The Top
3 Self Help Books:
#3
Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
Napolean Hill’s classic
book from 1930 is of course a book about money. But at it’s core it’s also a
personal developmment book that can help you to develop a mindset of success and personal achievement.
What
you will learn: While
the title says that the goal is to become rich, it actually teaches a lot about
what is now known as The Law of Attraction: thoughts become things. What and
how you think continiously is what you draw into your life. The book is based
on 500 interviews of super-successful people of that time.
Why I
recommend it: Whether
we like it or not, money is an important part in our life. It helps to get
educated in that area and build a mindsetso
that money is not a limiting factor in our life. For me this book opened a lot
of new thinking strategies, which not only helped in reaching myfinancial freedom.
#2 The
7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
“The 7 Habits” is an
outstanding book to build positive habits that really improve your life. It is
like a framework for success and for building character and integrity, with Stephen Covey
being the exceptional personality who really walked his talk.
What
you will learn: The
book has two parts: private victory and public victory. In the first part, the private victory of the 7
Habits, you’ll learn the 3 habits to personal effectiveness:
Proactivity, Begin with the end in mind, First things first.
In the second part, the public victory, you’ll learn the qualities to be effective with other people: Think win-win, Understanding others, Synergize. The last of the 7 habits is Personal Renewal. You also learn a lot about personal vision, goals, time-management and communication.
In the second part, the public victory, you’ll learn the qualities to be effective with other people: Think win-win, Understanding others, Synergize. The last of the 7 habits is Personal Renewal. You also learn a lot about personal vision, goals, time-management and communication.
Why I
recommend it: The 7
Habits are not just 7 random tips to improve your life, it is a complete system
reduced to the essence of effectiveness. It comes from deep understanding and
from the willingness to believe and seek the good in everyone and everything.
It is a source to start with the man in the mirror and then to go on to build a
better world.
#1 The
Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle
If I could recommend only one self help book, The Power of Now would
be it. This is one of those life-changing books that can turn your world upside
down.
What
you will learn: The
Power of Now is really a spiritual book. If you let it, it can connect you with
yourself beyond your name, character, roles or body. You will learn to feel and
trust your deeper sense of self again. Most importantly if helps you to be more
alive and to center your consciousness in the present moment – The Now. The
subtitle is “A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment” and that’s what is really all
about. The first chapter teaches you that “You Are Not Your Mind”. And this is
also the credo in order to really understand the book, which contains not just
intellectual knowledge but also real transformational power.
Why I
recommend it: The
Power of Now had a huge positive impact on my life. While I was always drawn to
spiritual books seeking for the truth of what is, I never glimpsed the actual
experience of spirituality. Spiritual awakening, as Eckhart Tolle writes
himself in the book, is not some super-human accomplishment but simple the felt
oneness with being. Unfortunately our own ego and mind chatter gets in our way
in order to really feel this oneness. The present moment, or The Now as Tolle calls it, is
the entry point into this realization. Oprah Winfrey recommended the book as well.
If you haven’t read The
Power of Now yet, start with the first chapter here on this site and dive into this life changing book from
Eckhart Tolle. You can read my in-depth Review of The Power of Now here.