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Best Lifehack Books

Want an easier life, a better brain, and a whole lot more happiness? The best lifehack books on store shelves can give you exactly what you want.

By Iggy PaulsenPublished 6 years ago 6 min read
Top Story - July 2018
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Life is hard, but does it really have to be? If you are a fan of learning lifehacks, then you probably already know the answer to that. Life will always be full of challenges, but if you have the right knowledge and skills, then you won't have too much of a problem.

Learning how to "hack" your life and boost your ability to handle everything that life throws at you is the easiest way to ensure that you will be healthier, wealthier, and also get what you want to get out of life.

When it comes to learning lifehacking skills, books can be your greatest ally or a massive waste of time. If you want to get better advice on how to improve your life and make the most out of every day, we suggest sticking to the best lifehack books on the market... such as the ones below.

In most typical productivity books, people are strongly advised against taking time to unwind and randomly unfocus. However, in practice, that often leads to burnout on a multitude of different levels.

Tinker, Dabble, Doodle, Try is one of the best lifehack books for people who want to boost productivity and also improve their creativity. The entire idea behind Pillay's lifehacks is to work with your brain's need to "recharge" and zone out.

By doodling and just fidgeting about, you're actually giving your brain time to recharge and igniting the parts of your brain that help encourage creativity. Who'd have thought?

Once in a while, we meet someone who has their stuff together in a way that most others just don't. They seem to do the impossible. They forgo sugar, they eat healthily, they have an all-star career, and they even find a way to sleep.

Most of us wonder how these "impossible people" somehow happen to survive. They just seem too perfect, but believe it or not, they're real. Better Than Before gives you a roadmap that allows you to become the person you always wanted to be.

Ruben uses the "four tendencies" to get to the root of the problem and cure the cause along with the symptoms of your bad habits. It's a book so well-recognized for its effective advice, it became a New York Times bestseller.

Being a trendsetter isn't easy, especially when you don't even realize that you are one! One of the greatest lifehacks you can ever learn is realizing the kind of lifestyle and career that suits you best. The funny thing is, the type of person you are never really dawns on many people.

If you're feeling lost at work and just don't know how to live a better life, Self-Employed will help you figure out whether you're a leader or a follower, and convince you to live the kind of life that you are meant to live.

In every single industry known for overachievement, there are secrets people keep that help them reach for the stars. Whether you're a Navy SEAL, an extreme gymnast, a Silicon Valley superstar, or the CEO of a major company, you will eventually need to learn how to "hack" the way you live to maximize your productivity.

Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal do the world a favor by taking a close look at how the world's best and brightest manage to accomplish the seemingly impossible. What you'll learn in Stealing Fire is mindblowing, and more impressively, all backed by science.

In terms of sheer quality and quantity of lifehack knowledge, it's obvious that this is one of the best lifehack books to be published in recent years. Expect to boost your IQ, use your lifehacks to sleep better, and even get ahead of your coworkers.

Are you anxious? Jittery? Do you feel like the world is out to get you? If you're like approximately a quarter of all Americans, then the answer is probably yes. Most people struggle with being able to stay calm under pressure.

There are plenty of anti-stress books out there, so you're probably wondering what makes Success Under Stress one of the best lifehack books dealing with quick fixes for stress. It's the sheer amount of tools that the book offers for dealing with stressors of all sorts.

Situation-specific stuff? No problem. Author Sharon Melnick brings out every typical situation and then some.

When the term "lifehack" first came out, it really referred to making the most of your time without increasing your stress. Getting Things Done, therefore, is one of the best lifehack books by default.

This book is entirely dedicated to increasing your productivity at the office and at home without having to sacrifice the things that you enjoy in life. It's been called a "Bible for business," but in reality, what David Allen offers is an entire lifestyle makeover.

Many major executives have called this one of their favorite books to read. You'll understand why when you examine its contents.

When it comes to careers, one of the saddest facts of life is that it's not always what you know. Rather, it's often who you know. If you want to succeed at life or even just have friends, you're going to need to improve social skills you have and develop the ones you don't have.

If you have always felt like you were alone and couldn't break into a social group, Never Eat Alone will quickly become one of the best lifehack books you'll ever read.

Generally regarded as one of the best self-help books of all time, How to Win Friends & Influence People also easily qualifies as one of the best lifehack books of all time. As the title suggests, this book offers up excellent advice on how to improve social skills, connect with others, and even overcome social anxiety.

Ever since it came out in 1936, Dale Carnegie's smash hit book has become known as a must-read for politicians, businesspeople, and wallflowers who want to break out of their shells, as well as one of the most motivational books of all time. It's a good book for anyone who wants to become popular or just sharpen their talking skills a bit.

Most of the books that fall into the "lifehack" category tend to be geared towards businesspeople who want to maximize their productivity during the workday—and that's great! But, what if you're looking for a book that offers physical lifehacks?

John Durant's Paleo Manifesto is a book that offers up advice about how to best work with our evolutionary path. From optimizing sleep to improving your health and diet, this guide will give you a motivational boost along with easy-to-implement advice that will make you feel and look great.

Joshua Becker's Simplify might be one of the best lifehack books for people who live the "modern lifestyle." We live in a society that conditions us to want things we don't need, to impress people who don't matter, using money we don't have.

This kind of maximalist lifestyle leads to increased stress, a worse work-life balance, and a lot of problems that should never really exist in the first place. Are you sick of feeling like you're stuck on a treadmill with this stuff?

Simplify offers you a way to escape the rat race by just saying "no" to junk. It's a great book that everyone should read at least once in their life.

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Iggy Paulsen

Iggy Paulsen is a fan of anything and everything wholesome. He loves his two dogs, hiking in the woods, traveling to Aruba, building DIY projects that better humanity, and listening to motivational speakers. He hopes to eventually become a motivational speaker himself.

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