{"id":264980,"date":"2022-03-30T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formnutrition.com\/us\/?p=264980"},"modified":"2022-09-15T10:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T14:38:38","slug":"best-self-help-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formnutrition.com\/us\/inform\/best-self-help-books\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Brilliant Self Help Books: Be the Best Version of Yourself With These Life Changing Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"

From nabbing that hard-earned promotion to finally clearing out the cupboard<\/a> under the stairs, there’s a self help book for every little win in life you need guiding through.<\/p>\n

Informal guides and codes of conduct have been a part of society since Ancient Egypt, but the origin of the modern self help book is most easily traced back to 1859 and ‘Self-Help’ by Samuel Smiles. The genre has come some a long way since that ‘bible of mid-Victorian liberalism,’ but the aim remains the same; mainly helping the reader become the best version of themselves they can be.<\/p>\n

It’s an idea we are passionate about here at Form<\/a>, and so to help you in all your mini-quests we’ve rounded up 12 of the best life-changing reads around.<\/p>\n

12 Life Changing Self Help Books<\/h2>\n

The Daily Stoic, By Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman<\/h3>\n

Channel the teachings of OG stoics Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Musonius Rufus, and Zeno with this easily digestible guide to the ancient philosophical concept rewritten for the 21st century.<\/p>\n

The book is intended to be read one page per day with each page featuring a quote from one of these stoic philosophers along with co-authors Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman’s<\/a> commentary. The main takeaway from it all? Stop trying to control what you can’t control.<\/p>\n

Deep Work, By Cal Newport<\/h3>\n

From your computer’s humming to those pesky notifications flashing up on your iPhone screen like fireworks, it’s hard to concentrate with the seeming onslaught of distractions that hit our senses every day. That’s where Deep Work comes in.<\/p>\n

Based on a phrase professor and author Cal Newport<\/a> coined on his blog Study Hacks<\/a>, the book shows you how to cut through all the distractions and unlock levels of concentration you never thought possible. You don’t need to go to Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind levels, but, hey, if it works, it works.<\/p>\n