Books are simply printed sheets of paper, covered with texts, language, and illustrations created by the author. Books are so influential that they can be a great source of learning, knowledge, and success. It can mold your life and help you achieve your goals. Books are packed with wisdom and life lessons that you can even learn from the lessons of the past.

Books come in different genres. You can read depending on your interest or your curiosity and to your liking. There is fiction, action, and adventure. And there are comic or graphic novels. You can also read classic books, fantasy, or detective mysteries. And most importantly, self-help books, written to help solve personal problems in any particular area of your life.

What to Read 

The best self-help books with great authors are no less best-selling, inspiring, and very motivating. These books help improve emotional well-being, spirituality, and even finances. These books also encourage you to improve in any facet of life, such as these five books to help you reach your goals. 

1. Awaken the Giant Within 

The book Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins explains that many people go through the flow in life without consciously thinking of shaping their destiny. This book is written to shape the readers’ lives by showing the roadmap of self-mastery to create a future in any circumstances. 

Awakening the giant within yourself will help you discover yourself and your limitless capabilities to surmount the fears and the self-limiting beliefs. All these hinder and control you throughout the journey in life.

Also, this book will help you break your constant dependency on external factors like the environment. It will also help you get out and control yourself, your life, and your future.

2. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

The Happiness Project, authored by Gretchen Rubin, is about her pursuit of happiness in scientific research. Rubin wants to maximize her degree to summarize the tasks she wants her readers to follow to pursue their happiness project also.

She breaks the unguided belief that says “unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish.”

The book teaches readers to identify the things that give joy, engagement, and satisfaction. After reading the book, it will inspire you to create your happiness project.

3. No Excuses- The Power of Self Discipline 

No Excuses: The Power of Self Discipline by Brian Tracy emphasizes that success is accomplished through self-discipline, not exceptional talent and good luck. This book guides readers to achieve success in their personal goals, money and business goals, and overall happiness.

No Excuses shows you how to be more disciplined without excuses. You will learn how to be more successful in every aspect of your life without comparing yourself to others’ success. In its 21 chapters content, each chapter contains exercises to help you apply the “no excuses” approach and practice it in your own life. It will help you stop making excuses and succeed.

4. Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Changes Everything 

Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Changes Everything is a New York best-selling book by BJ Fogg. The step-by-step guide that this book contains is designed to make habits from small and positive steps. It also teaches the readers to stick through positive success and celebrate small wins and milestones.

Tiny Habits shares breakthrough discoveries that are easily adaptable in transforming your life. It also teaches you to feel good about yourself and learn to celebrate success instead of feeling bad about failures.

Generally, Tiny Habits makes the process of forming a habit by starting with small steps.

5. The Magic of Thinking Big 

This book, The Magic of Thinking Big, was published fifty years ago and remains as relevant now as it was before. Dr. David Schwartz, the author, answers the famous question “What makes a person successful?” through anecdotes and advice.

The book teaches you to believe that you can naturally achieve your goal; you only have to believe in yourself and do it.

It gives you new ideas and helps your store information better. When you read a lot of books, you can connect the new ideas with the older ones already stored in your brain and you can form connections that will expand your intellectual horizons. 

That’s why reading is not simply a hobby. It’s a superpower. But even though we know how important it is to read books, we never manage to find time to fit in in our schedule. This post discusses some tips you can apply right now to read a book for thirty minutes each day without making any major changes to your schedule. Read on to know to build this amazing new habit that will result in rich dividends down the line.

1. Read before going to bed

A wonderful tactic to reduce your screentime as well as getting more reading done is to replace your phone with a book at bedtime. The next time you retire for the day, keep your phone in another room and take a book or an e-reader instead.

This way, you get some reading done before going to sleep and make sure that the time you would have otherwise spent mindlessly scrolling through social media is doing something productive.

2. Read after waking up

Another benefit of going to sleep with a book by your side is that you won’t have your phone at your bedside to check your notifications when you wake up the next day. Instead, you can pick up your book and start reading from where you last left the story.

Reading before starting your day is a great way to fill your mind with positivity and buzzing your consciousness with ideas.

4. Read while having meals

Practicing mindfulness while eating is great, but an effective way to get more reading done is to keep your e-reader propper up in front of you while having a meal. While this isn’t a great strategy if you share your mealtimes with family or friends, but can be a great way to dispel the loneliness and get the most out of your meal times if you live alone.

I’d have suggested keeping a book open while you eat, but turning the pages is hard with one hand, especially if you’re reading a paperback. And thus, having an e-reader solved the problem.

5. Set a reading goal

Websites like Goodreads are a great way to challenge yourself to read a fixed number of books each year. They have the option where you can set a reading goal each year and mark your progress as you complete each book.

Since Goodreads is a form of social media for book lovers, it’s also a great way to hold yourself accountable and meet fellow book-lover friends.

6. Track your reading habit

This is slightly different from the previous step. While in the previous step, you mark off each book you finish as you inch towards completing your reading goal; here, you congratulate yourself for sticking to your reading habit each day of the week. The former focuses on reading more books while the current one is focused on building a reading habit.

You can download a habit tracker and start marking how many pages you read each day. This will help you feel accomplished for small achievements and serve as an invaluable tool towards keeping you more accountable for your reading goals.

A wonderful tactic to reduce your screentime as well as getting more reading done is to replace your phone with a book at bedtime. The next time you retire for the day, keep your phone in another room and take a book or an e-reader instead.

This way, you get some reading done before going to sleep and make sure that the time you would have otherwise spent mindlessly scrolling through social media is doing something productive.

2. Read after waking up

Another benefit of going to sleep with a book by your side is that you won’t have your phone at your bedside to check your notifications when you wake up the next day. Instead, you can pick up your book and start reading from where you last left the story. 

Reading before starting your day is a great way to fill your mind with positivity and buzzing your consciousness with ideas.

3. Read while having meals

Practicing mindfulness while eating is great, but an effective way to get more reading done is to keep your e-reader propper up in front of you while having a meal. While this isn’t a great strategy if you share your mealtimes with family or friends, but can be a great way to dispel the loneliness and get the most out of your meal times if you live alone. 

I’d have suggested keeping a book open while you eat, but turning the pages is hard with one hand, especially if you’re reading a paperback. And thus, having an e-reader solved the problem.

4. Listen to an audiobook while doing menial chores

When you’re occupied in tasks that don’t demand much mental space and energy, listen to an audiobook. This is a brilliant idea to make sure your mood stays upbeat while completing a chore you hate while also getting some reading done.

If you feel audiobooks aren’t your thing, many audiobook services provide a free 30-day trial. You can create an account, sign up for a free trial, and start listening to your favorite books today.

5. Join a book club

An in-person book club is a great way to read more books. However, if our city is in lockdown or you’re unable to step out of the house for whatever reasons, you can join an online book club.

Most book clubs have a simple agenda — they assign a specific book each month and have timely discussions based on various chapters and characters. This is a great way to reiterate what you’ve learned while at the same time finding other book lovers to befriend and bond with.

6. Set a reading goal

Websites like Goodreads are a great way to challenge yourself to read a fixed number of books each year. They have the option where you can set a reading goal each year and mark your progress as you complete each book.

Since Goodreads is a form of social media for book lovers, it’s also a great way to hold yourself accountable and meet fellow book-lover friends. 

7. Track your reading habit

This is slightly different from the previous step. While in the previous step, you mark off each book you finish as you inch towards completing your reading goal; here, you congratulate yourself for sticking to your reading habit each day of the week. The former focuses on reading more books while the current one is focused on building a reading habit. 

You can download a habit tracker and start marking how many pages you read each day. This will help you feel accomplished for small achievements and serve as an invaluable tool towards keeping you more accountable for your reading goals.