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Psychology

The human mind is a maze of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that shape every aspect of our lives and relationships. Our psychology books explore evidence-based ways to understand yourself better, overcome challenges, and create positive change through practical insights and proven techniques.

Psychology Book Summaries

Secrets of Attraction
by Sandra Anne Taylor • 2001
Love is a frequency you broadcast. Tune yours, and the right people tune in.
4.23
197
🧲 Law Of Attraction🔗 Codependency Recovery🔮 New Age Spirituality💗 Self-Love Practices🙏 Sacred Intimacy
Secrets of Attraction Summary
Secrets of Attraction
Love is a frequency you broadcast. Tune yours, and the right people tune in.
by Sandra Anne Taylor 2001 272 pages
4.23
197 ratings
🧲 Law Of Attraction🔗 Codependency Recovery🔮 New Age Spirituality💗 Self-Love Practices🙏 Sacred Intimacy
Securely Attached
by Mike Berry • 2020
Hard behaviors are trauma speaking. Practical tools to decode the message and build connection.
4.35
178
🧠 Trauma Informed Parenting🔗 Attachment Theory🤝 Co Regulation💔 Childhood Trauma🧘 Caregiver Burnout
Securely Attached Summary
Securely Attached
Hard behaviors are trauma speaking. Practical tools to decode the message and build connection.
by Mike Berry 2020 288 pages
4.35
178 ratings
🧠 Trauma Informed Parenting🔗 Attachment Theory🤝 Co Regulation💔 Childhood Trauma🧘 Caregiver Burnout
Happiness in Hard Times
by Andrew Matthews • 2009
Happiness is a decision, not a reward. The mental shifts that make it a lasting one.
4.36
489
🧠 Positive Psychology🌱 Happiness Habits🙏 Gratitude Practice💖 Forgiveness Work✨ Law Of Attraction
Happiness in Hard Times Summary
Happiness in Hard Times
Happiness is a decision, not a reward. The mental shifts that make it a lasting one.
by Andrew Matthews 2009 160 pages
4.36
489 ratings
🧠 Positive Psychology🌱 Happiness Habits🙏 Gratitude Practice💖 Forgiveness Work✨ Law Of Attraction
Springboard
by G. Richard Shell • 2013
Your family and culture handed you a script for success. Here is how to rewrite it.
3.95
500+
🎯 Defining Success💼 Meaningful Work🧨 Intrinsic Motivation🛡️ Self-Confidence🧭 Goal Setting
Springboard Summary
Springboard
Your family and culture handed you a script for success. Here is how to rewrite it.
by G. Richard Shell 2013 320 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
🎯 Defining Success💼 Meaningful Work🧨 Intrinsic Motivation🛡️ Self-Confidence🧭 Goal Setting
Raising a Bilingual Child
by Barbara Zurer Pearson • 2008
The exposure minimum that predicts bilingual fluency, and the family strategies to get there.
3.84
360
👨‍👩‍👧 Bilingual Parenting📋 Family Language Planning❓ Bilingualism Myths🧠 Cognitive Benefits🏛️ Heritage Language
Raising a Bilingual Child Summary
Raising a Bilingual Child
The exposure minimum that predicts bilingual fluency, and the family strategies to get there.
by Barbara Zurer Pearson 2008 368 pages
3.84
360 ratings
👨‍👩‍👧 Bilingual Parenting📋 Family Language Planning❓ Bilingualism Myths🧠 Cognitive Benefits🏛️ Heritage Language
Everyday Osho
by Osho • 2001
A year with Osho: 365 provocations to wake you from separateness and into the present.
4.15
500+
🧘 Daily Meditation🔆 Present Moment Awareness🍃 Non-Attachment🎭 Ego Transcendence🔇 Inner Silence
Everyday Osho Summary
Everyday Osho
A year with Osho: 365 provocations to wake you from separateness and into the present.
by Osho 2001 368 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
🧘 Daily Meditation🔆 Present Moment Awareness🍃 Non-Attachment🎭 Ego Transcendence🔇 Inner Silence
Mine!
by Michael A. Heller • 2021
Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.
4.11
2k+
💸 Behavioral Economics🏠 Property Rights🤝 Conflict Resolution🚗 Sharing Economy💻 Digital Rights
Mine! Summary
Mine!
Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.
by Michael A. Heller 2021 310 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
💸 Behavioral Economics🏠 Property Rights🤝 Conflict Resolution🚗 Sharing Economy💻 Digital Rights
Body Whispering
by Dain Heer • 2021
Much of your pain may not be yours. Learn to tell and release it.
4.57
173
✨ Energy Healing🧘 Somatic Awareness🕊️ Non-Judgment👂 Inner Listening🛡️ Energetic Boundaries
Body Whispering Summary
Body Whispering
Much of your pain may not be yours. Learn to tell and release it.
by Dain Heer 2021 184 pages
4.57
173 ratings
✨ Energy Healing🧘 Somatic Awareness🕊️ Non-Judgment👂 Inner Listening🛡️ Energetic Boundaries
Radical Curiosity
by Seth Goldenberg • 2022
Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.
3.61
103
🧐 Questioning Culture📚 Critical Pedagogy📱 Attention Economy⚡ Social Polarization🔄 Unlearning
Radical Curiosity Summary
Radical Curiosity
Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.
by Seth Goldenberg 2022 352 pages
3.61
103 ratings
🧐 Questioning Culture📚 Critical Pedagogy📱 Attention Economy⚡ Social Polarization🔄 Unlearning
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
by Allison Hoover Bartlett • 2009
A thief, a detective, and $100,000 in rare books stolen for something money can't buy: status.
3.45
14k+
📚 Rare Book Collecting📖 Bibliophilia🧠 Criminal Psychology🔍 Collector's Obsession💼 White Collar Crime
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Summary
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
A thief, a detective, and $100,000 in rare books stolen for something money can't buy: status.
by Allison Hoover Bartlett 2009 274 pages
3.45
14k+ ratings
📚 Rare Book Collecting📖 Bibliophilia🧠 Criminal Psychology🔍 Collector's Obsession💼 White Collar Crime
Tantra
by Shashi Solluna • 2016
The missing piece between better sex and spiritual depth: a practical guide to Tantra.
3.78
46
💫 Sacred Sexuality🕉️ Neo-Tantra🔓 Sexual Shame☸️ Chakra Healing⚡ Energy Cultivation
Tantra Summary
Tantra
The missing piece between better sex and spiritual depth: a practical guide to Tantra.
by Shashi Solluna 2016 273 pages
3.78
46 ratings
💫 Sacred Sexuality🕉️ Neo-Tantra🔓 Sexual Shame☸️ Chakra Healing⚡ Energy Cultivation
When Love Is a Lie - How the Narcissist Partner Uses Sex, Lies & Passive-Aggressive Manipulation to Fulfill His Relationship Agenda
by Zari L. Ballard • 2013
The charm is calculated. The chaos is intentional. The only exit is to stop answering.
3.93
455
🎭 Narcissistic Abuse☣️ Toxic Relationships🧠 Emotional Manipulation⛓️ Trauma Bonding🚧 Boundary Setting
When Love Is a Lie - How the Narcissist Partner Uses Sex, Lies & Passive-Aggressive Manipulation to Fulfill His Relationship Agenda Summary
When Love Is a Lie - How the Narcissist Partner Uses Sex, Lies & Passive-Aggressive Manipulation to Fulfill His Relationship Agenda
The charm is calculated. The chaos is intentional. The only exit is to stop answering.
by Zari L. Ballard 2013
3.93
455 ratings
🎭 Narcissistic Abuse☣️ Toxic Relationships🧠 Emotional Manipulation⛓️ Trauma Bonding🚧 Boundary Setting
Resolving Conflicts at Work
by Kenneth Cloke • 2011
Workplace conflict isn't the problem. Ten strategies for finding the real one hiding underneath.
3.79
132
🕊️ Conflict Resolution🤝 Mediation Skills🧠 Emotional Intelligence🏢 Organizational Culture🔄 Systems Thinking
Resolving Conflicts at Work Summary
Resolving Conflicts at Work
Workplace conflict isn't the problem. Ten strategies for finding the real one hiding underneath.
by Kenneth Cloke 2011 400 pages
3.79
132 ratings
🕊️ Conflict Resolution🤝 Mediation Skills🧠 Emotional Intelligence🏢 Organizational Culture🔄 Systems Thinking
The Joy of Missing Out
by Svend Brinkmann • 2017
Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.
