Read these 17 books to radically accelerate your mindset growth

(Only the very best books out of the 1000+ I’ve read on mental performance)

Are you looking for the very best books in personal development that you know will help you the most?

With no wasted time reading stuff that doesn’t work?

And only including books that have been tried and tested by people like you?

Well you’re in luck.

Because I’m not going to give you those books (yes, you read that right).

But I am going to give you only the most important points from the most important books on personal development.

These ideas are some of those that have the greatest impact on the clients I work with.

I’ve condensed them in this form so you can get straight to the point and start implementing them.

• Your emotions are meant to be felt all the way through, not dismissed as something that gets in the way.

• The only way to train your mind is to stress it

• The only way for your mindset to actually improve is to give it rest after stressing it

• Think of the amount of stress you can handle as your Window of Tolerance. The goal is to expand your window of tolerance so you can do difficult things.

• Understand your why, obsess over your how

• This moment is all there is

• There is no “you” behind your eyes

• Stillness is the quickest way to move faster

• Your brain. Your heart. Your gut. These are your 3 types of wisdom to listen to.

• The more you resist an emotion the more you’ll find yourself in situations that create it.

• Stretch yourself to your edge - that’s where the magic is

• Play more and be less serious

• The drama triangle is made of three points: the victim, the villain, and the rescuer. None of these are good ways to live.

• You are made of many subpersonalities, they fall into 3 major categories; managers, exiles, and firefighters. None of them are really you.

• The breath is a shortcut to the state you want.

• The quickest way to a life you love is directly through the emotion you least want to feel.

• There’s nowhere to get to, but there is a direction to lean in to make your life worthwhile

• Stop focusing on what’s expedient and start doing what’s meaningful

• The obstacle really is the way - what stands in your way is the path to a great life

• You have everything you need already

• Gratitude is a medicine that treats not having enough.

• Scarcity and abundance are both myths. Sufficiency is truth.

• Do less, but do it better.

• The authentic you is your best competitive advantage

• The 10,000 hour rule is a myth, but it points you in the right direction

• Get out into natural light, move often, eat well and hydrate

• If you want to learn something, find a teacher

• You’re already enough

• Money is just a game

• Whatever your circumstances, you can improve them

• Your brain doesn’t show you reality, it shows you what you’ve trained it to look for

• Your best results come from a tiny percentage of what you do

• Embrace hardship

• Your success in your chosen game (business, athletics, music etc.) is a pure reflection of your own mind

• Every valuable truth is at the meeting point of two irreconcilable opinions

• You can train yourself like you train a dog (just don’t expect to be happy).

• Your phone is wasting your life

• What you do and how you act is stored in your nervous system

• To calm yourself exhale slowly, to invigorate yourself inhale intensely

• Life’s too short to half ass - be a professional

• Life too short to stress about - love it

• Love deeply; the people around you make life worth living

• None of these points mean anything until you’ve learned them yourself

Most importantly, your mind - just like your body - responds to sets and reps. Intentionally stress your system and your mind will adapt to what you need it to do. If you'd like to shortcut the process, book a 45 minute one-off coaching call with me here.