5 Must-Read Books to Achieve Your Goals This Year

Girl Code: Unlocking Success in Life, Friendship, and Business

Let’s start with the presentation of the book. It’s incredibly girly! The black and pink style looks very chic. Inside the book, there are also black and white images with very motivating quotes. The author touches on topics of business, friendship, and a bit about personal life, answering our most common questions.

The book features interviews with famous businesswomen who share their journeys and experiences in building their businesses. The book is simply amazing! It’s very motivating and inspiring, covering everything related to women’s business. It breaks down many stereotypes. There are inspiring quotes on every page.

Besides business, the author also talks about friendship. How to find true friends and maintain friendships. How to deal with envy, overcome fear, and decipher the Girl Code. The author answers all these questions very clearly and with light irony.

Excerpt from the book:

What does every woman need? Women need to love themselves more. They should learn to inspire each other. If you see a beautiful woman, compliment her. If she is a good mother, tell her. Say that she has great shoes. That she has lost weight and looks great. There is nothing more inspiring. Women should become ladies again.

What should they get rid of? They should envy and gossip less. It’s important to remember that when you speak ill of someone, you start to look bad yourself. Make the phrase “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all” your motto. Men despise overly expressive women: with their behavior, they show that they are dangerous.

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

From “Atlas Shrugged,” you can learn a lot of interesting and useful things. The book is truly educational. It teaches you to value yourself and your work, and not to expect something for free. Be thirsty for life. Don’t complain about those who have already achieved something, feeling sorry for yourself. Don’t envy them and undermine them, but strive for all your goals.

After all, to achieve success and reward, you need to work, and work again. It not only inspires but is also a must-read book.

Excerpt from the book:

People don’t want to think. And the deeper they sink into problems, the less they want to think. But thanks to a certain instinct, they feel that they must think – hence, they feel guilty. Therefore, they will bless and follow anyone who justifies their mindlessness. Anyone who turns into a virtue – a highly intellectual virtue – what they have always considered their sin, weakness, and guilt.

Rework: A Revolutionary Approach to Business

About business in simple language. Everything is clear, concise, and simple, but how spot-on. You should take every written word seriously because the authors have truly put all their experience into it.

Excerpt from the book:

“It’s unrealistic. At least in our reality, this will never work.” You hear this time and again when you share your fresh idea with someone. It seems that this “real” world is a terribly gloomy and oppressive place. A place where new ideas, unconventional approaches, and foreign concepts always fail. Instead, only what people already know and do can be successful, even if it’s imperfect and ineffective. But look closely at the inhabitants of this “real” world – and you will see that they are full of pessimism and despair. They expect fresh concepts to inevitably fail. They believe that society is not ready or able to change. Worse, they want to pull others into their bunker. If you are full of hope and ambition, they will try to convince you that it’s impossible to realize your ideas. They will say that you are just wasting your time. Don’t believe them. Maybe such a world is indeed their reality, but it doesn’t mean you have to live in it too.

Beat Procrastination: How to Stop Putting Things Off

If you aim to finally stop postponing big and small tasks, the book “Beat Procrastination: How to Stop Putting Things Off” will help you. The author provides numerous ways to stop procrastinating.

First and foremost, he recommends always having a list of tasks for the current day at hand. When you procrastinate on something significant, find a small task in the list (for example, wash the dishes, load the laundry, or something else). Your brain will feel the same as if you had done something very important. And most importantly, after completing several such small tasks, you will almost certainly feel motivated.

Excerpts from the book:

But beware! Procrastination is not just laziness. A lazy person doesn’t want to do anything and doesn’t feel any anxiety about it. But someone who procrastinates would be glad to do something but can’t start. Procrastination should not be confused with rest. During rest, we recharge with new energy. With procrastination, on the contrary, we lose it. The less energy we have, the higher the chances of postponing the task indefinitely and doing nothing again.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Make decisions. Show me a person who has enough humility to take responsibility for what happens in their life, and enough courage to show the initiative necessary to creatively overcome their problems, and I can show you what real choice power is.

Know – do. Remember: knowing and not doing is the same as not knowing. Being able and not doing is the same as not being able. Start changes with yourself. We began to understand that if we want to change something, we need to start with ourselves. And to change, we must first change our perception. Don’t replace your essence with words. Ultimately, who we are turns out to be much more eloquent than what we say or do. Develop the right habits. Our essence is reflected in our repeated actions. Hence, perfection is not an action, but a habit (Aristotle).

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