10 Books to Jumpstart Your New Year’s Resolutions

Whether you are trying to improve yourself, your relationships, or your finances, there is a book that can help guide you to achieving your New Year’s resolution.

Self-Improvement Resolutions

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

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Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

Ali Abdaal

Dr. Ali Abdaal – the world’s most-followed productivity expert – has uncovered an easier and happier path to success. Drawing on decades of psychological research, he has found that the secret to productivity and success isn’t grind – it’s feeling good. If you can make your work feel good, then productivity takes care of itself.

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Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering

Joseph Nguyen

In this book, you’ll discover the root cause of all psychological and emotional suffering and how to achieve freedom of mind to effortlessly create the life you’ve always wanted to live. Learn how to overcome anxiety, self-doubt, and self-sabotage without needing to rely on motivation or willpower.

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– Financial Resolutions –

Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy’s Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

Tori Dunlap

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K, an inclusive guide to all things money—from managing debt to investing and voting with your dollars.

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Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

Vivian Tu

Building on the lessons she learned on Wall Street about money and the markets, Vivian now offers her best personal finance tips and tricks to readers of all ages and demographics, so that anyone can get rich, whether you grew up knowing the rules to the game or not. Vivian will be your mentor, dispensing fresh, no-BS advice on how to think like a rich person and create smart money habits.

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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth Mo re Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Cait Flanders

In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy, she decided to set herself a challenge: she would not shop for an entire year. Blending Cait’s compelling story with inspiring insight and practical guidance, The Year of Less will leave you questioning what you’re holding on to in your own life—and, quite possibly, lead you to find your own path of less.

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– Relationship Resolutions –

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

From the author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work—and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life. Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation.

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Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make–and Keep–Friends

Marisa G. Franco

How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren’t texting you back (it’s not because they hate you!), and the myth of “friendships happening organically” (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!).

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Big Friendship

Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman

A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don’t talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul.

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Frientimacy

Shasta Nelson

Award-winning speaker Shasta Nelson shows how anyone can form stronger, more meaningful friendships, marked by a level of trust she calls “frientimacy.” With a warm, engaging, and inspiring voice, she shows how friendships built on dedication and commitment can lead to enriched relationships, stronger and more meaningful ties, and an overall increase in mental health.

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