If You Only Read a Few Books This Year, Read These

Most people don’t read that many books, maybe a few a year at most. So if you’re only going to read a couple books this year, the decision of which ones you choose becomes really important.

In today’s episode, Ryan shares a handful of books he’s confident are worth your time. They’ve changed him, made him better, and he believes they’ll make you better too in a lot of different areas of your life.

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📚 You can grab all the titles mentioned in this book at Ryan’s bookstore, The Painted Porch.

10% Happier by Dan Harris

On Character by Stanley McChyrstal

Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy

A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy

Die with Zero by Bill Perkins

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

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