7 Books We Recommend for Digital Planning
This blog post will share 7 books we recommend that aid in the Digital Planning lifestyle. Some are aimed at starting (and keeping) habits, some are about personal development, and some are just fantastic reads that we think everyone should pick up. All will help guide you to get the most out of digital planning; whether through new ideas, or fiction stories. Happy reading!
Book 1: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Brief Overview - This book highlights that the key to achieving any of your long-term habitual goals is to understand and create habits in your life that constantly support your goal and vision for the future. This book has a mix of anecdotes and lots of scientific studies. If you’re a fan of Atomic Habits you’ll love this book too.
Why this book is great for digital planning - being able to harness habits in a way that works for us will allow us to achieve our goals every time we set out to do so. Understanding how habits work, what they are, how they impact our life, etc. can help us create the best habits for ourselves and our life.
Key Takeaways:
Habits help us to improve efficiency.
Habits are comprised of 3 steps: cue, routine, and reward
“Bad habits” are nearly impossible to end. It’s much easier to use the cue to as an opportunity to replace the “routine” so you get a new outcome.
Book 2: Atomic Habits by James Clear
Brief Overview - This book is quite well known and for a very good reason. All of the ideas and concepts are easily digestible and allow you to really grasp what a habit is, and how to use them for your benefit.
Why this book is great for digital planning - it really is a great book to read because it highlights how small every day habits can amass to incredible amounts of progress over time.
Key Takeaways:
Small changes over a period of time compound into large changes.
Design your environment to work for you.
Repetition when forming a habit is more important than perfection.
Book 3: The One Thing by Gary Keller
Brief Overview - Essentialism shares the idea that to be truly productive towards reaching your goals, instead of stretching out your focus, you need to focus on only what is essential. People who could benefit from this are those who feel at their wits end about getting things done, busy but not productive, etc. by focusing on what is most important through a list of criteria we are able to more effectively choose what we spend our time and energy on.
Why this book is great for digital planning. - We are big proponents of the idea that digital planning should be used as a way to complement your current lifestyle. We don’t believe in digital planning for digital planning’s sake. This book allows you to begin to understand what your priorities in life are and how to start working on them with a great amount of focus.
Key Takeaways:
It’s not discipline that you need more of, it’s a management system.
Only focus on 1 goal at a time.
Multi-tasking is a myth.
Book 4: Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Brief Overview - This book is about taking control of your life through your direction of energy towards what you define as most important in your life. It emphasizes the importance of getting to the root of what your goal is and then going for it in an uncompromising focused way.
Why this book is great for digital planning - It really distills the idea of maintaining your focus on one task will allow you to achieve more for your goal than multitasking ever could. Many of the concepts in this book are surrounding the notion that only one thing can be done at a time, we can only focus on one thing at a time. So, with that knowledge, it only makes sense to be working towards one goal.
Key Takeaways:
Find out what is the most essential thing in your life, and only focus on that.
The energy you take from focusing on 1 task, can take you much further than the same amount of energy you use when multitasking.
Book 5: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Brief Overview - Digital Minimalism is a book for those who feel overwhelmed and reliant on technology. It builds upon 3 principles: clutter is costly, optimization is important, and intentionality is satisfying.
Why this book is great for digital planning - In a world where there is always something more and something flashy, this book really highlights to take what works for you and use it . We think it’s a great example of figuring out what works for you and sticking with it.
Key Takeaways:
It’s just as important to have boundaries in your digital life as it is for every other facet of your life.
Focus your time online to be aligned with your own personal goals, and values.
By limiting the clutter and being more intentional with your time online, you gain more time and energy for what matters most in life to you.
Book 6: When You’re Ready, This is How You Heal by Brianna Wiest
Brief Overview - Everyone at some point will deal with some amount of pain in their life whether that be through growing out of friendships, the passing of a loved one, or something else. This book emphasizes that healing is a journey and provides prompts that allow you to uncover your most authentic self.
Why this book is great for digital planning - We think this book is fantastic if you are going through it, and want to journal in your digital planner. The essays allow you to stay within a topic for a bit of time where you can journal and dive into your emotions and feelings.
Key Takeaways:
Healing is a journey, not a one-time event.
Growth and evolution of self are a part of healing.
Book 7: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins
Brief Overview - Honestly I think the title says it all. This is a historical fiction that follows the life of Evelyn Hugo, a famous actress, and her journey to stardom. The 79-year-old gives an exclusive interview to an unknown and untested journalist. Hugo weaves a compelling story about her life and
Why read this if you’re interested in Digital Planning - This is a great book to get you out of a reading slump AND it’s the perfect book to add to your digital bookshelf.
Key Takeaways:
Life is interconnected in so many different ways.
There is more to a person than meets the eye.
Figuring out how to be true to yourself in this world.
We hope this post made you want to pick up one of these books! Wishing you oodles of joy :)
