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Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 887,586 ratings — published 2008
Think and Grow Rich (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 393,575 ratings — published 1937
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as success)
avg rating 4.16 — 840,930 ratings — published 1989
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as success)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,188,072 ratings — published 1936
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 141 times as success)
avg rating 4.09 — 181,786 ratings — published 2006
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 117 times as success)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,406,867 ratings — published 2018
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 111 times as success)
avg rating 4.21 — 68,137 ratings — published 2010
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money—That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as success)
avg rating 4.08 — 756,991 ratings — published 1997
The Magic of Thinking Big (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as success)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,405 ratings — published 1959
The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 35,477 ratings — published
The Richest Man in Babylon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 252,221 ratings — published 1926
Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 10,093 ratings — published
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 197,742 ratings — published 2016
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as success)
avg rating 4.07 — 242,195 ratings — published 1999
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 147,191 ratings — published 2016
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 75,687 ratings — published 2012
The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
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avg rating 3.90 — 341,857 ratings — published 2007
Law of Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as success)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,372 ratings — published 1925
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as success)
avg rating 4.09 — 280,090 ratings — published 2009
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as success)
avg rating 4.15 — 76,852 ratings — published 1992
Mastery (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 51,053 ratings — published 2012
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 575,250 ratings — published 2012
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as success)
avg rating 4.06 — 40,954 ratings — published 2013
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 62 times as success)
avg rating 4.06 — 51,928 ratings — published 2012
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as success)
avg rating 4.12 — 309,860 ratings — published 2001
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 170,227 ratings — published 2001
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 183,373 ratings — published 1984
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 30,734 ratings — published 2011
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as success)
avg rating 4.01 — 866,275 ratings — published 2000
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as success)
avg rating 4.18 — 85,764 ratings — published 1994
Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 52,356 ratings — published 2005
The Slight Edge (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 26,360 ratings — published 2005
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as success)
avg rating 3.95 — 127,199 ratings — published 2009
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 51 times as success)
avg rating 4.10 — 45,443 ratings — published 2016
Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as success)
avg rating 3.87 — 84,393 ratings — published 2001
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 416,572 ratings — published 2014
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 612,904 ratings — published 2011
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 104,189 ratings — published 2014
The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 594,015 ratings — published -500
Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 520,421 ratings — published 1998
Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 37,389 ratings — published 1986
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,478,455 ratings — published 2016
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 138,172 ratings — published
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as success)
avg rating 4.07 — 484,377 ratings — published 2012
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 31,014 ratings — published 1997
The Secret (The Secret, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 546,372 ratings — published 2006
What Got You Here Won't Get You There (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 32,044 ratings — published 2006
Fierce Love: Creating a Love that Lasts―One Conversation at a Time (Audio CD)
by (shelved 43 times as success)
avg rating 4.28 — 6,866 ratings — published 2022
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as success)
avg rating 4.05 — 136,154 ratings — published 2011
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else (Audio CD)
by (shelved 43 times as success)
avg rating 4.03 — 27,526 ratings — published 2009
“A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.”
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“No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages
1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.
3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”
4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.
5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.
6) Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.
7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.
8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.
9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.
10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.
11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.
12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 23
13) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 24
14) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record
15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity
16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France
17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 28
18) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world
19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter
20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind
22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest
23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream."
24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics
25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.
27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.
28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and 49 years old when he wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas
30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger
31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States
32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.
33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote "The Hunger Games"
34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.
35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.
36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.
37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.
38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".
40) Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived
41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise
42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out
43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US
44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats
45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President”
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1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.
3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”
4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.
5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.
6) Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.
7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.
8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.
9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.
10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.
11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.
12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 23
13) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 24
14) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record
15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity
16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France
17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 28
18) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world
19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter
20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind
22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest
23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream."
24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics
25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.
27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.
28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and 49 years old when he wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas
30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger
31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States
32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.
33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote "The Hunger Games"
34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.
35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.
36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.
37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.
38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".
40) Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived
41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise
42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out
43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US
44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats
45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President”
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