Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance is a book on philosophy disguised as a story about a road trip.
Chris Guillebeau's $100 Startup is a look into the world of micro businesses. You don't need to create the next Facebook to make enough money to improve your life.
Crush It! By Gary Vaynerchuk examines how to build a business out of a passion. Offers tips on making a lifestyle business and making enough money to live doing something you really enjoy.
Richard Koch's The 80/20 Principle is based around his study of The Pareto Principle. Applied mostly to a business context you could look at it as 20% of your actions or clients create 80% of your results.
Paul McGee's How Not To Worry looks at easy practical ways to help overcome anxiety and stress. Focusing on small, actionable changes you can learn to free up some mental space and think more rationally.
Book Summary: How Should We Live? Roman Krznaric's book How Should We Live? Looks at why we think the way we do about certain important elements of our lives, from…
Book Summary: Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules Nearly a 100 years ago author Napoleon Hill developed these rules for us to incorporate into our lives. Many of these tips find their…
Joshua Kaufman's The First 20 Hours is all about learning new skills quickly.
Paul Dolan's Happiness By Design is inspired by his behavioural research. He examines how happiness happens and how we experience it as well as some simple tools for feeling happier.
The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday is a collection of daily wisdom from stoic philosophers. Some of these philosophers include Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca.