10 Books That Will Help You Reach Your Goals

Inspiration can come from any place, at any time, and it varies for every individual. Some Inspired by successful people around them some by reading books. Here’s a list of 10 books that will help you reach your goals, because books can be great motivators when you feel lack of motivation.

Atomic Habits by James Clear

This international bestseller is a personal development guide, which talks about the way we build habits and how they influence us. It delves into the importance of honing habits that will enhance your future. Clear also tells us the way to consciously stop falling yourself from falling to the level of your systems and rise up to the level of your goals.

Deep Work by Cal Newport

Here’s a self help book that will help you tune in all distractions and focus on only, and nothing but, your goal. He first talks about the need for and benefits of a deep worth ethic in any and every field. He then provides a rigorous training regimen to cultivate this work ethic. This is definitely a goal oriented book that’s a must have.

The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

This book offers insight into the biases, fallacies and errors of thinking our mind is prone to, such as the sunk cost fallacy and the fundamental attribution error. This will help you understand how your mind may mislead you, enabling yourself to steer clear of these biases and stay on the right path.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

This book outlines seven tips to become a success and be productive in both professional and personal spheres of life. This is important because to reach goals, one needs to hone several skills such as time management and more to boost productivity. Here’s a book that will tell you exactly how.

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

In this novel, Kahneman explains in detail the two ways in which our mind works. System 1 is the faster, less complex and heuristic based method of responding to immediate dangers. System 2 is the slower but more thorough and complex way of thinking. Kahneman talks about the upsides – speed and reaction time – and downsides – the biases and errors – of the fast way of thinking. Knowing how the mind works will help you understand yourself better. You will know your process, your path and how to get there.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

In this book, Gladwell makes a case study of the most successful, most extraordinary and most famous people, from Bill Gates to the Beatles. And then he breaks down to us what sets them apart from the mediocre, guiding us through the secrets of all high achievers. His answer is their background, their roots, their upbringing. It’s where they come from.

Nudge by Richard Thaler

Sometimes the only thing you need to reach your goal is a little ‘nudge’ along the way. This book is a nudge in the right direction – a nudge to making good decisions about health, wealth, joy and goals. This is a guide to forming a sensible choice architecture.

Scrum by Jeff Sutherland

This is a book that provides the secret to boosting productivity. Its very subtitle is the art of doing twice the work in half the time. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to productivity, this book is a much needed motivation booster and efficiency enhancer.

The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul

This book delves into the workings of the mind and offers insight into working ‘outside of the mind’ – with feelings, hormones, intuition etc. This is a worthy book to have because of the unconventional subject matter it tackles. While all other books focus on the mind, this book helps you tackle the other biological entities that also factor into our decision making process, which is vital for your goals.

Be Exceptional by Joe Navarro

With 25 years of experience with the FBI, and his decisions and leadership was a matter of life and death. Here he notes down five principles which helped him, namely observation, self mastery, communication, action and psychological comfort. This book is exactly what this title suggests – a guide to being exceptional.

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