Author: Prof. Dr John M. Mathews
Publisher: Better Yourself Books Pvt. Ltd.
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 359; Price: Rs 350

“Betwixt the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll, the optimist sees the doughnut, but the pessimist sees the hole.”
— Mc Landburgh Wilson

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life, not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. The Wisdom and Power of Positive Living by gold medallist English literature professor, Dr John M. Mathews, is a book that will teach you all this and more regarding positive thinking, positive attitudes, and the sweet fruits of positive thinking and attitudes put together to make a successful and happier life.

This book is meant for students in schools and colleges, teachers, young professors, budding business executives, aspiring entrepreneurs, and other young professionals. The book is replete with exquisite quotations like the one above that the author has incorporated to reinforce the idea that only the power of positivity can nullify the power of negativity. Millions of people today are wasting their money, time and energy in defending their points of view or vindicating their perspectives. Instead of following the crowd, stand apart and lead through positivity, believing that life is worth living, and your belief will help you create that fact.

Learn from the examples and quotations of William James, Socrates, John Milton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Michelangelo, and the like to script your mission statement and then sculpt your destiny. Learn the difference between a realistic optimist and a frivolous Pollyannish optimist, and then succeed in everything you do. Learn how to soar with eagles rather than hop with the sparrows — learn the ingredients to turn every fall into a stepping stone towards success by reading this timely and very useful book.

Penned in a detailed textbook format, the book delves deeply and professionally into its material. It is interesting, scholarly and a must-have for every young professional. Remember, God gives every bird its food, but he does not put it into the bird’s nest! Also, behind every spark of heroism, adventure and achievement, there smouldered the embers of intense optimistic aspirations. You can pick up these and other evergreen and smart nuggets in The Wisdom and Power of Positive Living.

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Author: Jan Yager
Publisher: Better Yourself Books Pvt. Ltd.
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 237; Price: Rs 280

The time management books of the 20th century are outdated in this advanced digital age. That is why Jan Yager, an eminent sociologist, time-management and productivity guru, penned the bestseller Put More Time On Your Side to aid the youth of the AI technology age in using time-management skills to better their prospects of getting more work done on an everyday basis.

This is a concise book that does not skip the important aspects of living in a heightened technological age, especially meant for those who have to read their emails on a daily basis, and for students who are addicted to social networking sites. The book is relevant, well-crafted and presented, and it can be applied to your life immediately, whether you are studying, working or doing both.

“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” — Jim Rohn (American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker)

After studying time-management for several years, including books by motivational speakers like Jim Rohn, Jan Yager wants to tell the youth of today to stop smartphones from turning them into slaves for short-term fame or as compulsive work machines. With the ability to have 24/7 online communications, constant compulsive texting and long hours of useless scrolling are the issues facing the young today. Through inspirational quotes, journal entries, personal anecdotes, and time-management charts, Yager helps the young to clarify their priorities in life and avoid any ‘time-wasters’, which are habits that stop them from getting done what they truly want to do.

With the help of this book, young entrepreneurs, high school and college students can apply laser-sharp focus to what they set out to do every day. Yager mentions excellent ways of using technology to aid in time-management rather than it being detrimental to overall productivity. She especially focuses on how to avoid wasting time by mindless multi-tasking and switching back and forth between checking statuses on social media sites and WhatsApp messages. It is also innovative in being one of the first self-help books in the market that discusses the new age ‘internet’ psychological diseases like fragmentation and distractionism and how to overcome them.

A mix of traditional-classic time management skills and a new outlook is what Put More Time On Your Side is all about. It has minimal quotations, but more useful tips to help change your life, along with an excellent bibliography to follow up on. You only need to realize which technology can help you and which one will bring you down completely, especially when you have an urgent deadline or board exam.

Let’s learn how to prioritise, initiate and evaluate our actions for better time-management by reading Jan Yager’s valuable and timely book. Get your copy of this book today and change your time-management skills for productivity, happiness and success.

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Author: Randall D. McNeely
Publisher: Better Yourself Books Pvt. Ltd.
Publication year: 2022
Pages: 76; Price: 150

‘They did not die from the cold without
They died from the cold within.’

The above words by poet James Patrick Kinney teaches us that the hate culture of our times needs a counter-movement because our youth deserve better. If our species perishes in the near future, it will not be because of something external like a natural or man-made tragedy but because of the coldness in the hearts of so many people online and offline who want to ‘cancel’ or annihilate their fellow human beings. However, this book by McNeely will revolutionize our approach to reach hearts, inspire change and heal the world. And all this will be done through everyone’s ultimatum to choose kindness over hate, rage, arrogance, and pride.

The book is one of the shortest self-help books one may read this year, but which is easy to memorize and enact to save the world from the madness of selfishness and greed. The Kindness Givers’ Formula 2.0 is the revised and expanded edition of the original The Kindness Givers’ Formula. It gives us timeless, specific, and actionable steps to spread kindness to one and all, irrespective of caste, creed, race, etc. The world needs kind people, and every single person is important in this movement to defeat and, at the same time, befriend the ‘hate brigade’. If one grain of rice, when measured on a beam balance, can tip the scale, one single person’s kindness can make a difference between the victory of love and the ruin of animosity towards our fellow brothers and sisters. Everyone counts especially every youth.

