Zak Parker
What is life? What is life’s purpose? Why are we here? What are we meant to do? Does it even have a point? These are questions that have plagued most people during their lifetimes, in their most silent and contemplative moments.
Has anyone found a definitive answer to them? No, but some found enough insight to actually determine what to do with their lives. If such insight is what you look for, here are the best books to reflect about life.
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#1 Stop Depriving The World of You: A Guide for Getting Unstuck by Darlene Corbett
Book recommendation by Darlene Corbett from UnStuck by Darlene Corbett
Darlene Corbett has had 30 plus years in the people business. She wrote a personal development book on positive, life-changing ways to get unstuck.
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#2 13th Grade: Real World 101 by Daniel Hofstein
Book recommendation by Daniel Hofstein
This book is meant to teach why various elements of our modern day society (Money, Laws, etc.) work the way they do without judgement (i.e. if it is better to keep your mouth shut when interacting with the police and how to do so) and written with the help of over 40 industry experts. The goal is to give a person information to make their own knowledgeable decisions. The largest portion of the book is dedicated to financial aspects but delves briefly into many topics. (The book is available free for download on the author’s LinkedIn!)
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#3 The Impostor Syndrome by John Graden
Book recommendation by John Graden from The Official Website of John Graden
When presenting a keynote or workshop, I love how many of the attendees instantly recognize The Impostor Syndrome and are relieved that it’s not just them. The Impostor Syndrome is the feeling that you’re not as smart, talented, or skilled as everyone thinks your are and you fear that you’re about to be exposed as a fraud.
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#4 Tales From The Day by Wayne D. McFarland
Book recommendation by Wayne D. McFarland from Tales From the Day
This book, through a series of short vignettes, Illustrates that humor and meaning from life can be gleaned from events which happen with no planning at all.
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#5 Dear God Are we there yet? by Alicia Sanchez
Book recommendation by Alicia Sanchez from Dear God Are we there yet?
How many times in your life have you found yourself wondering where you are going in life? What are you supposed to do when you get there? How are you going to get there? “Dear God are we there yet?” That was my question. I realized the answer to our personal questions can most often be found by looking within when we find that we have complete access to this part of us. You then awaken and start driving your spiritual vehicle. We question if we are self-guided Gods or being guided by a God? In this book, this movement, I use a car and road trip as a metaphor. When we are able to see and feel our purpose and our truth we can start maneuvering that God particle that will guide us like a built-in inner GPS. Just as you were guided here.
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#6 Trusting All I Want by Timothy C Sansone
Book recommendation by Steve Turner from Solomon Turner PR
This book by Timothy C. Sansone promotes the need to be able to with interact with different types of people in life and at work. The book spotlights four rising young professionals. Each has their own goals and desires. Each with their own personality type. The four characters become intertwined and must deal with the ensuing conflicts created by their relationships. The result shows the risks and rewards of trusting fully in our desires. It also demonstrates the need to be emotionally flexible in both your personal and professional life.
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#7 The Cannabis Manifesto by Steve DeAngelo
Book recommendation by Laura Geftman, LCSW from The Calm, Cool & Collected
If you’re the least bit canna-curious- this is the book for you. Cannabis activist, advocate, entrepreneur, and educator Steve DeAngleo provides context and commentary to explain the need for cannabis legalization.
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#8 Searching for God in the Garbage by Bracha Goetz
Book recommendation by Bracha Goetz from Bracha’s Books
From an Amazon reviewer of Searching for God in the Garbage: If anyone had it all, it was Joanne Singer. Attractive, intelligent, popular, Harvard grad, headed for greatness. So why was she obsessed with being thinner, more popular, especially with boys? Obsessions that took over her life. This important book is for anyone who is trying to find their way back to a place of equilibrium, to restore themselves to a life of real meaning.
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#9 “Incremental Improvements: Change Your Life One Small Step At A Time” by Mike Brodsky
Book recommendation by Mike Brodsky from Incremental Improvements
If you’ve had a tough time sticking with your resolutions, this book discusses some strategies designed to lead you on the path to success, one small step at a time. Whether you’re looking to make improvements to your financial wealth, or your physical and mental health, you’ll find specific actions and behaviors that you can choose to change in order to improve your life, improve the lives of others, and improve the world.
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#10 Life Lessons from a 40 something… by Pamela Sommers
Book recommendation by Pamela Sommers from Pamela Sommers
“A refreshing self-help book that is filled with big-hearted advice to help you overcome your fears, motivate and empower you to reach for your goals, no matter what your current circumstances are.
