Top 5 Books on Mindset and Achieving Your Goals
As a big majority of us are still staying put at home, wading slowly into the ever changing, uncharted waters of a post COVID-19 era, there’s never been a more perfect time for setting goals and attuning your mindset to live our best (albeit different) year yet.
Whether it’s learning a new language, starting a side hustle, eating healthy, mending fences, or still trying to work a new routine, it’s important to set goals for the remaining of the year and work on turning your dreams into a reality. We all know that maintaining the right mindset and sticking to your goals can be difficult, particularly with so much uncertainty in the world. Luckily, with self-discipline and some advice from the pros, you can learn how to crush your goals.
With that in mind, check out these 5 books on mindset and reaching your goals in 2020 and beyond:
1. ‘Your Best Year Ever’ - Michael Hyatt
In this book, Michael Hyatt breaks down his five simple and proven ways to set goals the right way, upgrade your mindset to match those goals, and take consistent action towards achieving them.
Quote from the Book
“Great results don’t just happen. You don’t usually drift to a destination you would have chosen. Instead, you have to be intentional, force yourself to get clear on what you want and why it’s important, and then pursue a plan of action that accomplishes your objective”
2. ‘Rewire Your Brain’ - Dr. John B. Arden
This comprehensive, science-based guide covers how you can change the programming in your brain to match the new reality you want to create. You get to understand more about neuroplasticity and how to focus on the new behaviour you want to instil in order to achieve your goals.
Quote from the Book
“Repetition rewires the brain and breeds habits. In other words, the more you do something, the more likely it is that you will do it again in the future. That’s why baseball players go to batting practice, golfers go to driving ranges, and piano players practice for hours on end.”
3. ‘Essentialism’ - Greg McKeown
If you feel like you’ve been getting off track lately, this book teaches you how to become an essentialist by focusing on what matters most and ignoring the rest. It’s about doing less, but better and sticking to the single most effective path towards your goals.
Quote from the Book
”Only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.”
4. Creating Your Best Life - Caroline Miller
This book offers new ideas on matching your personal dreams with practicality using research-validated information on goal accomplishment. It essentially connects the science of positive psychology with setting and achieving goals.
Quote from the Book
“...thirty years of research on life satisfaction show that happiness requires having clear-cut goals in life that give us a sense of purpose and direction. When we make progress toward satisfying our most cherished needs, goals, and wishes in the sixteen areas of life that contribute to contentment, we create well-being.”
5. Goals! - Brian Tracy
In this book, Brian Tracy discusses how to analyze your belief system, clarify values, and ultimately recognize that you are responsible for creating the future that you want. He also demonstrates how to use your weaknesses to help you grow, as well as turn your fears into success.
Quote from the Book
“The seventh key is that you must have a major definite purpose for your life. You must have one goal that, if you accomplish it, can do more to help you improve your life than any other single goal.”