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Books to Up-level your Life
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items Books I have read that have improved my life in a certain way - whether it's finances, personal development, positive psychology, dating, etc.
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Money Mindset
Positive Thinking
Spiritual Books
Relationships/ Dating
Leadership
Business
Money Mindset
Learn how true wealth is built - spoiler alert - it's not the flashy way you might think
The Millionaire Next Door: Secrets of Wealthy
Money can't buy happiness? Think again. This book walks through ways to make money increase your happiness and some of the methods may be a surprise.
Happy Money: The Art of Making Peace with Money
Mindset is more important than you'd think for attracting wealth into your world. Having a specific goal that you think about regularly will help you attain it.
Think and Grow Rich! Original Version
Some fatherly advice we may not have received on making money and building wealth.
Rich Dad Poor Dad: Money Lessons for Kids
Positive Thinking
Find your true passion - aka Ikigai - that can support your lifetime of happiness
Ikigai: The Secret to a Happy Life
The book that explains that happiness brings success instead of what we always have believed, that success brings happiness.
The Happiness Advantage: Positive Brain Success
Daily practices to increase your overall happiness
Happier: Secrets to Daily Joy & Fulfillment
Learn about positive psychology through a conversation with a philosopher and his student.
The Courage to Be Happy: Choose Happiness
This book is a little different than the other positive thinking books, but it shows different actions to take to have a stronger connection and more positive thoughts about the place you live.
This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home
Spiritual Books
This book explains the power of the mind and positive thoughts - a little woo woo but I really enjoyed it!
Becoming Supernatural: Common People Uncommon
Gives such an interesting perspective on the afterlife that may make you think differently about life and death.
Destiny of Souls [Paperback] Michael Newton
Really interesting book about the mind-body connection and how we can influence better healing through our minds.
Quantum Healing: Mind/Body Medicine
Teaches about mindfulness and detaching from your thoughts to become more free.
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Although there seems to be some controversy around Jay Shetty's time as a monk, I think this book gives great advice on how to think in a more calm and peaceful way.
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace
Relationships/ Dating
Learning the different types of seduction and examples of celebrities for each type was so fun!
The Art of Seduction
Shannon Boodram makes dating more fun and gives great tips for increasing your confidence.
The Game of Desire: 5 Secrets to Dating
Such a good book for increasing your comfort and confidence related to sex.
Come As You Are: Revised & Updated Edition
Learning attachment styles can really help understand you and your partner and prevent miscommunications and arguments.
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment
This book is really important for setting boundaries while dating and being hard to get by having such a full life - not just playing hard to get.
Why Men Love Bitches: A Woman's Guide
Leadership
Books to teach you how to be a better leader in both life and work.
Love all books by Brene Brown, but this one is great for being brave and taking on leadership.
Dare to Lead & Workbook by Brené Brown
Great book for women to learn to lean in at work as a leader to find success in spaces that aren't always designed for women to get to easily.
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
This book explains the differences between good companies and great ones that become extremely successful.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Succeed
Business
This list contains books that teach about what makes businesses great - whether it's a case study of one business or many businesses.
Learn how Phil Knight started and scaled his company - Nike.
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
This book gives so many great ideas on how to lower the amount of work you do every week but make more than you thought you could have.
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5 & Live
Investing
These books helped me learn about different types of investing, such as stocks or real estate.
This book helped teach me about so many aspects of rental properties, from buying a good deal, to properly managing, to selling in the way that best meets your goals. As a beginner in real estate investing, this really helped shape my mindset for my ...
The Book on Rental Property Investing (BiggerPockets 2)
Memoirs
I love learning about Ina's career and making your own luck to create the life of your dreams.
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Psychology/ Therapy
These books are not as good as a therapist, but do help a lot.
This book is so useful for ways to heal from past traumas and move forward.
How to Do the Work: Motivational Self-Healing