I have read a lot of self-help books throughout my journey of self-improvement; however, in some of them, you feel that you have an emotional attachment to them. Although the book is not a fictional story or a novel, it's written in a way that makes you very engaged while you’re reading, penetrates deep into your memory, and still makes you want to read it more than once in a relatively short period of time.
Often, for me, the book that has this quality is the one that sheds light on our common mechanical way of living in a certain aspect of life and gives us the truth on how we should approach the same aspect the right way.
So I would like to share with you five of my top self-help books that give unusually fresh insights on different important and misunderstood topics.
The six pillars of self-esteem by Nathaniel Branden
This book starts off with an insight of the type I’ve mentioned; it claims that low self-esteem is the cause of all psychological problems and some of the physiological problems as well.
This from my experience and observation, is very much the truth. Maybe one of the top 5 problems humanity is dealing with now is the issue of low self-esteem.
The writer is very familiar with the topic; he wrote more than five books and maybe even more about the same topic until "Six Pillars” came out.
And in my opinion, this is the best book you can read on this issue. The book gives you insights about what self-esteem really means and includes because our understanding of it is very shallow and narrow, and of course, the six principals of self-esteem and how you can apply them in your own life.
Mastery by George Leonard
A little beautifully written book explains the right mindset you need to have in order to achieve mastery in anything in life, which is very different—the opposite, in fact—from our approach in this age, where everybody expects quick results and immediate gratification.
The writer is very aware of this, and he put it like this: "the war against mastery". The book explains why you should become a master of something in life and gives you the principles of a master.
Letting go by David Hawkins
A must-read guide for understanding the relationship between thoughts and emotions and how they affect each other, how to deal with your psychological mess and go beyond it, the mechanical ways that people normally used to deal with emotions throughout their lives and why they don’t work, and the most common limiting beliefs we have in this age.
The power of full engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz.
One of the most important, if not the most important, skills you want to have to thrive in life as a human is energy management. For an animal, life takes care of his energy by instinct, but a human needs to learn how to manage his energy in his own way to create his own unique life. The book is very aware of this principle and shifts your awareness from wasting your energy on time management to energy management.
The book start off by saying” energy, not time, is our greatest currency”
The way of the superior man by David deida
A look at the true masculinity that men have lost touch with because of a lack of good examples—this book is the perfect example of what a man can be.
The author in the first section of the book explains two types of men that don’t embody true masculinity,yet most men are in one of the two categories.
I like the style of writing in this book as much as the wisdom contained; it’s written in a philosophical way yet is very simple and easy to digest.
A collection of insights about how a man can deal with women, intimate partners, sex and sexual energy, and life in general, The psychological traits a man must have and understanding the differences and similarities between men and women’s journeys in life and how they can help each other This is not just for men; women also need to understand the man’s psyche, which will give them insights about their own, and the book also talks about women’s unique ways and psychological needs.
