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Personal Growth Book Summaries

The Power of Thank You
by Joyce Meyer • 2022
The counterintuitive path to joy: speaking thanks daily, before your feelings catch up.
4.23
500+
The Power of Thank You Summary
The Power of Thank You
The counterintuitive path to joy: speaking thanks daily, before your feelings catch up.
by Joyce Meyer 2022 208 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Smart Trust
by Stephen M.R. Covey • 2011
The judgment that turns trust from a liability into your fastest competitive edge.
3.91
465
Smart Trust Summary
Smart Trust
The judgment that turns trust from a liability into your fastest competitive edge.
by Stephen M.R. Covey 2011 320 pages
3.91
465 ratings
Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business
by Dale Carnegie • 1935
Speak before you're ready. The 1935 method for turning stage fright into persuasion.
3.87
235
Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business Summary
Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business
Speak before you're ready. The 1935 method for turning stage fright into persuasion.
by Dale Carnegie 1935 340 pages
3.87
235 ratings
Becoming a Professional Life Coach
by Patrick Williams • 2007
The listening and questioning toolkit of a professional life coach: go beyond friendly advice.
4.04
317
Becoming a Professional Life Coach Summary
Becoming a Professional Life Coach
The listening and questioning toolkit of a professional life coach: go beyond friendly advice.
by Patrick Williams 2007 480 pages
4.04
317 ratings
Supernatural Childbirth
by Jackie Mize • 1993
What if labor pain isn't mandatory? Activating the biblical promise of a pain-free delivery.
4.05
1k+
Supernatural Childbirth Summary
Supernatural Childbirth
What if labor pain isn't mandatory? Activating the biblical promise of a pain-free delivery.
by Jackie Mize 1993 130 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World
by Steven Rinella • 2022
Trade screen time for creek time: the family adventures that build resilient, nature-connected kids.
3.87
5k+
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World Summary
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World
Trade screen time for creek time: the family adventures that build resilient, nature-connected kids.
by Steven Rinella 2022 208 pages
3.87
5k+ ratings
The 5 Years Before You Retire
by Emily Guy Birken • 2013
Five years from retirement: the moves that make your money last longer than you do.
3.76
500+
The 5 Years Before You Retire Summary
The 5 Years Before You Retire
Five years from retirement: the moves that make your money last longer than you do.
by Emily Guy Birken 2013 256 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself
by Glynnis MacNicol • 2024
Paris, a month, no obligations: one woman's experiment in making pleasure the point, not the reward.
3.41
9k+
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself Summary
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself
Paris, a month, no obligations: one woman's experiment in making pleasure the point, not the reward.
by Glynnis MacNicol 2024 288 pages
3.41
9k+ ratings
Bipolar, Not So Much
by Chris Aiken • 2017
Recurring depression can hide mild bipolar. Learn the signs before antidepressants do more harm.
4.37
400
Bipolar, Not So Much Summary
Bipolar, Not So Much
Recurring depression can hide mild bipolar. Learn the signs before antidepressants do more harm.
by Chris Aiken 2017 360 pages
4.37
400 ratings
Live the Life You Love
by Barbara Sher • 1996
Ten steps to a life you love, designed around what moves you specifically, not generic willpower.
3.85
409
Live the Life You Love Summary
Live the Life You Love
Ten steps to a life you love, designed around what moves you specifically, not generic willpower.
by Barbara Sher 1996 256 pages
3.85
409 ratings
Reflections of a Man
by Amari Soul • 2015
A man's inside take on what to demand, and why lowering standards disappoints twice.
4.15
6k+
Reflections of a Man Summary
Reflections of a Man
A man's inside take on what to demand, and why lowering standards disappoints twice.
by Amari Soul 2015 278 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
Choose Your Story, Change Your Life
by Kindra Hall • 2022
Your brain is narrating your life without your permission. The process for becoming the author.
4.25
500+
Choose Your Story, Change Your Life Summary
Choose Your Story, Change Your Life
Your brain is narrating your life without your permission. The process for becoming the author.
by Kindra Hall 2022 272 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide
by Francine Jay • 2010
Your stuff is a full-time job you didn't apply for. Here's how to quit.
