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Best Motivational Books Worth Your Attention

Looking for the best Motivational books? Browse our list to find excellent book recommendations on the subject.

You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (2013)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionYOU ARE A BADASS IS THE SELF-HELP BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES BUT DON’T WANT TO GET BUSTED DOING IT.
Author(s): Jen Sincero

Motivational Books: 365 Days of Positive Thinking: A motivational quote-a-day to increase productivity and bring positive thinking into your life (Volume 1) (2016)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionDo you have trouble getting motivated? Do you want to bring more into your life? are incredibly powerful, and it’s no wonder the best of them go viral on the internet. When you find a motivational quote that resonates with you and encourages , it can instantly transform the rest of your day almost like magic. In this , author Jenny Kellett has collated 365 of the best that promote and increase motivation — that’s one for each day of the year.
Author(s): Jenny Kellett

Building Motivational Interviewing Skills, Second Edition: A Practitioner Workbook (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) (2017)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionMany tens of thousands of mental health and health care professionals have used this essential book–now significantly revised with 70% new content reflecting important advances in the field–to develop and sharpen their skills in motivational interviewing (MI). Clear explanations of core MI concepts are accompanied by carefully crafted sample dialogues, exercises, and practice opportunities.
Author(s): David B. Rosengren

This Too Shall Pass: 80 Days of Motivational Quotes (2019)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionWe have all been down or felt lonely with feeling like there was no one to turn to. STOP! STOP IT NOW! Thinking that way will only allow you to dig a deeper hole for yourself. You control your happiness! Take a deep breath and smile. After reading this book, you’ll be able to smile through your storms and know that the things you’re going through are only temporary.
Author(s): Mimi Hussey

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) (2007)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionMuch of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behavior change.
Author(s): Stephen Rollnick , William R. Miller , et al.

Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) (2015)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionMaking and maintaining lasting changes in nutrition and fitness is not easy for anyone. Yet the communication style of a health professional can make a huge difference. This book presents the proven counseling approach known as motivational interviewing (MI) and shows exactly how to use it in day-to-day interactions with clients. MI offers simple yet powerful tools for helping clients work through ambivalence, break free of diets and quick-fix solutions, and overcome barriers to change.
Author(s): Dawn Clifford, Laura Curtis

Motivational Interviewing in Schools: Conversations to Improve Behavior and Learning (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) (2016)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionThe first teacher's guide to the proven counseling approach known as motivational interviewing (MI), this pragmatic book shows how to use everyday interactions with students as powerful opportunities for change. MI comprises skills and strategies that can make brief conversations about any kind of behavioral, academic, or peer-related challenge more effective.
Author(s): Stephen Rollnick, Sebastian G. Kaplan, et al.

You Are Doing a Freaking Great Job.: And Other Reminders of Your Awesomeness (2015)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionThe perfect gift, and the easiest gift—because we all know someone who deserves a pat on the back, a big thumbs-up, or just a special thank-you! You Are Doing a Freaking Great Job is a vibrant, colorful, pocket-size book of encouragement. Created by more than 20 artists and designers—from the well-known Etsy favorites Emily McDowell and Mary Kate McDevitt, to emerging talents Lindsay Whitehead and J.
Author(s): Workman Publishing

Motivational Interviewing for School Counselors (2017)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionMotivational Interviewing (MI) is a powerful counseling approach that has helped thousands of people make positive changes in their lives. This book is the first training experience ever created to help School Counselors learn to use MI in their unique context.
Author(s): Reagan A North

Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) (2015)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionMotivational interviewing (MI) offers powerful tools for helping social work clients draw on their strengths to make desired changes in their lives. This reader-friendly book introduces practitioners and students to MI and demonstrates how to integrate this evidence-based method into direct practice.
Author(s): Melinda Hohman

Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! (1992)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionWake up and take control of your life!
Author(s): Tony Robbins

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (2014)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionImagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future. Your goals, your dreams, your plans…they’re all within reach. You just need the tools to help you get there. That’s what Sean Covey’s landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, has been to millions of teens: a handbook to self-esteem and success.
Author(s): Sean Covey

Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems, Second Edition (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) (2017)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionThis authoritative guide, now significantly revised and expanded, has given tens of thousands of clinicians proven tools for helping clients resolve ambivalence and mobilize their energy, commitment, and personal resources for change. Leading experts describe ways to combine motivational interviewing (MI) with other treatments for a wide range of psychological problems, including depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and others.
Author(s): Hal Arkowitz, William R. Miller , et al.

Motivational Interviewing for Leadership: MI-LEAD (2017)

 Best Motivational Books Worth Your AttentionLeadership can be complex, difficult, demanding, and stressful. It is not surprising that there are so many books, programs, trainings, consultants, and coaches that exist to help leaders develop leadership and management skills. Leaders play an important role in employee satisfaction and ultimately the success or failure of an organization.
Author(s): Jason Wilcox, Brian Kersh, et al.

Best Motivational Books Worth Your Attention

We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some motivational books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.

Globalisation and Inclusive Schooling: Engaging Motivational Environments

Author(s): Joseph Zajda
ID: 3711100, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf

I Don't Care If You Like Me, I Like Me: Bernie Mac's Daily Motivational

Author(s): Bernie Mac, Rhonda R. McCullough
ID: 3414393, Publisher: Permuted Platinum, Year: 2022, Size: 4 Mb, Format: epub

Transitions: A Director's Journey and Motivational Handbook

Author(s): Pete Chatmon
ID: 3543603, Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions, Year: 2022, Size: 26 Mb, Format: epub

Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are really record-breakers according to The Wall Street Journal, others are written by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.

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