. It’s the book I’ve gifted more than any other. I won’t be able to describe it here as well as he does in the book, but this book has helped me out of dark and difficult places, more than once. Michael Singer does a fantastic job of shedding light on who we are as a being-specifically that we are not our body, we are not our mind, and we are not our thoughts we are the observer and experiencer of all of that. The Untethered Soul is conversational, down-to-earth, practical, and refreshingly short. When I share this book with friends, I often describe it as “eastern religious/spiritual principles dumbed down for us Westerners.” While mindfulness, meditation, and other eastern practices and beliefs have become more mainstream in the past few years, books like The Power of Now remain too “fluffy” or “new-agey” for many readers. If there is a book on the list below that you have not yet read, stop what you’re doing and order a copy. These are the books I recommend and gift to family and friends.
These are the books I return to again and again. Out of the countless books that I’ve gone through, only a small handful have truly made a lasting impact on my life. I focus the majority of my time on personal development books, but branch out every now and then. But still, I like to learn, grow, and improve. These give me a small commission if you use them to make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. Curious about my background? Read my bio.Īlso, I use affiliate links when recommending books or products. FYI, I'm not formally educated or licensed as a therapist, counselor, social worker, psychologist, or healthcare professional, though much of what I teach is informed by these.