12 Nov 7 Books to Improve Your Life Hustle
Sometimes we all need a pick-me-up, to help us reset or even just spark some new energy altogether! Today we’re sharing 7 books to improve your life hustle, applicable to a variety of different areas of life.
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
In Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Brown dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness. She argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage. She explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment, and the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, empathy, innovation, and creativity.
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, The Vagina Monologues gives voice to real women’s deepest fantasies, fears, anger, and pleasure, and calls for a world where all women are safe, equal, free, and alive in their bodies. This award-winning masterpiece is a landmark in women empowerment that honors female sexuality in all its complexity.
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
With profound empathy and radiant generosity, Gilbert offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration, in Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives.
Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson
Buddha’s Brain draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate your brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth. By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights from thousands of years of mindfulness practice, you too can use your mind to shape your brain for greater happiness, love, and wisdom.
Playing Big by Tara Mohr
In her coaching and programs for women, Tara Mohr saw how women were “playing small” in their lives and careers, were frustrated by it, and wanted to “play bigger.” In Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create & Lead, she divulges a proven way for them to achieve their dreams by playing big from the inside out, in a way that is applicable to every woman.
Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Ego is the Enemy draws on a vast array of stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history, of figures who all reached the highest levels of power and success by conquering their own egos. Their strategies and tactics can be ours as well.
Tribe of Mentors & Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris
For Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World, Ferris reached out to the most impressive world-class performers in the world. This book contains practical and tactical advice from mentors who have found solutions to common self-identifying questions. Whether you want to 10x your results, get unstuck, or reinvent yourself, someone else has traveled a similar path and taken notes.
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers deep dives into information divulged by Tim Ferris throughout his podcast. This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and ‘inside baseball’ you won’t find anywhere else.
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