8 Great Self Development Books You Must Read

Here is some great self development books you must read with some snippets from each to give you an idea about the author. As you work on your self development these books will help guide you to achieve your goals from getting things done and stop procrastinating to developing habits of highly effective people. We all know we want to reach our peak state and be as productive as possible, but when you don’t know where to start or how to maintain we spend a lot of time and effort with little or no improvement. These books will give you the direction and valuable habits along with strategies at shark psychology you need to maximize and use your full potential.

1–The 48 Laws of Power – Robert Greene

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Re-Create Yourself

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.

– Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

2–The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen. R. Covey

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

– Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

3–Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time – Brian Tracy

If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.”
This is another way of saying that if you have two important tasks before you, start with the biggest, hardest, and most important task first.

– Brian Tracy, Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

4–Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition – Napoleon Hill

Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.

– Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

5–How to Win Friends & Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

– Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

6–The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle

Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.

– Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

7–The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg

Change might not be fast and it isn’t always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.

– Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

8–Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general.

– Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow