STOP Reading Self Help Books, Read THESE Instead

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There are so many personal development books that changed my life, but after getting so many book recommendations and reading all of them, I started to realize that the best books weren't personal growth books at all - the best self help books are the ones that are foundational to improving ourselves but which aren't usually considered self improvement books. These top self help books are ones you'd least expect, but if you read these books FIRST, you'll find yourself far better positioned to actually use a lot of the information you learn in these books.

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00:00-00:27: Books you need BEFORE self help books
00:28-02:20: The book to help you learn faster
02:21-04:50: The book to help you spot BS
04:51-06:35: The book to help you deal with people
06:36-08:12: The book to help your professional life
08:13-10:31: The book to begin your self help journey
10:32-12:56: The most overlooked reading habit

[stephenpetro]

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Limitless by Jimi Kwik
Being Logical by D.Q. McInerny
Captivate by Vanessa Van Edwards
Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz

For your reading list

[calonstanni]

"BEING LOGICAL!" that's what I'm gonna dive into first.

[jlevans]

I think another important component to this is understanding how YOU learn. something I did not ever know about until my mid 30s. For example, I'm a tactile and visual learner, which is why I get more out of videos, comics and taking things apart than I do from just reading something which is helpful but I just don't get as much out of. I think it was why I struggled with algebra in school as opposed to geometry which i can visually see or measure if I had the tools.

[WilliamSai]

Thank you so much 😊. Why aren’t there more people talking and sharing about this.

[LuffyPlus-]

Completed limitless and Captivate got a lot to learn❤❤ thanks again

[gatz]

thanks for this video. I will definitely pick up some of these books if not all eventually

[ka-fa]

Thanks to this video in this productivity rabbit hole i dont feel lost anymore

[jsil_]

Amazing video sir, I'll definitely be sharing your information with my circle and looking into these texts that I'd once looked over. Also, thank you for also explaining the importance of the news. I used to always believe it to be nothing but propaganda and negativity, but there's far more to it than that, and I'm very glad you defined this. Very sound advice in all, subscribed!

[mohibquadri]

Top class analysis with pure facts !! Stephen how to you tackle information overload focus on 1 thing could you practically explain especially when our tasks are somewhat boring ..

[raynoldj]

Subscribed! I have many self-help books/audio programs but I still don't see any significant improvement in my life. Will be reading the books you mentioned in the video. Four of the books except Captivate are available in the local book stores in my country.

[hugoantunesartwithblender]

Great video. On tge part how to deal with people i would say fiction books in general. There are so many studies that is almost a fact, creading fiction increase our empathy. And empathy, instintivly will teach how to deal with people.

[jrduarte]

Some self help books are really good - the problem in my opinion is just when you start reading it as a hobby, always thinking that you need more books to solve your problems. It’s essential to find a balance between reading and practicing - actually a lack of balance, because you need to output more than you consume

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[seanslattery]

Serious comment and question: you recommend a book on good thinking (logic), but on your fifth recommendation you appeal to the celebrities of Robbins and Chopra, both of who are people who rely on illogical, un-scientific, even anti-scientific thinking? How do reconcile this? Thank you in advance

[jominksimon]

Which book you recommand as a starting point? I'm not a native english speaking person and have some difficulties to understand hard stuff. Please recommand....

[FlaschDJ]

Is your compensation enhanced when a viewer watches until the end?

[Aj-fdne]

05:40 personality test is also bs but i think you are talking along the lines of introspection, empathy( getting in others prospective or shoe ), game theory ( here in this context individualistic approach to external stimuli or subject or object to acclaimed internalised goals or prospects), am i wrong here if so how and why, please also add ( plus english is my 3rd language so sorry if any mistakes and do point them out as it lead to improvement )

[omaralamad]

Unfortunately non of these is available here in my country ( Jordan )

[LuffyPlus-]

The best video u will get on YouTube to recommend u to best books u should read as a beginner or even as a pro telling after checking his 1st 3 books and following him as a new person.
I just don't like the book logical thinking because i wasn't much understanding it