You ever heard the saying that “readers are leaders, the more you learn the more you earn”
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I agree with that to a point. I used to be that. I would just buy every single book that people recommended and read it religiously.
Then, I realized a lot of them kind of say the same thing. Nowadays, I think it’s better to read one book five times than five books one time.
I know what you’re thinking right now.
You’re like “Well you’re gonna recommend to me new books”
Well, but if I had to read these five books over and over again, these are the ones I would re-read.
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It is all about how to use your time and energy wisely by doing only what is essential. The Amazon description says everything:
“Essentialism is not a time management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.”
Author: Greg Mckeown
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Buy Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less 15 by McKeown, Greg (ISBN: 9780753555163) from Amazon's Book Store…amzn.to
The Miracle Morning
This is a simple and effective method that will give you the life of your dreams — before 8 am!
Hal Elrod explains the benefits of waking up early in the morning and developing our full potential and our skills. The “Miracle Morning” allows you to reach levels of success never imagined in both personal and professional life.
Changing habits and a new morning routine, proposed by Hal Elroad, will provide significant improvements in health, happiness, relationships, finances, spirituality, productivity or any other areas that need improvement.
Why is this book a life-changing book? “People find morning hours useful because it’s time you have to yourself before everybody else wants a piece of you” L. Vanderkam. Nobody will call you at 6am or even 7am…
Author: Hal Elroad
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8am)
Buy The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8am) by Elrod, Hal (ISBN…amzn.to
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
This is a best seller that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide! In spite of being written in 1989, the wisdom of this book still holds true after all these years and have become so famous because it simply works.
#1: Be Proactive.
#2: Begin with the End in Mind.
#3: Put First Things First.
#4: Think Win/Win.
#5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood.
#6: Synergize
#7: Sharpen the Saw.
Author: Stephen Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
“GTD” is the shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks. An entire culture of websites, blogs, seminars, organizational tools, etc. got inspired by this methodology.
This book contains an incredibly practical process that will help you regain control of your life, It will help you be more successful and it will help you have a happier life!
Author: David Allen
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity
Buy Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity by Allen, David (ISBN: 9780349408941) from Amazon's Book…amzn.to
Focus
In a world full of distractions, it is our attention span what determines our level of performance in certain tasks. Everybody has the same 24 hours in a day that we do. We’re given one life and it’s down to you what you do with it. It is up to us to decided where to focus during that time. That is the key, not only of productivity, but of the excellence with which we perform our achievements.
Goleman defined 3 different types of focus:
Internal focus — help us connect with our own values and intuitions;
External focus — help us navigate the world around us;
Focus on others — help us in our relationships;
He also explains how these 3 different types can be improved and kept in balance.
Author: Daniel Goleman
Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
Buy Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Goleman PH D, Prof Daniel (ISBN: 8601420813311) from Amazon's Book Store…amzn.to
These are not books I’m picking so I can look smart. These are books that I’ve read that have changed my life.
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