18 books like Grit

What to read after Grit — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Outliers Malcolm Gladwell · 2008 · ★ 4.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture,… Shares: Erfolg, Leadership, Success, Psychology

Lean In Sheryl Sandberg · 1799 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root… Shares: Leadership, Psychology, Business

Gandhi CEO Alan Axelrod · 2010 Fourteen lessons to instruct, inspire, and encourage…History’s great leaders have much to teach us, and no one outshines Alan Axelrod in extracting those lessons and applying them to today’s business world. His Elizabeth I, CEO and Patton on Leadership both became BusinessWeek bestsellers—and now, to follow his recent Winston Churchill, CEO, Axelrod has found a new and perhaps surprising subject… Shares: Leadership, Self help

The Power Rhonda Byrne · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This is the handbook to the greatest power in the universe - The Power to have everything you want. Without The Power, you would not have been born. Without The Power, there wouldn't be a single.human being in the planet. Every discovery, invention and human creation comes from The Power. Perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness and the money you… Shares: Erfolg, Success, Self help

The Power of Nice Linda Kaplan Thaler & Robin Koval · 2006 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Explains how to build a successful business and career through kindness, trust, and fair play, using real-life examples to demonstrate such benefits as lower recruitment costs, higher productivity, and lower employee turnover. Shares: Leadership, Success, Self help, Business

Barking Up the Wrong Tree Eric Barker · 2017 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Wall Street Journal BestsellerMuch of the advice we’ve been told about achievement and personal development is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary behavioral science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You’ll learn:• Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your… Shares: Success, Business

4th Edition CEO of Your New LifeJulie Jackson-Forsberg

4th Edition CEO of Your New Life Julie Jackson-Forsberg · 2023 Shares: Education, Business

$100M Offers Alex Hormozi · 2021 · ★ 4.9 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The methods contained within this book are so simple, so instantaneous, and so effective, it’s as if they work by magic. If you implement even one tactic in this book, you’ll see the change in your prospects' demeanor. And you’ll know the $100M Offers method worked when you start hearing, “What do I need to do to move forward?” before you even ask for the sale. Shares: Education, Business

$100M Money Models Alex Hormozi · 2025 · ★ 4.5 Guinness World Record: Fastest Selling Non-Fiction Book in History OVER 5,000,000 COPIES SOLD IN THE $100M SERIES!! This book will show you the art of getting more customers to spend more money faster. If you have a business, this book will help you make more from it. If you don’t have a business, this will help you start one. If you have parents, this book will help you retire them. If you… Shares: Education, Business

Personality Plus Florence Littauer · 1983 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A revealing "personality profile" self-test and Littauer's insightful advice help readers better understand themselves and others. A best-seller. Shares: Personality, Success, Psychology, Self help

Surviving Your Serengeti Stefan Swanepoel · 2011 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate When a brutal business environment meets a soft economy, you need sources of inspiration and wisdom for survival. This compelling fable offers a riveting tale of life in Africa’s Serengeti and lessons for today’s beleaguered business people and struggling society. Every year, more than two million animals make a thousand-mile journey across the harsh, beautiful Serengeti, a journey full of… Shares: Leadership, Success, Self help, Business

The Secret Language of Birthdays Gary Goldschneider · 1992 · ★ 4.1 · 832p · ≈ 27h · Moderate Many have suspected that your birthday affects your personality and how you relate to others. Nineteen years and over one million copies later, The Secret Language of Birthdays continues to fascinate readers by describing the characteristics associated with being born on a particular day. And being born on a particular month describe one's personality.. Shares: Personality, Self help

Leadership 101 John C. Maxwell · 1994 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Unleash your leadership potential with this need-to-know guide, direct from the playbooks of America's most trusted leadership expert, John C. Maxwell. No matter who you are, you can lead—and lead well. That is the message?New York Times?bestselling author John C. Maxwell gives in this power-packed guidebook The consummate leader offers a succinct and inspiring framework for enhancing the… Shares: Leadership, Self help

The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the… Shares: Erfolg, Psychology, Business

Coolmind David Keefe · 2011 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The demands of school, sports, exams, and relationships can be so stressful. This toolkit of simple mindfulness techniques can help! Designed to be used any time you are stressed or upset—or need to boost your energy and confidence—these short practices can help you feel calmer, happier, more focused, and more able to get the most out of life. Shares: Psychology, Self help

Help Yourself to Happiness Keith Were · 1999 · ★ 3.8 · 201p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Over a period of ten years, the author has been developing a programme for achieving self-fulfilment and happiness. This guide describes a way to sort out what works in an individual''s life and what needs to be reassessed.' Shares: Psychology, Self help

Introducing Confident Speaking Alan Woodhouse · 2014 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Introducing Confident Speaking, by voice, acting, communication and public speaking coach Alan Woodhouse, teaches you to express yourself more clearly, persuasively and confidently. Whether you want to ask your boss for a pay rise, chair meetings better, or deliver a faultless best-man speech, this book will teach you how to plan what to say, manage your anxieties and project your best self on… Shares: Psychology, Self help

Drive Daniel H. Pink · 2009 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm-changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is through external rewards like money—the… Shares: Leadership, Success, Psychology, Business

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