There is person named “Mark Twain” stated
“The man who does not read
has no advantage over the man who can’t read.”
In this article, I’m going to list the top 5 Books EVERY Student Should Read because that Will Change the Life. Moreover, books are going to help to transform you from an average procrastinating student letting your potential die with you to the A-star, exceptional student that has mastered studying, has mastered discipline and good habits.
And that’s why I decided to write this article, to find out what are the most important books for students to read.
And it doesn’t matter what age you are, or which type of student you are Whether you’re in school, college, university or you’re just a lifelong learner.
These books are going to help you no matter. where you are? And these books have been picked to help. You with the common problems. You all face like procrastination, laziness, low energy, distractions. So how do you become productive? And what are the books that are going to help you to stop that laziness and activate and unleash that potential inside you?
5. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
The fifth book is Mastery by George Leonard. This is a book that is going to draw on Zen’s philosophy and help you with the lessons from Martial Arts to understand. what is the journey going to be like? The journey of Mastery, what does it look like?
Because when you understand the path that you are going to be walking. You’re able to navigate the pitfalls, you’re able to escape the traps that 90% of the other people are going to fall into. So that your path immediately becomes easier.
And because of that, this book comes in 5th position in the list of top 5 books for the student. If you are not a student then also this book is going to help you.
4. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
The fourth book is relatively new and it’s by James Clear. The book is Atomic Habits. He presents an easy and proven way to build effective, good habits with the least amount of effort and the highest amount of reward. One of the key principles that James Clear talks about is you need to find out what your minimum viable habit is.
Moreover, that means when you’re trying to create a habit of waking up early and studying in the morning. Don’t try to do the most complex things first. Instead, think about what the simplest starting point could be. what is the minimum viable habit?
What is something that is so easy to do, you could do it in just two minutes? And then from there keep increasing it, Keep graduating those habits just like you graduate in the classroom. Until you go from two push-ups a day to a thousand.
3. The Secret to Success
The third book is one by the motivational master “Eric Thomas“. The book is “The Secret To Success“. It’s a short book and a straight-to-the-point book. It’s punchy, motivating. This book is everything that you would expect from ET and it’s going to help you to understand one; the journey that Eric Thomas took to go from a high school dropout to an internationally renowned best-selling author.
But it’s also going to help you to understand the steps and principles that Eric used to become the person that he is today.
Check out: Best 15 Business Books which everyone Should Read
2. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
The second book is called Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. Now we all know being a student on the surface seems easy but in practice can be difficult.
When you’re sat there in the library and you’re flicking through your phone one extra time looking at Instagram or any other social media channels. How do you stay focused and how do you stay creative? Well in this book Elizabeth Gilbert goes through the process of how fear and creativity work and how the two of them influence your work.
1. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
The first book in this list is The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. And in this book, he talks about the difference between the amateur the part-time player who shows up.
When they feel like it. which some of you are The part-time player. You revise when you feel like it, You give 110% when you feel like it, You put your hand up in class. When you feel like it. And in between the amateur and what Steven Pressfield calls the pro is resistance.
Now you can use the word resistance, you can use the word procrastination. You can use the word distraction but it all references the same obstacle. But how do we get past that?
Conclusion:-
These 4th and 5th books are going to help you to do exactly that. Let’s think about why should you even read in the first place? Why is it something that is going to help you?
These books helped million of the students and people to achieve their goal. So whether you admire Eric Thomas, Gary Vaynerchuk or any of these other self-help gurus. Imagine when you are reading you’re spending one-to-one time with that author.
Now, this might not be true, but that person, that individual over decades of experience has sat down, taken notes on the most important things that they’ve learned and then structured it so that you can take that shortcut.
So the question is not why should you read. The question is really which books should you read? And the problem is there are so many books out there and they are not all created equally. so you need to figure out your goal and pick up the best which fulfills your requirement.
| Books Names | |
| 1. | The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles |
| 2. | Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear |
| 3. | The Secret to Success |
| 4. | Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones |
| 5. | Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment |
