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Personal Development Books List

Here is a list of personal development books sorted by categories to help you master personal development skills.

Personal Development Books by Category

I used the following categories:

Getting Started | Attitude, Character | Body Development | Career Development | Communication Skills | Courage, Self-Confidence | Decision Making, Choice | Emotional Intelligence | Focus | Goals, Achievement | Habits | Happiness, Feeling Good | Intelligence, Thinking Skills | Intuition | Leadership | Learning | Motivation, Self-Discipline | People Skills, Interpersonal Skills | Positive Thinking, Optimism | Purpose, Passion | Relationships | Self-Awareness | Spiritual Intelligence | Strengths | Stress | Success | Wealth | Work-Life Balance

Getting Started

  • 180 Climbing the Two Ladders to Inner Strength & Outer Freedom, by Rob White
  • A Philosopher’s Notes: On Optimal Living, Creating an Authentically Awesome Life and Other Such Goodness, by Brian Johnson
  • Getting Results the Agile Way, by J.D. Meier
  • Go Put Your Strengths to Work, by Marcus Buckingham
  • Personal Development for Smart People, by Steve Pavlina
  • Success Principles by Jack Canfield
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
  • The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, by Stephen Covey
  • The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership, by Joelle K. Jay
  • The Success Journey, by John Maxwell
  • Unlimited Power, by Tony Robbins
  • Work from the Inside Out, by Nancy O’Hara

Attitude, Character

  • Art of Living, by Epictetus
  • Attitude 101, by John Maxwell
  • Be the Hero, by Noah Blumenthal
  • The Winning Attitude Your Key To Personal Success, by John Maxwell

Body Development

  •  The 4-Hour Body, by Tim Ferris

Career Development

  • Is Your Genius at Work?, by Dick Richards
  • The Dip, by Seth Godin
  • The Perfect Resume, by Tom Jackson
  • Work from the Inside Out, by Nancy O’Hara

Communication Skills

  • How to Communicate, by Martha Davis
  • Lifescripts, by Stephen M. Pollan
  • The Exceptional Presenter, by Timothy J. Koegel
  • Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion, by George J. Thompson PhD

Courage, Self-Confidence

  • Screw It, Let’s Do It: Lessons in Life and Business, by Richard Branson
  • Unleash the Warrior Within, by Richard J. Machowicz

Decision Making, Choice

  • Choices That Change Lives, by Hal Urban
  • Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions, by Gary Klein

Emotional Intelligence

  • Emotional Capitalists: The New Leaders, by Martyn Newman
  • Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman
  • The Emotional Energy Factor, by by Mira Kirshenbaum

Focus

  • Simple Zen: A Guide to Living Moment by Moment, by by C. Alexander Simpkins
  • The Power of Full Engagement, by Jim Loehr
  • The Power of Less, by Leo Babauta
  • The Power of Focus, by Jack Canfield

Goals, Achievement

  • Awaken the Giant Within, by Tony Robbins
  • Be All You Can Be, by John Maxwell
  • Goal-Free Living, by Stephen M. Saipiro
  • Goals!, by Brian Tracy
  • Living an Extraordinary Life, by Robert White
  • Living At The Next Level, by John Maxwell
  • Overachievement, by John Eliot
  • Maximum Achievement, by Brian Tracy
  • Success 101, by John Maxwell
  • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, by Benjamin Franklin
  •  Unlimited Power, by Tony Robbins
  • Your Road Map for Success, by John Maxwell

Habits

  • Atomic Habits, by James Clear
  • Getting Results the Agile Way, by J.D. Meier
  • Napoleon Hill’s Keys to Success, by Napoleon Hill
  • Personal Development for Smart People, by Steve Pavlina
  • Tactics: The Art and Science of Success, by Edward de Bono
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
  • The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, by Stephen Covey
  • The 80/20 Individual, by Richard Koch
  • The Success Principles, by Jack Canfield

