At home and have lots of time? Bored from watching online video content? Wanna do something that is productive and helps you to grow? Well, Reading is the best thing to do. We have for you the 10 Motivational and Philosophical books that you must read once in a lifetime. But hey, why don’t use this quarantine time to read the following books-
1. The Alchemist:
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” This is doubtlessly the best work of Paulo Coelho on dreams and wisdom that you can never miss. It’s the novel whose story revolves around a shepherd boy who travelled in the search of treasure, fell in love, meet the philosopher, and gained wisdom.
2. The last lecture:
“Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.”If you are given the last chance to address your colleagues and student(in the case you’re an educator) what would you deliver? Well, this is the last talk series of Randy Pausch, an American Educator, co-authored by Jeffrey Zaslow. When Randy was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer and had few months left, he addressed his students and colleagues and talked about his childhood dreams, his career, his life and lastly the lessons he learned.
3. Up from slavery:
“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” This is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington, American Educator. This is his life story, his struggles as a slave and how he got up from it with his hard work. This piece is all about struggle, hard work and the importance of education to uplift the suppressed section of society.
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4. How to stop worrying and start living:
This self-help book by Dale Carnegie is a masterpiece to get over any stressful situation and take life more easily. At the end of this motivational book, you’ll get enough knowledge of how to Stop Worrying and Start Living. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
5. Breaking Night:
A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard: Have you watched the movie”Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”? If you haven’t, then you should, before reading this autobiography of Elizabeth Murray. It’s her journey from being the child of her drug addict parents to shelter home, then to homeless, her nights she spent in trains, her struggle but never dying courage that landed her in Harvard University after winning The NewYork Times Scholarship.“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
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6. Man’s search for meaning:
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in anygiven set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” The experience of Viktor E. Frankl at the concentration camps and the logotherapy is what this book has. This is the story of survival and keeping hope alive in the worst situations when the man is likely to die emotionally. This is a must-read book that mainly focuses on the meaning and purpose of life.
7. The Diary of a Young girl:
“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because, in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This is the autobiography of Anne Frank. When she was 13, she got this diary as a birthday present and started writing in it about her life during the Nazi occupation. It’s about a teenage girl, her views on the world, her dream about life and love who left this world at the tender age of 15 after being deported to concentration camps.
8. Nikola Tesla:
Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century: “It takes curiosity to find your call to adventure, it takes courage to venture into the unknown, and it takes imagination to create your path.” If you are a science lover who loves to read the life of explorers and inventors then this book of Sean Patrick is something you shouldn’t miss. How imagination makes a genius a genius and how it worked in the life of Tesla is something this book covers in the best manner.
9. As a man thinketh:
Of James Allen is a short and a sweet book that influences the mind. Reading this book will give you a betterperspective about thoughts and its power. “As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.”
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10. The Power of Now:
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment: By Eckhart Tolle is one of the best selling books which helps readers to live theirlife more peacefully by implementing spiritual wisdom. This book will help you to live consciously.”Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.”
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