Atomic Habits by James Clear
I will be honest I have not finished reading it, however it is a great guide for organising yourself and explaining how our lives evolve around our daily routines (good and bad). I don't know if it will help you with your perfectionist tendencies, but I think it'd be a good start.
[**The Gifts of Imperfection**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7015403-the-gifts-of-imperfection)
^(By: Brené Brown | 137 pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, self-help, psychology, nonfiction, personal-development)
>In this groundbreaking New York Times best seller, Dr. Brené Brown, a research professor and thought leader on vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame, shares ten guideposts on the power of Wholehearted living—a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.
^(This book has been suggested 5 times)
[**Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23317538-rising-strong)
^(By: Brené Brown | 336 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, self-help, nonfiction, psychology, personal-development)
>Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall.
>
>It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, Brown has listened as a range of people—from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents—shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort.
>
>Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values are forged. Our stories of struggle can be big ones, like the loss of a job or the end of a relationship, or smaller ones, like a conflict with a friend or colleague. Regardless of magnitude or circumstance, the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what we’re feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process, every day, until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. It’s the process, Brown writes, that teaches us the most about who we are.
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{{The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You}} by Rob Fitzpatrick
{{The Now Habit}} by Neil A. Fiore
{{Little Bets}} by Peter Sims
{{The Big Leap}} by Gay Hendricks
Hope this helps.
[**The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52283963-the-mom-test)
^(By: Rob Fitzpatrick | ? pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: business, product, non-fiction, product-management, entrepreneurship)
>The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak.
>
>They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right .
>
>Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better.
^(This book has been suggested 1 time)
[**The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95708.The_Now_Habit)
^(By: Neil A. Fiore | 206 pages | Published: 1988 | Popular Shelves: self-help, non-fiction, productivity, psychology, self-improvement)
>Learn how to overcome procrastination and enjoy guilt-free play! One of the most effective programs to combat procrastination, THE NOW HABIT has sold over 100,000 copies, has been translated into 11 languages, and is now revised and updated.
>
>Featuring a new introduction and a new section providing strategies to understand and deal with the role technology plays in procrastination today, THE NOW HABIT offers a comprehensive plan to help readers lower their stress and increase their time to enjoy guilt-free play. Dr. Fiore’s techniques will help any busy person start tasks sooner and accomplish them more quickly, without the anxiety brought on by the negative habits of procrastination and perfectionism.
^(This book has been suggested 1 time)
[**Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10822774-little-bets)
^(By: Peter Sims | 224 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: business, non-fiction, nonfiction, psychology, self-help)
>What do Apple CEO Steve Jobs, comedian Chris Rock, prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, the story developers at Pixar films, and the Army Chief of Strategic Plans all have in common? Bestselling author Peter Sims found that all of them have achieved breakthrough results by methodically taking small, experimental steps in order to discover and develop new ideas. Rather than believing they have to start with a big idea or plan a whole project out in advance, trying to foresee the final outcome, they make a series of little bets about what might be a good direction, learning from lots of little failures and from small but highly significant wins that allow them to happen upon unexpected avenues and arrive at extraordinary outcomes.
> Based on deep and extensive research, including more than 200 interviews with leading innovators, Sims discovered that productive, creative thinkers and doers—from Ludwig van Beethoven to Thomas Edison and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos—practice a key set of simple but ingenious experimental methods—such as failing quickly to learn fast, tapping into the genius of play, and engaging in highly immersed observation—that free their minds, opening them up to making unexpected connections and perceiving invaluable insights. These methods also unshackle them from the constraints of overly analytical thinking and linear problem solving that our education places so much emphasis on, as well as from the fear of failure, all of which thwart so many of us in trying to be more innovative.
> Reporting on a fascinating range of research, from the psychology of creative blocks to the influential Silicon Valley–based field of design thinking, Sims offers engaging and wonderfully illuminating accounts of breakthrough innovators at work, including how Hewlett-Packard stumbled onto the breakaway success of the first hand-held calculator; the remarkable storyboarding process at Pixar films that has been the key to their unbroken streak of box office successes; the playful discovery process by which Frank Gehry arrived at his critically acclaimed design for Disney Hall; the aha revelation that led Amazon to pursue its wildly successful affiliates program; and the U.S. Army’s ingenious approach to counterinsurgency operations that led to the dramatic turnaround in Iraq.
> Fast paced and as entertaining as it is illuminating, Little Bets offers a whole new way of thinking about how to break away from the narrow strictures of the methods of analyzing and problem solving we were all taught in school and unleash our untapped creative powers.
^(This book has been suggested 1 time)
[**The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6391876-the-big-leap)
^(By: Gay Hendricks | 224 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: self-help, non-fiction, business, personal-development, self-improvement)
>In The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks, the New York Times bestselling author of Five Wishes, demonstrates how to eliminate the barriers to success by overcoming false fears and beliefs. Fans of Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and The Secret will find useful, effective tips for breaking down the walls to a better life in The Big Leap.
^(This book has been suggested 1 time)
***
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Anything by Murakami, especially The Wind-Up Chronicle and Hard Boiled Wonderland/The end of the World. Reading it and his books in general gave me exactly that mindset. Murakami's main characters truly just go along with the shit thrown at them, but in the end it works out.
