What is included in the concept of "most useful books"? Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin also called books his best friends. Reading allows you to broaden your horizons and draw inspiration for your own development. It is possible to classify works by degree of utility in a particular field of activity. There are useful books on psychology, on self-development, for children and their parents, that is, on education, for training the mind or body, and so on.
Best book in the world
By far the most useful book in the world is the Bible. Written by the hand of Moses, other prophets and evangelists, it is a guide for humanity. Our whole life, even if it happens unnoticed, is connected with the Bible. If a person receives the first knowledge from this book, then we can consider it successful, intelligent and conscientious. The character of a person is formed drop by drop, and the Bible, especially the gospel, is the basis of the truth of life.
Modern people are becoming less thoughtful readers. Classical writers, such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Turgenev, Pushkin and Lermontov, they read much less often, only forcedly, passing through the school curriculum or at the Faculty of Philology. But with pleasure they read books on self-development.
How to develop yourself with the help of books?
Consider the concept of "the most useful books for self-development." Many American and European scientists and psychologists generously share their own knowledge in this area. To improve your personal life, you do not need to change the world, you need to learn how to change yourself, your own attitude to the proposed circumstances.
Josh Kaufman’s book “MBA for himself” is a kind of textbook for those who:
- He wants to open his own business, entrepreneurship, but hesitates, as he does not have a diploma of manager or manager.
- For newcomers to the business who want to advance in their work, learn more about it.
- For successful entrepreneurs who understand that luck comes only when there is development, a step forward.
The bestselling author deliberately abandoned the classic business education and chose the path of self-development. From the book, the reader learns how the business system works and the people in it, as well as many other interesting things.
Willpower: How to Turn Stress Into a Friend
Another popular book in the West, included in the concept of “the most useful books,” is “Willpower. How to develop and strengthen ”, written by Ph.D., psychologist and professor of Stanford Kelly McGonigal.
Kelly came to the conclusion that willpower can be trained like muscle. The more you train the brain, for example, daily solving math problems, the better it will be to understand this area. The author also believes that the position “I work for ten minutes and then rest” allows us to finish the job with the best result.
Sleep and rest strengthen the will, and stress kills, in the book Kelly McGonigal tells how to turn stress into a friend.
Those who set a specific goal can be advised to read the work “Whole Life” by authors Jack Kenfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Les Hewitt. The authors will help readers focus on the main thing and abandon the secondary, they have recipes on how to achieve this, make life more efficient.
Useful books for life and business
The following works can also be attributed to the category “Most Useful Business Books”:
- “Get out of your comfort zone. Change Your Life, ”by Brian Tracy.
- The Psychology of Persuasion by Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin, Robert Cialdini.
- “Getting Things Done” by David Allen.
- Essentialism by Greg McKeon.
- The Perfectionist Paradox by Tal Ben Shahar.
Many books have been written for self-development. Let's look at the work of author David Allen, "How to Put Things in Order". David Allen himself has developed an effective time management technique for Getting Things Done, or GTD. The principle of time management is to free the brain from remembering the number of current affairs. And you can do this by transferring the list from your head to external media such as notebooks, notebooks and modern gadgets.
His book was written in 2001 and translated into fifteen languages of the world. Now released an improved edition in Russian. The Times magazine named it the best business book of the decade.
The most useful books on psychology
Psychology has firmly entered the life of modern people. In Europe and the countries of the Americas, people in this profession have long gained authority and popularity. In difficult situations, people are more likely to turn to professionals in their field, do not want to “burden” relatives and friends with their own problems, go to strangers or solve problems on their own, reading books on psychology.
This approach to life has its pros and cons. Consider several works recommended by psychologists as the most useful books.
“Psychology of influence. Convince. Act. Defend yourself by Robert Cialdini. The book is recommended to be read in conflict situations both in family life and at work. Robert Cialdini analyzes the motivation of quarrels, explains in an easy accessible language how to absorb information and pass through himself, in the end, make the right decision.
