Self Help

Stop Procrastinating: 11 Books to Help You Achieve Your Goals

7 February 2017

single women at work make less money So you want to change your life. Maybe it’s a big goal: To launch a new career, buy a house, move to a new city. Or perhaps it’s something more modest: guitar lessons or a Spanish class. All of these goals are attainable with enough effort, but taking the required steps takes time and planning. Sometimes that means everything stagnates, and you continue to feel unfulfilled. How do we push past it? These 11 books will help you push through that feeling.

Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations
by Dan Ariely

Bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals fascinating new insights into motivation—showing that the subject is far more complex than we ever imagined. Every day we work hard to motivate ourselves, the people we live with, the people who work for and do business with us. In this way, much of what we do can be defined as being “motivators.” From the boardroom to the living room, our role as motivators is complex, and the more we try to motivate partners and children, friends and coworkers, the clearer it becomes that the story of motivation is far more intricate and fascinating than we’ve assumed. Payoff investigates the true nature of motivation, our partial blindness to the way it works, and how we can bridge this gap.

5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
by Mel Robbins

How to enrich your life and destroy doubt in 5 seconds. Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself? Using the science of habits, riveting stories and surprising facts from some of the most famous moments in history, art and business, Mel Robbins will explain the power of a “push moment.” Then, she’ll give you one simple tool you can use to become your greatest self. It takes just five seconds to use this tool, and every time you do you’ll be in great company. More than 8 million people have watched Mel’s TEDx Talk, and executives inside of the world’s largest brands are using the tool to increase productivity, collaboration, and engagement.

Conquering Procrastination: How to Stop Stalling & Start Achieving!
by Neil Fiore

In the best-selling tradition of Getting Things Done, health psychology and stress management expert Neil Fiore helps listeners overcome the ultimate setback in Conquering Procrastination.

Unclutter Your Life in One Week
by Erin Rooney Doland

Time of the essence when looking to carry out a home reordering strategy and this guide is just right for those who need to complete their home makeover in matter of days rather than several weeks.

Organization expert Erin Rooney Doland will show you how to clear the clutter, simplify your surroundings, and create the stress-free life you deserve—in just one week.

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth

In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Duckworth, now a celebrated researcher and professor, describes her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not “genius” but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance.

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
by Charles Duhigg

A key early step in establishing a new routine and understanding why you can't let go of your old routines.

The Power of Habit, presents scientific analysis of patterns found in business, society and everyday life to explain how habits form and why they are so hard to break. It also offers practices that we can break those cycles.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen, James Fallows

Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.

Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.

Time Management from the Inside Out, Second Edition: The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule
by Julie Morgenstern

Applying the groundbreaking from-the-inside-out approach that made Organizing from the Inside Out a New York Times bestseller, Julie Morgenstern set a new standard for the time- management category. Her system has helped countless readers uncover their psychological stumbling blocks and strengths, and develop a time-management system that suits their individual needs.

By applying her proven three-step program-Analyze, Strategize, Attack-and following her effective guidelines, readers will find more time for work, family, self-improvement, or whatever is most important to them. Time management is a learnable skill, and in this completely revised edition, Morgenstern provides the ultimate tools to combine, delegate, and eliminate unnecessary tasks; put technology to work; and stop procrastinating once and for all.

7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey

This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Stephen Covey’s cherished classic commemorates the timeless wisdom of the 7 Habits. One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25 years. It has transformed the lives of Presidents and CEOs, educators and parents— in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations.

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
by Brian Tracy

The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 450,000 copies sold and translated into 23 languages) provides the 21 most effective methods for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. This new edition is revised and updated throughout, and includes brand new information on how to keep technology from dominating our time.

No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline
by Brian Tracy

Most people think success comes from good luck or enormous talent, but many successful people achieve their accomplishments in a simpler way: through self-discipline. No Excuses shows you how you can achieve success in all three major areas of your life, including your personal goals, business and money goals, and overall happiness.

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