10 Best Self Development Books in the Philippines 2024

If you would like to improve yourself today and break those bad habits, this book is truly a treasure worth keeping on your shelf. It's easy to read without the fluff and psychology jargon. Atomic Habits is more than just a motivational book. You'll find practical and concrete steps, as well as inspiring, true-to-life stories, to build good habits and break the bad ones.

To achieve your goals, you need to build a system or habits. The compounding effect of 1%—improving yourself each day as you take small but significant steps— will incredibly produce great results. It's a toolkit for anyone who wants to change his or her lifestyle from the ground up. This book offers a strong argument that the accumulative effect of a habit, whether it's a good or bad one, will greatly impact your future.

Wondering what the secret of successful people is? Say hello to The 5 AM Club. This book teaches you the power of the morning routine, so you'll be supercharged the rest of the day and get things done. 

Through the mystical and amusing stories and conversations of three strangers, you'll learn why geniuses and successful people wake up before dawn and end up producing remarkable results. 

Learn more about the 20/20/20 method, where you enjoy the quietest hours the moment you wake up. Do 20 minutes of exercise, 20 minutes of self-renewal, and 20 minutes of personal growth. If waking up at 5 AM is a struggle, you can join their community for accountability. spit-balling ideas, and sharing your struggles. 

There's an adage that says worrying is like a rocking chair. It gets you nowhere. So, if you can't stop worrying, this book is a must-read. The first publication was in 1948, but the insights are timeless and practical without the jibber-jabber and applicable throughout your lifetime. 

This classic book equips you about the nature of stress and how it creeps into all domains of your life, affecting your physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and cognitive aspects. Learn the techniques to combat worry by living in the 'day-tight compartments' where you only think of today rather than the future. 

As Dale writes, "As the years went by, I gradually discovered that ninety-nine percent of the things I worried about never happened." Here's a no BS book that will enlighten you about the things you worry about today. 

Can you imagine the best version of yourself if you didn't think about your fears? This poignant book will shed light on your fears and help you understand your inner critic and behavioral patterns that often cause you to hold back in achieving your goals and dreams. 

Certified life coach Kate applies cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in the book to help take the next step regardless of your fears. 

You'll also learn practical ways to identify your triggers, emotional memories from past experiences. At the same time, this book helps you build that 'courage habit' to get the things and projects that you really want. 

Want to be more productive this year? Charles Duhigg's Smarter Faster Better is your go-to source as you understand the principles of the most productive people and companies in the world through the stories, case studies, and scientific reports featured in the book.  

If you're a procrastinator, you'd appreciate the author's arguments about the power of choices and how you view the world. Choices, whether good or bad, make a difference in the outcome. 

Here's a good read that offers deep reporting and storytelling, convincing you to focus on daily decisions to be more productive. This is to be expected from an award-winning journalist who writes for the New York Times.

People have different views about introverts that some are curious about their quietness and the timidity they project. But take note, they can make a difference in this noisy world as you read this thought-provoking gem, Quiet by Susan Cain. 

By combing research and real-life stories, she presents a motivational book that introverts can use as a guide. She spearheads the growing movement of introverts, the Quiet Revolution, and has a TED Talk that has gone viral with 11 million views. 

Whether you're an introvert or you want to understand the introverts in your circle, Quiet is filled with rich stories of real introverts who made a lasting impact in society. If you want to discover more about your power as an introvert, this book is worth keeping. 

Do you want to master your strengths this year? This book comes with a code so you can discover your unique 34 talents and top 5 strengths such as Learner, Achiever, Individualization, Connectedness, and Positivity as you take the assessment from Gallup's website. Make sure you take the assessment first to enjoy the book.

Once you discover your strengths, you'd be able to understand why you think, act, and work the way you do, including the things you need to improve on. Thus, giving you an edge to capitalize on what you're really good at. This book provides actionable tips to work effectively and improve your relationships on a professional and personal level. 

The author uses counseling, biblical, and scientific research in this book as he presents his case on the husband and wife's primary needs. This book will change how you view your spouse and learn to fulfill his or her greatest need: the husband needs respect, and the wife needs love.

This relationship and counseling book presents the premise that when the spouse doesn't meet the other's needs, the relationship will experience the 'Crazy Cycle.' When the wife doesn't feel loved, she reacts without respect. When the husband feels disrespected, he reacts and treats her without love. And the cycle goes on. 

The book presents solutions that will help couples decode the crazy cycle and transition to the Rewarding Cycle, that is, 'His love blesses regardless of her respect. Her respect blesses regardless of his love.' With a doctorate degree in child and family ecology under his belt, we're sure Dr. Eggerichs knows his stuff.

Ready to have a breakthrough with your finances? Better start this best-selling book that will transform your mind with thought-provoking principles about money. This book will debunk misconceptions about assets and liabilities and why you'd probably have to think twice before buying a home. 

This book teaches you about financial literacy and why you don't need to work harder to be rich, but instead make money work for you, such as stocks, investments, and more. Basically, anything to do about personal finance, managing your cash flow, taxes, and other passive income sources to explore is covered in this book. 

If you want to earn more, you may want to read this easy guide with useful lessons based on the author's expertise, experience, and other entrepreneurs' success stories. Be inspired as the author challenges your beliefs that you don't need an MBA, business plan, and even employees to live a fulfilling life while getting paid. 

Whether it's a product or service, you can start a business at low capital. This book is filled with success stories that will motivate you to work with passion. This is recommended for newbies in business and employees looking for side hustles while still working full-time.