Three life-changing books that have captured the world’s attention
From unlearning societal norms to mastering personal finance, these titles from Exclusive Books offer a clear-cut guide to living your best life
The best books are usually those that have inspired a personal attachment; a recommendation from a friend, a favourite passed on from family or a book searched for far and wide. Whatever the reason or the cause, books have a way of calling you to them, and these three books have been chosen by millions.
If the glaringly vibrant orange cover of The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck by Mark Manson wasn’t enough to catch your eye, the bold title with its asterisk may have done the trick. What is it about this book that has everyone intrigued? Is it because it sold more than two-million copies in its first year of being on the shelves? Or that it has been translated into 65 languages? Or maybe because, in Manson’s own words, it’s “the self-help book for people who hate self-help. It’s as much a pat on the back as a slap in the face. It’s the first truly no-BS guide to flourishing in a crazy, crazy world — a truly counterintuitive approach to living a good life”.
James Clear, the author of the astronomical best-seller, Atomic Habits, has taken the world by storm with his life-changing meditation manual that delivers on quantifiable change. In his opening chapter, Clear talks about a time in high school when he was hit in the face with a baseball bat, sending him into a coma and tethered to life support. His recovery period was a rehabilitation physically and emotionally; he had to come to terms with the possibility of stepping down from playing baseball. In the years that followed, he learnt that “the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits’’ — and thus set the precedent for Atomic Habits.
Reading, much like exercise, stretches our brainpower and releases endorphins — our happy hormones; it becomes a quiet superpower with loud impacts. Whether you’re searching for true meaning and connecting with yourself, or in the midst of managing your finances with understanding, or building habits of fundamental change, these three books are your go-to confidants to set those transformations in motion.
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