Best Books For Self Improvement

Do you read books about personal growth? Are you seeking to improve yourself and enhance personal fulfillment?

If so, that’s fantastic; however, the dilemma is which book to select. There are possibly hundreds of thousands of books on self-help, self-development, and personal progress. With the above criteria in mind, below are some of the must-read books about self-help for beginners.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen. R. Covey

The name of this book doesn’t do it justice. In this book, Covey outlines seven habits that need to be adopted to be genuinely effective in any endeavor.

However, it is not as simple as it seems. He emphasizes that we must undergo a fundamental change — a significant transformation in how we view ourselves and the world.

This work can be viewed as a roadmap, equipped with practices, for moving through the necessary phases to effect such a change. Part timeless spiritual knowledge, part shock therapy, Covey’s book is chock-full of advice that makes a difference.

A must-read for those who believe there is always more to learn.

Eat That Frog! – Brian Tracy

Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy is the Best Book on Personal Development. Everyone is familiar with how a devastating slow decline feels.

We must complete certain arduous jobs. The very concept of them induces resistance. We are unsure of where and how to start and feel overwhelmed before beginning. We become easily confused to get away from that feeling, only to finally discover that hours have passed – valuable hours – and then find ourselves back in the same place as before, still unsure of where to start, but also feeling guilty, which manifests itself in an increased desire for diversion.

To escape this trap of procrastination before it overwhelms us, Tracy urges us to Eat That Frog: to set our affairs in order, break down larger jobs into small pieces, and learn when to attack the large frog first and when to begin with something else. Tracy is a genuine inspirational speaker and one of the top writers on personal development.

Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill

This 1937 work by Hill is a masterwork. Do not bother with the updated versions because they all lack crucial and contentious information, some of which is historic and some of which pertains to the book’s purpose, which is to analyze and get wealthy.

This self-improvement book has indeed been able to endure the ravages of time. It covers the fundamentals, such as decision-making, planning, and perseverance, as well as advanced tactics such as transmutation, auto-suggestion, and what we can understand from fear.

This is not a book about getting rich, but rather an ageless guide to discovering what truly counts. As said at the outset, riches cannot always be measured in monetary terms.

The Attention Revolution – Alan Wallace

In a world ruled by ever-more-powerful technologies meant to capture your attention, one approach to empower yourself is to redirect your focus to where you want the spotlight to shine. This book provides exactly that.

In The Attention Revolution, Wallace explains how to achieve Shamatha, a distraction-free Buddhist meditation state of mind. It is a difficult and lengthy journey that is possibly beyond our grasp in this lifetime. Nonetheless, even reaching stages 2 or 3 will make life easier.

The Attention Revolution is a superb introduction to meditation that will motivate you to accept the challenge and discover what mental training can genuinely accomplish.

Once you have attained such a degree of concentration, you can utilize it to expand your soul and heart with the exercise of The Four Immeasurables or to develop your practice with this beautiful interpretation by Dudjom Lingpa, both by Alan B. Wallace.