Most of these recommendations are not ordinary self-help books, especially for 17-18-year-olds, because at this age it is more important to gain perspective on the world, culture, and oneself than to immerse oneself. Traditionally – help novels. But if you are not inspired, you can find motivation in books. After all, you are just going to college or studying there right now!
However, here is a list of encouraging books for students, not just novels that everyone should read:
- Italian citizen of Jewish race
- Remarkable for its simplicity
- Restraint, compassion
- Even wit
- Willpower is a mind-body response
- Willpower is not an unlimited resource
- Willpower failures are contagious
- Greater productivity at work
- Build confidence by mastering the seven steps to positive thinking
- Be successful by turning weaknesses into strengths
- Gain credibility by doing the right things for the right reasons
- Take charge by controlling things instead of letting them control you
1. You Can Win by Shiv Khera
This might be a conventional self-help book, but Shiv Khera managed to reach everyone with his simple yet effective ideas. The good thing about this book is that the language has been kept simple and in such a way that it is easier to understand.
The most mentally strong quote in this book is: “Be strong so that nothing disturbs your peace of mind.”
2. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal
Lack of willpower is perhaps the biggest enemy on the road to success, health and financial well-being. How many times have we tried to regain control, but after a while we gave in to the impulse and lost our temper? Kelly McGonagall’s book is an excellent practical guide to teaching willpower. Each chapter describes a core idea and how it can be used to achieve your goals. By applying the methods and strategies described in the book, you will learn to easily control your attention, emotions and desires. And it doesn’t matter if you want to lose weight, quit smoking, exercise, stop checking your e-mail every five minutes, start your business, or find a new job, the strategies in this book will empower you to make the ultimate change in your life.
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The book is about life without decoration. This is one of those books that will change your mind about certain aspects of life. A surprising and heartbreaking friendship between two boys, as it later turns out: brothers. The plot would basically look like an old Indian movie or Santa Barbara if written by a bourgeois author. But under Khaled’s pen, everything is different, he skillfully makes every cell vibrate, all his hidden fears and thoughts come out, all his childhood wounds that he would like to change – but there is no strength or opportunity. The main character Amir revealed himself and first of all confessed his cowardice and betrayal, and also managed to change not only his own fate, but also Sohrab’s.
The book makes you think about your actions, your attitude towards life and your loved ones.
4. Getting to Yes with Yourself and Other Worthy Opponents by William Ury
The sooner we come to terms with ourselves, the sooner we can come to terms with others. This book can be considered to belong to the category of those whose content you want to discuss, discuss in a heated debate and, as a result, help you understand yourself.
Coming to yes with yourself is a book about approaching the most important opponent in your life: yourself. It is not only how you communicate with others that matters, but also whether you are in harmony with yourself. All changes around you must start with yourself – this is already half the success. The book gives a lot of advice and this helps you understand yourself, gives you a lot of new ideas and helps you ask a lot of questions and find the answers yourself. You know, it’s a very refreshing outlook on life and it helps you look at many things in a new way.
5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is the story of a young man who survives a heartbreaking shipwreck and months in a lifeboat with a large Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Parts like the Indian boy and the tiger in the Pacific Ocean are considered a multi-page wish, or finding the Bollywood boy’s brother in the sea, Tiger’s brother and sister’s tiger cousin’s illegitimate son. Well, what else can you squeeze out of a texture like this? The author’s surprisingly easy language, sophisticated sense of humor, graceful cancellation of deviations – this is enough to read. Well, the story itself is a great example of how a person who has survived the most intense existential crisis (and what else to do for 7 months around the Pacific?!) triggers a psychological defense.
6. Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy is an expert in the psychology of success, one of the best known consultants in the field of self-realization and personal effectiveness. The book Eat that frog! 21 Amazing Ways to Stop Procrastination and Get More In Less Time Has Been Translated Into 40 Languages and Is Hugely Popular Around the World. The book presents the results of over thirty years of research on the distribution of time. It is about how to get the solution of complex problems out of the comfort zone. Using the practical advice provided in the book, you can find bookings you didn’t even suspect and prioritize things correctly, plan your schedules correctly, always work as efficiently as possible. The author knows for sure: you can get anything! The main goal is to do the job correctly.
7. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
There are novels that tell a great story and others that make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a book that succeeds in both. It is an extremely thoughtful and subtly provocative study of structural inequality, various forms of oppression, gender roles, domestic and racial discrimination. To read!
8. Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a 55-year-old Englishman who refused higher education to devote all of his time to journalism and writing. At the same time, his first artistic and journalistic material appears … Six years after the start of a career considered one of the oldest. This is the person who makes teenagers sit under a tent at night with a flashlight to read comics! The most famous cartoon of him- “The Sandman” and the novel that brought him popularity and success and became a bestseller- “Good Ende”.
What is this book about? It’s all about the magic … the magic of art! It must be every musician, writer, dancer, artist of all creatives who has lost motivation due to habits, when suddenly after waking up the idea comes: “I don’t read”. Making a good art book inspires you to take action, it’s made up of cartoons with lively phrases and calls to action.
The most powerful quote is: I hope you make mistakes. If you make a mistake, do something.
9. Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel laureate who has written an incredible book that delves into the mysterious world of our conscious and unconscious thought patterns. This book is filled with fascinating undiscovered revelations that will give you a deeper understanding of how you make decisions and how you react to certain things in your life. It is fun to read.
10. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
This book is also on the list of the most interesting books to read in college. This book can be recommended on several criteria. “Stop holding on to everything” – the main character tells us once again in a confident voice. His emotions are wasted on a full reel, poured into the nervous breakdown. And now the “double bottom” of self-awareness is a shame for him. The invisible division of the personality, when the taste for life is easily expressed by the glorious miracle of death, sings with mockery. The impenetrable night becomes eternal day. And inner fears are forever marked by freedom of choice, reason and love. In fact, the concept of LOVE is above all freedom.
Love heroes right away. They describe their bright portraits themselves: Tyler Derner in the smile of the angel of death Loki, who dictates his own rules and asks: “What is worse: hell or nothing?”. In her own words as him, Marla was a charming and sweet girl, but she turned into a petty, endless piece of dirt. And our protagonist, whose psychogenic coma whispers: “Is Tyler Derner my hallucination?” The Fight Club rules are fuzzy mantras throughout the book. Interesting and unforgettable artistic images, the clarity of the plot and the philosophical sadness. It’s one of those must-read books.
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