Explore our list of the top motivational books to aid readers in overcoming daily obstacles.
We can use motivational books as excellent instruments to lead us toward achievement. Motivational books can energize you and inspire newfound interests and success, whether you are an entrepreneur, a corporate employee, or just need a boost.
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey is still a best-seller simply because it avoids trends and popular psychology in favor of enduring values like justice, integrity, honesty, and human dignity.
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”
Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
2. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Surprisingly, despite being published in 1937, this self-help book’s guidance is still relevant in these challenging times. Hill offers the readers fourteen guidelines to assist them in achieving both material and spiritual wealth. Henry Ford and J. D. Rockefeller were two of the prominent business figures Hill spoke with for this inspirational book.
“A quitter never wins — and — a winner never quits.”
Napoleon Hill, Think and grow rich
3. The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
When this book initially came out, theologians and psychiatrists condemned it as being blasphemous and labeled the author, Norman Vincent Peale, a crackpot. The fundamental tenet of the book, that having optimism increases your chances of success by making you happier and healthier, has been proven true by research today.
“What you are determines the world in which you live, so as you change, your world changes also.”
Norman Vincent Peale, The power of positive thinking
4. How to win friends and influence people. How to stop worrying and start living by Dale Carnegie
Since its 1936 release, this book has been a bestseller, and readers are still picking it up today. Carnegie is here to assist you if you want to become more intelligent in how you communicate with your employees, friends, and even neighbors. He provides you with advice that will help you achieve at work by drawing on the interpersonal techniques of great people throughout history (and also in life).
“Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
Dale Carnegie, How to win friends and influence people. How to stop worrying and start living
5. Awaken The Giant Within Tony Robbins
Anthony Robbins, a pioneer in the field of peak performance in the country, demonstrates his most potent methods and tactics for controlling your body, emotions, relationships, finances, and other aspects of your life. Anthony Robbins, a recognized authority on the psychology of change, offers a step-by-step approach outlining the fundamental principles of self-mastery that will help you find your real calling, take charge of your life, and harness the forces that determine your future.
“in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know.”
Tony Robbins, Awaken The Giant Within
6. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and It’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life by Richard Carlson
This 1998 publication’s sole motivational message is to “let go of the clutter.” The goal of this book is to teach the reader how to tell important things from unnecessary things. He says that if the tiny things drag us down, it will be difficult to manage stress and find inspiration.
“…when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you’re free.To hold on is to be serious and uptight. To let go is to lighten up.”
Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and It’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life
7. You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
Jen Sincero demonstrates to her reader in this book that living the life of your dreams is feasible. Sincero offers her readers tasks to help them identify limiting assumptions, attitudes, and routines throughout the entire book. These characteristics can be recognized, dealt with, and resolved, enabling you to live up to your full potential. This book seeks to assist readers in understanding why they have established particular behavioral patterns and aid them in permanently breaking these harmful habits. This inspirational book is one to keep around because it has humorous overtones and offers useful advice.
“What other people think about you has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them.”
Jen Sincero, You are a badass
8. Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven
The book Make Your Bed summarizes the points made in a speech by Admiral William H. McRaven. He discussed the ten principles he discovered while through Navy Seal training in this lecture, which assisted him in overcoming the many obstacles he encountered over the course of his career.
“Hope is the most powerful force in the universe.”
William H. McRaven, Make your bed
9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz.
In his book The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz exposes the limiting ideas we frequently have that rob us of joy and subject us to needless suffering. This book offers readers a thoughtful code of conduct that communicates its wisdom in an approachable way.
“The Four Agreements
1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don’t take anything personally.
3. Don’t make assumptions.
4. Always do your best. “Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
10. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
The author, psychologist Angela Duckworth, takes the reader on a trip as she argues that an individual’s grit — a special combination of enthusiasm and perseverance — is a key component of success.
“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.”
Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Final thoughts
If you can manage to read even just two or three of these inspirational books, you will be well on your way to leading a life that is more motivated.
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