Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their creative potential, in part because they're laboring in environments that impede intrinsic motivation.
Here are just a few handpicked books we believe to be great resources for developing and understanding intrinsic motivation.
Good Vibes, Good Life
Vex King
In this book, Vex will show you that when you change the way you think, feel, speak and act, you begin to change the world.
The Mountain Is You
Brianna Wiest
This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good. Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile.
Atomic Habit
James Clear
Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible.
Get Out of Your Own Way
Mark Goulston, M.D. and Philip Goldberg
Practical, proven self help steps show how to transform 40 common self-defeating behaviors, including procrastination, envy, obsession, anger, self-pity, compulsion, neediness, guilt, rebellion, inaction, and more.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.
The ONE Thing
Gary Keller
People are using this simple, powerful concept to focus on what matters most in their personal and work lives. The ONE Thing delivers extraordinary results in every area of your life--work, personal, family, and spiritual. WHAT'S YOUR ONE THING?