6 Lifechanging Books You NEED To Read In 2024
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- Six books that have completely changed my life over the last year, and why you should read them!
I've learned and grown so much over the course of the last 12 months, and I made this video to share a few of the things that have helped me along the way! When I felt lost or aimless, or scared and uncertain of where to go next in life - reading these books has helped me move through those dark times and places.
So to anybody who feels unhappy and unfulfilled in life, keep learning, keep growing, and keep moving forward! Get some new ideas to replace the ones that are keeping you down and figure out the things you CAN do to change your circumstances OR yourself OR your perspective in order to have a more meaningful and enjoyable experience here on this big ol' planet!
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Genuinely thought this was a massive channel due to the quality alone
Thanks! I appreciate it! Maybe someday haha
Same here
I loved “Letting Go”! Quote: “Escape is the avoidance of feelings through diversion. This avoidance is the backbone of the entertainment and liquor industries, and also the route of the workaholic. Escapism and avoidance of inner awareness is a socially condoned mechanism. We can avoid our own inner selves and keep our feelings from emerging by an endless variety of pursuits, many of which eventually become addictions as our dependency upon them grows. People are desperate to stay unconscious. We observe how often people flick on the television set the minute they enter a room and then walk around in a dream-like state, constantly being programmed by the data poured into them. People are terrified of facing themselves. They dread even a moment of aloneness. Thus the constant frantic activities: the endless socializing, talking, texting, reading, music playing, working, traveling, sightseeing, shopping, overeating, gambling, movie-going, pill-taking, drug-using, and cocktail-partying. Many of the foregoing mechanisms of escape are faulty, stressful, and ineffective."
Great quote! It's so true that we generally engage in a lot of behaviors just as a way to distract ourselves from things we don't want to deal with or think about! And often we're not even conscious that we do it!
Today more than ever you see it most with people's addiction to their phones! Most people can't take more than a few hours (if that) away from their phone without having anxiety. We're so used to being distracted and giving our attention away that we don't even notice we do it.
I really enjoyed this video. It was super surprising for me to see that you are "only" at about 400 subscribers right now. The quality of the video was completely comparable to the big TH-camrs talking about self improvement. Keep up with making those great videos!
Thanks for saying that! I appreciate it! I'm still pretty new to making TH-cam videos and this is my first video to even get over 1000 views haha, so I'm still in the growth phase for sure, so it's super cool to see people saying that they enjoy the quality and compare it to larger creators!
I loved "Atomic Habits"...It completely changed my life course
Yeah it's so simple but so important! I have to re-read a few chapters every so often to keep it fresh in my mind
Over a few months I ended up with all these books, first one I read was Letting Go. I did enjoy it but found it a bit heavy going at times. I think I need to read it again because even though the author says its simple to do, I still don't understand how to do it. The Untethered Soul, I just cannot get into it. I read a few chapters then go back and start again, so many people rave about how great this book is but I have a challenging time reading it.
I have yet to read the others but I am getting to them.
I find that those two books have taken me the longest to understand. The concepts they talk about are pretty strange at first.
As time has gone on, I've had more "aha" moments from those two books in particular. I'll be reading another book, or watching a video, or doing something, and suddenly something clicks in the back of my mind and I'll understand how it connects to the things in those books.
I'd suggest maybe reading Unstoppable Self Confidence if you haven't. It's written in super simple language and explains the basis of letting go, of your inner voice, of worthiness and ego - all things that are greatly expanded on in Letting Go and The Untethered Soul. I read that one first, and it helped me have a basic framework to understand what the followup books were actually talking about.
Finally, I do have a video about the Letting Go process that might help a bit! th-cam.com/video/XrGvfzLzcAI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xM0TCHYqWhryRIEl
I love that you have taken actions to grow Andrew. New subscriber. I recently found Letting Go at a thrift store. Just started it, thought I'd see what others had about it, found you. ❤
Awesome! Hope you enjoy the book!
Just wow 😯 quality of this video is amazing you deserve 226k subs instead of 226 subs and the way you explaining is easy to understand. Keep uploading your channel will grow
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!
I'm definitely still in the growing process on TH-cam haha, but I've seen a lot of growth from this video alone and I'm excited to see where it goes from here!