3.78
13k+
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide Summary
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide
Your stuff is a full-time job you didn't apply for. Here's how to quit.
by Francine Jay 2010 298 pages
3.78
13k+ ratings
Strong Money Australia
by Dave Gow • 2022
Savings rate determines retirement timing; the Australian playbook to compress the timeline.
4.25
500+
Strong Money Australia Summary
Strong Money Australia
Savings rate determines retirement timing; the Australian playbook to compress the timeline.
by Dave Gow 2022 374 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Not a Life Coach
by James Smith • 2020
The only limits that matter are the ones you've already accepted. Here's how to overwrite them.
4.00
3k+
Not a Life Coach Summary
Not a Life Coach
The only limits that matter are the ones you've already accepted. Here's how to overwrite them.
by James Smith 2020 263 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Writing Magic
by Gail Carson Levine • 2006
A children's author tells young writers to silence their inner critic and write terribly on purpose.
4.16
3k+
Writing Magic Summary
Writing Magic
A children's author tells young writers to silence their inner critic and write terribly on purpose.
by Gail Carson Levine 2006 168 pages
4.16
3k+ ratings
Story or Die
by Lisa Cron • 2021
Facts don't change minds. Story does, because your brain treats narrative as survival intel.
4.09
334
Story or Die Summary
Story or Die
Facts don't change minds. Story does, because your brain treats narrative as survival intel.
by Lisa Cron 2021 261 pages
4.09
334 ratings
Find Your Strongest Life
by Marcus Buckingham • 2009
More choices, more success, yet women are unhappier than ever. The answer is not balance.
3.85
500+
Find Your Strongest Life Summary
Find Your Strongest Life
More choices, more success, yet women are unhappier than ever. The answer is not balance.
by Marcus Buckingham 2009 288 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Happy People Are Annoying
by Josh Peck • 2022
Fat, fatherless, and funny: a child star's armor became his cage, and sobriety the key.
4.05
18k+
Happy People Are Annoying Summary
Happy People Are Annoying
Fat, fatherless, and funny: a child star's armor became his cage, and sobriety the key.
by Josh Peck 2022 272 pages
4.05
18k+ ratings
100 Things Successful People Do
by Nigel Cumberland • 2016
A hundred exercises for strong goals, better habits, and relationships that make success real.
3.85
500+
100 Things Successful People Do Summary
100 Things Successful People Do
A hundred exercises for strong goals, better habits, and relationships that make success real.
by Nigel Cumberland 2016 224 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Voice Lessons for Parents
by Wendy Mogel • 2018
What to say when your toddler screams, your tween clams up, and your teen shuts the door.
3.97
500+
Voice Lessons for Parents Summary
Voice Lessons for Parents
What to say when your toddler screams, your tween clams up, and your teen shuts the door.
by Wendy Mogel 2018 320 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Complete Self Help for Your Nerves
by Claire Weekes • 1997
Four shifts that stop the fear-of-fear loop by working with your nerves, not against them.
4.14
208
Complete Self Help for Your Nerves Summary
Complete Self Help for Your Nerves
Four shifts that stop the fear-of-fear loop by working with your nerves, not against them.
by Claire Weekes 1997 183 pages
4.14
208 ratings
Neurodharma
by Rick Hanson • 2020
Brain science meets Buddhism: a path to unshakable calm, deep compassion, and lasting contentment.
3.88
500+
Neurodharma Summary
Neurodharma
Brain science meets Buddhism: a path to unshakable calm, deep compassion, and lasting contentment.
by Rick Hanson 2020 352 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
What Happens When Women Say Yes to God
by Lysa TerKeurst • 2007
God speaks daily. Learning to hear and obey turns ordinary moments into divine encounters.
4.31
4k+
What Happens When Women Say Yes to God Summary
What Happens When Women Say Yes to God
God speaks daily. Learning to hear and obey turns ordinary moments into divine encounters.
by Lysa TerKeurst 2007 162 pages
4.31
4k+ ratings
Broken Open
by Elizabeth Lesser • 2004
Your crisis is a curriculum. A spiritual map through loss, failure, and heartbreak.