3.61
1k+
🛑 Self-Restraint📉 Hedonic Adaptation🏛️ Modern Stoicism🔍 Existentialism⚖️ Virtue Ethics
The Joy of Missing Out Summary
The Joy of Missing Out
Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.
by Svend Brinkmann 2017 128 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
🛑 Self-Restraint📉 Hedonic Adaptation🏛️ Modern Stoicism🔍 Existentialism⚖️ Virtue Ethics
Do Over
by Jon Acuff • 2015
Before you need a new job, stockpile four things no resume can list.
4.04
4k+
🔄 Career Reinvention📈 Career Advancement🤝 Professional Networking🛠️ Skill Building💪 Work Ethic
Do Over Summary
Do Over
Before you need a new job, stockpile four things no resume can list.
by Jon Acuff 2015 288 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
🔄 Career Reinvention📈 Career Advancement🤝 Professional Networking🛠️ Skill Building💪 Work Ethic
Quarterlife Crisis
by Alexandra Robbins • 2001
The midlife crisis has a younger sibling, and it strikes before the first gray hair.
3.19
1k+
🌱 Early Adulthood🎓 Post-Grad Life💼 Career Anxiety🏠 Adulting Struggles🤔 Decision Paralysis
Quarterlife Crisis Summary
Quarterlife Crisis
The midlife crisis has a younger sibling, and it strikes before the first gray hair.
by Alexandra Robbins 2001 224 pages
3.19
1k+ ratings
🌱 Early Adulthood🎓 Post-Grad Life💼 Career Anxiety🏠 Adulting Struggles🤔 Decision Paralysis
Teachers as Architects of Learning
by Gavin Grift • 2020
Twelve levers to design learning that sticks: shift focus from teaching to student understanding.
4.00
1
🧱 Instructional Design🧑‍🏫 Student-Centered Learning📝 Formative Assessment🗣️ Explicit Instruction🧠 Metacognition
Teachers as Architects of Learning Summary
Teachers as Architects of Learning
Twelve levers to design learning that sticks: shift focus from teaching to student understanding.
by Gavin Grift 2020 179 pages
4.00
1 ratings
🧱 Instructional Design🧑‍🏫 Student-Centered Learning📝 Formative Assessment🗣️ Explicit Instruction🧠 Metacognition
The 2 AM Principle
by Jon Levy • 2016
Adventure is not for adrenaline junkies. It is a learnable skill, and here is the curriculum.
3.29
330
🎨 Experience Design🌍 Everyday Adventure🧗 Comfort Zone Expansion🧠 Behavioral Science😊 Positive Psychology
The 2 AM Principle Summary
The 2 AM Principle
Adventure is not for adrenaline junkies. It is a learnable skill, and here is the curriculum.
by Jon Levy 2016 254 pages
3.29
330 ratings
🎨 Experience Design🌍 Everyday Adventure🧗 Comfort Zone Expansion🧠 Behavioral Science😊 Positive Psychology
Hector and the Secrets of Love
by François Lelord • 2005
To save his relationship, a psychiatrist chases a vanished professor whose drug can engineer love.
3.46
2k+
📖 Philosophical Fable💔 Love Triangle🔬 Love And Science⏳ Midlife Crisis🌏 Cross-Cultural Romance
Hector and the Secrets of Love Summary
Hector and the Secrets of Love
To save his relationship, a psychiatrist chases a vanished professor whose drug can engineer love.
by François Lelord 2005 290 pages
3.46
2k+ ratings
📖 Philosophical Fable💔 Love Triangle🔬 Love And Science⏳ Midlife Crisis🌏 Cross-Cultural Romance
The Art of the Sale
by Philip Delves Broughton • 2012
Selling and living are the same craft. Lessons from a worldwide tour of master persuaders.
3.68
400
🧠 Sales Psychology🤝 Relationship Selling🎭 Authentic Selling❤️ Emotional Intelligence🎯 Consultative Selling
The Art of the Sale Summary
The Art of the Sale
Selling and living are the same craft. Lessons from a worldwide tour of master persuaders.
by Philip Delves Broughton 2012 299 pages
3.68
400 ratings
🧠 Sales Psychology🤝 Relationship Selling🎭 Authentic Selling❤️ Emotional Intelligence🎯 Consultative Selling
Forgiveness
by Osho • 2023
Forget turning the other cheek. True forgiveness requires the capacity for fierce anger.