Your helping hand through life, it covers the good times , the challenges and the parts nobody likes to talk about, it is based on real life, making it easy to relate to.”
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#11 Public Affairs: The Choices We Make by Elizabeth Ferry-Perata
Book recommendation by Elizabeth Ferry-Perata from 3L Publishing and PR
“This book deals with many different life issues: The book is broken into three parts – the granddaughter’s story, the grandmother’s story, and then wraps back around to a heartbreaking choice the granddaughter Ella must make about her future with her movie star fiancé Charles Grady. Public Affairs is aptly named because Ella is a PR “repairwoman” to the stars who have destroyed their careers through misbehavior. She meets Hollywood bad boy Charles Grady with whom she sparks an incredible, intense mutually agreed upon attraction. When tragedy strikes, she must make the hardest decision a woman could make.
This introduces the parallel story between her Grandmother Minnie, who is widowed after her husband Henry has passed away. At this point in the story, family secrets come out and reveal Minnie’s own heartbreak. Minnie’s story is one of love, loss and the ability to move on and start over.
The book begs question about whether or not one should honor his/her partner’s wishes. Is someone “dead” just because his/her body still has a beating heart? How do you forgive someone for taking his/her own life? What is the impact on the families in both scenarios? How do you make such devastating decisions that will forever change lives? How do you face tragedy with grace and resilience?”
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#12 Be The Bigger Person: Scenarios & Solutions to Better Yourself by Avni Parekh
Book recommendation by Avni Parekh from Be The Bigger Person
Be The Bigger Person: Scenarios & Solution to Better Yourself by Avni Parekh is a self-help book for successfully managing and overcoming negative experiences and is great for teens as well as adults—basically anyone wanting to improve their mood, reduce their stress, and lead a more satisfying life. Be The Bigger Person discusses several scenarios that people deal with in their public and private lives from family, friends, relationships, home maintanence, work, academia, driving, flying, tragedies and even public places, then offers practical solutions to dealing with the problem or problems at hand.
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#13 MENSCH•MARKS: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi by Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
Book recommendation by Rabbi Joshua Hammerman from menschmarks
“If Rabbi Joshua Hammerman has his way, the word mensch will become as popular and ubiquitous as that other Jewish favorite, the bagel.
According to Hammerman, being a mensch, an exceptional human being, transcends any other accomplishment. The award-winning journalist and veteran spiritual leader believes there’s nobility in normalcy, especially in these tumultuous times, which is why he’s written MENSCH•MARKS: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi (HCI; April 2, 2019). ”
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#14 Life Without Lawyers: Restoring Responsibility in America by Phillip K. Howard
Book recommendation by David Reischer from LegalAdvice.com
Phillip K. Howard, the author of the previous best selling book “The Death of Common Sense”, has followed up with another important book about life but from a social perspective. Phillip K. Howards book “Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law” is a grim but humorous analysis of the loss of freedom to make sense of daily choices in America. From ridiculous product safety warnings to the increasing bureaucracy that is stifling our common-sense decisions. The book details the way laws are shaping Americans thoughts and actions into a twisted perverse maze of contradictory incentives.
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#15 Not Your Average Cup of Joe – Rough or Fine Grind, It’s Your Life, So Make the Change, One Cup of Joe at a Time. by Joseph Braithwaite
Book recommendation by Tracy Lamourie from Not Your Average Cup of Joe
“NOT YOUR AVERAGE CUP OF JOE takes everything you might think about what the average person might think they are able to accomplish and turns it on it’s head. With this book, Braithwaite truly shows that every single person not only has unique and admirable qualities, but the ability to parlay those qualities into REAL success – allowing them to succeed beyond their highest hopes. “Worried you’re an average Joe,?” the book asks. It then reassures you – whoever you are – you are not.
This inspirational book with real actionable ideas is far more than just words between two covers. In Not Your Average Cup of Joe, Joseph Braithwaite inspires with his own life story of rising from hardship, overcoming adversity and becoming a successful leader, how he decided to take charge of his life during the time it took to drink just one cup of coffee. He teaches readers how they can do the same. ”
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#16 Whispered Truth, a Harrowing True Novel of Abuse, Forgiveness and Hope by CIndy L. Smith
Book recommendation by Cindy L Smith from www.whisperedtruth.com
Whispered Truth is a rare, suspense filled novel, that shares deep intimate truths about abuse, while weaving in miracles that give the reader hope. Whispered Truth is a story that will impact the reader and give them courage to deal with family abuse in a different way than most ‘self-help’ books can. It is a story many will be able to relate to with statistics about abuse, helpful resources and a call to action.
