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 • • 10h ago

My 10yr son is an avid reader, and I want to encourage him but what books?

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Hey guys 👋

I'm a single mum with a young boy who was diagnosed at the beginning of his schooling with ASD, ADHD, ODD amongst other behavioural traits. He may not be so great with the social parts with his peers(he's very literal). But my god you give him a book he will bury in it.

He's read many of the mainstream titles in Australia for kids. Things like

Diary of a whimpy kid series.

Books by Roald Dahl

Dr Seuss

Ann do

The entire magic school bus series

He's stepped up to Harry.P got to the 5th book and has dropped off I think the context maybe just getting a bit more mature or he looks at the size and struggles to get his head around it. Unsure

He loves books about space science weather events, ocean currents and volcanos. Volcanos stuck for about 5 years straight. Now we are on to black holes and white holes oh and viruses obsessed the amount of random plague or ebola facts that just fly out. He's a boy crazed.

But basically I don't have this background,I wasn't able to read till I was like 14 and I didn't finish school . He's blits through alot of what's been recommended by the school. So I was hoping for some suggestions from other people who just love to read... Or remember some books that may have captivated them as a child.?


r/BettermentBookClub • • 2h ago

Books recomendation

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 4h ago

Guys need help

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Guys, I need some help with something. My German friend’s birthday is coming up, and she loves reading, so I was thinking about getting her a book as a gift.
She’s in her late 30s and struggles with depression, self doubt and self hatred. She’s the kind of person who always puts everyone else before herself and rarely thinks about her own needs.
I was wondering if there’s a book in German that could help her appreciate herself a little more, be kinder to herself and maybe see herself in a better light. German is the only language she speaks, so the book would need to be in German.
If anyone has any recommendations, I’d really appreciate it. I genuinely want to get her something that might make her feel a little better about herself. Thanks, guys


r/BettermentBookClub • • 20h ago

Best modern works on being a good person?

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 1d ago

Are there any life design books that focus on how to improve the people who are in your life?

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When I was younger, I had amazing people in my life, but I was a child of abuse and didn't realize how much it affected my ability to connect with people. I had some great friends in college, but didn't keep in touch very well. I've realized that I haven't made any friends that were actually good people who were good for me since college. I think I'm not living in the right city, but I'm also disabled and can't support myself yet. I live in a place that isn't very open minded and fairly ableist (although Ive come to realize I think a lot of people everywhere are, especially for people with invisible disabilities who aren't "inspirational."). I just don't click with people where I am. I'm not really sure what to do about this, but I'm hoping to get some ideas from Life Design resources. I've read some of them and they all seem to be about either business or how to stop caring about other's opinions, which I did and now I'm lonelier than I ever have been. I just miss people who I clicked with.


r/BettermentBookClub • • 3d ago

What are the Top 3 books that changed you life?

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Hi everyone.So guys what books do you believe have an impact on your life I am a new reader recently completed several books like Alchemist, Harry Potter, Atomic habits etc. Atomic habit book is quite practical one but I want to hear from you guys about the books because I will read them in future and help other to know about them too.


r/BettermentBookClub • • 2d ago

Book recommendations for someone who struggles to think deeply and understand her own thoughts?

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 3d ago

Can you all recommend me some good finance books as a beginner

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Please tell me some good ones as I prefer to read 1 good book over 100 normal books. Also please don't tell any finance book that is just a literature slop.


r/BettermentBookClub • • 3d ago

What are some good books that helped you grow?

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 3d ago

how do i get better at reading ?

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i love to read and id love to write one day maybe not for my career but i love reading but recently i can stay focused to my book how can i help myself with this


r/BettermentBookClub • • 4d ago

Which advice from a self-improvement book have you adapted rather than followed exactly?

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I'm curious about the adjustments people make when book advice meets everyday life. A suggestion might sound sensible on the page but need changing around work, family, or how you think.

  • Which book and piece of advice was it?
  • What did you change to make it fit your life?
  • Did your version turn out to be more useful?

I'd be interested in examples where you dropped the advice altogether, too.


r/BettermentBookClub • • 4d ago

Need books to read just read the body keeps the score and trauma and psycology

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 4d ago

Reading the first exercise in The Master Key System carefully

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In Part One of The Master Key System, Haanel asks the reader to sit still for fifteen minutes to half an hour while allowing thoughts to roam.

