Ten books, 10 hours, and tons of ideas to stay productive and positive in your life, business, career, and relationships
These 10 books will take less than 10 hours to read and give you tons of ideas to stay productive and positive in your life, business, career, and relationships.
1) THE ART OF WAR
Read it to know how to battle the dark side and get stuff done.
1. Choose your battles
2. Timing is essential
3. Know Yourself/Enemy
4. Have a unique plan
5. Disguise your plans
6. The best way to win is not to fight at all
7. Change represents an opportunity
8. Success breeds success
2) READY FOR ANYTHING
This book is a condensed version of Getting Things Done organized into 52 easily digestible chunks. You can read it in an evening, though not if you get incited midway to write down ideas of things to try.
3) EAT THAT FROG!
Brian Tracy’s compilation of 21 anti-procrastination strategies hammers home the argument that, like eating a frog, you’re better off just getting it over with handling the tough task you really don’t want to tackle.
4) THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP
Read Marie Kodo’s organizing manifesto to declutter your life if you need the kick in the pants to clean out your closets and stop living in chaos.
It’s also about being intentional with what you choose to own and how that impacts your way of living, thinking, and perspective on life.
5) LIVING FORWARD
If you ever realize that life is not just about waking up, eating, and sleeping, this book will show you how to get direction, purpose, and fulfillment. Read it to know why you need a Life Plan, how to write one, and the amazing life you can have if you implement it.
6) THE COACHING HABIT
Read this book to learn the questions, attitudes, and habits you require to become great at motivating your team and helping them become self-sustainable.
You will know that much of leadership comes down to asking the right questions rather than barging in to rescue employees and making a muck of everything.
7) THE NEW ONE-MINUTE MANAGER
Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson’s earnest little tale book revolves around three simple tools which take 60 seconds or less but tremendously improve how you get the job done, motivate people and deliver results.
8) HOW FULL IS YOUR BUCKET?
This slim book from Tom Rath and Donald Clifton points out that any relationship where the negative outweighs the positive will likely fail.
The premise of the book is that everyone has an invisible bucket. When our bucket is full, we feel happy and proud of ourselves. And when our bucket is empty, we feel lonely and sad. We need other people to help fill our buckets, and other people need us to help fill their buckets.
9) THE MIRACLE MORNING
Most of us, even not morning people, still wake up on time when we have to go for a holiday, pick up our loved ones, have our birthday, and so on.
Hal Elrod writes that the key to success is creating a life so wonderful you recapture the same excitement you have to dedicate time to personal development each day with the help of a 6-step morning routine to create and shape that time.
10) THE LITTLE BOOK OF TALENT
Daniel Coyle’s book distills the takeaways into 50 lessons exploring the concept of talents, skills, and capabilities. It offers a multitude of effective tips and tricks on how to acquire skills using methods tested by top performers worldwide.
