19 must-read self help books like Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles by Tim Grahl

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Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles

By: Tim Grahl

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

A Deeply Personal Field Guide to Defeating Your Own Worst Enemy. When you dream, you envision a mag…

If you liked the self help plot in Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles by Tim Grahl , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It

By: Steven Pressfield , Shawn Coyne

4.20

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

There's a mantra that real writers know but wannabe writers don’t. And the secret phrase is this:NO… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • business
  • audiobook
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2. Zero K

By: Don DeLillo

3.20

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

The wisest, richest, funniest, and most moving novel in years from Don DeLillo, one of the great Am… read more

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"The thinness of contemporary life. I can poke my finger through it."

-Don DeLillo, Zero K

"He told me that I hadn't done anything yet. Hadn't lived yet. All you do is pass the time, he said."

-Don DeLillo, Zero K

"This is how I thought of it. An intuitive link, a reciprocal, one number related to another in such a way that when multiplied together, day or night, their product is one."

-Don DeLillo, Zero K

"I'd never felt more human than I did when my mother lay in bed, dying. This was not the frailty of a man who is said to be "only human," subject to a weakness or a vulnerability. This was a wave of s…"

-Don DeLillo, Zero K

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3. Turning Pro

By: Steven Pressfield

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The follow up to the War of Art. In the War of Art Pressfield identifies the enemy to living an aut… read more

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  • productivity
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • business
  • self help

4. Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David

By: Lawrence Wright

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Hardcover

A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persua… read more

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5. Lying

By: Sam Harris

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vic… read more

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6. The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

By: Oliver Burkeman

3.94

Format: 450 pages, ebook

A witty, fascinating, and counterintuitive read that turns decades of self-help advice on its head … read more

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7. The Science of Getting Rich

By: Wallace D. Wattles

3.53

Format: 256 pages,

This book claims there is a true science to becoming wealthy, and reveals it within these pages. Fr… read more

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8. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

By: Austin Kleon

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

In his New York Timesbestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock the… read more

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9. Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

By: Seth Godin

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed Wall Street Journal and Business Week Bestseller. You're either a Purple Cow or you'r… read more

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10. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

By: Stephen King

3.96

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. K… read more

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11. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

By: Steven Pressfield , Robert McKee

4.08

Format: None pages,

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12. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

By: Seth Godin

3.62

Format: 272 pages,

"This is what the future of work (and the world) looks like. Actually, it's already happening aroun… read more

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13. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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14. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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15. Matterhorn (Mac Dekker, #1)

By: Christopher Reich

4.26

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this al… read more

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  • audiobook
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16. Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)

By: Jon Acuff

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Overthinking isn't a personality trait. It's the sneakiest form of fear. It steals time, creativit… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Your brain is waiting for you each day. It's waiting to be told what to think. It's waiting to see what kind of soundtracks you'll choose. It's waiting to see if you really want to build a different …"

-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)

"This time though, I didn't listen to that. There was a new soundtrack in town that told me, "Everything's always working out for me? I didn't know how that was going to become true, but I decided to …"

-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)

".........Frederickson discovered a more reasonable goal. "Aim for a positivity ratio of at least 3 to 1. This means that for every heart-wrenching negative emotional experience you endure, you experi…"

-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)

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17. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

By: Shane Parrish

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more

Similar categories in Shane Parrish's Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results book and Tim Grahl's Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles

  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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18. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

By: Michael Easter

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."

-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

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19. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • business
  • audiobook
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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20. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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21. Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

By: Gad Saad

3.94

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism has never been more seriously threate… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"We envy people whose traits compete with our desirability as a mate."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"Any human endeavor rooted in the pursuit of truth must rely on fact and not feelings."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"To be a truly wise person requires that we recognize those domains best served by our intellect versus those best guided by our emotions."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"There is no "black mind" or "white mind", no "white male of knowing", there is only one truth, and we find it through the scientific method."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

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22. Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be

By: Steven Pressfield

4.06

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you being defeated by a tendency to procrastination, self-doubt, fear, distraction, and perfect… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • business
  • audiobook
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23. Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

By: Noah Kagan

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a si… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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24. Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

By: Austin Kleon

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Keep Working. Keep Playing. Keep Creating. In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show You… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • business
  • audiobook
"To be on brand is to be 100% certain of who you are and what you do, and certainly, in art and in life, is not only completely overrated, it is also a roadblock to discovery. Uncertainty is the very …"

-Austin Kleon, Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

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25. How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion

By: Derek Sivers

4.22

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It’s a work of art about conflicting philosophies. … read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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26. The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.23

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you thrive in an unknown future? When you can’t see past the world we have now, look to vis… read more

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  • productivity
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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27. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. The Wealth Money Can't Buy: The 8 Hidden Habits to Live Your Richest Life

By: Robin S. Sharma

4.31

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking book redefining success to show readers how they can create truly abundant and ful… read more

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  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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29. The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

By: Steven Pressfield

4.14

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

"No one's insights about the craft and journey of being an artist have guided me in the day-to-day … read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • business
  • audiobook
"The artist's journey is internal (page 34): I don't care about the view outside. My focus is interior. The book or movie I'm writing is playing inside my head."

-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

"An artist has a point of view (page 23): In other words, the director knew what movie he was making. He knew what it was about (subject). He knew what he wanted it to look and sound like (voice, medi…"

-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

"The artist learns how to let go (page 80): I couldn't stop my eye from returning to those abandoned paintings. I asked Bob if he ever hauled any back out and tried again to make them work. "I used to…"

-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

"The artist's journey is a journey of dreams (page 49): The conventional truism is "Write what you know." But something mysterious and wonderful happens when we write what we don't know. The Muse ente…"

-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

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30. Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles

By: Tim Grahl

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

A Deeply Personal Field Guide to Defeating Your Own Worst Enemy. When you dream, you envision a mag… read more

Similar categories in Tim Grahl's Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles book and Tim Grahl's Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles

  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • business
  • audiobook

18 best-selling audiobook books like Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles by Tim Grahl

Transform Your Habits

Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It

Steven Pressfield , Shawn Coyne

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Zero K

Don DeLillo

3.20

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Adam M. Grant

4.12

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20 Top audiobook books like Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World by Ryan Holiday

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Adam M. Grant

4.12

Transform Your Habits

A Thousand Ships

Natalie Haynes

4.07

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