The relationship between a woman and a man
Another book - Sign Language, Language of Love by David Givens - reveals the psychology of the relationship between a man and a woman. The author explains how to use the gestures, facial expressions, touch, gleam in the eyes and so on to draw the opposite side. Givens masterfully shows how to flirt, care for a girl in order to achieve success.
In the category “Most Useful Books for the Mind” you can identify the work of one of the most famous psychologists in the world - Dale Carnegie. There is a lot of information about this author, and his works have been translated into almost all languages of the world. Having lived a difficult life, the author at the beginning of the twentieth century wrote a brilliant bestseller, which were read both then and now by hundreds and thousands of people.
The book is called "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living." In our hectic, informative twenty-first century, this work is a panacea for most people. Carnegie, in a light form, in a simple, accessible language, tells how to help yourself and your family understand yourself, how and where to find yourself and how to stop worrying and start living.
Books for the smallest
One can talk endlessly about books. Of course, each person selects the most useful books for reading individually. With the development of electronic technology, ordinary publications began to give way to electronic ones. On the one hand, it’s convenient: without leaving your home you can download a particular work and enjoy the syllable of your favorite author. In addition, buying a specific book can be problematic.
On the other hand, the text printed on paper is much more pleasant and interesting to read, and the eyes and headaches are affected by electronic gadgets. But we were a little distracted ...
The children's writer Yekaterina Ilchenko, in her work entitled “The Most Useful Book for Toddlers,” unobtrusively explains how to teach a child to wash his hands before eating and after a walk, observe the daily routine, and brush his teeth. Kids, as a rule, do not like boring moralizing, but when they see funny pictures in the book, they are happy to accept the advice of adults.
Many thus learned how to cross the road correctly, dress themselves, and so on. Parents who want to instill a child with a love of reading should start with similar books, where there are interesting stories and resourceful characters.Gradually growing up, the child to learn to read independently. Until a certain age, it would be nice if a mother or an adult regularly read books to children. It can be tales of the peoples of the world, and “The Adventures of Dunno” by Nosov, and “Peppy Long Stocking” by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, and “Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all” by Milna, and “The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland”, written mathematician and poet under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll ... In a word - there is always a choice, you just need to learn how to use it.
Books for teens and boys
Oddly enough, but books can not only bring benefits. Reading in a row all classics and contemporaries often harms the fragile soul of a child or adolescent. Like everything else, parents need to keep a close eye on reading. Teens can start with the books of Main Reid, Alexander Dumas, Robert Stevenson, Daniel Defoe, Jules Verne, Walter Scott and other authors of the adventure genre.
Then let them move on to Russian classics - Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Fedor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Ivan Bunin, Vladimir Nabokov. Among foreign writers, it would be useful for young men and women to read Theodor Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Conan-Doyle, Stefan Zweig, Victor Hugo.
Holiday season
In the season of holidays and travel, in addition to the most useful and necessary things, you need to take the most useful books on the road, which will help you relax and make your vacation magical.
Here, for example, is an unusual book by Adam Kurtz “1 page per day”. You can play and argue with this book; it is not only a daily planner, but also a wise adviser, friend. No less interesting is the book of Dmitry Chernyshev - "What to do in the evening with his family in the country without the Internet." Actually, isn't it?
In the evenings on weekends at the dacha, where there is no Internet or even television, this work of a creative blogger will help to find out who has the most flexible mind in the family. The book includes puzzles, tasks that, in turn, will stir brains, will help to include logic, ingenuity. With the help of such works, many people develop in themselves non-standard thinking, erudition. Finally, this book will help you have fun and good time with the whole family.
The work of ельngels Navarro «Memory doesn’t change’ can be attributed to a similar kind of books. It also includes puzzles for brain training. Unfortunately, everyone has a bad memory right now - from schoolchildren to senior citizens, so reading it will be useful to everyone who does not want to suffer from sclerosis in the future.
Conclusion
Resting in the shade of a tree in the country and thinking about life, you can read with pleasure the book of Daria Bikbaeva “Turn on the heart and brains”. The author, summarizing his own experience, tells how it is desirable to build a creative business, working not for the “uncle,” but for himself.
Reading and studying a book is like communicating with a smart, pleasant and friendly person. Read and get better!