Success Books Reviews – August 31, 2025
Hello Readers,
Since 2014, Success Books Reviews has been curating the best insights from personal development, business, and leadership books — cutting through the noise so you can focus on what truly matters. Each week we share our latest reviews and timeless classics to support your growth, productivity, and success.
Here’s what we’ve been reading and recommending this week:
Featured Review
Discourses of Epictetus — (5 stars, Editor’s Pick)
A timeless Stoic classic reminding us that while external events are beyond our control, our thoughts and actions are always ours to govern. This week’s Editor’s Pick highlights how self-mastery, resilience, and virtue bring freedom.
“We must make the best use that we can of the things which are in our power, and use the rest according to their nature.”
Read full review →
Recent Reviews You Might Have Missed
- The E-Myth Revisited — Michael E. Gerber (5 stars)
Why most small businesses fail — and how to succeed by building scalable systems that work for you, not against you.
Read review → - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen R. Covey (4 stars)
Timeless principles for effective personal and professional leadership, helping you align daily choices with long-term values.
Read review →
Editor’s Classic Preview
The Story of My Experiments with Truth — Mahatma Gandhi (5 stars, Editor’s Pick)
Coming tomorrow, our detailed review of Gandhi’s autobiography. First published in 1927, it recounts his journey of spiritual discipline, simplicity, and leadership through nonviolence. Gandhi frames his life as a series of “experiments with truth,” reflecting on how self-discipline, service, and humility shaped both his personal struggles and his public mission.
“In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain.”
Stay tuned for the full review — available on the site from September 1.
Looking Ahead
Next week, we’ll feature Hidden Potential by Adam Grant — a fresh exploration of how overlooked qualities and opportunities shape success in surprising ways.
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