Top 10 self help books to read

 God helps those, who help themselves!

It is a well-known saying which is applicable in all walks of life. Life is a blend of problems and happiness. All we need to do is, give our problems a solution and step ahead towards happiness. No problem comes without a solution, we just need to analyze it and find the most appropriate way to get out of it.

Every event teaches us some or the other thing. Learning and improvement go hand-in-hand. Learning is an on-going process and so is improvement! 

In this way "self  help" makes us independent 

Improvement is regarded as the "golden" key to success. No success story is created in a single go. It involves failure and thus overcoming that failure through improvement. Now, we need to realize that improvement needs deep analysis. This is the point where the concept of "self-help" comes into light.

Self-help is the secret tip that these great personalities and tycoons apply in their lives that prevents any sort of problem to stand before them.

You are at the right place if you are one of them who believes in the power of 'self-help'. We have compiled a list of top 10 self help books that pave you a path to success. These are some of the most prefered books to start with. 

Let's get started...

1. Getting Things Done- the Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

The book proves its name well. It is a best fit for today's multi-tasking and busy world being controlled by digitalization. It provides simple principles that should be followed by applying it to any project, be it a school project, an office work or your hobby. You work is done right away and you gain productivity. 

The book teaches you to apply a 2-minute rule. You should complete the task instantly if the task takes less than 2-minute to complete; whereas a simple 5-step workflow (capture, clarify, organize, reflect and engage) should be followed if it takes more than 2-minutes. 

Sounds simple right? Because it really is! 

2. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki

This is another updated solution for today's era. Do you also believe that a good living can only be created if you earn well? This book proves us wrong! The book teaches the art of utilizing money despite of making money. 

The author shares his experience of growing up with two father figures. Both well- earing dads had varying views on finances and money. On one hand where one struggled with money his whole life, other invested well and left an inheritance for his kids.

This book is one of the best personal finance book whereby, Kiyosaki has laid out six fundamentals about money that he had learnt from his "rich dad".

3. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Man is a social animal. Every body needs to interact with people no matter, what phase of life, what career stage, he is in. This self help book teaches the art of interacting with people, the lessons of this book are of great help to connect with people, create a healthy relationship with people you interact. 

Especially in this era, where we connect with new people each day online or offline, this book marks its importance in our lives.

4. Think and Grow by Napoleon Hill

This is another incredible self-help book relevant today. It believes that success depends upon the thoughts that a person creates in his mind. The book provides 13 principles of personal achievement based on his rules of success. He believes that an individual must be optimistic in his thoughts and tackle even the negative situations with a positive bent of mind.

It is to be noted that faith, desire, persistence, positive energy and positive thoughts focusing upon goals and objectives are the key to success.

5. Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant

This self help books is based on the belief that "self-love implies self-help". You can help yourself only if you admire yourself. You must learn to be grateful to yourself.

You are ready to do anything at any cost for anyone or anything you love. Therefore, self-love is a fundamental step towards self-improvement. Have you ever had thoughts under-estimating you? as if you are not worth-it? This book helps you eliminate such negative thoughts about oneself, and helps you realize self-worth. It is about in what way you approach yourself.

6. Failing Forward : Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones of Success by John C. Maxwell

We all have been taught that "Stepping stones are a failure to success". The book is based on this principle only. If a person considers his or her mistake as a lesson and improves upon it, he learns from his mistake and thus, is able to move a step ahead towards the path of success.

The most successful people have failed over and over again. The only reason of their success lies in every lesson that they had learnt from each of their mistake. This incredible self-help books teaches us how to deal with your failures, be it in work or in relationship. 

7. Simplify by Joshua Becker

This is a fun little self-help book that has a great importance in today's complex life. It teaches us how to eliminate complexities of life and make things easy to deal with. This book helps us when our mind is clustered with thoughts by teaching us the art of simplifying the complexities prevailing in our lives.

8. Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

This is an inspirational self-help book, primarily for students. The books draws the readers attention towards a life as of a monk who clears the obstacles of this path from his own power and potential.

His ideologies to think like a monk depicts how to overcome negative thoughts and customs, and imbibe changes of the life in our lives. Anxiety must be decreased, focus must be improved, relationships must be enhanced, skills, self-moral and self-discipline must be boosted up. 

9. Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy

The word "Ikigai" itself refers to the concept to have a direction or purpose of life. It depicts the feeling of contentment or a reason for being. It is one of the best self-help books that provides a secret to live a happy and long life. It refers to as the point whereby, one's desires, aspirations and gratification are at equilibrium. 

It helps us realize that life if simpler than we think. We can change our own life by changing our thoughts. One can earn happiness for oneself, nobody else will. You must have goals in life. Your abilities, skills, and desires should be in direction to achieve those.

10. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

In this pandemic era, such thoughts are coming across our minds very frequently nowadays that- life is quite uncertain. What if, we have a thought and we come to know that we our left with a very less time?

This books takes us back to our childhood memories where we meet our hopes, dreams, and desires for our life that we had when we were a child. These thoughts were free of any sort of complexities without limiting yourself to the constrains of society that directs us "what we are supposed to do". This publications boosts up our moral, fills a new zeal and enthusiasm in us to live our life to the fullest.

The above list consisting of the 10 self-help books are one of the best readings that helps an individual. Each of these provide different solutions to different problems that a person comes across in his life. 

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