--- title: DRXVE Mindset 🧠 6 Books to Help You Lock In description: Before you can change your body you have to change what's going on inside. These 6 books are the mental side of the recomposition process. image: https://drxve.com/hubfs/6%20recomposition%20mindset%20books%20focus.png --- [Skip to content](https://drxve.com/latest/learn/recomposition-mindset-books#main-content) [TRAIN 3 DAYS FREE](https://drxve.com/start) [![DRXVE Training Boot Camp & Nutrition Coaching - Houston Pasadena TX](https://drxve.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DRXVE%20TRAINING%20BOOTCAMP%20HOUSTON%20PASDANEA%20-%20WHITE.png?width=200&height=56&name=DRXVE%20TRAINING%20BOOTCAMP%20HOUSTON%20PASDANEA%20-%20WHITE.png)](https://drxve.com/) - [TRAIN](https://drxve.com/train) - [NUTRITION](https://drxve.com/nutrition) - [PROGRESS](https://drxve.com/progress) - [LATEST](https://drxve.com/latest) - [SCHEDULE](https://drxve.com/schedule) - [MERCH](https://drxve.com/merch) - [MEMBERSHIPS](https://drxve.com/start) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [TRAIN](https://drxve.com/train) - [NUTRITION](https://drxve.com/nutrition) - [PROGRESS](https://drxve.com/progress) - [LATEST](https://drxve.com/latest) - [SCHEDULE](https://drxve.com/schedule) - [MERCH](https://drxve.com/merch) - [MEMBERSHIPS](https://drxve.com/start) - [TRAIN 3 DAYS FREE](https://drxve.com/start) [All posts](https://drxve.com/latest/all) March 28, 2026 # DRXVE Mindset 🧠 6 Books to Help You Lock In ![Picture of @Alverez.COACH](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/25c99ce83171756c9109490cee0a4cf8) By  [@Alverez.COACH](https://drxve.com/latest/author/alverez)  ·  2 minute read Training your body is the easy part. You clock in, you do the work, you go home. What's harder is looking at yourself honestly — the habits, the patterns, the reasons you've started and stopped before. That's the real work. These books aren't assigned reading. They're tools for the person who's ready to examine their own life, sit with what they find, and actually change something. Pray. Get still. Read. Reflect. Because if you can change what's going on inside, we can absolutely change what's going on with your body. You don't have to sit down and read either. These are cardio books — the kind you put on while you're on the treadmill, the elliptical, or driving to the gym. Get them on audiobook. Find them on Spotify. The format doesn't matter. What matters is that you're putting something useful into your mind consistently. That's the whole point. ---   ## **Atomic Habits — James Clear** ![BOOKS - ATOMIC HABITS - James Clear](https://drxve.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE/BOOKS%20-%20ATOMIC%20HABITS%20-%20James%20Clear.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=BOOKS%20-%20ATOMIC%20HABITS%20-%20James%20Clear.jpg)Start here. The whole book comes down to one thing: small actions done consistently compound into massive results. That's not just a life principle — it's [exactly how CPPP works](https://drxve.com/cppp). We don't chase big dramatic jumps. We take the next step, create adaptation, and build from there. Feed your mind the same way we train your body. [→ Get the Book](https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299) ---   ## **It Takes What It Takes — Trevor Moawad** ![BOOKS - NEUTRAL THINKING - Trevor Moawad](https://drxve.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE/BOOKS%20-%20NEUTRAL%20THINKING%20-%20Trevor%20Moawad.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=BOOKS%20-%20NEUTRAL%20THINKING%20-%20Trevor%20Moawad.jpg)Neutral thinking. Not positive, not negative — just neutral. Think of it like a car: if you want to move forward, you have to pass through neutral first. No emotion attached, no replaying what went wrong — just what's the next step. This one pairs perfectly with Atomic Habits. Read them back to back. [→ Get the Book](https://www.amazon.com/Takes-What-Think-Neutrally-Control/dp/0062947125) ---   ## **Relentless — Tim Grover** ![BOOKS - RELENTLESS - TIM GROVER](https://drxve.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE/BOOKS%20-%20RELENTLESS%20-%20TIM%20GROVER.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=BOOKS%20-%20RELENTLESS%20-%20TIM%20GROVER.jpg)Tim Grover trained Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade. This book cuts through everything and gets to the point — no excuses, no waiting on someone else, no leaning. Just you doing the work at the highest level you're capable of. If you want the mindset of someone who trained the best to ever do it, this is it. [→ Get the Book](https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Unstoppable-Tim-S-Grover/dp/1476714207) ---   ## **The 7 Habits  — Stephen Covey** ![BOOKS - 7 HABITS OF SUCCESS - Stephen Covey](https://drxve.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE/BOOKS%20-%207%20HABITS%20OF%20SUCCESS%20-%20Stephen%20Covey.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=BOOKS%20-%207%20HABITS%20OF%20SUCCESS%20-%20Stephen%20Covey.jpg)For life, for fitness, for "Highly Effective People". First Things First is the one that stands out most but all seven habits apply. We train FOR LIFE — strength training is the tool, but the adaptations have to carry into your mental, emotional, and family life too. This book helps make that connection. [→ Get the Book](https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/1982137274) ---   ## **The Mountain Is You — Brianna Wiest** This one will make you feel a few things. It's about self-sabotage — why we do it, where it comes from, and how to stop being the thing standing in your own way. If it comes with a workbook, do the workbook. Don't just read it. Sit with it. Look at yourself honestly. That's the whole point. [→ Get the Book](https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-You-Transforming-Self-Sabotage-Self-Mastery/dp/1949759229) ---   ## **The Bible** A lot of the principles in every book on this list aren't original. Covey didn't invent them. Clear didn't invent them. These are fundamental truths about diligence, discipline, and moving forward — and they've been written down a lot longer than any self-help shelf has existed. Proverbs. Psalms. If you have a spiritual inclination and haven't opened it in a while, *open it*. You can't recruit from a harvest you never planted seeds for. [→ Get the NLT Study Bible](https://www.amazon.com/NLT-Study-Bible-Tyndale/dp/1496416651) ---   ## *Dig into these.* ![6 recomposition mindset books focus](https://drxve.com/hs-fs/hubfs/6%20recomposition%20mindset%20books%20focus.png?width=1920&height=1080&name=6%20recomposition%20mindset%20books%20focus.png) Feed your mind the same way you train your body — consistently, with intention, one rep at a time. These books live inside the same principles we train by.  If you haven't read [22 Ways We Live →](https://drxve.com/mindset), start there. The reading list makes a lot more sense after you do. ## Ready to put all of it together? 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