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📚 Books that changed my mentality in my early 20`s ✨

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Verónica García

Here I share books that changed the way I see the mind, money, work and decisions, not because of what they promise, but because of what they forced me to question. I read them at the beginning of my 20s and I think it has been one of the best invest...

Sections

🧠 1. MINDSET, IDENTITY & INNER DISCIPLINE

💰 2. MONEY, WORK & LONG-TERM THINKING

🎯 3. FOCUS, DECISION-MAKING & PERFORMANCE

🧠 1. MINDSET, IDENTITY & INNER DISCIPLINE

These books helped me understand that real change does not start outside, but in how you think, react and talk to yourself, especially the awareness of how powerful the mind is and its interpretations.

He taught me how repeated mental and emotional patterns create the same life over and over again, in short you become what you feel, you think with a lot of emotion and conviction, it doesn't matter if it is good or bad, your repeated thoughts create...

1. Stop being you – Joe Dispenza

A clear basis to stop carrying other people's beliefs, to live with more mental lightness, to stop taking everything personally and wisdom to not assume without knowing the truth. One of the evils that human beings have is assuming what they have not...

2. The four agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz

I learned that observing, waiting and acting judiciously is worth more than reacting quickly and impulsively. Slow decisions are often underestimated, but this book teaches you that they are the most solid decisions.

3. Wisdom is the reward – Ryan Holiday

An honest look at desire, lack, and why happiness is not a permanent state. Very interesting, it made me see that happiness is not pursued, it is enjoyed in the small moments, in the present, that a perfect day will never come when I say from now on ...

4. Happiness – Gabriel Rolón

💰 2. MONEY, WORK & LONG-TERM THINKING

These books changed my relationship with money and work: less urgency, more strategy and long-term vision, I was a woman in a hurry to make money, but this taught me that money comes to you only when you let go of that obsessive idea of having it

Simple principles that are still valid to build financial stability, help you be aware of your finances and how to organize them.

1. The richest man in Babylon – George S. Clason

I understood why constant discipline surpasses talent or momentary motivation. That a single small habit made with a lot of discipline can change everything

2. Good to Great – Jim Collins

Not to copy everything, but to question the traditional work model. It changed the way I now see work, not as a sacrifice, but as something pleasurable. I really recommend you take a look at it

3. The 4-hour work week – Timothy Ferriss

A clear view on creating value before chasing quick income. Money is an exchange, it only comes to you if you offer value in exchange. Life is not only about making money, but first learning to serve

4. The art of making money – Mario Borghino

🎯 3. FOCUS, DECISION-MAKING & PERFORMANCE

These books for me are diamonds, they directly influenced my way of concentrating, learning to decide with Neutrality under pressure, above all maintaining discipline and letting go of what no longer resonates with me even though it may be painful

It helped me understand the importance of emotional management and learn to think in probabilities. This mentality helped me not give up at the first failure, because I learned to see each situation as a probability, so I let go of the need for it to...

1. Trading in the Zone – Mark Douglas

I learned that deep focus is a real competitive advantage, you don't need to spend 10 hours on something, your mind needs to relax to think well, 2 hours of maximum concentration can beat 10 hours of going back and forth on a situation

2. Deep Work – Cal Newport

A practical guide to understanding human nature, the importance of communicating without manipulation, it taught me the importance of knowing how to express myself correctly, attracting attention in an elegant way without being grotesque, how to conv...

3. How to win friends and influence people – Dale Carnegie

A gem of a book, I loved it, because I was a very clingy person, I wanted everything to turn out the way I wanted and that led me to frustration, this book taught me to learn to Letting go of what you don't control, letting things take their time and...

4. Let Them – Mel Robbins