I am often asked where my way of thinking comes from, and the honest answer is that a large part of it came from books read in hammocks, airports and tents. A few changed the direction of my life. A New Earth and The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle taught me that most suffering is the ego talking and that life only ever happens now. The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer showed me how to stop believing every thought I have. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and Atomic Habits by James Clear shaped how I work: one taught me the power of a burning desire, the other the power of tiny daily votes for the person you want to become.
Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza stretched what I believe is possible. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma is the book that made me want to write one of my own, and his The Wealth Money Can't Buy gave me a definition of richness I actually want to live by: health, family, craft and freedom count for more than the number in your account. Let Them by Mel Robbins arrived exactly when I needed it. Let people misunderstand the path you choose. Let them think you are crazy. Their opinions were never yours to manage. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari put my small human worries into seventy thousand years of perspective, and The Power of Self-Confidence by Brian Tracy got me through the years when I doubted everything.
If you only read one this year, start with Tolle. It is the deepest water on the list. And if you are wondering what all this reading eventually turned into, it is the reason I am writing a book of my own.