It is always good to read, regardless of the subject, because we can let our imaginations run wild and also learn something in particular. Self-help books help us overcome a sentimental breakup, be more successful in a business, learn to forgive or say how we feel, etc.
Are any titles? Classic? In the field of self-help and explain the steps to follow, ask questions or tell you how to act; others are a “moral” story, to be used as a source of inspiration. They are not complicated to read even detailed, but the good thing is that they contain a very important and deep message, which does not need to be embellished because it is direct and simple. The teachings in these books bring about a change in your vision of life and the world, in the way you handle each situation, and how you solve problems.
- If you’ve read it before.
- You can enjoy it again.
- Experts say the same title read over and over in life brings us new experiences and perspectives.
- Because we’re not the same as we were two years ago and we won’t be five anymore.
1. Who touched my cheese? (Who moved my cheese): “An incredible way to cope with change in professional and personal life” is the subtitle chosen by Spencer Johnson, the author. It was written as a parable and tells the story of two rats and their search for cheese. It describes four typical reactions of a person to a problem or situation, that is, resist for fear of something worse, detect the point of change, learn to adapt or rush to act. Launched in 1998, it is a simple but also devastating analysis of changes and problems, but above all how to deal with them.
2. The Knight in Rusty Armor is a self-help book written by Robert Fischer, with some elements of humor, as well as motivation, it is a book that can be read from youth to old age and reflects the process of change in a person unable to express his feelings. The protagonist is an egocentric knight, who does not understand or value what he possesses, mistreats the people and things around him, closes more and more in his armor until he rusts and cannot eliminate him. Take a journey along the path of truth, to three castles. Talk about the importance of opening up to the world and saying how you feel.
3 Man in search of meaning (Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen, Ein Psychologe erlebt du Konzentrationslager, in German): it is a book of psychology written by an Austrian psychiatrist named Viktor Frankl and published in 1946, which narrates personal experiences and the history of the concentration camp of Auschwitz, during World War II, but seen from within. It is divided into two parts, which try to answer the question “how daily life in a concentration camp affects the mind, in the psychology of the prisoner” He tries to understand the psychological changes of prisoners, but it is also a wave of hope and appreciation for life.
4. The Little Prince: This is the best-known book by the writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, published in 1943, is a story with watercolor illustrations, where a pilot gets lost in the Sahara, right after an accident with his plane. , meets a little prince who comes from another country. The book has a philosophical theme and talks about social criticism about how adults see things. Although it is considered a children’s book, it presents very profound observations about the life and nature of man, such as in the encounter between prince and fox, where you can read the best known phrase of the book:?With the heart, is the essential invisible to the eyes?It is an invitation to reflect on love, human relationships and the loss of things that are really important in life.
5. The Scaphandre and the Butterfly (Scuba Diving and butterfly): it is a story that went to the cinema, written by Juan Dominique Bauby, although it is not a self-help book with all the lyrics, it is an autobiography that tells the story of the writer through an objective and hard narrative, as well as important. When Bauby suffered a massive embolism at age 43, he spent three weeks in a coma, coming out of this situation discovering that his body is completely paralyzed and that he cannot move, talk, eat or breathe without being monitored. Your mind works well, but you can’t communicate with anyone. You can only move your left eyelid. In this “new world” he only controls two things: memory and imagination. It serves to enrich our life and enjoy the small details of each day.