Books like When the Little Things Count . . . and They Always Count by Barbara Pachter

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a self‑help guide that teaches principles of personal and professional effectiveness, emphasizing character development, leadership, and self‑management.

"In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption--like eating free-range chicken and heirloom tomatoes, wearing organic cotton shirts and TOMS shoes, and listening to the Serial podcast. They use their purchasing power to hire nannies and housekeepers, to cultivate their children's growth, and to practice yoga and Pilates. In The Sum of Small Things, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett dubs this segment of society "the aspirational class" and discusses how, through deft decisions about education, health, parenting, and retirement, the aspirational class reproduces wealth and upward mobility, deepening the ever-wider class divide. Exploring the rise of the aspirational class, Currid-Halkett considers how much has changed since the 1899 publication of Thorstein Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class. In that inflammatory classic, which coined the phrase 'conspicuous consumption,' Veblen described upper-class frivolities: men who used walking sticks for show, and women who bought silver flatware despite the effectiveness of cheaper aluminum utensils. Now, Currid-Halkett argues, the power of material goods as symbols of social position has diminished due to their accessibility. As a result, the aspirational class has altered its consumer habits away from overt materialism to more subtle expenditures that reveal status and knowledge. And these transformations influence how we all make choices. With a rich narrative and extensive interviews and research, The Sum of Small Things illustrates how cultural capital leads to lifestyle shifts and what this forecasts, not just for the aspirational class but for everyone"--

The idea of what's important to us and what makes us happy too often gets lost. It can get lost in the daily work grind, in the demands made by others for our precious time, and in the fear that can come with change. how do you take back your life? How do you move past the challenges of being too busy and not having enough time in a day? How do you move past the nay-sayers who prevent you from getting to the life that you want? There always seems to be some reason, or some person holding you back, putting up a wall that is hard to get beyond. Do small things : taking little steps can lead to big outcomes is a book written to help you take the steps you need to do more with your life.