During this past school year was when I really fell in love with self-help books. My mother recommended The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin to me, and I gave it a shot. It's now one of my favourite books of all time. My favourite self-help books are the personal ones: people sharing their own stories inspires me so much more than generalized advice from someone who doesn't talk about their own life.
Since then I've read dozens of self-improvement books. Here are some of my favourites:
- Obviously, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin.
- 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam: All about time management and how we can make the most of the 168 hours we are given weekly.
- Live It, Love It, Earn It by Marianna Olszewsk: Money management for women. It was on the perfect level for me - not a simple intro, but not too advanced
- Life is What You Make it by Peter Buffett (Warren Buffet's son). I was expecting that I would find the author entitled and snobby, but I was completely wrong. Buffett talks about how his father raised him to work for what he wants, and how everyone can/should do the same.
Basically, what I want to get across is how valuable "self-help" books can really be. I'm absolutely not unhappy with my life - quite the opposite - and I think the impression of these books can sometimes be that they're only for people that need to turn their wreck of a life around. There is always room for improvement.
Sometimes I only really retain one piece of information from a self-help book. But if that one piece helps me change something in my life for the better, it was worth it to me.
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