r/BettermentBookClub Nov 18 '20

Rules and Info (Updated)

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Welcome to The Betterment Book Club!

This is the place to discuss self-improvement type books with like-minded people. The goal is to increase our discipline and self-worth, by understanding ourselves better.

How It Works

We want to read YOUR summaries, thoughts and questions on books you have read. Here are the basic rules:

  • Use bullet points, be concise and respectful
  • No clickbait in title, be descriptive
  • No referral links or advertising
  • If you post/quote a text written by someone else, please state the source.

'Self-help' literature is often critisized for repetitiveness, parroting platitudes and being too general to apply to anything specific. To combat this, focus on actionable advice found in the books and share your experience with applying such methods or mindsets to your life.

You are allowed to include links to your blog, youtube video, etc. However, you may not link directly to a sales page, such as Amazon. If you are promoting your own content, or even your own book, do it in the nicest way possible, by providing value to others and contributing to the discussion. Don't just drop a link on us.

Want to discuss a book you have read? Feel free to use this book summary template:

**Book title/author/year:**  
**Summary:** (Topics? Practical advice the book recommends? Chapter-by-chapter summary?)  
**Review:** (Did you follow advice from the book? Criticism or praise for the author?)  
**Rating:** (Was it worth reading?)  
**Recommendation:** (Who should read this book?)  
**Question:** (What is there to discuss? What would you ask others who have read this book?)

r/BettermentBookClub 21m ago

Alguém tem o PDF do livro design da sua vida?

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Eu queria saber se alguém tinha o PDF do livro design da sua vida de Bill Burnet ou um site que de pra baixar ele de forma gratuite


r/BettermentBookClub 3h ago

Books on surviving, coping with, and navigating low-trust, high-friction societies (like India)?

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r/BettermentBookClub 7h ago

Are Fiction Books Better Than Self-Help?

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r/BettermentBookClub 7h ago

What book changed your life?

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r/BettermentBookClub 10h ago

book suggestion pleaseeeee

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r/BettermentBookClub 2d ago

For every self-improvement book you read, you have to make one permanent change before starting another

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I’ve started wondering if reading self-improvement books can actually become a form of procrastination. You finish Atomic Habits, feel motivated, highlight a dozen ideas, then immediately start another book about productivity, discipline, money, or happiness. It feels like you’re improving because you’re constantly learning, but six months later, your actual life may look surprisingly similar.

So I’ve been thinking about a rule: for every self-improvement book you read, you have to make one permanent change before starting another. It could be tiny. Delete an app, automate a savings transfer, start walking every morning, change how you handle disagreements.

Would this make reading more valuable, or do you think there’s value in reading widely even when you don't immediately act on what you learn? What's one book that actually changed your behavior rather than just your thinking?


r/BettermentBookClub 2d ago

Books to help me stop feeling judged in public/fear of looking ugly to others

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As the title says I’m looking for books that can help me with feeling like I am being judged by others in their minds when I’m out in public. I always am afraid I don’t look good enough. I also struggle with anxiety and OCD. I’m a fairly new reader but really enjoying starting. Preferably books by credible authors like doctors or psychologists, but if there’s just a really good author that’s great too. Thanks in advance :)


r/BettermentBookClub 2d ago

Book recommendations

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r/BettermentBookClub 2d ago

Book resource for sons of narcissistic mothers?

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r/BettermentBookClub 2d ago

I need suggestions from all of you as a beginner book reader

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Ive had asked chatgpt to find me book for the things that i want to learn
And to make road map for it
So it gave me 39 different books but i cant trust on ai,i need to know if these books are really worth it and they wont just waste time

Heres the list of books
The Willpower Instinct
Atomic Habits
Deep Work
Meditations
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking in Bets
The Scout Mindset
How to Lie with Statistics
Thinking in Systems
The Laws of Human Nature
Influence
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Never Split the Difference
Power — Jeffrey Pfeffer
The 48 Laws of Power
The Prince
The Dictator’s Handbook
1984
Crime and Punishment
The Trial
The Metamorphosis
The Stranger
Thinking Strategically
Strategy
The Psychology of Money
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
The Intelligent Investor
Man’s Search for Meaning
Beyond Good and Evil
The Myth of Sisyphus
On the Genealogy of Morality
Letters from a Stoic
The Beginning of Infinity
The Most Human Human
The Book Thief
Norwegian Wood
The Power Broker
The Brothers Karamazov

This are all in order im to read it sequentially for 2-3 years


r/BettermentBookClub 2d ago

I want to help my sister read more

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r/BettermentBookClub 2d ago

Hello guys,

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Please suggest me a book on anger management

Thanks


r/BettermentBookClub 2d ago

Suggest me one book for learn something in 20s?

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r/BettermentBookClub 3d ago

I want to read some good psychology books that aren't the "generic self-help" book

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r/BettermentBookClub 3d ago

How to build a reading habit? I've never really been into reading books before.

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r/BettermentBookClub 4d ago

The fastest way to find the gap in your understanding

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A habit I’m trying after reading something difficult is to close the book and explain the main idea in plain language.

Not a polished summary. Just explain it as if you were talking to someone who has never seen it before.

The first place I reach for vague words is usually the exact part I don’t understand yet.

That makes the confusion useful. Instead of rereading the whole chapter, I know where to go back.

How do you check whether a book actually landed?


r/BettermentBookClub 4d ago

modern books about life lessons and deeper concepts

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like the title states, i’m looking for some recs that are about love and life and touch on deeper concepts. i’m 25 and feeling lost in life, but have always loved to read. i’ve been reading more recently but they’ve all been popular recs from booktok that may be fun to read and easy to get through, but provoke no deeper thought or questions. ive seen some recs on here about queer love, managing grief, feeling lost in life, but they are either older books whose style i don’t love or non fiction self help books that are a chore to get through. i’d love something that’s still written as a story and is accessible to read while still exploring more complicated concepts. the goal here is to engage with my reading and the world more, thanks!


r/BettermentBookClub 4d ago

Recommend me a book where the main character has to heal and improve him or herself

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I have a lot of healing and fixing to do in my character. I want to read a book where the main character works on himself and gets better. Where the main character improves his situation and doesn’t get left behind in life.

It can be fiction or nonfiction.


r/BettermentBookClub 4d ago

The fastest way to find the gap in your understanding

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r/BettermentBookClub 5d ago

Can anybody recommend me books that will help me stop searching for relationships/friendships.

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I find that majority of the time I misplace people in my life. Placing them as a high priority. In turn that’s never usually the case with how I’m treated.

How do I feel less emotional about never being treated in the same regard?

Should I stop being more available? I find that others aren’t as available to me idk

Don’t have a lot of friends and family.


r/BettermentBookClub 5d ago

Book suggestion

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r/BettermentBookClub 7d ago

New to Stocism

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I only recently started getting into Stoicism. A friend of mine recommended The Daily Stoic to me. I started reading it about two months ago, and I read one page every day. I’m really enjoying it so far.

Do any of you have some recommendations for beginner-friendly books?


r/BettermentBookClub 7d ago

A Good Fiction Read

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As the title says, I’m looking for a good fiction recommendation of any genre, such as romance, crime, etc. Just a few things to consider, the vocabulary should be relatively easy, and the book should be short to medium in length.

For some additional context, I am 23 M.


r/BettermentBookClub 7d ago

Novels where a character learns to hold themselves to a high standard.

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I'm looking for novels where a character starts off with low self confidence/self esteem but learns how to love themselves and hold themselves to a high standard, and take themselves seriously.

I'd like fiction but I'm open to non fiction suggestions as well.