If you've been a prescriber of the channel for a long enough time you'll
know that I preach about reading quite often have tons of videos that discussed
a variety of benefits that reading can bring into your life but I haven't ever
really shared with you the books that I think you should read so in today's
episode I'm gonna share with you guys what I consider to be the six most
important books that you really really should consider reading but before we
get started I like to thank audible for sponsoring this episode for those of you
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absolutely free I suggest you pick one of the six books that I'm going to talk
about today because they are all available on audible the first book on
my list is actually the first self-improvement book I ever read how to
win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie it must have been seventeen or
eighteen when I first picked up this book now I'm sure many of you have
already heard of this book it's probably the most recommended self-improvement
book out there and there's a reason for this see what this book does is it
teaches you simple little rules to keep in mind for social interactions I don't
want to spoil the book for you but there are certain things that you can do that
will drastically increase your ability to befriend people the book essentially
teaches you how to become more likeable and that's one of the most powerful
skills out there because if you can get people to like you then things will
start to go your way you'll find that you have an easier time making friends
getting jobs making sales and one of the great side effects of all of this is
that you will be much happier and here's something to think about when you learn
how to make friends you're essentially learning how to make others happy and
this is one of the most fulfilling feelings out there the ability to spread
joy and that's what how to win friends and influence people teaches you the
next book on my list is also related to social interactions what is everybody
saying by Joe Navarro Navarro was an X F agent whose specialty was reading people
he passes on his knowledge in this book in an extremely easy to read format in
fact I was able to finish this book in just two days now this book is very
important because body language plays a crucial role in social interactions this
is a must read for anyone that feels like they aren't performing that well
socially there's so many of us that feel awkward or don't know what to do during
social gatherings and I believe a big reason for this is because of our
exposure to the Internet many of us have grown up in an environment where we
socialize with people more online than in real life we're in a society where we
use social media platforms like Facebook or snapchat more than we spend time
speaking with people in person and this has caused many of us to lose our
ability to read body language well reading body language is an extremely
important skill because you can tell what a person is feeling by looking at
their body language during a conversation you're never always gonna
say the right things you're bound to have jokes or comments that others don't
find that entertaining especially if it's your first time meeting them now if
your ability to read body language isn't sharp you'll often find yourself saying
the wrong things without even knowing and this can easily make you come off as
more annoying or repulsive and you will find yourself having a much harder time
making friends or establishing romantic relationships because you can't tell
what you're doing wrong being able to read body language is like being able to
see what answers on a test you got wrong if you don't have the ability to see the
right answers then you'll never know what to adjust the next book on my list
is models by Mark Manson now this book is an interesting book to be honest it
kind of comes off as a sleazy pick-up book but the core lesson it teaches you
is actually incredibly valuable you know that piece of advice that people throw
around oh just be yourself well this book actually teaches you why and how to
do just that because there's so many of us that feel like we need to do certain
things or say certain things to impress people we need to like certain sports we
need a where certain clothes etc models teaches you how by just sticking to what
you love saying what's on your mind and quote-unquote just being yourself
will actually get more people to like you it also happens that this concept
will drastically improve your romantic relationships by a lot now I know it
sounds kind of vague but trust me there's a reason why I've read
book three times over because that core lesson is just that important now the
fourth book on this list is Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki it's the
only book on wealth that I have on this list and there's a reason for that Rich
Dad Poor Dad teaches you a very simple mindset that will quite literally change
your life it's a mindset that makes a lot of sense but no one ever talks about
it it's not taught in school it's not talked about in the media my friends my
parents none of them knew about it I know I'm beating around the bush by not
telling you what this mindset is but I don't want to spoil the book for you
it's honestly a super easy read it's a short book and I was able to finish it
in just one day and I actually do a tribute a lot of my success to this book
this simple mindset that I keep talking about is definitely something that I
still think about quite often it's the reason I've made certain choices in my
life and it's without a doubt one of the main reasons I'm doing what I do right
now if you want to be rich one day you have to read this book the fifth book on
my list is the power of habit by Charles Duhigg this was actually one of the
books that I used to build the same course this book is a must read because
it teaches you about how habits work see our destiny what we accomplish in life
is ultimately determined by what sort of habits we have if we have a bunch of bad
habits then chances are we're not going anywhere anytime soon Joe Haeg breaks
down exactly how habits work and what you can do to change them if you've
watched the team course and you're working on changing the habits in your
life and this is definitely one of the books you have to read the more you
understand why and how your addiction works the inner workings of all habits
then the more things you can do to make sure you overcome it a very very
important book for anyone that wants to change their life the sixth and final
book on this list is a very special book it's a book that I've read four times
over it's a book that I've gifted to over 20 people it's a book that quite
literally changed my life it's the power of now by Eckhart Tolle and I'll be
honest the premise of this book is pretty weird
Eckhart was a man in his late twenties became fed up with life and claims to
have spent a month just sitting on a park bench in a state of bliss he talks
about the root of all suffering why so many of us feel miserable about our
lives why we like to argue with our loved ones why we can't find happiness
the book is written in a rather art form at every
couple of pages there's a prompt for you to set the book down and think about
what you just read I had many many breakthroughs the first time I ever read
this book it drastically changed the way I viewed the world and I can proudly say
that has made me into a happier person and that's the reason I love gifting
this book out so much because I want to spread that joy and these are what I
consider to be the six best self-improvement books out there I
highly suggest you check them out because each and every single one of
these books has drastically changed my life for the better if you want to
purchase any of these books refer to my reading list which I will link to in the
description box below if you'd like to listen to any of these books remember
they can receive an audio book for absolutely free via audible which I also
link to in the description box below thank you for watching and stay tuned