10 Books To Read If You Want To Turn Your Life Around
Books can be truly life-changing in so many ways. Self-helps books in particular are great tools to use if you’re trying to turn your life around and get a fresh start. Even if you’re not a voracious reader, these books will really help you and give you new goals to set for yourself. Who knows—they might really change the course of your whole life! Here are ten incredible books to guide you in that journey.
1. Atomic Habits by James Clear
Are you stuck in any bad habits that you’ve been trying shake? In this book, James Clear provides an easy and proven process by which to break bad habits and form good ones. It can be hard to create an environment that feels both motivating and inspiring, but Atomic Habits will teach you exactly how to do that.
If you’re sick of vague advice and impractical ideas, look no further, because Clear breaks down everything in a straightforward, step-by-step process with real-world applications. You don’t have to feel stuck or helpless anymore, because this book is the answer to breaking your worst habits and finding practical success, once and for all!
2. The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The Power Of Now: A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment is an eye-opening book about self-reflection and ascending to a place beyond our physical selves. Tolle uses question-and-answer guides to help you evaluate your spiritual health, and his simple language will be easy for anyone to comprehend.
This book will help you in your spiritual and give you guidance as your mind begins to evolve past the physical world.
3. Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life… And Maybe The World by William H. McRaven
Written by an Admiral and former Navy SEAL, this book takes inspiration from a graduation speech that was given by McRaven at the University of Texas at Austin back in 2014. He proposes that if you want to change the world, you need to start each day by making your bed. While this is somewhat literal, this stands as a metaphor for McRaven’s ten principles that will help overcome challenges while changing both your own life and the world around you for the better.
4. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Subtitled as The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun, this books is the ultimate guide on how to find true happiness in life. Rubin is hilarious and honest in her recounting of tales from her own journey to happiness, and she describes in great detail her year-long experiment that changed her life (and will change yours, too).
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Let’s be honest—we’re all a bit too hard on ourselves. We tend to overthink and care way too much about others’ opinions of us. This book will allow you to release these expectations from your mind and come to terms with really not give a single f*ck. This may just be the reality check you need in order to start chasing after what you really want out of life!
6. If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? by Raj Raghunathan
In his brilliant book, Raghunathan explores the correlation between success and happiness, and spoiler alert—it’s actually very small! If you’re struggling with unhappiness and aren’t quite sure where it’s coming from, this book may provide some insight. We have very little time on earth, so stop chasing after all the wrong things and figure how to truly enjoy and appreciate your time here!
7. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
For many years now, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has been inspiring people to transform their lives. Rather than hopping on the latest psychological trends, this book does a deep dive into how to truly be effective and reach your goals.
Covey ascertains that there is a “true north” that has universally put many people towards the path of success, and he breaks down seven ways in which this works. If you’re struggling to find success in any given area, this book will show you exactly how to make even the loftiest of goals achievable.
8. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
This book became so popular that it was turned into a Netflix series! Maybe you’re already familiar with the name Marie Kondo, but this best-selling guidebook on how to tidy up your life—both literally and metaphorically—can help shift your habits in a drastic way.
If you always find your home or space to be messy and cluttered, this is the book for you. Kondo breaks down, in very practical steps, how to tidy up every area of your home and make sure it stays that way!
9. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers is an incredibly famous book, and Gladwell is renowned for his incredibly writing and wisdom. He explores the many factors that contribute to success, and by the end of this book, your entire perspective on success in general will have completely changed. He also talks a lot about the famed “10,000-Hour Rule;” you’ll have to read the book for yourself to see exactly what this means!
10. Get Out Of Your Own Way by Dr. Mark Goulston and Philip Goldberg
Written by a professional psychotherapist, this book explores how we tend to be our own worst enemies. More often than not, we are the ones standing between us and our goals. Self-doubt and procrastination run rampant in our minds, but with the steps laid out in this book, you won’t need to worry about letting those things control your life anymore.
This guide to getting rid of over 40 self-defeating behaviors will leave you feeling ready to accept everything good into your life, and you can begin on the right path and start achieving all your goals and dreams.