You do not need to be an extrovert to be a kindness giver. Pick up this transformational book and create a conducive atmosphere wherever you go. This formula can also be adapted by nations, communities, organizations, neighbourhoods and families to unleash kindness personally and professionally on a worldwide scale. The world does not need more billionaires or trillionaires. It needs kindness in action that is brought out beautifully but in a simple manner in this little gem of a book. Grab your copy today!

What motivates you as a human being today to be kind? Maybe this quote, among many others from this inspirational book, can give you an answer: “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”

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Author: Nirmala Mary Rego
Publisher: Better Yourself Books Pvt. Ltd.
Publication year: 2022
Pages: 265; Price: 350

‘The best way to know your future is to create it.’

These words of Abraham Lincoln are quoted in career coach and motivational speaker Nirmala Rego’s latest motivational and uplifting book, A Selfie & A Star. The book is an excellent soul curry for a millennial to teach them that if they are in the fake vs. fraud world, they will have to be ‘odd’ to be number 1 in life with good values intact. The author would like millennials to read and reflect on her book, which teaches them in an easy-going language that stars are meant to reflect light, but it is up to one’s inner determination to make them ‘sparkle’.

The book is penned interactively with life coach, Good Nana, and teaches the young to stop living in ‘Selfie Mode’, and aids them in switching to ‘Big Picture Mode’. One can start by knowing that a selfie is limited, but the sky is limitless. So it’s time to get out of the world of illusions full of self and instant gratification and begin to have a sense of mission. Time and energy are perishable assets of life, and after reading this book, one realizes that the only way forward is through hard work, determination, and to think like a proton — always be positive!

The book is full of inspirational quotes at the right moment to push forward the excellent soul curry and pep talks provided by Rego. Every minute of reading this book can change a young life. This book is perfect for training young minds to think like progressive winners with life stories of successful people like Steve Jobs, Charlie Chaplin, Michael Jordan, Elvis Presley, etc. The author, among other things, teaches millennials that they are the artists of their lives and to never hand over the paintbrush to anyone else. Change your life today, and switch to the ‘Big Picture Mode’ through Good Nana’s sound advice to strengthen your heart and soul muscles. Grab your copy of this amazing book to become responsible global citizens. After that, don’t just share the richness of this book with others, but also make others see the richness in themselves, as Benjamin Disraeli once said, and is mentioned among plenty of other quotes by Good Nana.

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Author: Dr Sajith Cyriac, SSP
Publisher: Better Yourself Books
Publication year: 2022
Pages: 114; Price: Rs 100

‘The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.’

The above quote by Aristotle in this action-oriented book is hard-hitting. How many students today want to gain a distinction in their exams but yet want to put in no effort for the same? We need to learn that what comes easy won’t last and what lasts does not come easy. In this age of instant messaging and instant shopping, Dear Students: Your Pathway to Excellence by Dr Sajith Cyriac, Vice Principal of St Paul’s College Bangalore, educates students that the recipe for success is made tasty by the salt of one’s sweat, tears and hard work.

The book is a series of pep talks in the form of letters to young people wishing to educate them on the different ways to study smart and not long. Topics such as exam stress, study timetable management, peer pressure, school-college dropouts, self-education, memory triggers, etc., are dwelt upon in a simple, quick and precise manner. The writing is engaging and profound, which teaches students the importance of sometimes putting that smartphone down and knowing the difference between knowledge and basic information.

College students can even use it to induce them to goal-directed behaviour. According to Dr Cyriac, practice is a miracle waiting to happen. Stop procrastinating and buy this reflective book to change your study habits. Interpret your study schedule cognitively and responsibly with this life-disciplining self-help book. Learn the difference between positive and negative stress in this world of mass-produced distinctions in board exams — marks are not everything, education is. Don’t stop when you are exhausted; stop when you are done with your work. Revolutionize your school life and your personal relationships with your peers now with Dear Students: Your Path to Excellence.

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Author: Denny Joseph
Publisher: Better Yourself Books
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 119 pages; Price: Rs 140

“Work hard until the lamplight of your study table becomes the spotlight on stage.”

The above line is commonly shared on social networking sites, but how far have young people emulated it? Many teenagers today are unwilling to take risks and work hard, but keep daydreaming of success. It’s time you leave the confines of your comfort zone. Dare to dream but also dare to work hard for it. It’s time to make your dreams a reality and read career coach Denny Joseph’s motivational book Roadmap To Success. It is one of the few books on success that teaches a reader that to be one of the successful 10 per cent, you must NOT do what the other 90 per cent are doing.

The book is written in an easy-to-read manner with 12 core success principles that can lead especially disadvantaged youth to dream big and to go miles ahead. Using motivational quotes from successful persons like Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Abraham Lincoln, etc., Roadmap To Success brings out the essence of what it means to achieve success. Success, hard work, diligence, perseverance, patience, commitment, optimism and self-learning are pondered upon.

Denny Joseph’s anecdotes, from his own life and the life of famous personalities in history, make the reader realize that education doesn’t guarantee success but enhances your chances of success. So stop procrastinating, stick to your education, and accelerate your path to success through a goal-directed behaviour. Begin with reflecting on the hard-hitting statements in this small yet impactful book.

You probably spend more time daily being your enemy than your best friend. Toastmaster Denny Joseph is here to change that with his deeply motivating and challenging self-help book that is simple, unpretentious, rich in content, frank, practical, and engaging. Get this liberating book today and change how you treat yourself and your dreams. Remember that there is only one person today standing between your dream and your goal — and that person is you yourself. Read this amazing book, reflect and march on to action-oriented behaviour today and every day.

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