Subscribed. Your expression of thought is so fluid and easy to understand. Keep doing what you’re doing and I’ll be here for it.
Thanks man! I appreciate it!
Thank you! 👏
1:19 Actually the next iteration from the simple distinction between fixed and growth mindset is to acknowledge the real worlds hard and soft limits but being aware that one has to focus on the things that can be changed to make the best out of it or even work around the limits.
You're right that there are of course, SOME hard limits that people have. But we tend to vastly underestimate ourselves when it comes to our potential. After all even Michael Jordan famously didn't make his highschool varsity team at first. But instead of interpreting that as a hard limit, as a lot of people with a fixed mindset would - he put in the effort to grow and practice as hard as possible.
So I agree that the distinction might be oversimplified and natural limits certainly play SOME role in life. But I think we can often transform a lot more than we give ourselves credit for, if we actually believe we can and apply ourselves to the process.
Great informative vid! cant wait to see ur channel grow!
That makes two of us haha
I relate so hard to you in 2022, so I think I really needed these.
Great video. Glad i found your channel
So good! I just read atomic habits a couple weeks ago! Incredible!
It's a game changer man!
Excellent video Andrew, thank you very much! I think you'll go far and I'm grateful that you're sharing your journey.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Best recommendations guys…genuinely it helps a lot for self improvement.
Thanks a lot ❤❤
You're so welcome! My pleasure!
My goal with this channel is to share my experience and what's worked for me in terms of transforming my perspective and my life. It's always a process of course, but every little step counts, and I think it's really cool if I'm able to share something that actually impacts other people!
Part of working through my own resistance and dark times has been the thought that maybe if I figured out a way to help myself through life, I could help make that journey easier for other people who are struggling.
So it's always awesome to hear that people get something positive out of it, even if it's something small!
I Love this video thanks
The video is awesome, I grabbed all of the books you mentioned! Just a side-note, Jung wasn't a psychologist, he was a psychiatrist, there's a big difference :) Thanks for the great content, keep it up!
Ooo well spotted! I slipped up there haha! I hope you enjoy the books!
Loved this whole video thankyou. Can not wait to work my way threw these book recommendations.
You're welcome! My pleasure! I hope you find them inspiring!
WOW! What an awesome way to start Sunday with those recommendations. I am ordering Atomic Habits and Mindset to start with. Thank you ! :) I also liked very much the advice 13:43, I will have to write it down as a constant reminder :) Not sure where you are located on earth but…. greetings from Germany :)
I'm from the Northwestern US! And it's my pleasure! That's an awesome combo to start with! Atomic Habits was the first one I read on the list and that's where I really started to think about what I wanted/needed to start doing in my life to get the results I wanted. I actually glanced through the book the first time almost 3 years ago and never finished it - but even just glancing through it I decided to build a habit of working out and I went from basically never working out to building a habit of consistently working out 3-4x a week for the last 2+ years. And that was from me just glancing through it! When I went back through it at the start of the year I realized how many other applications it really has!
Mindset is a great one to pair with atomic habits too because they both talk about the process of growth and learning through repetition and practice. I think they'll compliment each other really well!
Yea good, I've read a couple of these. I might order the others after this thanks
Glad you enjoyed!
Really bro is very kind .... Gives everyone reply
Excellent video Andrew
Thank you!
1. Ecclesiastes, Psalms, John, W.D Gann, The Magic Word
2. Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Will to Power
3. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Collected Essays, Plato, The Republic
4. Jimmy Buffett, A Pirate Looks at Fifty
5. Mike Hockney Leibniz: The Last Man who Knew Everything
6.Mike Hockney, The Armageddon Conspiracy, The Noosphere
7. T.S.Eliot, The Wasteland, The Hollow Men, Orwell 1984
8. Henry David Thoreau Walden
9. Arthur Schopenhauer, On Music
10. La Rouchefocould, Maxims, Gracian On Life
Smashing the like button with a hardcover book from Nietzsche for your thought provoking video. The truth shall set us all free.
New US subscriber
I will be getting all these books thank you sir
Enjoy! I hope you find them as transformative as I have!
love your recommendations !