3.96
70
🕉️ Eastern Mysticism🧠 Spiritual Psychology🤲 Radical Forgiveness🌊 Total Acceptance👁️ Awareness Practice
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness
Forget turning the other cheek. True forgiveness requires the capacity for fierce anger.
by Osho 2023
3.96
70 ratings
🕉️ Eastern Mysticism🧠 Spiritual Psychology🤲 Radical Forgiveness🌊 Total Acceptance👁️ Awareness Practice
Sugarproof
by Michael I. Goran • 2020
The sweetener in kids' yogurt and bread harms their liver. Here's the fix.
4.15
207
🧒 Childhood Nutrition🍬 Hidden Sugar🫀 Metabolic Health😤 Food And Behavior🧠 Brain Development
Sugarproof Summary
Sugarproof
The sweetener in kids' yogurt and bread harms their liver. Here's the fix.
by Michael I. Goran 2020 368 pages
4.15
207 ratings
🧒 Childhood Nutrition🍬 Hidden Sugar🫀 Metabolic Health😤 Food And Behavior🧠 Brain Development
How Sondheim Can Change Your Life
by Richard Schoch • 2024
Regret, ambition, the terror of intimacy: the life lessons Sondheim smuggled into his musicals.
3.90
500+
🎭 Musical Theatre🎨 Art As Therapy💞 Relationship Psychology🧬 Existential Psychology✍️ Creative Process
How Sondheim Can Change Your Life Summary
How Sondheim Can Change Your Life
Regret, ambition, the terror of intimacy: the life lessons Sondheim smuggled into his musicals.
by Richard Schoch 2024 304 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
🎭 Musical Theatre🎨 Art As Therapy💞 Relationship Psychology🧬 Existential Psychology✍️ Creative Process
From Clutter to Clarity
by Kerri Richardson • 2020
Your clutter is trying to tell you something. Here's what it's saying and how to answer.
3.92
367
🧹 Decluttering🧠 Mental Clutter🧳 Emotional Baggage🔒 Limiting Beliefs🛑 Boundary Setting
From Clutter to Clarity Summary
From Clutter to Clarity
Your clutter is trying to tell you something. Here's what it's saying and how to answer.
by Kerri Richardson 2020 179 pages
3.92
367 ratings
🧹 Decluttering🧠 Mental Clutter🧳 Emotional Baggage🔒 Limiting Beliefs🛑 Boundary Setting
You're It
by Leonard J. Marcus • 2019
Lead without authority. The framework for mobilizing people and navigating complexity in any crisis.
3.86
218
🚨 Crisis Leadership🔄 Adaptive Leadership🕸️ Systems Thinking🧠 Emotional Intelligence🐝 Collective Intelligence
You're It Summary
You're It
Lead without authority. The framework for mobilizing people and navigating complexity in any crisis.
by Leonard J. Marcus 2019 304 pages
3.86
218 ratings
🚨 Crisis Leadership🔄 Adaptive Leadership🕸️ Systems Thinking🧠 Emotional Intelligence🐝 Collective Intelligence
Anxiety as an Ally
by Dan Ryckert • 2015
Panic attacks, standup stages, and skydiving: he chased them all and made anxiety an asset.
3.93
1k+
🧠 Anxiety Management📈 Exposure Therapy💡 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🚹 Men's Mental Health📖 Mental Illness Memoir
Anxiety as an Ally Summary
Anxiety as an Ally
Panic attacks, standup stages, and skydiving: he chased them all and made anxiety an asset.
by Dan Ryckert 2015 220 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
🧠 Anxiety Management📈 Exposure Therapy💡 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🚹 Men's Mental Health📖 Mental Illness Memoir
Minds, Brains and Science
by John Rogers Searle • 1984
Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.
3.76
500+
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Mind-Body Problem🔬 Cognitive Science🤖 Ai Skepticism🎲 Free Will Debate
Minds, Brains and Science Summary
Minds, Brains and Science
Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.
by John Rogers Searle 1984 107 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Mind-Body Problem🔬 Cognitive Science🤖 Ai Skepticism🎲 Free Will Debate
100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss
by Jean Carper • 2010
Berries, brisk walks, and bedtime routines: the hundred habits science says can shield your brain.
