10 Books to Upgrade Your Life
Reads that transformed how I relate to myself, others and life.
Sometimes we want to explore the boundaries of our life experience, and take responsibility for how we can make it better.
As an ever-curious student of life — and after realising how much self improvement comes from the inside-out — I’ve read around 200 personal development books. A small fraction of these made a massive difference to the way I think, feel and experience life (and to the millions of others who have read them).
I see a good book as an object of carefully-edited, condensed wisdom, honed by the minds of world-renowned thought leaders; available for a fraction of the cost of a seminar. The insights and mental freedom that transformational books can give us are priceless, and we can read at our own pace — watching how our inner world responds to their words.
Life can feel busier now than ever (an interesting article on why here), so it can seem hard to find the time to read. A few years ago, I heard that (someone with as much going on as) Warren Buffett gets through 200 books a year, and also about the scientifically-backed benefits of reading — including potentially helping us to become smarter and more emotionally intelligent.
After reflecting on how much I seem to learn from non-fiction books, I figured that I…