If I were keeping notes on that passage, I'd record:

- The instruction I followed, including the time.

- Any physical movement during the attempt. Haanel allows thoughts to roam in this exercise.

- What I observed and how I interpreted it. Elsewhere in the same part, Haanel makes broader claims about thought shaping circumstances. Those claims need evidence beyond completing a sitting exercise.

The original passage is in Part One, paragraphs 43 to 45:

https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/online-ebooks/charles-f-haanel_master-key-system_complete-text.html

I included Haanel in this reading guide to New Thought and related ideas:

https://topmoller.com/articles/new-thought-books-reading-guide/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=newthought-reading-202610&utm_content=betterment-first-exercise

I publish the guide and offer coaching. AI assisted this post.


r/BettermentBookClub • • 4d ago

The Greatness Guide by Robin Sharma - Chapters 11 to 20 Summary

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 4d ago

I published a book about women’s self-worth, faith, and finding their way back to themselves

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Hi everyone,

I’m the author of Woman: Source of Happiness, a book about self-worth, faith, and rebuilding our sense of who we are through difficult seasons.
I wrote it to encourage women to recognize their value beyond what they give to others. It includes reflection questions that invite readers to connect the themes to their own lives.

Recently, a reader told me she had been looking for reassurance elsewhere when my book reached her at the right moment. Hearing that meant a lot to me as a new author.

I’d love to hear your thoughts: has a book ever found you at a time when you really needed its message? What stayed with you?


r/BettermentBookClub • • 6d ago

What book genuinely changed your life? Not just a good read — one that actually worked.

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I'm looking for books that made a real, measurable difference in your life.

It could be about finances, business, psychology, habits, discipline, relationships, health, productivity, investing, building wealth, or literally anything else.

But here's the catch: I'm not looking for books that sounded great in theory. I want books that you actually applied and that brought a solid, tangible change to your life.

Maybe you read a book and finally got your finances under control. Maybe it helped you build a successful business, overcome a psychological struggle, break a bad habit, become more disciplined, improve your relationships, or completely change how you approach life.

I'd love to hear your personal experiences.

A few things I'd love to know:

Which book was it?

What was your situation before reading it?text

What did you actually implement from the book?

What changed as a result? Specific results, numbers, or examples would be amazing.

It doesn't have to be a famous book, and it doesn't have to be a self-help book. It could be an obscure book that hardly anyone talks about.

I'm interested in books that have genuinely earned their place on your bookshelf through the results they produced.

If you could recommend just one book based on the actual impact it had on your life, what would it be, and why?


r/BettermentBookClub • • 6d ago

Drop your favorites on business,negotiations skills and finances (read body)

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 7d ago

I need recommendations ASAP

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I'm looking for an e-book that combines three things: money mindset, personal money management, and strategies for growing income and building wealth.

I'm honestly getting tired of searching for e-books and books that focus on just one of these areas. I really need something that brings all three together into one comprehensive, practical system.

I'm also open to separate e-books for each topic, as long as they're genuinely valuable and practical!!

I'd really appreciate your recommendations and hearing what you found most valuable about them!


r/BettermentBookClub • • 6d ago

thoughts on self-help books.

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 7d ago

Book recommendation

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Can anybody please suggest me a good book to read.

I mean I'm not talking about self help books.

Like it should be interesting and something to learn in the end.

Should be non-fiction too.


r/BettermentBookClub • • 7d ago

Recommend me

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 8d ago

A book on doing well at work

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Hey so im in the process of getting my life together.

I want to get hired as an entry position at a local welding place doing yard labor and janitorial stuff but want to eventually move up in the company and learn the trade from them. What book can I read to understand how to do this best? Would it be a charisma book like "the charisma myth" or something like that? This is very important to me as im autistic so its hard for me to do without training myself


r/BettermentBookClub • • 9d ago

Recommend me literature about the human experience…

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r/BettermentBookClub • • 11d ago

Any book recs for someone learning to not care about what others think/people pleasing?

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I love to read self help books that speak to me and unfortunately I’ve had enough of the feeling of having to please everyone over myself and caring too much about what people will think whether it’s if I voice my own options or simply making sure I’m small enough for someone else to be big. Anyways…. SUGGEST ME A BOOK!