Spiritual & Self-Help Books: Reflect and Maintain Your New Year's Resolutions

With 2022 officially underway, you may be actively looking for ways to improve your life by bettering yourself. While an amicable goal, setting New Year's resolutions and keeping them can be challenging. Though they may not be "your thing," self-help books can give you the wisdom you need to identify areas of your life that need improvement, set meaningful goals, and give you the strength and conviction you need to maintain throughout the year and beyond.

Quick Tips for Making and Establishing New Year's Resolutions

Before you start shopping for New Year's resolution books, it is important to understand how to make resolutions that stick. Though the tricks for doing so will vary depending on who you ask, researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified seven steps that are most likely to lead to successful outcomes:

• Dream big
• Break your big dream into more manageable steps
• Understand what has kept you from making healthy changes in the past
• Commit to yourself
• Reward yourself
• Learn from your failures, but don't punish yourself for them
• Show gratitude for the steps you do take

So, now that you understand what to do (and not do) to establish and maintain healthy goals, it's time to start shopping for a reflection book or two. With the overwhelming number of self-help books available, though, where do you start?

Spiritual Books To Guide Your New Year's Resolutions

There are thousands, if not millions, of self-help books available on the market today. Finding the right book is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. However, armed with the correct information, you can identify the most appropriate resources for your current state of mind, level of motivation, and lifestyle. Below are just eight books that may serve your purpose.

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

As its name implies, this reflection book by James Clear provides the advice you need to break bad habits once and for all, establish good ones and develop small behaviors that can help you build a positive and more fulfilling life. As the author states, the problem with bad habits lies not in you but in your system. Check out this New York Times bestseller to learn how to make tiny changes that yield incredible results.

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)

According to the pages of this self-help book, the source of much of needless suffering and pain is one's own beliefs. Miguel Ruiz reveals ancient Toltec wisdom that can free you of your hindering beliefs and transform your life for the better.

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic

Dubbed the #1 most influential business book of the 20th century, this work by Stephen R. Covey does precisely what its title promises — reveals the seven habits of highly successful people. Having transformed the lives of millions of readers — including those of CEOs, parents, and educators — this book has substantial promise to change your life for the better.

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

If you constantly find yourself saying "yes" to everyone's requests even when you want to say no, this publication is for you. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. John Townsend and Dr. Henry Cloud guide readers on establishing healthy boundaries and taking back control of your schedule and your life without coming across as selfish.

Outliers: The Story of Success

Want to know what sets the greats apart from the rest? Though no one can honestly know the secrets to success other than the successful themselves, Malcolm Gladwell attempts to solve the mystery through an intellectual journey that takes readers on a journey through the worlds of "outliers."

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

A renowned spiritual book of the 20th century by one of the era's most beloved authors, Tuesdays with Morrie, makes readers question what they would do differently if given a second chance. If you have regrets, this heartwarming read will help you see that it's never too late to change.

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

In her New York Times bestseller, Susan Cain applauds the value of silence and solitude by highlighting introverts who changed the world for the better, including Rosa Parks, Dr. Seuss, and Chopin. Whether you're an introvert, extrovert, or somewhere in between, you can learn a thing or two from this publication.

How to Win Friends & Influence People

Recognized as one of the most timeless and ground-breaking self-help books of all time, this reflection book by Dale Carnegie provides proven tips designed to help you find success in your personal and professional lives. With over 15 million copies sold, you cannot go wrong with this book.

Take the first step toward a better life today. Order your self-help books today.

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