In a perfect world, journalists would always present the news in a completely accurate way, and they’d give plenty of relevant context to make it even more impactful. But, unfortunately, we live in the real world, where journalists are in the business of attracting readers, and readers love things to be both super simple and full of drama. As a result, our worldview has become skewed — a poor representation of what the world is really like.

At the heart of our messed up worldview is the belief that people around the planet are worse off than they were before. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, there’s far less poverty than ever before, people everywhere are living longer and less of the world is being run by sexist and oppressive patriarchies.

This book helps us understand just how much progress has been made, and how we all can learn to overcome the negatives to see our world in a positive, accurate light.

Here are some interesting facts I picked up from the book:
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The 5am Club is a story about a billionaire who had reached the true elite, achieving epic results in both professional and personal spheres. He was a man who would leave a legacy for the world. But the secret to his success was a surprising one. He attributed his success not to his natural talents, nor to the hours he had invested in his work. He attributed it to a revolutionary morning routine, built around rising at 5 a.m. and following a little known formula designed to turbocharge his mental focus, build his physical fitness and encourage him to be his best self day in and day out.

With this book, you too can join the 5am club. You can learn how to rise each day and embrace the solitude, silence and lack of distraction the early hours of the morning can offer. You’ll learn how true elite performers in all walks of life get ahead by making the most of a time of day that others use to sleep, waste time watching the news, or browse social media.

At the heart of Robin Sharma’s 5am Club, a legendary concept he had created a long long time ago is the 20/20/20 formula that says you use 20 minutes to move, 20 minutes to reflect and 20 minutes to grow. Here is how it works:

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This book is written by Scott Adams, a famous cartoonist and a chronic failure. Before creating Dilbert, his hugely successful comic strip, Adams failed way more often than he succeeded: he got fired countless times, started a business that quickly went under and created a bunch of unsuccessful patents.

But he used all these failures as material for his comics and, in the end, came out on top. If you take a page from his book, you may find that your failures are merely the cobblestones on the path to success.

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This book will help you understand what it will take to futureproof yourself against the twenty-first century.

In an era of relentless change and uncertain futures, governments and individuals alike are grappling with technological, political and social issues unique to the twenty-first century. How should we respond to modern-day phenomena, such as frighteningly intelligent computers, globalization and the fake news epidemic?

In this book, you’ll discover the answer to all these questions and more. You’ll learn how to futureproof your children by changing your approach to education and what robots and automation mean for the future of white-collar work.

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life is the first book by blogger and author Mark Manson.

Manson’s approach and writing style have been categorized by many as contrarian to the general self-help industry, using blunt honesty and profanity to illustrate his ideas. But the book is profound in its message and perhaps that’s why as of February 18, 2018, it had been on the NY Times best seller list for 60 weeks.
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Sometimes it’s easy to feel like you’re doing a good job with money and finances if you’re able to keep a roof over your head, feed yourself and pay your bills. But what if you want to do more than just survive?

So what can you do to ensure that you can afford to buy a house, send your children to a good college and enjoy a comfortable retirement? We all know it’d be wise to start saving and investing a little bit right now.

Here are some tips Tony Robbins has for us in this book:
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In his book “Are you fully charged?”, author Tom Rath challenges us to give up the pursuit of happiness and instead focus on creating a life that is full of meaning and positive interactions. Referring to extensive research that he has studied, he explains why focusing on our own happiness often leads us to feeling lonely whereas spending time contributing to happiness of others is what makes life worthwhile and fulfilling.

This is a book about renewing ourselves in the fullest sense. It has the answer to the ultimate question me as a Life Coach and as a human being have – “How to Live?”. If life ever had a set of user manuals that answered that all important question, this would be one of them.