55 Resources to Upgrade your Mindset for Happiness & Success

The Best Books, Podcasts, Articles, Quotes and Habits

Usually, what people want is Success and Happiness.

And usually, what people think will get them there are strategies, tactics and action steps.

That’s why most coaches focus on creating action plans and holding their clients accountable for taking the necessary actions.

This works well. When the client just needs a little bit of clarity, structure and accountability.

But that’s rarely the case, actually.

What most people really need to achieve their goals, is a Mindset Upgrade.

That’s why good coaching is 99% mindset and 1% strategy.

But you don’t need to hire a coach to analyze where your attitude might be holding you back from achieving your goals and taking the necessary action steps to change your mindset — because there are so many incredible free/affordable resources out there that will get you exactly what you need!

Here are my favourite resources to upgrade your mindset so you can achieve the success and happiness you truly want:

Books:

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success:If you are new to working with your mind to achieve your goals, this is a brilliant book to start. Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. shows how everything in our lives can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset — those who believe that abilities are fixed — are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset — those who believe that abilities can be developed. Upgrading from a ‘fixed’ to a ‘growth’ mindset is one of the most transformational you can do for your life!
Mind Hacking: How to Change Your Mind for Good in 21 Days:
I love this book because it’s a complete guide to rewire your brain and improve every area of your life. Expect lots of analyzing, visualization, and reprogramming to help you remove the blocks that hold you back from realizing your full potential.
You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth:This book is not your typical guide to financial success. Filled with hilarious stories of her own life, author Jen Sincero offers a practical, funny and spiritually-infused guide to upgrade your money mindset. The book guides you through uncovering your limiting beliefs and fears about money, creating a new reality and getting as rich as you want to be. A must read for anyone struggling with making the money they desire.
Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence: Everything in life is a matter of perspective. Whatever happens to us, we can react to it with a sense of gratitude, calm and happiness — even when we are facing challenges or going through tough times. Unfortunately, our brain has a negativity bias which means we are more likely to focus on the bad in any given situation. But with this book, you can change how your brain is wired and go from feeling anxious, stressed and pessimistic to feeling confident, safe and happy every day.
Self-Coaching Workbook Mental Blocks: Identify & Overcome the Gap Between Where You Are And Where You Want To Be: I had to add my own book to this list because unfortunately so much of the mindset books out there are very science based and just not actionable enough to create real transformation. That’s why I created this step-by-step workbook to help you understand, identify and overcome the mental blocks that keep you stuck in life. The book allows you to coach yourself out of any self-limiting beliefs so you can finally live the life you were meant to live! It’s the same process I use with my coaching clients and I used myself to overcome my limiting beliefs and finally start my own business. This sh*t works!
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body:In Cure, Award-winning writer Jo Marchant takes an extremely well researched look at the science behind the mind’s ability to heal our bodies. The book takes us on a journey to discover how meditation protects against depression and dementia, how social connections increase life expectancy and how patients who feel cared for recover from surgery faster. The author shows the startling evidence how our thoughts, emotions and beliefs impact our healing and how we can apply the findings in our lives.
Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires:No mindset book list is complete without this classic about the law of attraction. No matter if you are spiritual or not, this is a must-read to understand how your thoughts create your reality!

Articles

If You Are Serious About Achieving Success In Any Area of Your Life, Master Your Mindset
If you’ve ever failed at reaching any goal in life, the problem could all be in your mind. That’s how important your…medium.com How I Overcame my Mental Blocks & Started my Own Business
A Step-by-Step Guidemedium.com 8 Effective Ways to Upgrade Your Mindset for Success
Change your mind to change your world.medium.com 5 Daily Habits That Will Cultivate a Positive Mindset
How we approach our work is greatly dependent on our mindset.medium.com This Morning Routine Will Make You Unstoppable
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.” — Richard Whatelymedium.com How To Develop An Entrepreneur Mindset
After the third attempt and failure at starting a business I said, “That’s it. I’m never doing this again! This is…medium.com The Power of 10x: Why The Exponential Mindset Will Make You Insanely Successful
Don’t just think big; think exponential.medium.com Bulletproof Mindset: How to Build Grit
The Art of Building Mental Toughnessmedium.com

Podcasts:

My Exact Morning Routine That Helps Me Own The Day”(Manifestation Babe Podcast)
The Manifestation Babe Podcast covers all things related to manifesting your best life, cultivating a positive mindset & attracting more money than you could ever dream of. The host, Kathrin Zenkina, is the CEO & Founder of Manifestation Babe, a multi-million dollar personal development brand, #1 Best-Selling Author, Speaker, and Manifestation Expert. In this episode, Kathrin walks you through her morning routine step by step. A great example on how to make set your day up for success!
“Why Your Mindset Is Your Only Limitation” (The Tai Lopez Show)
Ready for some straight up real talk from Tai Lopez? Your potential will be what you decide it is. The reality is that what holds most people back is their own mindset. If you think you have unlimited potential, within your circle of competence, you really do have unlimited potential within that circle. Full episode and show notes with key points in the link above.
“5 Beliefs That Took Me From A Shy, Depressed, Broke Pre-Med Graduate to a Confident, Happy, Multiple 7-Figure Entrepreneur”(Manifestation Babe Podcast)
A belief is just an idea your subconscious mind became obsessed with. In order to be successful in business, we need to unlearn many of the beliefs that we are taught growing up about why 95% of most businesses fail in their first year, and LEARN anew the beliefs that the top 5% of business owners have. In this podcast episode, Kathrin shares the 5 beliefs that took her from a shy, depressed, broke pre-med graduate… to a confident, happy, multiple 7-figure entrepreneurs in less than 3 years.
John Assaraf on How to Upgrade Your Mindset in 46 Minutes(Impact Theory Podcast)
John is one of the leading mindset and behaviour experts in the world. He has built 5 multimillion dollar companies, written 2 New York Times Bestselling books and was featured in 8 movies, including the blockbuster hit “The Secret” and “Quest For Success” with Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama. In this podcast episode, he shares his best tips on how to upgrade your mindset fast. Listen to it today on your commute, while running or preparing dinner, you’ll be glad you did!

Powerful Mindset Habits:

Daily Gratitude
Positive Affirmations
Visualizing your Goals and Dreams
Journaling
Starting your day with your number 1 priority
Remembering your WHY to motivate yourself to keep going
Reading
Physical Exercise that pushes you beyond what you think your body can do (e.g. Yoga)
Surrounding yourself with people that have the mindset you want to adapt
Making time to recharge your body, mind and soul
Doing something that scares you
Spending time in environments that support the mindset you want to adapt
Focusing on enjoying the journey instead of obsessing about the outcome
Giving every day the chance to become the best day of your life

Quotes:

“Whether You Think You Can, Or You Think You Can’t, You Are Right” — Henry Ford
“You Are Only Confined By The Walls You Build Yourself”
“You can’t live a positive life with a negative mind.” — Nikki Bella
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” — Jim Rohn
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.” — Walt Disney
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” — Jack Canfield
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
“The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“Nothing is either good or bad, but your thinking makes it so.” — William Shakespeare in Hamlet
“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” ― Marianne Williamson
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”― Marianne Williamson
“Your life is only as good as your mindset.”
“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” — James N. Watkins
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas Edison
“This too shall pass.” — Persian Proverb
“Smile at an obstacle, for it is a bridge.” — Medusa
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” — Epictetus
“There is good in everything, if only we look for it.” — Laura Ingalls Wilde
“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” — Jordan Belfort
“What got you here won’t get you there.” — Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
“Every next level of your life will demand a different you.” — Leonardo Dicaprio