--- title: Soft skill books that will make you a better developer description: This article provides a list of soft skill books that can help developers improve their programming and managerial abilities. It covers various topics such as... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/soft-skill-books-that-will-make-you-a-better-developer-bpza7fm3x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Soft skill books that will make you a better developer | daily.dev og:description: This article provides a list of soft skill books that can help developers improve their programming and managerial abilities. It covers various topics such as... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/soft-skill-books-that-will-make-you-a-better-developer-bpza7fm3x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bpZA7fM3X.png og:image:alt: Soft skill books that will make you a better developer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Soft skill books that will make you a better developer **[Addy Osmani](https://daily.dev/sources/addy)** · [@addyosmani](https://daily.dev/addyosmani) · 6 min read · 512 upvotes · 25 comments ## Summary This article provides a list of soft skill books that can help developers improve their programming and managerial abilities. It covers various topics such as deep focus, high-leverage activities, growth mindset, leadership skills, and more. The article highlights the importance of developing soft skills alongside technical skills for developers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kyubysama** · 5 upvotes > Thanks for the article! > This helps a lot a newbie like me <3 **@liinal** · 3 upvotes > Such a great list. Thanks a lot! **@victorialslocum** · 2 upvotes > Absolutely love Atomic Habits by James Clear, my favorite part that I say at least once a week: > > > 1. Decide the person you want to be. > > 2. Prove it to yourself with small wins. > > (page 39) > > Beyond habits, I think this book has a lot of insight into becoming the person you always dreamed of being <3 I love the idea of making identity-based changes, rather than outcome-based goals. **@qaziatiq** · 2 upvotes > Nice collection I have read some of these but did not know about the others, thanks **@gauravshrivastava** · 1 upvotes > amazing --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/soft-skill-books-that-will-make-you-a-better-developer-bpza7fm3x) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Soft skill books that will make you a better developer","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/soft-skill-books-that-will-make-you-a-better-developer-bpza7fm3x","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/soft-skill-books-that-will-make-you-a-better-developer-bpza7fm3x"},"datePublished":"2023-10-08T19:10:44.548Z","dateModified":"2023-10-09T16:00:06.554Z","description":"This article provides a list of soft skill books that can help developers improve their programming and managerial abilities. 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Thanks a lot!","datePublished":"2023-10-11T06:05:11.541Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bpZA7fM3X#c-FwEetLbxl","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Liina","url":"https://daily.dev/liinal","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GjBgpLoWAV2hE-l3vNgKrBzcqqnxYBIdVTZiZbHPlw=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Absolutely love Atomic Habits by James Clear, my favorite part that I say at least once a week:\n\n\nDecide the person you want to be.\nProve it to yourself with small wins.\n(page 39)\n\n\nBeyond habits, I think this book has a lot of insight into becoming the person you always dreamed of being <3 I love the idea of making identity-based changes, rather than outcome-based goals.","datePublished":"2023-10-18T07:21:21.061Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bpZA7fM3X#c-nBMCpJykE","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Victoria Slocum","url":"https://daily.dev/victorialslocum","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/80417010?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice collection I have read some of these but did not know about the others, thanks","datePublished":"2023-10-09T22:37:08.130Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bpZA7fM3X#c-OSDhKAg36","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Qazi Atiq","url":"https://daily.dev/qaziatiq","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1264938?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"amazing","datePublished":"2023-10-14T14:39:28.803Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bpZA7fM3X#c-2htHyfsh3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gaurav Shrivastava","url":"https://daily.dev/gauravshrivastava","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxYrkWwcTJNPIOXyZsq4ist0VKBOIcRpOmepmuYUFQ=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```