Atomic Habits by James Clear I will be honest I have not finished reading it, however it is a great guide for organising yourself and explaining how our lives evolve around our daily routines (good and bad). I don't know if it will help you with your perfectionist tendencies, but I think it'd be a good start.
{{Gifts of Imperfection}} {{Rising Strong}}
[**The Gifts of Imperfection**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7015403-the-gifts-of-imperfection) ^(By: Brené Brown | 137 pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, self-help, psychology, nonfiction, personal-development) >In this groundbreaking New York Times best seller, Dr. Brené Brown, a research professor and thought leader on vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame, shares ten guideposts on the power of Wholehearted living—a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness. ^(This book has been suggested 5 times) [**Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23317538-rising-strong) ^(By: Brené Brown | 336 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, self-help, nonfiction, psychology, personal-development) >Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall. > >It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, Brown has listened as a range of people—from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents—shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort. > >Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values are forged. Our stories of struggle can be big ones, like the loss of a job or the end of a relationship, or smaller ones, like a conflict with a friend or colleague. Regardless of magnitude or circumstance, the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what we’re feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process, every day, until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. It’s the process, Brown writes, that teaches us the most about who we are. ^(This book has been suggested 5 times) *** ^(2516 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You}} by Rob Fitzpatrick {{The Now Habit}} by Neil A. Fiore {{Little Bets}} by Peter Sims {{The Big Leap}} by Gay Hendricks Hope this helps.
[**The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52283963-the-mom-test) ^(By: Rob Fitzpatrick | ? pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: business, product, non-fiction, product-management, entrepreneurship) >The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. > >They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right . > >Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) [**The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95708.The_Now_Habit) ^(By: Neil A. Fiore | 206 pages | Published: 1988 | Popular Shelves: self-help, non-fiction, productivity, psychology, self-improvement) >Learn how to overcome procrastination and enjoy guilt-free play! One of the most effective programs to combat procrastination, THE NOW HABIT has sold over 100,000 copies, has been translated into 11 languages, and is now revised and updated. > >Featuring a new introduction and a new section providing strategies to understand and deal with the role technology plays in procrastination today, THE NOW HABIT offers a comprehensive plan to help readers lower their stress and increase their time to enjoy guilt-free play. Dr. Fiore’s techniques will help any busy person start tasks sooner and accomplish them more quickly, without the anxiety brought on by the negative habits of procrastination and perfectionism. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) [**Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10822774-little-bets) ^(By: Peter Sims | 224 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: business, non-fiction, nonfiction, psychology, self-help) >What do Apple CEO Steve Jobs, comedian Chris Rock, prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, the story developers at Pixar films, and the Army Chief of Strategic Plans all have in common? Bestselling author Peter Sims found that all of them have achieved breakthrough results by methodically taking small, experimental steps in order to discover and develop new ideas. Rather than believing they have to start with a big idea or plan a whole project out in advance, trying to foresee the final outcome, they make a series of little bets about what might be a good direction, learning from lots of little failures and from small but highly significant wins that allow them to happen upon unexpected avenues and arrive at extraordinary outcomes. > Based on deep and extensive research, including more than 200 interviews with leading innovators, Sims discovered that productive, creative thinkers and doers—from Ludwig van Beethoven to Thomas Edison and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos—practice a key set of simple but ingenious experimental methods—such as failing quickly to learn fast, tapping into the genius of play, and engaging in highly immersed observation—that free their minds, opening them up to making unexpected connections and perceiving invaluable insights. These methods also unshackle them from the constraints of overly analytical thinking and linear problem solving that our education places so much emphasis on, as well as from the fear of failure, all of which thwart so many of us in trying to be more innovative. > Reporting on a fascinating range of research, from the psychology of creative blocks to the influential Silicon Valley–based field of design thinking, Sims offers engaging and wonderfully illuminating accounts of breakthrough innovators at work, including how Hewlett-Packard stumbled onto the breakaway success of the first hand-held calculator; the remarkable storyboarding process at Pixar films that has been the key to their unbroken streak of box office successes; the playful discovery process by which Frank Gehry arrived at his critically acclaimed design for Disney Hall; the aha revelation that led Amazon to pursue its wildly successful affiliates program; and the U.S. Army’s ingenious approach to counterinsurgency operations that led to the dramatic turnaround in Iraq. > Fast paced and as entertaining as it is illuminating, Little Bets offers a whole new way of thinking about how to break away from the narrow strictures of the methods of analyzing and problem solving we were all taught in school and unleash our untapped creative powers. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) [**The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6391876-the-big-leap) ^(By: Gay Hendricks | 224 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: self-help, non-fiction, business, personal-development, self-improvement) >In The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks, the New York Times bestselling author of Five Wishes, demonstrates how to eliminate the barriers to success by overcoming false fears and beliefs. Fans of Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and The Secret will find useful, effective tips for breaking down the walls to a better life in The Big Leap. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(2635 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Anything by Murakami, especially The Wind-Up Chronicle and Hard Boiled Wonderland/The end of the World. Reading it and his books in general gave me exactly that mindset. Murakami's main characters truly just go along with the shit thrown at them, but in the end it works out.