25 Best Self Improvement Books

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• Ken Block

  "One of the first books that really helped me achieve my management style and what’s helped me really be successful." - Ken Block

• DJ Vlad

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• Strauss Zelnick

  "Archaic references and overweening title to the side, it’s actually a great guide to leadership and salesmanship." - Strauss Zelnick

• Daymond John

  "I love all the Dale Carnegie books." - Daymond John

• Shay Carl

  "A staple that I have listened to three or four times." - Shay Carl

• Tim Draper

  "[One of the books] that are recommended or required at Draper University." - Tim Draper

• Sahil Lavingia

  Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

• Barbara Corcoran

  "A must read for anyone in business." - Barbara Corcoran

• Alex Hormozi

  Alex Hormozi recommended this book on Instagram.

• Michael Hyatt

  Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

• Ben Greenfield

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• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

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• Terry Crews

  "Incredible." - Terry Crews

• Jimmy Fallon

  "Talks about the meaning of life, and I believe you come out a better person from reading it." - Jimmy Fallon

• Tony Robbins

  "Taught me that if you change the meaning, you change everything." - Tony Robbins

• Simon Sinek

  "Single most important book you can read." - Simon Sinek

• Michael Gervais

  "Outlines methods to discover deep meaning and purpose in life." - Michael Gervais

• Daniel Pink

  "A hugely important book for me." - Daniel Pink

• Ev Williams

  On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

• Bryan Johnson

  "His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life." - Bryan Johnson

• Dustin Moskovitz

  Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.

• Sam Altman

  This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

• Chelsea Handler

  "One of those beautiful accounts of a terrible time in our history. His calm and sagaciousness, while witnessing one horror after another played out during his time in three separate concentration camps, is awe inspiring." - Chelsea Handler

• Ryan Holiday

  "Looks at how we find purpose by dedicating ourselves to a cause, learning to love and finding a meaning to our suffering." - Ryan Holiday

• Maria Popova

  "A meditation on what the gruesome experience of Auschwitz taught [the author] about the primary purpose of life: the quest for meaning, which sustained those who survived." - Maria Popova

• Aniela Gregorek

  "A book I have gifted to many people because it changed the way I think about human suffering and grace in life." - Aniela Gregorek

• Fedor Holz

  "[From it] I interpreted that we cannot avoid suffering, but we can choose how to cope with it, and that having meaning in our life is essential." - Fedor Holz

• Turia Pitt

  "[If people are] doing a bit of soul searching, hands down [I give them this book]." - Turia Pitt

• Chip Conley

  "If I were to take the meaning of [this book], and turn it into an equation, it would be despair equals suffering minus meaning." - Chip Conley

• Dave Elitch

  Dave Elitch mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

• PewDiePie

  "A great tool to help people. [...] In case something really bad happens, I feel like, from reading this book, I'm better equipped to handle it." - PewDiePie

• Shane Parrish

  "As hard as you think your life is, it pales in comparison to Auschwitz." - Shane Parrish

• Phil Jackson

  "An important book for me." - Phil Jackson

• Tom Bilyeu

  Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

• Lex Fridman

  "I reread [this book] quite often." - Lex Fridman

• Mark Manson

  Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

• Alastair Humphreys

  "Slim but packed with wisdom that I often come back to. I really recommend you read it." - Alastair Humphreys

• Steve Kerr

  "Incredibly inspiring." - Steve Kerr

• Robin Black

  "One of the great books ever written exists because of one of the worst times in human history. From suffering comes beauty." - Robin Black

• Jim Kwik

  "Illustrates that it’s not our circumstances but the decisions we make that diminish or develop us." - Jim Kwik

• Michael Hyatt

  Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

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• Stewart Brand

  Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

• Bryan Johnson

  "I started reading [this book] and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life." - Bryan Johnson

• Derek Sivers

  "If you liked 'Predictably Irrational' or 'Stumbling on Happiness' or any of those pop-psychology books, well, this is the Godfather of all of their work." - Derek Sivers

• Sam Altman

  One of Sam Altman's answers to "What are some of the best books you recommend for a young startup founder?"

• Ron Conway

  "Covers all three phases of [the author's] career: his early days working oncognitive bias, his work on prospect theory, and his later work on happiness." - Ron Conway

• Jason Fried

  "I enjoyed [this book]. Fascinating." - Jason Fried

• Nassim Taleb

  "A landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud." - Nassim Taleb

• Sahil Lavingia

  Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

• Mark Manson

  Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

• Jay Shetty

  "[One] of my favourite books." - Jay Shetty

• Michiko Kakutani

  "Has become essential reading in many baseball front offices and among coaching staffs." - Michiko Kakutani

• Preston Pysh

  "An incredible book!" - Preston Pysh

• Ben Greenfield

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• Michael McCullough

  "Helps you decide which action to actually take." - Michael McCullough

• Shay Carl

  Shay Carl referenced this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

• Jenn Im

  "Has changed my life in such a positive way." - Jenn Im

• Jim Kwik

  "This personal development classic is a classic for a reason." - Jim Kwik

• Michael Hyatt

  Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

• Ben Greenfield

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• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

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• David Heinemeier Hansson

  "My key takeaway from [this book] was the concept of lifestyle design." - DHH

• Marc Andreessen

  "[The author] basically takes all of the time management and personal productivity theories of the last 20 to 30 years and pushes them to 11, to paraphrase 'Spinal Tap.'" - Marc Andreessen

• Jason Silva

  "I was very affected by [this book]. I was like this guy has it figured out." - Jason Silva

• Mike Shinoda

  "I do talk about [this book] quite a bit." - Mike Shinoda

• Mark Bell

  "Taught me better ways to manage my time and the value of not making myself too busy." - Mark Bell

• Maurice Ashley

  "Made me ditch the average life in search of one with complete flexibility and freedom to live life on my terms." - Maurice Ashley

• Tim Draper

  "With this kind of time management and focus on the important things in life, people should be able to get 15 times as much done in a normal work week." - Tim Draper

• Derek Sivers

  "Brilliant reversal of all of the 'how to manage all your crap' books." - Derek Sivers

• Rolf Potts

  "Challenges the reader to seriously consider an essential–yet rarely asked–question: What do you really want from life?" - Rolf Potts

• A.J. Jacobs

  A.J. Jacobs mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

• Caterina Fake

  Caterina Fake mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

• Ev Williams

  On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

• Gary Keller

  "This is a significant book." - Gary Keller

• Laura R Walker

  "For those who struggle with productivity and taking control of their lives, [I give this book], of course!" - Laura R Walker

• Marc Goodman

  One of Marc Goodman's most-gifted or recommended books.

• Mike Maples, Jr.

  "If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint." - Mike Maples, Jr.

• Lewis Howes

  "I've only probably read 4 books cover to cover. [This is one of them.]" - Lewis Howes

• Jodie Cook

  "Life and work are reimagined and built back from scratch, in a way optimised for freedom and enjoyment." - Jodie Cook

• Brian Dean

  "This book created thousands of entrepreneurs over the last 15 years… including me." - Brian Dean

• Michael Hyatt

  Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

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• Ali Abdaal

  "Helped me understand how habits are formed and what we can do." - Ali Abdaal

• Ben Greenfield

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• James Clear

  "[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear

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• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

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• Pete Holmes

  "I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps." - Pete Holmes