4.03
8k+
Broken Open Summary
Broken Open
Your crisis is a curriculum. A spiritual map through loss, failure, and heartbreak.
by Elizabeth Lesser 2004 307 pages
4.03
8k+ ratings
How Starbucks Saved My Life
by Michael Gates Gill • 2007
He lost everything at 63. A Starbucks job taught him what privilege never could.
3.48
11k+
How Starbucks Saved My Life Summary
How Starbucks Saved My Life
He lost everything at 63. A Starbucks job taught him what privilege never could.
by Michael Gates Gill 2007 284 pages
3.48
11k+ ratings
The Bhagavad Gita
by Jack Hawley
A warrior's battlefield crisis becomes a teaching on the deathless self and acting without grasping.
4.35
1k+
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
A warrior's battlefield crisis becomes a teaching on the deathless self and acting without grasping.
by Jack Hawley 224 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Until Today!
by Iyanla Vanzant • 2000
365 devotions that ask what you will finally stop carrying today.
4.45
1k+
Until Today! Summary
Until Today!
365 devotions that ask what you will finally stop carrying today.
by Iyanla Vanzant 2000 432 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity
by Edwene Gaines • 2005
Four spiritual laws govern prosperity. The first one changes everything about how you handle money.
4.28
500+
The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity Summary
The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity
Four spiritual laws govern prosperity. The first one changes everything about how you handle money.
by Edwene Gaines 2005 224 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Living Through the Meantime
by Iyanla Vanzant • 2001
Life's messiest transitions are where the real work happens. A guide for the meantime.
4.26
500+
Living Through the Meantime Summary
Living Through the Meantime
Life's messiest transitions are where the real work happens. A guide for the meantime.
by Iyanla Vanzant 2001 224 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
by Charles B. Handy • 2019
Twenty-one letters rethinking success, enough, and why your final decades could be your richest.
4.32
424
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges Summary
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
Twenty-one letters rethinking success, enough, and why your final decades could be your richest.
by Charles B. Handy 2019
4.32
424 ratings
Abundant Ever After
by Cathy Heller • 2024
Manifestation got it backwards. Abundance is already here; the work is clearing your receiver.
4.45
500+
Abundant Ever After Summary
Abundant Ever After
Manifestation got it backwards. Abundance is already here; the work is clearing your receiver.
by Cathy Heller 2024 272 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime
by James O. Pyle • 2014
An interrogator's system, built not to grill but to build the rapport that unlocks what people know.
3.63
500+
Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime Summary
Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime
An interrogator's system, built not to grill but to build the rapport that unlocks what people know.
by James O. Pyle 2014 284 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Practical Thinking
by Edward de Bono • 1971
Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.
3.77
133
Practical Thinking Summary
Practical Thinking
Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.
by Edward de Bono 1971 210 pages
3.77
133 ratings
Fight Your Fear and Win
by Don Greene • 2002
Pressure makes you panic or it makes you great. Seven trainable skills tip the balance.
3.94
158
Fight Your Fear and Win Summary
Fight Your Fear and Win
Pressure makes you panic or it makes you great. Seven trainable skills tip the balance.
by Don Greene 2002 240 pages
3.94
158 ratings
The Case for Hope
by Lee Strobel • 2015
Hope that holds through doubt and death, anchored in the historical case for the resurrection.
4.32
362
The Case for Hope Summary
The Case for Hope
Hope that holds through doubt and death, anchored in the historical case for the resurrection.
by Lee Strobel 2015 224 pages
4.32
362 ratings
What to Say When you Talk To Yourself
by Shad Helmstetter • 1986
The voice in your head has bad programming. Change the words, change the wiring, change the results.
4.15
17k+
What to Say When you Talk To Yourself Summary
What to Say When you Talk To Yourself
The voice in your head has bad programming. Change the words, change the wiring, change the results.
by Shad Helmstetter 1986 256 pages
4.15
17k+ ratings
Unlearn
by Humble the Poet • 2014
A poet's hundred reminders: the heaviest things you carry are beliefs you can set down.
4.00
3k+
Unlearn Summary
Unlearn
A poet's hundred reminders: the heaviest things you carry are beliefs you can set down.
by Humble the Poet 2014 320 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
The 30-Day Productivity Plan
by Damon Zahariades • 2016
Break the daily habits that quietly steal your time, one micro-fix a day, for 30 days straight.
