Matt D'Avella is an American filmmaker and YouTuber. He creates minimalism and lifestyle design focused video content sharing tips on living intentionally, improving productivity, and increasing overall well-being.
11 books on the list
Atomic Habits
The book reveals the power of small changes in routine actions which bring enormous results in the long run. It emphasizes how small changes can aggregate to immense leaps of personal or professional improvement. It describes ways of breaking bad habits and building good ones with a combination of science and real-life stories. It has a core message in that success is not to be found in massive overnight changes but in the consistency of small actions driving us toward our goals. Therefore, it is offering practical advice as to how behavior changes stick and transform habits into a track leading to achieving lasting success.
The 4-Hour Workweek
This guide breaks from the normal 9-to-5 work parameters, in that it provides a plan for leaving the rat race by outsourcing money-making and task completion processes. It is a book about lifestyle design with ways to have more of life while working less. Packed with personal stories, pragmatic advice, and step-by-step strategies, readers learn how to best manage time by cutting out unnecessary work while seeking financial freedom. Aimed at all the enthusiasts out there who look for their big life change, it lays down a roadmap towards traveling the world and living the dreams of your youth without being shackled by a full-time job.
Why we sleep
Unlock the secrets of sleep with this enlightening exploration into how our nightly slumber impacts every aspect of our lives. It goes beyond to discuss the science of why we sleep, the desperate consequences of its lack – of boosting memory and creativity to controlling emotions and extending life. Get practical advice for a great night's sleep with lots of helpful tips and learn how proper sleep can be the underpinning to overall health and well-being. The guide covers not just why sleep is so important, but how to use its power for a healthier, more vibrant life.
Essentialism
The heart of this book, embracing the way of the essentialist, is all about less doing and more finding. This is an ascetic, systematic approach in seeing where our highest point of contribution lies and then making the doing of those things nearly effortless. The author is of the view that by focusing on the vital few instead of the trivial many, then the highest possible contribution toward what really matters is likely to be attained. It teaches us, through practical tips and real-life examples, how to prioritize your task, say no to the things not of great importance, and get back our own choice again.
The Obstacle Is the Way
It is a book based on the philosophy of Stoicism, and it deals with the fact that obstacles in life should not be considered as hindering factors but rather as occasions or opportunities for growth and for the betterment in one's life. It basically inculcates an idea in us on how to take problems and in fact use them to our advantage, thus paving our paths on to success. Through countless historical stories and actionable advice, this book appears to demonstrate that defeat can be converted into victory, that obstacles can be converted into opening new paths towards success, and that trials can be converted into triumphs. This guide offers a framework for facing any difficulty with resilience and turning problems into powerful solutions.
Deep Work
It argues strongly that intense, unbroken concentration matters even more in today's distraction-filled world. The book outlined pragmatic steps towards a culture of deep work in order to heighten the ability of workers to be very effective in producing quality work. In this sense, by outlining basic constraints that help to facilitate concentrated work and ways of minimizing distractions, the article is used for anyone who sets goals to improve productivity and make significant strides in personal as well as professional life.
The War of Art
It digs deep into the internal struggle, which is within the arena of all creatives against a force called Resistance, barring one from any meaningful work. The text further goes ahead to detail how this force of Resistance takes over in forms of fear, procrastination, and self-doubt to prevent people from achieving their potential. Offering practical advice, it motivates readers to overcome these obstacles and embrace their true calling. The book is a guide to artists, writers, and everyone who intends to break through creative barriers to success and fulfillment in their work, being a discipline, a commitment, and the professional mindset.
I Will Teach You to Be Rich
Matt D’AvellasourceAbout 10 years ago I read a book that helped me climb my way out of $100k of debt
Dive deep into personal finance with a no-nonsense guide that fuses psychology with practical advice to get you in control of your money – learning how to save, invest, and spend smart without sacrificing what you love. It goes ahead to simplify complex financial concepts and embodies them in doable, simple steps that will show you exactly how to manage your money: from automating your savings to negotiating your salary. Created for everyone who wants to make his money work much harder for him, it proves basically that being rich can be possible without living a frugal life. A fresh approach to become money-wise, and live a rich life.
Good To Great
Telling what makes a good company great, the book irons out years of research into one meaningful framework. It points at such key drivers as leadership humility, discipline and technology being leveraged to create growth rather than provoke it. At its argument's core is a conceptualization it dubs the "Hedgehog Principle" concentrating on what a company can be best at. Besides using real-world examples, it pinpoints how disciplined people, disciplined thought, and disciplined action could carry an organization to being genuinely great from just being good. This book is a roadmap for sustained excellence and long-term success.
Crush It!
Recommended by: Matt D’Avella, Andy Frisella
Matt D’AvellasourceCRUSH IT & The Thank You Economy. Who needs either of these books? Just read them both and they are fantastic
This motivational guide, regularly cited as influential, captures how to turn passion into a profit career-wise through the internet. It is all about branding, working harder, and exploiting social media in so many unique ways. It uses practical advice and personal stories to inspire individuals to go after what they love doing and "crushing it" in their professional lives. A way forward for any individual seeking to make a dream come true in this digital age.
The Thank You Economy
Recommended by: Matt D’Avella
Matt D’AvellasourceCRUSH IT & The Thank You Economy. Who needs either of these books? Just read them both and they are fantastic
In this insightful book, the author undertakes the exploration of how modern businesses can succeed in encouraging the building of genuine connections and appreciation with customers. He argues that in the present day digital world, personal engagement and gratitude of individuals are powerful tools that make one stand out, far better and easily build lasting relationships. Through it, he demonstrates how companies may be able to use the social media or other digital platforms to genuinely extend gratitude toward their customers, complete with numerous eloquent examples and real-life, hands-on advice that, if followed, could only indeed assist in fostering more loyalty and success. It is clearly a read that should not be missed by those who are involved or who are looking to appreciate the power of gratitude in business.