3.95
500+
🧠 Dementia Prevention🧬 Brain Aging🫐 Brain Food🩺 Lifestyle Medicine📝 Memory Preservation
100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss Summary
100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss
Berries, brisk walks, and bedtime routines: the hundred habits science says can shield your brain.
by Jean Carper 2010 317 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Prevention🧬 Brain Aging🫐 Brain Food🩺 Lifestyle Medicine📝 Memory Preservation
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering
by Sarah J. Buckley • 2005
Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.
3.98
1k+
🌿 Natural Childbirth🤱 Attachment Parenting📋 Informed Consent🍼 Breastfeeding Advocacy🏠 Home Birth
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering Summary
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering
Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.
by Sarah J. Buckley 2005 354 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
🌿 Natural Childbirth🤱 Attachment Parenting📋 Informed Consent🍼 Breastfeeding Advocacy🏠 Home Birth
The Reality Bubble
by Ziya Tong • 2019
You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.
4.18
1k+
👁️ Perception Limits🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots🏭 Hidden Infrastructure🐄 Food System Opacity💰 Wealth Inequality
The Reality Bubble Summary
The Reality Bubble
You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.
by Ziya Tong 2019 380 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
👁️ Perception Limits🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots🏭 Hidden Infrastructure🐄 Food System Opacity💰 Wealth Inequality
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing... Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice
by Richard Reed • 2016
60 remarkable people each offer one piece of advice: their collective patterns form a life road map.
3.77
2k+
💡 Life Advice📚 Curated Wisdom👥 Mentorship🧠 Practical Philosophy❤️ Emotional Intelligence
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing... Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice Summary
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing... Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice
60 remarkable people each offer one piece of advice: their collective patterns form a life road map.
by Richard Reed 2016 296 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
💡 Life Advice📚 Curated Wisdom👥 Mentorship🧠 Practical Philosophy❤️ Emotional Intelligence
Common Stocks and Common Sense
by Edgar Wachenheim • 2016
Balance sheets over forecasts, nerve over consensus: a value investor's decades of proof.
4.25
360
🧱 Value Investing🔄 Contrarian Investing🧠 Behavioral Finance📊 Fundamental Analysis⏳ Long-Term Investing
Common Stocks and Common Sense Summary
Common Stocks and Common Sense
Balance sheets over forecasts, nerve over consensus: a value investor's decades of proof.
by Edgar Wachenheim 2016 224 pages
4.25
360 ratings
🧱 Value Investing🔄 Contrarian Investing🧠 Behavioral Finance📊 Fundamental Analysis⏳ Long-Term Investing
Guesstimation
by Lawrence Weinstein • 2008
How to answer impossible questions with a napkin, a pen, and a few simple guesses.
3.75
432
📝 Back-Of-The-Envelope Math⚛️ Everyday Physics🔢 Quantitative Reasoning🧩 Problem-Solving Heuristics🤔 Physical Intuition
Guesstimation Summary
Guesstimation
How to answer impossible questions with a napkin, a pen, and a few simple guesses.
by Lawrence Weinstein 2008 301 pages
3.75
432 ratings
📝 Back-Of-The-Envelope Math⚛️ Everyday Physics🔢 Quantitative Reasoning🧩 Problem-Solving Heuristics🤔 Physical Intuition
Positive Thinking
by Gill Hasson • 2016
Stop waiting to feel ready. Act your way into motivation, and your brain catches up.
3.89
132
🧠 Positive Psychology🔄 Cognitive Reframing🧱 Habit Design🗣️ Self-Talk🙏 Gratitude Practice
Positive Thinking Summary
Positive Thinking
Stop waiting to feel ready. Act your way into motivation, and your brain catches up.
by Gill Hasson 2016 208 pages
3.89
132 ratings
🧠 Positive Psychology🔄 Cognitive Reframing🧱 Habit Design🗣️ Self-Talk🙏 Gratitude Practice
The Four Agreements with Companion Special Edition
by Miguel Ruiz • 2000
From the Toltec tradition: four shifts in speech and perception that end self-inflicted suffering.
4.2
500+
🌄 Spiritual Self-Help🦅 Toltec Wisdom🧠 Belief Systems🗣️ Self-Talk💬 Communication Skills
The Four Agreements with Companion Special Edition Summary
The Four Agreements with Companion Special Edition
From the Toltec tradition: four shifts in speech and perception that end self-inflicted suffering.
by Miguel Ruiz 2000
4.2
500+ ratings
🌄 Spiritual Self-Help🦅 Toltec Wisdom🧠 Belief Systems🗣️ Self-Talk💬 Communication Skills
Become a SuperLearner
by Jonathan A. Levi • 2015
Triple your reading speed without losing comprehension by retraining two unconscious habits.
