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Psychology Book Summaries

The Stupidity Paradox
by Mats Alvesson • 2016
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
3.61
500+
The Stupidity Paradox Summary
The Stupidity Paradox
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
by Mats Alvesson 2016 288 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster
by Peggy Huddleston • 2012
Relaxation, visualization, and four sentences spoken during surgery can halve your pain medication.
4.06
206
Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster Summary
Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster
Relaxation, visualization, and four sentences spoken during surgery can halve your pain medication.
by Peggy Huddleston 2012 265 pages
4.06
206 ratings
A Field Guide to a Happy Life
by Massimo Pigliucci • 2020
Stoicism refreshed by science: 53 short lessons for a resilient, clear-eyed, and truly happy life.
3.76
1k+
A Field Guide to a Happy Life Summary
A Field Guide to a Happy Life
Stoicism refreshed by science: 53 short lessons for a resilient, clear-eyed, and truly happy life.
by Massimo Pigliucci 2020 160 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
by Wayne W. Dyer • 2009
Problems feed on fear. Starve them by raising your vibration through love; here is the method.
4.22
7k+
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem Summary
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
Problems feed on fear. Starve them by raising your vibration through love; here is the method.
by Wayne W. Dyer 2009 416 pages
4.22
7k+ ratings
Marathon, All-New 4th Edition
by Hal Higdon • 2011
Train for 26.2 without burnout: the 18-week system that balances mileage, food, and recovery.
4.04
4k+
Marathon, All-New 4th Edition Summary
Marathon, All-New 4th Edition
Train for 26.2 without burnout: the 18-week system that balances mileage, food, and recovery.
by Hal Higdon 2011 304 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Westworld and Philosophy
by Richard Greene • 2018
Westworld turns consequence-free violence into philosophy's sharpest questions about your own mind.
3.81
21
Westworld and Philosophy Summary
Westworld and Philosophy
Westworld turns consequence-free violence into philosophy's sharpest questions about your own mind.
by Richard Greene 2018 312 pages
3.81
21 ratings
Winners
by Alastair Campbell • 2015
The system winners use, decoded by a political strategist from champions in sport and business.
3.89
1k+
Winners Summary
Winners
The system winners use, decoded by a political strategist from champions in sport and business.
by Alastair Campbell 2015 350 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Confidence
by Rosabeth Moss Kanter • 2004
Winning streaks run on confidence; here's how to start one and stop a skid.
3.96
500+
Confidence Summary
Confidence
Winning streaks run on confidence; here's how to start one and stop a skid.
by Rosabeth Moss Kanter 2004 432 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Sadhguru
by Arundhathi Subramaniam • 2010
A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.
4.45
1k+
Sadhguru Summary
Sadhguru
A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.
by Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010 256 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Focus
by Leo Babauta • 2010
Your mind is stolen by endless pings. The fix is not another app but radical simplicity.
3.63
1k+
Focus Summary
Focus
Your mind is stolen by endless pings. The fix is not another app but radical simplicity.
by Leo Babauta 2010 136 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Grow the F*ck Up
by Sarah Knight • 2023
Adulthood has rules, and no one gave you the manual. Here it is, swearing included.
3.54
500+
Grow the F*ck Up Summary
Grow the F*ck Up
Adulthood has rules, and no one gave you the manual. Here it is, swearing included.
by Sarah Knight 2023 304 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Your Head is a Houseboat
by Campbell Walker • 2021
A cartoonist's illustrated plan for clearing mental clutter and quieting the voices that hijack you.
4.41
2k+
Your Head is a Houseboat Summary
Your Head is a Houseboat
A cartoonist's illustrated plan for clearing mental clutter and quieting the voices that hijack you.
by Campbell Walker 2021 160 pages
4.41
2k+ ratings
Healing the Wounded Heart
by Dan B. Allender • 2016
The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.
4.45
500+
Healing the Wounded Heart Summary
Healing the Wounded Heart
The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.
by Dan B. Allender 2016 288 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
12 Weeks to a Sharper You
by Sanjay Gupta • 2022
The daily habits that build a sharper brain, structured into a 12-week program by a neurosurgeon.
3.93
317
12 Weeks to a Sharper You Summary
12 Weeks to a Sharper You
The daily habits that build a sharper brain, structured into a 12-week program by a neurosurgeon.
by Sanjay Gupta 2022 198 pages
3.93
317 ratings
Why Me, Why This, Why Now?
by Robin Norwood • 1995
Life's worst moments are soul assignments in disguise. The lesson repeats until you learn it.
3.64
500+
Why Me, Why This, Why Now? Summary
Why Me, Why This, Why Now?
Life's worst moments are soul assignments in disguise. The lesson repeats until you learn it.
by Robin Norwood 1995 240 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Quantum Enigma
by Bruce Rosenblum • 2006
Quantum mechanics says reality is created by observation. What does that mean for our minds?
4.13
2k+
Quantum Enigma Summary
Quantum Enigma
Quantum mechanics says reality is created by observation. What does that mean for our minds?
by Bruce Rosenblum 2006 211 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
The Whole-Brain Child Workbook
by Daniel J. Siegel • 2015
Putting brain science into daily parenting: the companion workbook with scripts and exercises.
