personal growth books

BOOKS

Want some further reading about all the topics I write about on this blog? Here is a selection of my favorite personal growth books. Links lead you to blogposts with my thoughts on them.

Achieving Goals

  • Jeff Olson, The Slight Edge, 2005.
  • Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass. How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, 2013.

Business & Productivity

  • David Allen, Getting Things Done. The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, 2002.
  • Charles Duhigg, Smarter, Faster, Better. The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business, 2016.
  • Cal Newport, Deep Work. Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, 2016.

Food

  • T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study. The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health, 2001.

Habits & Routine

  • James Clear, Atomic Habits. An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, 2018.
  • Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit. Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, 2012.
  • Hal Elrod, The Miracle Morning. The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life. Before 8AM, 2012.

Happiness & Filosophy

  • Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet, 1992.
  • Ichiro Kashimi, The Courage to be Happy, 2019.
  • Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, 2016.
  • Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project. Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun, 2009.

Money

Psychology

Running

Spirituality

The Universe & Manifestation

  • Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix. Bridging Time, Space, Miracles and Belief, 2006.
  • Mike Dooley, Manifesting Change. It Couldn’t Be Easier, 2010.