5 Inspiring Books as Holiday Gifts to Students
Brace yourselves, holidays are coming. This means celebrating with your family and friends, coupled with good food, cheerful music, and playful activities. It’s also a time for giving gifts. Now, you may already be thinking of what to give to your loved ones. If you have kids or siblings who are still studying, you may want to give these 5 motivation books as holiday gifts.
1. Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Being productive in school is one of the most common concerns of students. In this book, they will learn the science of productivity. They will realise the difference between managing how you think and what you think in relation to transforming your life.
2. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Students experience stress and sometimes, they forget to enjoy college life, which is supposed to be a fun and happy experience. In this book, the author narrates her adventures and reveals how to be happier. Readers will discover powerful sources of happiness.
3. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
In school, students are trained to make choices – from selecting their thesis topics to choosing who to work with. They are also given opportunities to use and trust their intuitions. In this book, students will have a deeper understanding of how choices are made and where they can and cannot trust their intuitions. Kahneman takes every reader on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the existence of two systems, namely System 1 and 2, which trigger the way we think.
4. Looking for Alaska by John Green
Green made us cry in Fault in Our Stars. But this one is the bomb! In fact, Green was awarded the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award for this book. Furthermore, Looking for Alaska is taught in many high school and college curricula. It’s a well-written teen fiction book recommended for students.
5. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Thanks to Steve Jobs and we’ve got Apple products. Students may get inspired after remembering Steve. Values, leadership, character, and innovation – these are the things students can learn from Steve and the book.