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Help yourself! Books on self improvement and purposeful living.
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Make Your Own Luck: 12 Practical Steps to Taking Smarter Risks in BusinessMake Your Own Luck: 12 Practical Steps to Taking Smarter Risks in Business by Eileen Shapiro
Buy used from: $0.61
One of the best out there, Make Your Own Luck helps you find what matters most and make decisions that increase your chances of getting what you want. A complete system for a great price!
Overachievement: The New Science of Working Less to Accomplish MoreOverachievement: The New Science of Working Less to Accomplish More by John Eliot
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $1.94
Great advice on how to be ridiculously confident and insanely successful. Includes many essential tips and learning experiences from star performers in everything from sports to business to music.
The Breakthrough Principle of 16xThe Breakthrough Principle of 16x by Richard Koch
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $2.02
Richard Koch's books are all brilliant, but The Breakthrough Principle of 16x is a great start. Short, inexpensive, and yet highly effective - the best of all worlds!
It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be: The World's Best Selling BookIt's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be: The World's Best Selling Book by Paul Arden
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $0.73
My favorite self-help book of all time. Paul Arden has helped me achieve more than I thought possible by showing me counterintuitive ways to do better by failing, get successful by getting fired, and achieve the impossible by doing it anyway.
Whatever You Think, Think the OppositeWhatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul Arden
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An excellent companion to Paul Arden's first book and expands on many of its ideas.
How to Get IdeasHow to Get Ideas by Jack Foster
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.00
This book combines ways to create innovative ideas with highly motivating tips on how to have more fun, be courageous, and fail with both style and grace. A great compliment to Paul Arden's books.
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and WhyDeep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.88
Surviving and even succeeding in the face of disaster and personal danger is often a matter of just not giving up. Deep Survival showcases examples of people who survived despite poor odds and terrible circumstances. An inspiration to anyone seeking expert guidance through turbulent times.
Man's Search for MeaningMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $4.68
The ultimate tale of survival by a Holocaust survivor. An excellent companion to Deep Survival, and is a better book in many regards.
Philosophy for Polar Explorers: What They Don't Teach You In SchoolPhilosophy for Polar Explorers: What They Don't Teach You In School by Erling Kagge
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What a great book! Combines survival tales with philosophy and personal achievement advice into a comprehensive method for psychological perseverance.
MindfulnessMindfulness by Ellen J. Langer
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An excellent book on how routine disables awareness and how to be more in-tune with our day-to-day surroundings and activities.
The Power Of Mindful LearningThe Power Of Mindful Learning by Ellen J. Langer
Buy new: $11.48 / Used from: $1.99
How to learn better - one of the best books on the subject.
Fight Club: A NovelFight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $6.54
What's this book doing here??? Fight Club is actually a great tale of extremes, as it shows how breaking away from consumerism and redesigning yourself can lead to dramatic results. While forming underground anarchist organizations is obviously not a great idea, there is still many good lessons here that can be applied to day-to-day life.
Think and Grow Rich: The 21st-Century Updated EditionThink and Grow Rich: The 21st-Century Updated Edition by Napoleon Hill
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The granddaddy of self help books, Think and Grow Rich is still incredibly effective despite its age. The 21st Century Edition modernizes the concepts without straying from Napoleon Hill's original message.
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New RichThe 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $5.39
Great strategies for financing your desired lifestyle without spending 40 years working for it.
The Escape Artists: True Stories of People Who turned Their Obsessiions Into ProfessionsThe Escape Artists: True Stories of People Who turned Their Obsessiions Into Professions by Joshua Piven
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Ever wanted to quit your job and become a circus clown? No? Well you can still learn from someone who did, as well as several other people who quit their jobs to pursue their dreams... no matter how bizarre.
A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning ThirtyA Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty by Alan Corey
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $6.59
A great book on how the author built personal savings and investment strategies into his lifestyle to create wealth.
Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching: 32.5 Strategies to Ring Your Own (Cash) Register in Business and Personal Success (Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Books)Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching: 32.5 Strategies to Ring Your Own (Cash) Register in Business and Personal Success (Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Books) by Jeffrey Gitomer
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $5.17
Behind the silly cover and title, this book has many original and very useful ideas.
Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and LettersStoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Seneca wasn't the first self-help writer, but he was one of the first to really nail down a consistent formula for focusing on the important stuff in life and ignoring everything else. A must!