The 7 Best Books For Young Men And Solo Travelers To Let Go And Embrace True Freedom

The most difficult process of any endeavor in life always starts with adopting the right mindset.

Letting go of the past to embrace a different future requires courage, awareness, and faith that the best is yet to come.

Mastering your mind is a lifelong journey that demands discipline, clarity, and direction. To succeed, you need not only mental fortitude but also the right mentors who will guide you towards personal freedom and truth.

Here is my selection of life-changing and timeless writings, full of eternal principles for young men to build their future upon.

Book 1: Power of Now, by Eckart Tolle

Live fully in the present moment. There is neither the past nor the future, only now.

This book might be one of the most important ever written. It has certainly helped me overcome the most brutal moments and served as an inspiration for how to live a good life. Its simplicity and, at the same time, profound message point towards a true spiritual awakening, not a made-up future by the mind.

This is your go-to read, or better yet, get the audiobook when things get rough

Book 2: Letting Go, by David R. Hawkins

Surrender your negative emotions and resistance to the present moment to find inner peace by leaning into them, not running away from them.

David R. Hawkins is, along with Eckhart Tolle, to me the most important spiritual teacher of our time. His scientific approach to spirituality is truly unique. He not only developed a technique to discern falsehoods (kinesiology), but also, thanks to his profound teachings, I was able to understand the relationship between the various levels of consciousness and how they relate to our emotions and feelings.

The simple but far-from-easy process of letting go and surrendering negativity is your secret weapon to conquer your egoic mind.

Book 3: The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield

The most important thing is to overcome your resistance and find the courage to do your creative work.

The reason I like this book so much is that Steven Pressfield is a master at laying out the sneaky ways resistance rears its ugly head. Resistance, with a capital R, stands for our shadow. Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of resistance.

To emphasize the core message of his book, I am quoting two words from someone else whose book, “Endure,” is also fantastic but didn’t make it into my Top 7 list:

“Keep Hammering” (Cameron Hanes).

Book 4: The Way of Men, by Jack Donovan

Manliness is not about being tough for the sake of being tough. It’s about struggling to reach your full human potential.

In an overly feminized world where we are being spoon-fed the polar opposite, this book is like a fresh breeze of air for every young man. It is a reassurance of our place in society and a recognition that your desire to be a man is, in fact, the opposite of toxic—it is your purpose.

Men should adopt the masculine virtues of strength, courage, mastery, and honor to fulfill their natural role as protectors and providers.

Gift of God?—?by Roman L Binder

Book 5: The Rational Male?—?by Rollo Tomassi

Hypergamy doesn’t care about relational equity.

Reading this book can be tough. It can make you angry, mostly at yourself for being so naive and having bought into years of brainwashing. It is so monumentally groundbreaking in the field of gender dynamics that the whole “red pill community” was named after it. The red pill represents the choice to learn the truth about the world, like in the movie The Matrix.

At first, it is disturbing, but eventually, it will set you free. This book should be mandatory for young boys ages 16 to 18.

Book 6: Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman

Intuition is nothing more and nothing less than recognition.

What stuck with me the most was realizing how biased we all tend to be in our thinking. As a self-declared intuitive person, this is an eye-opener to how wrong we can be many times when it comes to judging situations based on our internal references. Thinking Fast and Slow, which sold over 4 million copies, has been praised by critics for its clarity, insights, and practical implications.

A must read everyone who wants to improve critical thinkings skills and go beyond our narrow-minded thought processes

Book 7: 100M Offers, by Alex Hormozi

If you can’t sell, nothing else matters.

This book is a gem because it gets straight to the core of what makes a successful business, regardless of whether you’re a photographer, programmer, or e-commerce business owner. The ability to create offers that people feel stupid enough to reject is invaluable. You still need to know your purpose, but once you have it identified, this book will help you hammer it home.

Do you call yourself an entrepreneur, or are you just here for fun?

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