Books are a source of information, entertainment, and education but over the years, books have also served as a source of inspiration to readers, here are ten books that will inspire you and motivate you in different spheres of your day-to-day routine.
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
The book focuses on Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s life events as he describes in-depth his experience with living in Nazi death camps and describes the lessons it taught him about spiritual survival. Frankl puts forth a convincing argument that avoiding suffering isn’t realistic.
However, by choosing how we cope with that suffering and the meaning we ascribe to it, we retain the ability to move forward with renewed purpose; the book can help you learn about the value of ascribing meaning to suffering, this is one for you.
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
Through this book, Jen provides her readers with simple exercises to help people identify their self-limiting beliefs, attitudes, and habits. She provides some great advice and does so in a humorous way to truly captivate her audience and motivate them to begin achieving the success they want in their lives.
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life and Maybe the World by William H. McRaven
Make Your Bed is a book that outlines the lessons contained in a speech given by Admiral William H. McRaven. In this speech, he shared the 10 principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome the various challenges he faced throughout his career.
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This book recounts tales from his service and offers simple and practical wisdom and words of advice and encouragement which will inspire readers to achieve more in their daily lives!
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a wonderful story about an inspiring journey towards self-discovery. Mysticism and wisdom combine in this classic novel that has sold millions of copies worldwide; this story outlines the journey of a young shepherd boy who desires to travel the world in search of treasure but ends up discovering a vastly different type of riches than he initially imagined.
Overall, this book encourages each of us to listen to our hearts, recognize our unique opportunities in life, and pursue our passions.
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Don Miguel Ruiz uses his book ‘The Four Agreements’ to reveal the limiting beliefs that we commonly hold which rob us of joy and cause us to endure needless suffering. This book provides an insightful code of conduct that imparts its wisdom in an accessible manner to its readers.
The Four Agreements encourage self-reflection and encourage us to do better in our everyday lives.
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
The book states the secret to being a success relies largely on an individual’s grit, a unique blend of passion and persistence.
The insights offered by Duckworth in this book encourage us to never underestimate the power of consistent, long-term action toward a goal, especially when you’re passionate about it; Duckworth addresses the thoughts that commonly intrude into our heads when we fail and gives us methods to combat them.
If the idea that success is about your perseverance and your ability to persist even when times get tough resonates with you, this is one of the motivational books for you.
Choose Yourself by James Altucher
The whole book is about how we can achieve success simply by choosing to invest in ourselves and our growth.
This book is sure to inspire and motivate you to invest in developing your talents further and would be an excellent resource for anyone with an entrepreneurial mindset.
In the book, James argues that the most valuable asset we have and the one which we should be investing the most time, effort, and resources into is ourselves. This whole book is about how we can achieve success simply by choosing to invest in ourselves and our growth.
Now, Discover Your Strengths By Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton
This book takes a unique approach, claiming that not anyone can become anything they want, despite what we were told as children. However, when discussed in-depth, the opinion is quite freeing.
This book’s main purpose is to encourage us to ignore those routes that are likely to lead us to dead ends, in favor of pursuing those that we are passionate about and that are more likely to bring us greater success and happiness; Why waste so much time trying to fix our weaknesses when we can double-down on our strengths and allow them to flourish and grow?
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
This book addresses the highly effective and important steps to take if we wish to encourage ourselves to become wealthy. Equally important, Hill outlines the steps we should avoid in this process as well.
Readers have continually enjoyed some of the timeless information, words of wisdom, and excellent advice that is presented by Hill in this book. This book is about so much more than getting rich; it’s about figuring out how to get what you want from life!