3.81
249
⚡ Speed Reading🧠 Memory Techniques📚 Learning How To Learn👁️ Visual Memory🔁 Spaced Repetition
Become a SuperLearner Summary
Become a SuperLearner
Triple your reading speed without losing comprehension by retraining two unconscious habits.
by Jonathan A. Levi 2015 221 pages
3.81
249 ratings
⚡ Speed Reading🧠 Memory Techniques📚 Learning How To Learn👁️ Visual Memory🔁 Spaced Repetition
This Idea Is Brilliant
by John Brockman • 2018
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
3.83
500+
🧠 Third Culture🔬 Scientific Method🪞 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Biology📡 Information Theory
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
by John Brockman 2018 515 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
🧠 Third Culture🔬 Scientific Method🪞 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Biology📡 Information Theory
The Unschooled Mind
by Howard Gardner • 1991
Children's intuitive theories outlast school; genuine understanding takes deliberate rewiring.
3.96
500+
🧠 Cognitive Development🌱 Progressive Education📚 Educational Psychology🛠️ Project-Based Learning🏗️ Constructivism
The Unschooled Mind Summary
The Unschooled Mind
Children's intuitive theories outlast school; genuine understanding takes deliberate rewiring.
by Howard Gardner 1991 320 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Development🌱 Progressive Education📚 Educational Psychology🛠️ Project-Based Learning🏗️ Constructivism
Thrivers
by Michele Borba • 2021
Seven teachable traits that predict children's success more than IQ, and how to nurture them.
4.05
1k+
💪 Strength-Based Parenting👶 Child Development🧠 Social-Emotional Learning🌱 Growth Mindset🛡️ Resilience Building
Thrivers Summary
Thrivers
Seven teachable traits that predict children's success more than IQ, and how to nurture them.
by Michele Borba 2021 320 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
💪 Strength-Based Parenting👶 Child Development🧠 Social-Emotional Learning🌱 Growth Mindset🛡️ Resilience Building
Primer on Decision Making
by James G. March • 1994
Rational choice is a story we tell later. Decisions run on identity, rules, and ambiguity.
3.69
119
🏢 Organizational Behavior🧠 Decision Theory🤔 Bounded Rationality🏛️ Institutional Theory🔍 Sensemaking
Primer on Decision Making Summary
Primer on Decision Making
Rational choice is a story we tell later. Decisions run on identity, rules, and ambiguity.
by James G. March 1994 289 pages
3.69
119 ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior🧠 Decision Theory🤔 Bounded Rationality🏛️ Institutional Theory🔍 Sensemaking
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide
by Robert H. Frank • 2009
Why your neighbor's house determines your mortgage, and other economic laws hiding in plain sight.
3.49
300
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏠 Relative Consumption📊 Inequality🏛️ Public Policy⚙️ Market Design
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide Summary
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide
Why your neighbor's house determines your mortgage, and other economic laws hiding in plain sight.
by Robert H. Frank 2009 241 pages
3.49
300 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏠 Relative Consumption📊 Inequality🏛️ Public Policy⚙️ Market Design
Financial First Aid
by Alyssa Davies • 2022
Money crisis? Stabilize first: negotiate every bill, build a real safety net, then look ahead.
3.94
227
💰 Personal Finance💳 Debt Relief📊 Budgeting💡 Side Hustles🧘 Mindful Spending
Financial First Aid Summary
Financial First Aid
Money crisis? Stabilize first: negotiate every bill, build a real safety net, then look ahead.
by Alyssa Davies 2022 216 pages
3.94
227 ratings
💰 Personal Finance💳 Debt Relief📊 Budgeting💡 Side Hustles🧘 Mindful Spending
The Everyday Parenting Toolkit
by Alan E. Kazdin • 2013
Skip the punishment. A step-by-step method that shows you exactly what to reinforce instead.
