Self Improvement book suggestions

1. No More Mr. Nice Guy by Dr Robert Glover
I think I have recommended it a few times on this forum
Others:
2. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius or other books about stoicism
3. Feel the fear and do it anyway by Susan Jeffers

But I was most influenced by a book that does not belong to the genre of self-improvement:
4. Endurance by Alfred Lansing

That's it from me

 

You can condense all these bullet points down into a lack identity capital. The only way to discover who you are and what you want is to make a point to do it. That effort and the subsequent discoveries will cause all the problems you have listed here drop away. Make friends that support you in this effort. Pick people you are interested in, ask them questions, and then listen. Reciprocate by sharing a little bit about yourself. Socializing is like learning to read or riding a bike. At some point you cross a threshold where you forget what made it difficult in the first place.

 

The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters
A highly accessible book that gives advice on how to manage your mind.
Feeling Good by David D. Burns
An exhaustive set of tasks/skills to deal with anxiety and or depression.

 

I have experienced that depression phase/ anxiety and the books that helped me are:-

• Power of your subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie

 

The Power of Habit (Charles Druhigg) is one that often gets brought up on this board, and with good reason. There are many examples but the core philosophy can be applied to almost anything that one does habitually/addictively - and if youre on this board, you have an addictive personality.

 

"The slight edge" is very good. Touches on habits etc.