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📚🧠Books that altered my brain chemistry.
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items Books that helped me think differently, gain confidence and help myself grow into a person I'd want to be.
Sections
5
Self-Confidence
Communication
Mindset
Decision Making
Skills Improvement
Self-Confidence
Books that played a role in improving my self confidence.
Getting advice from a literal former agent. This book taught me how to have more confidence in myself and when to cut things that no longer contribute to my well-being.
Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations ...
Learning to embrace what you may call flaws.
The Gifts of Imperfection by Bené Brown
It's old, but has some pretty solid advice. The circle of influence and the circle of concern. Keeping focus on what we can control vs. what we can't.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Communication
I grew up never being so vocal. I always kept my thoughts to myself and rarely reached out to speak to people. This led me to be uncomfortable with communicating so these books taught me how to express myself better.
Simple and solid advice from this book even though some stories are quite dated, it reminded me of basic things that many people unconsciously appreciate.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Former FBI hostage negotiator giving you advice on persuasion. Honestly, a fun read and shares useful tactics.
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
The author is super relatable which made it easy for me to apply the communication advice she shares.
Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People
Mindset
These books allowed me to further understand and grow how I think and have a mindset that benefits me in the long run.
Everything starts with WHY. Knowing your why serves as your north star and your reason to keep going.
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire
Your mind really is the key to unlocking a whole new version of yourself.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Maybe you're your biggest mean girl. This is a great read to get in check.
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage
And that’s the first surprise about change: What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem. / Honestly this book change my perspective on what failure actually is and to be understanding of myself.
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Decision Making
These books helped me understand how I tend to get analysis paralysis to avoid it.
A fascinating read on our minds. “We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.”
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
What if too much choices actually makes us less satisfied with things. This is interesting read that will maybe make you think about how you chose to approach decisions. Analysis Paralysis is real.
The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
This is the Curse of Knowledge. Once we know something, we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it. Our knowledge has “cursed” us. And it becomes difficult for us to share our knowledge with others, because we can’t readily re-create ...
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive
Skills Improvement
These are books that are great references on life skills.
A great compilation of adult things I otherwise would have not known or looked over. From getting your first apartment to dealing with different types of characters, it touches on a good variety of things you encounter in the adult stage of life.
Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 535 Steps
Yes, Martha Stewart. This is literally a great book to reference for everything from home maintenance like plumbing to cooking, hosting, gardening etc. If I had no internet, this is a resource I would run to.
The Martha Manual: How to Do (Almost) Everything