4.25
295
🧒 Behavioral Parenting📋 Child Discipline⭐ Positive Reinforcement🔄 Behavior Change🔬 Evidence-Based Parenting
The Everyday Parenting Toolkit Summary
The Everyday Parenting Toolkit
Skip the punishment. A step-by-step method that shows you exactly what to reinforce instead.
by Alan E. Kazdin 2013 210 pages
4.25
295 ratings
🧒 Behavioral Parenting📋 Child Discipline⭐ Positive Reinforcement🔄 Behavior Change🔬 Evidence-Based Parenting
Surviving Survival
by Laurence Gonzales • 2012
Trauma rewires the brain. So can knitting, humor, and helping someone else.
4.22
500+
🩹 Trauma Recovery💪 Resilience Training🧠 Neuroplasticity🧘 Somatic Healing🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth
Surviving Survival Summary
Surviving Survival
Trauma rewires the brain. So can knitting, humor, and helping someone else.
by Laurence Gonzales 2012 304 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
🩹 Trauma Recovery💪 Resilience Training🧠 Neuroplasticity🧘 Somatic Healing🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth
Control Stress
by Paul McKenna • 2009
Your heart has an off switch for the stress response. Three slow breaths flip it.
3.85
316
🧘 Stress Management🧠 Mind-Body Connection💨 Breathwork⚡ Nervous System Regulation🔄 Emotional Reframing
Control Stress Summary
Control Stress
Your heart has an off switch for the stress response. Three slow breaths flip it.
by Paul McKenna 2009
3.85
316 ratings
🧘 Stress Management🧠 Mind-Body Connection💨 Breathwork⚡ Nervous System Regulation🔄 Emotional Reframing
Results Without Authority
by Tom Kendrick • 2006
Your team answers to someone else. Build control from planning and metrics, not power.
3.84
3k+
🗂️ Project Management🧭 Lateral Leadership🤝 Stakeholder Management📊 Metrics-Driven Management👷 Project Managers
Results Without Authority Summary
Results Without Authority
Your team answers to someone else. Build control from planning and metrics, not power.
by Tom Kendrick 2006 288 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
🗂️ Project Management🧭 Lateral Leadership🤝 Stakeholder Management📊 Metrics-Driven Management👷 Project Managers
A Piece of Blue Sky
by Jon Atack • 1990
L. Ron Hubbard was no war hero, no mystic, no genius. Those fabrications built a global church.
3.99
500+
🛑 Religious Cults🎭 Charismatic Leaders🧠 Cult Psychology⚠️ Pseudoscience⛓️ Coercive Control
A Piece of Blue Sky Summary
A Piece of Blue Sky
L. Ron Hubbard was no war hero, no mystic, no genius. Those fabrications built a global church.
by Jon Atack 1990 428 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
🛑 Religious Cults🎭 Charismatic Leaders🧠 Cult Psychology⚠️ Pseudoscience⛓️ Coercive Control
On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life
by Arianna Huffington • 2006
Fear will never vanish. The skill is acting anyway, in every domain that counts.
3.47
1k+
💪 Women's Empowerment🪞 Body Image🤲 Self-Acceptance💔 Vulnerability🗣️ Authentic Leadership
On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life Summary
On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life
Fear will never vanish. The skill is acting anyway, in every domain that counts.
by Arianna Huffington 2006
3.47
1k+ ratings
💪 Women's Empowerment🪞 Body Image🤲 Self-Acceptance💔 Vulnerability🗣️ Authentic Leadership
Goodbye, Sweet Girl
by Kelly Sundberg • 2018
She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.
3.83
2k+
🏚️ Domestic Violence🗣️ Survivor Memoirs🔗 Coercive Control🌫️ Gaslighting🔄 Cycle Of Abuse
Goodbye, Sweet Girl Summary
Goodbye, Sweet Girl
She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.
by Kelly Sundberg 2018 272 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Domestic Violence🗣️ Survivor Memoirs🔗 Coercive Control🌫️ Gaslighting🔄 Cycle Of Abuse
Everything Is Workable
by Diane Musho Hamilton • 2013
A Zen teacher reveals why your worst conflicts, met with awareness, become your best growth.
3.78
279
🕊️ Conflict Resolution🧘 Mindfulness Practice🌑 Shadow Work🌐 Integral Theory🤝 Negotiation Skills
Everything Is Workable Summary
Everything Is Workable
A Zen teacher reveals why your worst conflicts, met with awareness, become your best growth.
by Diane Musho Hamilton 2013 240 pages
3.78
279 ratings
🕊️ Conflict Resolution🧘 Mindfulness Practice🌑 Shadow Work🌐 Integral Theory🤝 Negotiation Skills
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