Happiness, Feeling Good

  • Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, by David D. Burns

Intelligence, Thinking Skills

  • 7 (Seven) Kinds of Smart, by Thomas Armstrong
  • Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Brain Rules, by John Medina
  • How Successful People Think, by John Maxwell
  • How to Have a Beautiful Mind, by Edward de Bono
  • Managing Your Mind: The Mental Fitness Guide, by Gillian Butler
  • Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain, by Tom Stafford
  • Mind Magic Techniques for Transforming Your Life, by Marta Hiatt
  • Mind Performance Hacks, by Ron Hale-Evans
  • Power Thinking, by John N. Mangieri
  • Six Thinking Hats, by Edward de Bono
  • Smart Questions, by Gerald Nadler
  • The Art of Worldly Wisdom, by Willis Barnstone
  • The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz
  • The Memory Book, by Harry Lorayne
  • The Seven Sins of Memory, by Daniel L. Schacter
  • Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques, by Michael Michalko

Intuition

  • The Power of Intuition, by Gary Klein

Leadership

  • Developing the Leader Within You, by John Maxwell

Learning

  • Secrets of a Buccaneer, by James Bach
  • The 4-Hour Work Week  Tim Ferriss

Motivation, Self-Discipline

  • Self-discipline in 10 days: How to go from thinking to doing, by Theodore Bryant
  • The Now Habit, by Neil A. Fiore

People Skills, Interpersonal Skills

  • Antipatterns: Identification, Refactoring, and Management, by Phillip A. Laplante
  • Coping with Difficult Bosses, by Robert Bramson
  • Crucial Confrontations, by Kerry Patterson
  • Crucial Conversations, by Kerry Patterson
  • Dealing with People You Can’t Stand, by Dr. Rick Kirschner
  • Get Them On Your Side, by Samuel B. Bacharach
  • How To Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
  • Masters of Networking, by Ivan R. Misner
  • Personal Village, by Marvin Thomas
  •  Social Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman
  • The Art of Talking to Anyone, by Rosalie Maggio
  • The Likeability Factor, by Tim Sanders

Positive Thinking, Optimism

  • Learned Optimism, by Martin E. P. Seligman

Productivity

  • Getting Results the Agile Way, by J.D. Meier
  • Getting Things Done, by David Allen
  • How Full Is Your Bucket?, by Tom Rath

Purpose, Passion

  • The Success Journey, by John Maxwell
  • Who Are You? What Do You Want?, by Mick Ukleia

Books on Relationships

  • For Men Only, by Shaunti Christine Feldhahn
  • For Women Only, by Shaunti Christine Feldhahn
  • Forgiveness Is a Choice, by Robert D. Enright
  • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, by John Gray
  • Should I Stay Or Go?, by Lee Raffel

Self-Awareness

  • 180 Climbing the Two Ladders to Inner Strength & Outer Freedom, by Rob White
  • egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset, by David Marcum
  • Lifetypes, by by Sandra Krebs Hirsh
  • What You Can Change and What You Can’t, by Martin Seligman

Spiritual Intelligence

  • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, by Eckhart Tolle

Strengths

  • Character Strengths and Virtues, by Chris Peterson and Martin Seligman
  • Go Put Your Strengths to Work, by Marcus Buckingham
  • Now, Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham
  • StrengthsFinder 2.0, by Tom Rath

Stress

  • 10 Simple Solutions to Stress, by Claire Michaels Wheeler
  • Learn to Relax, by Mike George
  • Overachievement, by John Eliot

Success

  • 180 Climbing the Two Ladders to Inner Strength & Outer Freedom, by Rob White
  • How Successful People Think, by John Maxwell
  • Napoleon Hill’s Keys to Success, by Napoleon Hill
  • Success 101, by John Maxwell
  • Success Principles by Jack Canfield
  • Tactics: The Art and Science of Success, by Edward de Bono
  • Unlimited Power, by Tony Robbins
  • Your Road Map for Success, by John Maxwell

Wealth

  • 7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness, by Jim Rohn
  • Getting Rich Your Own Way, by Brian Tracy
  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert T. Kiyosaki
  • Think and Grow Rich, by Napolean Hill

Work-Life Balance

  • Fat,Forty,Fired, by Nigel Marsh
  • Work from the Inside Out, by Nancy O’Hara

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