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I was so tempted to name the title of this post “10 Personal Growth Books Every Young Adult Must Read to have Instant Change in their lives”, but that would have been a total lie. In life, things take time. It takes time to improve ourselves, it takes time to get better at something and it takes time to become what we want to be.
Nothing is instant in life, even the instant coffee, doesn’t appear after you click your fingers.
So, I really believe these books would help young adults, when they try to figure things out in their life.
1) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
It provides a plan and step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. It helps young adults to get from where they are now, to where you want to be in the future. Your goals, your dreams, your plans…they’re all within reach. You just need the tools to help you get there.
2) How to Win Friends and Influence People
This book is for helping you with the complexities of modern times and will teach you how to go after a job you want, how to improve your current situation, and how to take advantage situations and make them work for you. It has some insightful tips on how to make people like you, how to get people lean towards your way of thinking. I think it very helpful book for young adults to read.
3) Atomic Habits
![Atomic Habits: The life-changing million copy bestseller by [James Clear]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-nXsSRfZL.jpg)
This book reveals a very useful framework for habit formation. It is not only teaching you how to form good habits, it also provides useful tips to get rid off the habits you don’t want. It simplifies complex topics and shows yo exactly how to apply them in your daily life. The Atomic Habits include some inspirational true stories that show this framework in action.
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4) The Power of Positive Thinking
The Power of Positive Thinking is a very useful companion for young adults to read, when they go through tough situations and dealing with difficult people. It will help young adults to understand:
- How to eliminate that most devastating handicap—self doubt
- How to free yourself from worry, stress and resentment
- How to climb above problems to visualize solutions and then attain them
The book contains inspiring examples and delivers stimulating ideas and practical techniques to adopt optimism and live a victorious life. The Power of Positive Thinking is a phenomenal bestseller that has inspired millions of people across the world.
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5) Educated
![Educated: The international bestselling memoir by [Tara Westover]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51uIbg0SS8L.jpg)
The Author, Tara Westover, lived Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent.
When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
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6) The 6 Most Important Decisions You Will Ever Make
Nowadays young adults face many challenges in their lives. They are exposed to a lot of information. They have to keep up with their learning as the world around them evolve constantly. On top of all that they deal with family problems, bullying at school, depression and anxiety, peer pressure and many more. So by facing all these problems, young adults have to make important decisions.
In The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make uses real stories from teens around the world and shows how to succeed in school, make good friends, get along with parents, wisely handle dating and sex issues, avoid or overcome addictions, build self-esteem, and much more.
The book is full of tips and very useful advice about these six key decisions; School, friends, parents, dating and sex, addictions and self-worth
Here are the six key decisions
School: What you going to do about your education?
Friends: What types of friends will you choose, and what kind of friend will you be?
Parents: Are you going to get along with your parents?
Dating and Sex: Who will you date, and what will you do about sex?
Addictions: What will you do about the addictive stuff?
Self-Worth: Do you like yourself?
This book can also provide a good helping hand for parents to help their teens children the right support they need.
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7) The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet
This book is a unique and accessible introduction to the ancient principles of Taoism through Winnie the Pooh story.
Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world’s most beloved bear, and Pooh’s Way, as Benjamin Hoff brilliantly demonstrates, seems strangely close to the ancient Chinese principles of Taoism. And as for Piglet, he embodies the very important principle of Te, meaning Virtue of the Small.
“It’s hard to be brave,’ said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.”
Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: “It is because you are a very small animal that you will be useful in the adventure before us.”
Benjamin Hoff’s explanations of Taoism and Te through Pooh and Piglet show that this is not an ancient and remote philosophy but something that you can use, here and now. Beautifully illustrated by E H Shepard.
8) The Alchemist
A very interesting story of shepherd boy who travels to find a prestigious treasure. On the way to finding his treasure, he discovers that what he is looking for is not what he expected, but it is more valuable and satisfying. The Alchemist teaches about the essential wisdom of listening our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.
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9) The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK
There are a lot of advice out there to tell us to be positive and happy. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is not one of those books. It explains, how we give attention to unnecessary things and how to stop trying to be positive all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.
In a very delicate and humorous way, the book advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.
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10) Becoming
![Becoming by [Michelle Obama]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Qvg3aPEpL.jpg)
Michelle Obama became one of the most iconic women of our era. Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.
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11) Do Hard Things
Do Hard Things is packed with humorous personal anecdotes, practical examples, and stories of real-life revolutionaries in action. This rallying cry from the heart of revolution already in progress challenges you to lay claim to a brighter future, starting today. Now featuring a conversation guide, 100 real-life examples of hard things tackled by other young people, and stories of young men and women who have taken the book’s charge to heart, Do Hard Things will inspire a new generation of revolutionaries.
12) Can’t Hurt Me
![Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by [David Goggins]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41kWOyfqI9L.jpg)
David Goggins (author) gone through a traumatic childhood, where he faced abuse, poverty and racism. But despite all the downs, he trained himself to become one of the world’s top endurance athletes. As well as sharing his very personal story of hardship, self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, he also shares techniques to help the readers to transform their own life.
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13) The Success Principles for Teens
This is a fun and engaging teen-friendly book that offers the timeless information and inspiration to get from where you are to where you really want to be. It is a road map to achieve your goals to become better student or athlete, start a business.
The Success Principles for Teens includes twenty-three of the most important success strategies used by thousands of exceptional young people throughout history. With the right tools, anyone can be successful. This book will give teens the courage and the heart to get started and get ahead.
14) Solve for Happy
This book is an engineer’s approach to finding happiness.
In 2001 Mo Gawdat realized that despite his incredible success, he was desperately unhappy. A lifelong learner, he attacked the problem as an engineer would: examining all the provable facts and scrupulously applying logic. Eventually, his countless hours of research and science proved successful, and he discovered the equation for permanent happiness.
In Solve for Happy Mo questions some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence, shares the underlying reasons for suffering, and plots out a step-by-step process for achieving lifelong happiness and enduring contentment. He shows us how to view life through a clear lens, teaching us how to dispel the illusions that cloud our thinking; overcome the brain’s blind spots; and embrace five ultimate truths.
No matter what obstacles we face, what burdens we bear, what trials we’ve experienced, we can all be content with our present situation and optimistic about the future.
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