5 Nonfiction Books That Will Change Your Life
Are you ready for a positive change in your life? Here are five life-changing nonfiction books to add to your TBR list. These are the kinds of books that will stay on your mind and stick with you for a lifetime.
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1. How Not to Die by Michael Greger
In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally renowned nutrition expert and physician, examines America’s fifteen top causes of premature death. He explains, with scientific evidence, how you can prevent and reverse diseases through nutrition and lifestyle changes. Instead of prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, a nutritious diet and active lifestyle will ultimately save your life.
How It Will Change Your Life:
- You will learn how the American diet is killing you.
- What to eat to help treat the top fifteen causes of death.
- A checklist of the twelve foods we should consume every day.
- Which foods to eat and which lifestyle changes to make to live longer.
- How not to die prematurely and how not to suffer from chronic disease.
2. Atomic Habits by James Clear
With over 20 million copies sold, Atomic Habits has become one of the most popular and talked about self-help books. James Clear explains that tiny changes can lead to long-term results. This book will reshape the way think about progress and success and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits. This book is the blueprint for how to change your life and deliver amazing results.
How It Will Change Your Life:
- You’ll learn how to form good habits and break bad ones.
- The simple system for mastering any habit you want.
- How to set up your environment for success.
- The 4 laws of behavioral change.
- Learn simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work.
3. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Big Magic is for anyone who wants to live a creative life. Whether you’re trying to write a book, make art, or even become a content creator, this book will help you find inspiration in yourself to do the things that make you happy. A motivational guide to embracing your creative side, which we all humans have! Filled with inspirational advice and tips, it will leave you feeling ready to embark on your creative journey.
How It Will Change Your Life:
- You’ll learn how to live a life driven by curiosity than by fear.
- How to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear.
- Attitudes, approaches, and habits we need to live our most creative lives.
- Completely change the way you think about the creative process.
- You’ll be better connected to your inner voice.
4. Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen
Are you tired of overthinking, anxiety, or self-doubt? In Don’t Believe Everything You Think, Joseph Nguyen talks about the root cause of all psychological and emotional suffering and how to free your mind to create a life you’ve always wanted to live. He explains that although pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. No matter what has happened to you, you can still find peace, unconditional love, complete fulfillment, and an abundance of joy in your life.
How It Will Change Your Life:
- Understand the root cause of psychological and emotional suffering—and how to end it.
- Become unaffected by negative thoughts and emotions.
- Let go of anxiety, self-doubt, self-sabotage, and other self-destructive habits.
- Develop the superpower of being okay with not knowing and uncertainty.
- Instantly create a new experience of life if the current one isn’t working for you.
5. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
The Power of Habit is the father of Atomic Habits. Charles Duhigg created the systems James Clear quotes in his book. The difference between this book and Atomic Habits is that this one talks more about why humans have habits, plus how businesses and work workplaces use them to their benefit. Although this book is more business-based, you’ll find insightful information on how big businesses, like Target, use our everyday habits against us to make a sale.
How It Will Change Your Life:
- You’ll learn how you can transform your life in 3 easy steps.
- How businesses use habits to make their employees more productive.
- How habits can be disrupted and changed.
- Identify the cues that lead to bad habits, then change them that lead to similar rewards.
- Gain insight into how companies use the science of habit formation to study and influence what we buy.
Until next time,
