The Books that Inspired Tiny Steps (follow me on Goodreads!):

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Financial:

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The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Success by Dave Ramsey

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Quit Like A Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required by Kristy Shen

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Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early): How Far Would You Go for Financial Freedom by Scott Rieckens 

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Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together by Erin Lowry 

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Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need by Grant Sabatier

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The Debt-Free Spending Plan: An Amazingly Simple Way to take Control of Your Finances Once and for All by JoAnneh Nagler

 

You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck to Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want by Jesse Mecham

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Retire Inspired: It's Not an Age, It's a Financial Number by Chris Hogan

 

Everyday Millionaire: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth -- And How You Can Too by Chris Hogan 

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The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach

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I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi 

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Love Your Life, Not Theirs: 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want by Rachel Cruze

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You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero 

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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

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The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own by Joshua Becker

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Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence through Simple Living by Elizabeth Willard Thames

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Habits:

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The Miracle Morning: The Not-So Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM by Hal Elrod

 

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

 

The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy

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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World  by Cal Newport 

 

The 5 Second Rule: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Live, Love, and Speak with Courage by Mel Robbins

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Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results by Stephen Guise

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Athletics:

 

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll

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You Are an Ironman: How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Triathlon by Jacques Steinberg 

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

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26 Marathons: What I've Learned from Faith, Identity, Running and Life from Each Marathon I've Run by Meb Keflezighi 

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Mindset/Success:

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Untamed by Glennon Doyle

 

Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

 

The Second Mountain by David Brooks

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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert 

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The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani

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Grit by Angela Duckworth 

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Business Boutique: A Woman's Guide for Making Money Doing What She Loves by  Christy Wright

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Educated by Tara Westover

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The School of Greatness by Lewis Howes

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10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help that Actually Works by Dan Harris

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Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor

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Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams

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You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living and Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

 

Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach

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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

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Adventure/Travel

 

To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagaonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedediah Jenkins

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North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

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Relationships:

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Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

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Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff 

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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown

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Tribes by Seth Godin 

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Entrepreneurship/Leadership:

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Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. By Brene Brown

 

Riding High: How I Kissed SoulCycle Goodbye, Co-Founded Flywheel, and Build the Life I Always Wanted by Ruth Zukerman

 

Start Something that Matters by Blake Mycoskie

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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change by Adam Braun

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Little Black Stretchy Pants by Chip Wilson

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My Current Go-To Podcasts:

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Financial:

The Dave Ramsey Show 

Borrowed Future

Death, Sex and Money 

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Entrepreneurial:

How I Built This with Guy Raz 

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Goal Digger with Jenna Kutcher 

The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes 

Talks at Google 

RISE podcast with Rachel Hollis

Oprah's Master Class

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Language Learning:

Coffee Break Spanish/German 

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Entertainment:

Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush

The Startup Camp Podcast

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Office Ladies with Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey

 

Relationships:

RISE Together podcast with Rachel and Dave Hollis

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Athletics:

The Rich Roll Podcast

Ali on the Run Show with Ali Feller

Run, Selfie, Repeat with by Kelly Roberts

The BibRave Podcast

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Testing Out:

The Joe Rogan Experience

Dolly Parton's America

You Need A Budget

RadioLab 

The Science of Ultra

The Morning Shakeout Podcast 

TED Radio Hour

Good Life Project with Jonathan Fields

The mindbodygreen podcast with Jason Wachob

No Meat Athlete Radio with Matt Frazier and Doug Hay

Plant Proof Podcast with Simon Hill

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