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Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 323 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,572 ratings — published 2023
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 271 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.95 — 125,123 ratings — published 2009
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 231 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,267,373 ratings — published 2018
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 193 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.30 — 308,975 ratings — published 2018
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.16 — 816,437 ratings — published 1989
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,388,000 ratings — published 2016
Think and Grow Rich (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.17 — 379,080 ratings — published 2014
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,139,611 ratings — published 1936
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,533,821 ratings — published 1988
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.13 — 559,114 ratings — published 2012
Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.29 — 10,018 ratings — published
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.09 — 174,424 ratings — published 2006
Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.87 — 508,841 ratings — published 1998
Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.10 — 717,276 ratings — published 1997
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.08 — 140,991 ratings — published 2016
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.37 — 866,319 ratings — published 1946
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.10 — 266,303 ratings — published 2009
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.19 — 861,131 ratings — published 2008
The Secret (The Secret, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.74 — 529,991 ratings — published 2006
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.95 — 286,400 ratings — published 2013
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.97 — 117,708 ratings — published 2002
The Magic of Thinking Big (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.26 — 99,345 ratings — published 1959
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.16 — 187,287 ratings — published 2016
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.87 — 81,662 ratings — published 2001
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.15 — 75,542 ratings — published 1992
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.09 — 222,077 ratings — published 1999
The Power of Positive Thinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.14 — 126,702 ratings — published 1952
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.89 — 181,720 ratings — published 1996
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life (ebook)
by (shelved 51 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.68 — 115,358 ratings — published 2018
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.15 — 98,820 ratings — published 2014
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.16 — 115,520 ratings — published 1944
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 49 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.21 — 65,716 ratings — published 2010
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.15 — 445,187 ratings — published 1997
As a Man Thinketh (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.24 — 95,688 ratings — published 1902
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 47 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.01 — 155,658 ratings — published 2017
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.25 — 99,421 ratings — published 2015
The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
by (shelved 47 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.91 — 331,846 ratings — published 2007
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.11 — 88,075 ratings — published 1990
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.90 — 85,323 ratings — published 2012
The Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,325 ratings — published 2014
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.13 — 73,260 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.96 — 233,159 ratings — published 2015
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.19 — 510,650 ratings — published 1997
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.40 — 45,423 ratings — published 2022
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.93 — 29,909 ratings — published 2011
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.96 — 335,253 ratings — published 2012
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,353,582 ratings — published 2011
Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,687 ratings — published 1995
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as motivation)
avg rating 3.91 — 265,353 ratings — published 2018
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as motivation)
avg rating 4.06 — 129,902 ratings — published 2011
“No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages
1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.
3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”
4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.
5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.
6) Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.
7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.
8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.
9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.
10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.
11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.
12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 23
13) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 24
14) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record
15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity
16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France
17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 28
18) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world
19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter
20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind
22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest
23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream."
24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics
25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.
27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.
28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and 49 years old when he wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas
30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger
31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States
32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.
33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote "The Hunger Games"
34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.
35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.
36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.
37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.
38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".
40) Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived
41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise
42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out
43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US
44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats
45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President”
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1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.
3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”
4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.
5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.
6) Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.
7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.
8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.
9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.
10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.
11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.
12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 23
13) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 24
14) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record
15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity
16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France
17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 28
18) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world
19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter
20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind
22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest
23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream."
24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics
25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.
27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.
28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and 49 years old when he wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas
30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger
31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States
32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.
33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote "The Hunger Games"
34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.
35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.
36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.
37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.
38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".
40) Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived
41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise
42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out
43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US
44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats
45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President”
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“Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it.”
― The Light in the Heart
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