3.95
500+
The 30-Day Productivity Plan Summary
The 30-Day Productivity Plan
Break the daily habits that quietly steal your time, one micro-fix a day, for 30 days straight.
by Damon Zahariades 2016 196 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery
by Allen Berger • 2008
Recovery gets derailed by twelve predictable patterns. Here is how to spot and short-circuit them.
4.12
246
12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery Summary
12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery
Recovery gets derailed by twelve predictable patterns. Here is how to spot and short-circuit them.
by Allen Berger 2008 136 pages
4.12
246 ratings
The Laws of Lifetime Growth
by Dan Sullivan • 2006
Ten mental pivots for keeping growth alive when success itself becomes the obstacle.
3.92
500+
The Laws of Lifetime Growth Summary
The Laws of Lifetime Growth
Ten mental pivots for keeping growth alive when success itself becomes the obstacle.
by Dan Sullivan 2006 150 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Simply Managing
by Henry Mintzberg • 2013
Management isn't heroic. It's fragmented, oral, and learned in the mess, not the classroom.
3.64
338
Simply Managing Summary
Simply Managing
Management isn't heroic. It's fragmented, oral, and learned in the mess, not the classroom.
by Henry Mintzberg 2013 216 pages
3.64
338 ratings
Jeffrey Gitomer's 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling
by Jeffrey Gitomer • 2013
Cold calling yields 95 percent rejection. The attraction principles that flip that math to yes.
4.05
209
Jeffrey Gitomer's 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling Summary
Jeffrey Gitomer's 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling
Cold calling yields 95 percent rejection. The attraction principles that flip that math to yes.
by Jeffrey Gitomer 2013 208 pages
4.05
209 ratings
TNT
by Claude M. Bristol • 1954
What you picture with feeling, you attract. It works just as well on your fears.
4.13
203
TNT Summary
TNT
What you picture with feeling, you attract. It works just as well on your fears.
by Claude M. Bristol 1954 240 pages
4.13
203 ratings
The Coaching Mindset
by Chad Hall • 2015
Stop solving problems and unlock brilliance: eight mental shifts for leading through questions.
3.97
500+
The Coaching Mindset Summary
The Coaching Mindset
Stop solving problems and unlock brilliance: eight mental shifts for leading through questions.
by Chad Hall 2015 26 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
How Did I Get Here?
by Christine Caine • 2021
Faith doesn't usually shatter; it drifts. The subtle signs, and the practices that anchor you again.
4.36
1k+
How Did I Get Here? Summary
How Did I Get Here?
Faith doesn't usually shatter; it drifts. The subtle signs, and the practices that anchor you again.
by Christine Caine 2021 240 pages
4.36
1k+ ratings
A Scientific Guide to Successful Relationships
by Emily Nagoski • 2012
Your body's unspent stress is quietly destroying your relationship. Here is the off switch.
4.25
159
A Scientific Guide to Successful Relationships Summary
A Scientific Guide to Successful Relationships
Your body's unspent stress is quietly destroying your relationship. Here is the off switch.
by Emily Nagoski 2012 132 pages
4.25
159 ratings
The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke
by Suze Orman • 2004
You are cash-poor and time-rich. That equation runs one direction. Here is how to exploit it.
3.90
6k+
The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke Summary
The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke
You are cash-poor and time-rich. That equation runs one direction. Here is how to exploit it.
by Suze Orman 2004 412 pages
3.90
6k+ ratings
You Do You
by Sarah Knight • 2017
The permission slip for saying no, skipping the party, and finally putting yourself first.
3.62
8k+
You Do You Summary
You Do You
The permission slip for saying no, skipping the party, and finally putting yourself first.
by Sarah Knight 2017 299 pages
3.62
8k+ ratings
The Best Year of Your Life
by Debbie Ford • 2009
Stop waiting for someday. A year-long blueprint that replaces fantasy with intent and action.
3.72
500+
The Best Year of Your Life Summary
The Best Year of Your Life
Stop waiting for someday. A year-long blueprint that replaces fantasy with intent and action.
by Debbie Ford 2009 224 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
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