4.35
419
The Whole-Brain Child Workbook Summary
The Whole-Brain Child Workbook
Putting brain science into daily parenting: the companion workbook with scripts and exercises.
by Daniel J. Siegel 2015 136 pages
4.35
419 ratings
My Age of Anxiety
by Scott Stossel • 2014
Anxiety is not a disease; it's a survival mechanism that modern civilization has set on overdrive.
3.86
7k+
My Age of Anxiety Summary
My Age of Anxiety
Anxiety is not a disease; it's a survival mechanism that modern civilization has set on overdrive.
by Scott Stossel 2014 505 pages
3.86
7k+ ratings
Mothers Who Can't Love
by Susan Forward • 2014
When maternal love is absent, the daughter blames herself. A path out of that pain.
4.21
4k+
Mothers Who Can't Love Summary
Mothers Who Can't Love
When maternal love is absent, the daughter blames herself. A path out of that pain.
by Susan Forward 2014 304 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun • 2023
Activists burn out. A quiet, sustainable alternative that turns sensitivity into a strength.
3.97
500+
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul Summary
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
Activists burn out. A quiet, sustainable alternative that turns sensitivity into a strength.
by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun 2023 249 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life
by George Brescia • 2014
Color fixes 70 percent of wardrobe mistakes. A ruthless closet edit handles the rest.
3.50
500+
Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life Summary
Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life
Color fixes 70 percent of wardrobe mistakes. A ruthless closet edit handles the rest.
by George Brescia 2014 288 pages
3.50
500+ ratings
Higher Status
by Jason Capital • 2017
Your body broadcasts status in a hundredth of a second. The rules for controlling the signal.
4.28
313
Higher Status Summary
Higher Status
Your body broadcasts status in a hundredth of a second. The rules for controlling the signal.
by Jason Capital 2017 302 pages
4.28
313 ratings
Insight Selling
by Mike Schultz • 2014
Winning sellers don't pitch harder. They bring ideas that change how buyers see their own business.
3.76
160
Insight Selling Summary
Insight Selling
Winning sellers don't pitch harder. They bring ideas that change how buyers see their own business.
by Mike Schultz 2014 256 pages
3.76
160 ratings
The Essential Demming (PB)
by W. Edwards Deming • 2012
Your incentive system is making things worse. The statistical case against performance ratings.
4.02
281
The Essential Demming (PB) Summary
The Essential Demming (PB)
Your incentive system is making things worse. The statistical case against performance ratings.
by W. Edwards Deming 2012 338 pages
4.02
281 ratings
Simulations of God
by John C. Lilly • 1975
God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.
4.00
133
Simulations of God Summary
Simulations of God
God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.
by John C. Lilly 1975 284 pages
4.00
133 ratings
Emotional Intelligence
by Gill Hasson • 2014
Read your emotions before they run you. Skills for anxiety, anger, disappointment, and being heard.
3.46
500+
Emotional Intelligence Summary
Emotional Intelligence
Read your emotions before they run you. Skills for anxiety, anger, disappointment, and being heard.
by Gill Hasson 2014 208 pages
3.46
500+ ratings
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
by Stephen Cope • 1999
Yoga targets the false self, buried trauma, and the quiet witness beneath daily chatter.
4.13
2k+
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self Summary
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
Yoga targets the false self, buried trauma, and the quiet witness beneath daily chatter.
by Stephen Cope 1999 384 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Concentrated Investing
by Allen C. Benello • 2016
Five to fifteen stocks, held for decades: the method behind the world's greatest investment records.
3.92
346
Concentrated Investing Summary
Concentrated Investing
Five to fifteen stocks, held for decades: the method behind the world's greatest investment records.
by Allen C. Benello 2016 256 pages
3.92
346 ratings
The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages
by Shaunti Feldhahn • 2013
Why happy couples go to bed angry, and nine other habits that keep love strong.
4.36
500+
The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages Summary
The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages
Why happy couples go to bed angry, and nine other habits that keep love strong.
by Shaunti Feldhahn 2013 258 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Bravey
by Alexi Pappas • 2021
She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.
4.19
11k+
Bravey Summary
Bravey
She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.
by Alexi Pappas 2021 338 pages
4.19
11k+ ratings
Born to Win
by Kevin Leman • 2009
Ambition that wins at work can lose at life. A plan for firstborns to keep both.
4.11
167
Born to Win Summary
Born to Win
Ambition that wins at work can lose at life. A plan for firstborns to keep both.
by Kevin Leman 2009 289 pages
4.11
167 ratings
Humility Is the New Smart
by Edward D. Hess • 2017
Your expertise is not your edge anymore. Your willingness to question it is.
3.60
500+
Humility Is the New Smart Summary
Humility Is the New Smart
Your expertise is not your edge anymore. Your willingness to question it is.
by Edward D. Hess 2017 224 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
Labor of Love
by Moira Weigel • 2016
The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.
3.69
1k+
Labor of Love Summary
Labor of Love
The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.
by Moira Weigel 2016 304 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Weathering
by Arline T. Geronimus • 2023
Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.
4.22
500+
Weathering Summary
Weathering
Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.
by Arline T. Geronimus 2023 368 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
The Mind Workout
by Mark Freeman • 2017
The mental fitness workout: why escaping anxiety is the worst thing you can do for it.
4.06
262
The Mind Workout Summary
The Mind Workout
The mental fitness workout: why escaping anxiety is the worst thing you can do for it.
by Mark Freeman 2017 264 pages
4.06
262 ratings
The Edifice Complex
by Deyan Sudjic • 2006
From Hitler's Reich Chancellery to the Bilbao Guggenheim, what monuments are really for.
3.8
380
The Edifice Complex Summary
The Edifice Complex
From Hitler's Reich Chancellery to the Bilbao Guggenheim, what monuments are really for.
by Deyan Sudjic 2006 403 pages
3.8
380 ratings
A Monk's Guide to Happiness
by Gelong Thubten • 2019
Meditation isn't silence: it's freedom. A monk's ten-minute method for rewiring your mind.
4.16
2k+
A Monk's Guide to Happiness Summary
A Monk's Guide to Happiness
Meditation isn't silence: it's freedom. A monk's ten-minute method for rewiring your mind.
by Gelong Thubten 2019 240 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity
by Christopher Kaczor • 2021
Jordan Peterson recovered the psychology of Genesis; what his framework cannot supply is redemption.
4.22
252
Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity Summary
Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity
Jordan Peterson recovered the psychology of Genesis; what his framework cannot supply is redemption.
by Christopher Kaczor 2021 234 pages
4.22
252 ratings
The Karate Way
by Dave Lowry • 2009
Black belt is a learner's permit. Real karate is daily, invisible work on who you become.
4.19
124
The Karate Way Summary
The Karate Way
Black belt is a learner's permit. Real karate is daily, invisible work on who you become.
by Dave Lowry 2009 194 pages
4.19
124 ratings
Conspirituality
by Derek Beres • 2023
The line between your yoga studio and QAnon is vanishingly thin, and the damage is public.
3.98
1k+
Conspirituality Summary
Conspirituality
The line between your yoga studio and QAnon is vanishingly thin, and the damage is public.
by Derek Beres 2023 384 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Tell Your Children
by Alex Berenson • 2019
The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.
4.01
1k+
Tell Your Children Summary
Tell Your Children
The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.
by Alex Berenson 2019 272 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Personality
by Lawrence A. Pervin • 1984
The central questions of personality psychology, and the scientific tools to answer them.
3.80
301
Personality Summary
Personality
The central questions of personality psychology, and the scientific tools to answer them.
by Lawrence A. Pervin 1984 640 pages
3.80
301 ratings
The Universe and the Teacup
by K.C. Cole • 1998
Your gut is wrong about fairness, risk, and scale. Mathematics proves it, elegantly.
3.78
500+
The Universe and the Teacup Summary
The Universe and the Teacup
Your gut is wrong about fairness, risk, and scale. Mathematics proves it, elegantly.
by K.C. Cole 1998 214 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
I Love Me More
by Jenna Banks • 2022
A skill, not a feeling: how daily self-love rebuilds your boundaries, career, and finances.
3.78
446
I Love Me More Summary
I Love Me More
A skill, not a feeling: how daily self-love rebuilds your boundaries, career, and finances.
by Jenna Banks 2022 280 pages
3.78
446 ratings
The Creation of Health
by Caroline Myss • 1988
Your buried resentments land in your organs. Seven energy centers reveal exactly where and why.
4.13
272
The Creation of Health Summary
The Creation of Health
Your buried resentments land in your organs. Seven energy centers reveal exactly where and why.
by Caroline Myss 1988 416 pages
4.13
272 ratings
Freakonomics
by Steven D. Levitt • 2005
Crime plummeted in the 1990s. The real reason has nothing to do with better policing.
4.01
900k+
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
Crime plummeted in the 1990s. The real reason has nothing to do with better policing.
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 320 pages
4.01
900k+ ratings
ADHD Does Not Exist
by Richard Saul • 2014
How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.
3.03
500+
ADHD Does Not Exist Summary
ADHD Does Not Exist
How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.
by Richard Saul 2014 336 pages
3.03
500+ ratings
Yang Sheng
by Katie Brindle • 2019
Prevention before prescription: the Chinese self-care tradition that treats energy, not symptoms.
3.91
500+
Yang Sheng Summary
Yang Sheng
Prevention before prescription: the Chinese self-care tradition that treats energy, not symptoms.
by Katie Brindle 2019 187 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Developing the Qualities of Success
by Zig Ziglar • 1993
Outlook beats circumstance every time; the simple daily practice that makes a winning mindset stick.
4.34
500+
Developing the Qualities of Success Summary
Developing the Qualities of Success
Outlook beats circumstance every time; the simple daily practice that makes a winning mindset stick.
by Zig Ziglar 1993 194 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
Reconnaissance Man
by Aaron Clarey • 2016
Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.
4.18
143
Reconnaissance Man Summary
Reconnaissance Man
Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.
by Aaron Clarey 2016 202 pages
4.18
143 ratings
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