Thanks! I'm glad you liked them!
will check it out, Ive read a lot of self help but i am starting to burn out reading them lol
That's definitely valid haha! At a certain point they do start to get repetitive.
I think there's probably a certain threshold of information that people need to attain from reading self-help or improvement books and then implementation becomes more important than more reading. More books and information can certainly help, but once you understand the basic principles, I think action is the most important thing!
Thank you for sharing
Dude awesome video holy smokes you should have way more subs
Thanks man! In fairness, I've only been doing this for like 6 months so I'm pretty grateful to even have 600ish subs haha
Great quality videos man for only 200 subscribers! keep it up
Thanks a ton! I'm pretty new at this but I'm growing fairly quickly so we'll see how it goes haha! Thanks for the comment!
Hey Andrew! Love your video man, just read Atomic habits awesome book. One of my goals, is to start a YT channel. Hope you can share your set up one day. Your videos are very well produced!
Hey I appreciate you saying that! My advice would be grab whatever camera you can get your hands on and start making stuff! I've learned a ton by just going through the repeated motion of making videos! For editing, I use Davinci Resolve, which has a free version with basically everything you need included. Whatever you do, just don't keep waiting and thinking it has to be perfect before you start. I did that for far, far too long!
Just a quick reminder,
when you apply this knowledge is when it becomes useful
Very true! To be fair, most of the books stress this point too. But it's really easy to get into the habit of reading a bunch of books for information and never actually DOING anything. At which point they're basically just entertainment. Action steps are key!
Great Video!!!!! Thank You!!!
My pleasure! Glad you liked it!
@@andrewvanhoff yes i did!!i read a lot too. Please make more videos. Thank You!!
Andrew whats some best books to know how to counter the problem of experience when clients are mostly choosing to work with established people who have 2-3 yrs of experience so how to stand out from the crowd & online business to attract potential clients in the beginning of design freelancing career as civil engineer ?
That's a degree of specificity that's pretty far outside my area of expertise haha! However I'd suggest maybe reading Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss, all about negotiation, how to get yourself better deals, interact with other people and and come out on top during negotiations. That might help with your ability to negotiate more work for yourself and stand out from the crowd!
@@andrewvanhoff Thanks a Ton 🧡
I see Atomic Habit in every book recommendations. feesl like I must read it
I'd give it a shot if I were you! It's been super impactful on my life!
Atomic habits is a game changer
Agreed!
I have to agree with Ronald down there in the comments - all the hand waving is very distracting. It made watching the video difficult.
It's a valid criticism! I think it's more to do with the tight angle of the shot. If my full body were in frame, it would seem more natural and my hands wouldn't constantly be popping in and out of frame.
However I appreciate you expressing the criticism without Ronald's level of "get off my lawn" energy 😜
I prefer a good western myself.
Any recommendations?
@@andrewvanhoff I'm a big fan of Louis L'Amour. His strories are well researched, but easy reads.
will my brain work better if I shake my head like you do?
Only one way to find out!
Watching this at 2x speed makes you look like a bobblehead
Maybe watching a bobblehead at half speed makes it look like me 🤔
Did any of these books tell you not to wave your hands all around, and put your face in and out of the camera constantly? I don't have time for this. No confidence. Thumb down.
It'll probably be hard for you, but if you think of any questions that are good, I'll happily answer them! Thanks for the comment, it helps with video engagement! :)
@@andrewvanhoff It's worth noting that it's called a Comments section, not Questions. Fine, ignore it as you wish. Your choice.
No confidence? You’re projecting, Ronald. You’ve come to this video and all you can take note of are his hands? You sound jealous and petty. Maybe, I don’t know, read one of these self help books and turn that frown upside down.
@@EllieBug3773 Presentation MATTERS. That's why we have video. I could just ead the text. His style is AWFUL. No, it's not just hands. You see it differently. Fine. You don't like my tone, but I don't see you telling me I'm wrong. This video sucks. And you suck for your response.
@@mattstewart9223 What's really sad is drawing that kind of conclusion, just because I'm willing to say when something sucks. That's whether it's a video like this, or a comment like yours.
jast 😮