10 Books to Read to Be Successful in

2019

Success. The word has different meanings for different people.

For some people success is the same as making lots of money. For others
success is doing something you love and doing it well. While still other may say
that success is all about trying to achieve something difficult and making it
work.
There is business success, personal success, relationship success and of course
the physical success you get from winning in athletics. The exact success we are
talking about derives from context and the viewpoint of the person talking.
For the purpose of these success books, the books lean mostly toward success
in the business, entrepreneur and personal development areas of life.
Who doesn’t harbor fantasies about never having to punch a time clock again?
It’s not that you’re the idle type or that you’re dreaming of some distant
retirement. You just want enough money to be able to call your own shots. You
want to live for you, not for your boss.
The dream might be more attainable than you think. Not every successful
millionaire is an off-the-charts genius, and the majority of them didn’t just hit
the lottery, either. So what do truly successful people have in common?
Some authors have been willing to share the secrets they’ve discovered in
these enlightening books.
 1. Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity -
Charles Duhigg

A new book that explores the science of productivity, and why, in today’s
world, managing how you think—rather than what you think—can transform
your life.
As you guessed from the title, this book offers a new definition of productivity.
It teaches you how to shift your attention from the way you think and focus on
what you think.
The principle on which this book is based is that you can transform your life by
making some decisions, and here you will find the tools you need to rethink the
decision-making process.
Duhigg argues that you should not lose sight of small decisions and easy goals if
you want to make a big change in your life or your business.
 2. Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your
Hidden Powers to Succeed by Brian Tracy

Written by one of the world's most popular experts on success and personal
achievement, this book provides the reader with a powerful and proven system
that anyone can use to improve their life. Maximum Achievement includes
ideas and concepts that have been used by successful people in a variety of
fields. It helps the reader find his or her own potential for greatness, positivity,
persuasion, and focus.
This book is based on a successful seminar program that has dramatically
increased the income of thousands of people and improved many areas of their
lives.
Tracy offers a step-by-step guide to success with proven principles that have
been drawn from psychology, business, economics, politics, religion,
philosophy, history, and even metaphysics.
The ideas that he presents in this book are practical and reasonable for anyone
to handle. He spends some time in the book offering information on how
people's personalities are formed, which is a great look into psychology that
helps the reader think about how their past has formed who they are today.
Additionally, the sections of the book on relationships and parenting are
especially useful for those who are looking to improve their lives in those areas.

3. How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life by
John C. Maxwell

The world's most successful people have one thing in common: they think
differently from everyone else.
In How Successful People Think, John C. Maxwell lays out 11 specific ways of
thinking you can practice to live a better, happier, more successful life.
The book treats thinking as a discipline: the more you work at developing these
skills, the better at them you’ll be.
 4. Best Overall: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

Mark Manson might well be the most famous blogger who’s ever put his
fingers to a keypad, and he has a thought or two to share about his concept of
success as well — at least if you define a success in terms of personal
satisfaction.
This isn’t a book for the faint of heart or the easily offended. Laden with
expletives and off-color humor, Subtle Art is a short, quick read that effectively
tells you how to get over yourself and any sense of entitlement you might be
laboring under.
Manson takes the position that all that advice about positive thinking and
having an upbeat attitude is a crock that’s produced a generation of losers.
Give him credit — Manson has done a good bit of research. This isn’t just
another opportunity to take an up-on-a-soapbox bow.
Kirkus Reviews calls The Subtle Art an “in-your-face guide to living with
integrity and finding happiness.” It’s not pretty, but it’s real, and this New York
Times bestseller has sold over a million copies since its release in September
2016.
 5. 99 Perseverance Success Stories: Encouragement for Success in Every
Walk of Life by Michal Stawicki

In 99 Perserverance Success Stories Michal shares stories of success and

perseverance from every walk of life, every level of success, and across many
different cultures.
This is not just a dry recitation of the thoughts of a few millionaires on success.
It is wide ranging, and therefore much more useful.
This is great book to read when you feel a little bit down and unmotivated and
want to get the motivational equivalent of a shot of adrenaline strait to your
heart.
 6. Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant

While in the past success has been largely focused on talent, hard work,
passion, and luck, today it is more about how you interact with other people.
This success book explains the difference between takers, matchers, and givers,
which are all personality types in the workplace that have a large impact on
one's success.
Using evidence and true stories, the author shows the reader how to develop
personal connections that can help lead to success.
It highlights the effectiveness of networking, working in groups, influence,
leadership skills, and negotiation. This book is great for individuals as well as
groups and larger organizations.
Readers have found Give and Take to be very inspiring. While some think that
the writing could be more concise, the information that is offered is thought-
provoking.
 7. The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success by
Andy Andrews

The Traveler's Gift tells the story of one man's choices to offer the reader some
insight into what makes the difference between success and failure.
It looks to historical figures for guidance on the quest for strength and success.
The author presents seven decisions for success that can turn one's life around,
despite how hopeless it may seem.
This book is a great combination of self-help tools and fictional stories that are
able to keep the reader interested throughout. The book is able to keep up its
momentum while it is giving the reader instructions on how to create positive
thinking.
Although this book is written from a Christian perspective, the message is
universal and can be inspirational to all readers.
Some people may find the storyline to be a bit simplistic, but the author does a
great job of giving the reader positive suggestions for moving past some of life's
most difficult obstacles.

8. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink

Timing is of the utmost importance in our lives. According to Daniel Pink, time
of day can have a huge impact on our decision making, how well we learn and
our ability to be effective and productive.
Drawing from research in psychology, biology and economics, Pink reveals in
When how we can best time our lives to succeed. He offers strategies for self-
improvement and shows how we can we use hidden patterns of the day to
build the ideal schedule.
 9. The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get From
Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield

This success book has helped thousands of people improve their lives with its
practical and inspiring advice. The original version has been revised and
updated to reflect the constantly changing world.
This book helps the reader move from where they are to where they want to
be by giving lessons on increasing confidence, overcoming daily challenges,
living with a purpose, discovering one's passion, and achieving your goals.
The Success Principles includes a lot of inspiring stories of successful CEOs,
celebrities, world-class athletes, and even everyday people to explain the 64
principles that have been used by successful people throughout history. These
success principles can easily be adapted to anyone's life, no matter what your
final goal is.
Readers have found this book on success to be especially motivating due to its
focus on changing unproductive habits into productive habits. This is a
complete collection of principles that many readers find themselves coming
back to year after year as a refresher. Success Principles has something in it for
everyone, so is a great read for people of any background.

10.The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget and a Hunger
for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage -
Daymond John

If you like books that tell you how entrepreneurs have started a business from
scratch and have won fame, it's for you.
Daymond John, a businessman and American investor, says his own success
story. It talks about how to be determined and make the most of the tools,
relationships and resources you have to build a low-budget business.
From John you will see that when you start on a low budget road you are
forced to think creatively and use your resources more efficiently.