Best book for personal development you've read recently? Specifically interested in anything related to motivation, discipline, getting organized, daily habits, etc. I'm really trying to grow in this area

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Atomic Habits is a game changer

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How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Second this ☝🏻

How to take Smart Notes - Sönke Ahrens

Probably the best book I ever read on the effectiveness.
It might be nice start for you as it gives a lot of points on knowledge acquisition and creating habits supporting learning.
It’s also quite short book!

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Cant Hurt Me - David Goggins

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Unexpectedly, themes like these have been best dealt with in works of philosophy imo. Whenever I've felt like picking up a motivation or self help book, that's where I go. Wisdom as a concept seems to flow effortlessly through the pages of works like Meditations by Aurelius or Siddhartha by Hesse. A more modern interpretation can be found in Jordan Peterson's 12 rules too.

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Daily Stoic

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How to Fail at Absolutely Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams

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Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin

Full Focus by Michael Hyatt for organization skills. I also use his planner.

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