” The Man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can’t read”.
‘Mark Twain’
In this article I’m going to cover the five books that are going to help transform you from an average procrastinating student letting your potential die with you to the A-star, exceptional student that has mastered studying that has mastered discipline and good habits. And that’s why I decided to find out what are the most important books for students to read and it’s 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. So how do you become productive, and what are the books that are going to help you to stop the laziness and activate and unleash that potential inside you?
1) MASTERY
This is a book that is going to draw on Zen 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.
2) ATOMIC HABITS
Inside the book the writer presents an easy and proven way to build effective, good habits with the least amount of effort and the highest amount of reward. And one of the key principles that James clear talks about is you need to find out what your minimum viable habit is and that means when you’re trying to crate a habit of walking up early and studying in the morning don’ts 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 classroom. Until you go from two push-ups a day to a thousand.
3) THE SECREAT TO SUCCESS
This book is one by the Motivational Master Eric Thomas. It’s a short book, it’s a straight to the point book. It’s punchy, motivating and 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 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 became the person that he is today.
4) BIG MAGIC
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. 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.
5) THE WAR OF ART
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 a 110% when you feel like it. You put your hands 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.
