These are the 6 nonfiction books that have actually changed my life, and I'm not being dramatic. These are books that continuously show up in how I operate, how I think, how I run my business, and the advice I give you every week.
In this episode, I'm covering the 6 books, why I picked each one up, and how the lessons still show up in my life today:
ππ» Atomic Habits by James Clear
ππ» Deep Work by Cal Newport
ππ» The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
ππ» Start With Yourself by Emma Grede
ππ» The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
ππ» Work Optional by Tanja Hester
Referenced in this episode:
ππ» How 'Atomic Habits' Changed the Way I Structure My Life | 5 Key Lessons & How I Apply Them β https://youtu.be/oc1ZCgIn0BM
ππ» Why You Can't Focus and the Framework to Actually Fix It (A Complete Guide to Deep Work) β https://youtu.be/z49IReLo4AU
ππ» The Cleaning System That Keeps My Apartment Spotless in 24/7 Without Constant Resets β https://youtu.be/UTAW61va4Kc
ππ» The Psychology Behind Decluttering: Why Tidying Up Transforms Your Life + Motivation to START!! β https://youtu.be/xRaZzDx55YQ
ππ» Fall State of the Union episode β https://youtu.be/-vIdIJF7w38
ππ» Financial Independence Calculator β https://breakyourbudget.com/fire-template
ππ» Financial Independence Planner β https://breakyourbudget.com/fire-template
ππ» Personal Finance Dashboard (code PODCAST1) β https://breakyourbudget.com/personal-finance-dashboard
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π MY BOOKS:
πΈ Own Your Money:
https://breakyourbudget.com/own-your-money
πΈ Own Your Career:
https://breakyourbudget.com/oyc-book
All Other Resources:
https://breakyourbudget.com/links
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 β The 6 nonfiction books I'd recommend if I could only recommend 6, and why they've actually changed my life
04:00 β Why setting a goal and building a system to reach it are two completely different things (Atomic Habits)
07:30 β The bathroom-schedule story that shows exactly what reducing friction looks like in real life
13:15 β Why being busy all day and doing meaningful work are two completely different things (Deep Work)
19:00 β Why "work on the podcast" is a task too vague to ever actually finish, and what I do instead
23:35 β Why clutter creates low-level anxiety for me, even when nothing is technically wrong (Marie Kondo)
33:00 β Why other people's behavior is something you don't get to control, no matter how badly you want to
39:00 β Why I read this book during a period of bad anxiety, and the mental shift that actually helped (The Power of Now)
45:00 β The book that gave me the actual language for what financial independence means to me (Work Optional)
49:30 β Why I don't want to be maximally frugal, and the real difference between intentional spending and being cheap
