Did you know that September is Self-Improvement Month? While we at Pretzl believe you can improve yourself year-round, here’s a few books to help get you started on your own physical, mental, and spiritual improvement journey this month.
by Roxie Nafousi
It’s possible to change your life, and Forbes’ “queen of manifesting” Roxie Nafousi is here to show you how to do it. In her newest book, Manifest in Action, readers learn exactly how to unlock their limitless potential, create lasting, transformative change, and turn dreams into reality. Providing practical techniques to expand readers’ understanding of each of the seven steps to manifestation, Manifest in Action demonstrates how to harness your potential and confidently step into your power. Each chapter is filled with simple and inspiring exercises designed to cultivate self-awareness, reflection, and growth, empowering readers to manifest the change they want to see in their lives.
by Rochelle Fox
Your mind is a magnet—and you are the one who controls it. You are a walking magnet, constantly drawing things into your reality. But what if the things you attract don’t reflect your desires? In Magnetic, meditation teacher and personal growth coach Rochelle Fox guides readers through the secrets of magnetism, equipping them with the ultimate law of attraction toolkit for mastering their subconscious mind and directing their attention and energy toward turning their dream life into reality—starting now.
by Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill has changed the lives of millions of readers, helping them seize their own potential to create lives of abundance and fulfillment. Dream Big is a pocket-sized collection of some of Hill’s most timeless advice in the form of excerpts, articles, and transcripts of his speeches. These snippets of wisdom are brief, but powerful—quickly digestible chapters that will motivate, inspire, and transform. They include: Let Ambition Be Your Master, What I Learned from Analyzing over 10,000 People, Adversity Is a Blessing in Disguise, Self-Control, A Definite Aim of Life, and more. For both long-time readers of Hill and those who are just being introduced to his life-shifting worldview, Dream Big is a challenge to envision your most ambitious aspirations and then make them reality.
by Mark Divine
From former Navy SEAL, entrepreneur, father, and New York Times bestselling author Mark Divine comes Uncommon, an inspirational book following Mark Divine’s trademark warrior monk philosophy that will lead you to the summit of personal development. Mark Divine uses years of wisdom, business development, martial arts, eastern philosophy and military experience to take you through life’s most important principles for finding your pursuit of excellence—so that you or anyone with the proper motivation can become uncommon.
by Gay Hendricks
What if a year from now you could be experiencing more happiness, health and wealth? Learn how to take the big leap – one little leap a day. Gay Hendricks’ bestselling book The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level outlined the idea of going beyond the reader’s happiness ceiling, and into experiencing the joys of life in ever-growing ways. Now in Your Big Leap Year, which breaks the larger goals explored in The Big Leap into smaller daily steps, helping readers move into immediate action and stop delaying their dreams. This 366-day (to accommodate leap years!) guidebook takes readers on a journey to leave good behind in pursuit of extraordinary.
by Cameron Hanes
You become the best you can be by learning from others. That is how bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes approaches each day in his pursuit of greatness in this essential guide to finding success. In Undeniable, Hanes brings together outliers of today—men and women who are experts in their field—to share their unique and motivating perspectives on reaching the pinnacle of success and remaining there. Many books show how to pursue a dream and successfully make it happen, but few spotlight what to do when you’ve reached the pinnacle. After fighting so hard and reaching your goals, how do you stay on top? In Undeniable, Cam reveals the lessons he has learned from truly exceptional people. By examining their unique traits and abilities, you will earn an edge from these greats and add tools on your own journey toward greatness.
by Tama Kieves
In a world riddled with conflict and doubt, trusting yourself can feel harder than ever – and self-trust is the foundation of happiness, self-confidence, and success. If you have ever talked yourself out of anything, let others convince you that something is impossible, or doubted your feelings or instincts – then Learning To Trust Yourself is for you. Through her signature style of smart spitfire inspiration and candid personal stories, bestselling author, former Harvard lawyer, and leading-edge coach Tama Kieves teaches readers how to create their exceptional lives. Turn roadblocks into breakthroughs by learning how to trust your strength more than your doubt until it becomes the best habit of your lifetime.
by Kathleen Smith
Humans are master pretenders—we often seem stronger, calmer and more mature than we really are, while the truth is we’re full of doubts and self-criticism that pushes us to borrow reassurance from friends, beliefs from strangers on the internet, or attention that, in the moment, makes us feel successful, but leaves us totally hollow and burnt out. True to You is a relatable self-help guide for people who want to learn to live less focused on others’ reactions and more confidently by their own principles. With a healthy dose of humor, Dr. Smith unpacks the science of our social nature, explaining why we try so hard to be what others want us to be and how we can start living from the inside out. By learning how to be more responsible for yourself, rather than over-responsible for everyone else, you can find the freedom to develop richer relationships, pursue what’s important to you, and feel steadier in this very anxious world.
by Mo Gawdat and Alice Law
What if you could stop stress before you feel it? Unstressable illuminates for readers how most of us deal with the unpleasant, anxiety-producing and even miserable or tragic events in our lives: stress is always a by-product, leading directly to inability to cope, health problems and cratered confidence. Gawdat and Law guide readers to both heart centred and science-based solutions. Unstressable is a handbook for those who understand that stress isn’t what happens to you; it’s how you handle what happens to you. It’s a practical and rounded approach to an ever increasing modern day problem.
by Florence Scovel Shinn; foreword by Joel Fotinos
In this classic bestseller, Florence Scovel Shinn helped to define the personal success genre. Written in the new thought tradition, her message in The Game of Life and How to Play It is simple yet transformative—we receive back what we put into the world through our actions, energy, and attitudes. Negativity and pessimism are returned in kind, but by switching the script in favor of positive attitudes and affirmations, we are able to manifest success and joy in everything we do. Life, Shinn tells us, is not a battle of us against the world, but rather a game of giving and receiving. What we give to the world we receive back—whether that be the dark weight of fear and inhibition or the freedom of joy and empowerment.
