Self-help · Similar reads
Books like The Gap and the Gain
The best books like The Gap and the Gain are Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, and The Happiness Advantage. The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy is about mindset, achievement and fulfillment, self-improvement. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck · Psychology
Carol Dweck's central claim is simple but far-reaching: people hold one of two basic beliefs about their own abilities.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth · Psychology
Duckworth's central claim is that talent is overrated.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - The Happiness Advantage
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Shawn Achor · Psychology
Shawn Achor's core claim inverts a common assumption about success and happiness.
Both dig into mindset.
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- Atomic Habits
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James Clear · Self-help
Atomic Habits is James Clear's framework for how very small changes — habits so minor they seem to make no difference on any given day — compound into remarkable results over months and years.
Both dig into self-improvement.
Read the summary → - Stumbling on Happiness
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Daniel Gilbert · Psychology
Daniel Gilbert is a Harvard psychologist whose central finding, after decades of studying affective forecasting, is that humans are systematically wrong about what will make them happy.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - Never Finished
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David Goggins · Memoir
Never Finished is David Goggins' follow-up to Can't Hurt Me, continuing his story and philosophy of mental toughness beyond the point where the first book left off.
Shares mindset and self-improvement with The Gap and the Gain.
Read the summary → - Discipline Equals Freedom
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Jocko Willink · Self-help
Discipline Equals Freedom is Jocko Willink's compressed manifesto on the relationship between self-discipline and freedom — his central argument being that the two are not opposites but the same thing.
Both dig into mindset.
Read the summary → - Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
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Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
Greg McKeown · Self-help
Effortless is McKeown's follow-up to Essentialism, and where that book asked which things matter, this one asks why the right things always feel so hard.
Both dig into self-improvement.
Read the summary → - Everything Is Figureoutable
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Marie Forleo · Self-help
Everything Is Figureoutable is Marie Forleo's argument that almost any problem — personal, professional, creative — becomes solvable once you adopt a foundational belief that a solution exists and that you're capable of finding it.
Both dig into mindset.
Read the summary → - Limitless
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Jim Kwik · Self-help
Limitless is Jim Kwik's account of how he overcame a childhood brain injury and learning difficulties to become a professional memory coach and reading accelerator, and what he learned about cognition along the way.
Both dig into mindset.
Read the summary → - Mini Habits
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Stephen Guise · Self-help
Mini Habits is Stephen Guise's case for starting habits so small they are almost impossible to fail.
Both dig into self-improvement.
Read the summary → - One Small Step Can Change Your Life
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One Small Step Can Change Your Life
Robert Maurer · Self-help
Robert Maurer's book is built around a single Japanese concept: kaizen, the practice of continuous improvement through very small steps.
Both dig into self-improvement.
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Books like The Gap and the Gain: quick answers
What are the best books like The Gap and the Gain?
The best books like The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy are Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, Atomic Habits by James Clear, Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Gap and the Gain, such as mindset, achievement and fulfillment, self-improvement.
What should I read after The Gap and the Gain?
A natural next read after The Gap and the Gain is Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck. A kindred self-help read. Other strong choices are Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, Atomic Habits by James Clear.
What books are similar to The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy?
The Gap and the Gain centers on mindset, achievement and fulfillment, self-improvement. Books with a similar feel include Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, Atomic Habits by James Clear, Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert, Never Finished by David Goggins — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
