If you are planning on becoming a prince essential reading, if not then a few bits about struggles of acquiring and maintaining power are thought provoking. Most widely quoted as “the end justifies the means”. As a consequence of this book Machiavellian is now regarded as a sneaky, cunning personality.

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Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop
You speak to yourself more than anybody else. Your thoughts impact on your actions. Rather than thinking you should do things take a deliberate decision