I wrote this list out a couple of years ago, just before COVID hit Australia, so circa February or March 2020.

Fundamentally, the list was inspired by the What You Will Learn podcast duo (look them up on Spotify).

It’s essentially the top books I would gift to anyone around me looking to change their mindset and ultimately their life for the better.

Here it is without any particular order (although the first 3 or 4 are the top picks:

1. The Laws of Human Nature – by Robert Greene
2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – by Stephen Covey
3. The Dip – by Seth Godin
4. Influence – by Robert Cialdini
5. The Millionaire Fastlane – by MJ De Marco
6. The Effective Executive – by Peter Drucker
7. The Black Swan – by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
8. The Four Hour Workweek – by Tim Ferriss
9. Predictably Irrational – by Dan Ariely
10. The War of Art – by Stephen Pressfield
11. Life in Half a Second – by Matthew Michaelewicz
12. How to Fail At Almost Anything and Still Win Big – by Scott Adams
13. Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
14. Meditations – by Marcus Aurelius