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#17 Men’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Book recommendation by Apollonia Kang, LMHC, Ed.M from Apollonia Kang Therapy
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl who survived Nazi death camps offers an important insight in this book: although we cannot control what happens to us, we can choose how to react to our suffering, and find meaning in it. Viktor Frankl also describes the essence of logotherapy in this book: the main driving force in one’s life is the search for meaning. The quest for meaning prompts people to take actions and experiment – an experience that helps many break the vicious cycle of depression.
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#18 The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington
Book recommendation by Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics
Sleep is an essential component of a person being physically and mentally healthy, which is exactly the position of Arianna Huffington in this book. Huffington talks about how people are getting less and less sleep these days, and how this affects virtually every aspect of a person’s life. She delves into the history of sleep, the significance of dreams, and the research science has done on the benefits of sleep. The book assesses how public opinion about sleep is harmful and why we should all incorporate more sleep into our daily lives.
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#19 Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
Book recommendation by David Duford from Buy Life Insurance For Burial
This book by Christopher Hitchens is his account of his experiences after diagnosis of terminal esophageal cancer, and his thoughts on facing the potential for death. Readers learn about the importance of stoicism in the face of demise, and the importance of strength and conviction of mind. Through the progression of Christopher’s disease, the book shows that life, although mortal, can be well-lived, right to the end.
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#20 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Book recommendation by Joseph Sleek from All Day Progress
“48 Laws of Power has some weird admirers like Fidel Castro, 50 Cent, and DJ Calvin Harris, who has one of the laws tattooed on his arm.
48 Laws of Power walks you through the 48 laws the richest and most successful people use to acquire and maintain power. This book covers influence, negotiations, and relationships with bosses and power players.”
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#21 Dark Chocolate for the Soul: Turning a Bitter Life into a Sweet Life No Matter What Happens to You by Milana Perepyolkina
Book recommendation by Milana Perepyolkina from Gypsy Energy Secrets
This book offers the solutions to a wide range of problems. From troubles in your early childhood to current struggles in your adult life. From sickness and injuries to the death of a loved one. From impatience, fears, emotional abuse, and scars to loneliness, physical danger, bad luck, and betrayal. With each problem, there is a way to turn that bitterness into something sweet. A way to overcome those obstacles that are keeping you from living the life you truly want to be living. All you have to do is start with the first bite.
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#22 Naked Salsa by Crystal Henry
Book recommendation by Crystal Henry from Crystal Henry Writes
Crystal Henry lost a bet with her husband and found herself making Mexican food…wearing nothing but tube socks. Peer into the diary of a madwoman as she reflects on the good, bad and sometimes ugly side of marriage and life with kids. This book is a compilation of some of the author’s best and award-winning columns with bonus material from her preschool and surrogacy blogs. It was strategically written as a light and easy read with plenty of breaks for those who aren’t even used to going to the bathroom alone. So get ready to laugh, cry and hug your kids through this Erma Bombeck-esque account of the reality of family life.
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#23 Everything is Happening at Once: A Memoir by Jonathan Marcus
Book recommendation by Jonathan Marcus from Jonathan Marcus Writer
Smart. Funny. Radical. Challenging. A memoir that reads like fiction and instantly hurls you into the chaos, questions and wonder of everyday life. The book transports you on a wild ride to wring the most out of life. Careen through two decades of a spiritual quest, ranging from solemn meditation to live theater production to crazy bacchanals. Experience this zigzag path through the clear and shockingly candid observations of the right hand man to the talented and arguably brilliant yet conflicted leader of this uniquely dynamic group. Join this unlikely journey in The Work.
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#24 I CAN’T CLEAN, DON’T MAKE ME, The Lazy Way to Conquer the Mess by Dixie Lee Johnson
Book recommendation by Dixie Lee Johnson from Dixie’s Blog
This book is for the overworked, physically challenged or just a plain lazy individual who hates to clean but wants to live in tidier surroundings? There are many clever tricks along the way in these writings without taking one’s life too seriously. It’s an almost autobiographical look at the author’s journey through time raising two little boys who make this single parent jump through hoops while trying to manage a really messy house. The stories are sometimes humorous and other times disastrous. Yet the solutions put forth are amazingly simple. You cannot finish this book without consciously or subconsciously incorporating some of the suggestions into your own lifestyle.
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