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Psychology Book Summaries

Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands
by Kevin Roberts • 2005
Brands lost their mystery. Three buried instincts are the only way to get it back.
3.86
1k+
Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands Summary
Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands
Brands lost their mystery. Three buried instincts are the only way to get it back.
by Kevin Roberts 2005 248 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Sheet Music
by Kevin Leman • 2002
The bedroom conversation Christian couples avoid: what your spouse needs and why it matters.
4.07
7k+
Sheet Music Summary
Sheet Music
The bedroom conversation Christian couples avoid: what your spouse needs and why it matters.
by Kevin Leman 2002 256 pages
4.07
7k+ ratings
The Jealousy Workbook
by Kathy Labriola • 2013
A jealousy workbook built for open relationships: exercises that name the fear, then shrink it.
3.99
314
The Jealousy Workbook Summary
The Jealousy Workbook
A jealousy workbook built for open relationships: exercises that name the fear, then shrink it.
by Kathy Labriola 2013 200 pages
3.99
314 ratings
Do the Work
by Gary John Bishop • 2019
Self-talk built your limits. The no-excuses path to tearing them down through kept promises.
3.80
1k+
Do the Work Summary
Do the Work
Self-talk built your limits. The no-excuses path to tearing them down through kept promises.
by Gary John Bishop 2019 144 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Fast This Way
by Dave Asprey • 2021
Keep your buttered coffee. Still trigger cellular cleanup, shed fat, and sharpen your mind.
3.89
2k+
Fast This Way Summary
Fast This Way
Keep your buttered coffee. Still trigger cellular cleanup, shed fat, and sharpen your mind.
by Dave Asprey 2021 285 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Mind Your Mindset
by Michael Hyatt • 2022
Your brain is a story engine. Learn to question the tale it spins.
3.72
500+
Mind Your Mindset Summary
Mind Your Mindset
Your brain is a story engine. Learn to question the tale it spins.
by Michael Hyatt 2022 238 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Learning
by Harvey Segler • 2015
Twenty focused hours can take you from novice to proficient. Here is how to spend them.
3.02
184
Learning Summary
Learning
Twenty focused hours can take you from novice to proficient. Here is how to spend them.
by Harvey Segler 2015 78 pages
3.02
184 ratings
Pivot
by Jenny Blake • 2016
A playbook for career change that replaces the leap of faith with small, safe experiments.
3.74
2k+
Pivot Summary
Pivot
A playbook for career change that replaces the leap of faith with small, safe experiments.
by Jenny Blake 2016 288 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Marketing Rebellion
by Mark W. Schaefer • 2019
Your customers now control your marketing. Only the truly human companies survive.
4.20
479
Marketing Rebellion Summary
Marketing Rebellion
Your customers now control your marketing. Only the truly human companies survive.
by Mark W. Schaefer 2019 318 pages
4.20
479 ratings
The Emotional Incest Syndrome
by Patricia Love • 1990
Some parents lean on a child for emotional support. The adult damage, and the roadmap to repair.
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500+
The Emotional Incest Syndrome Summary
The Emotional Incest Syndrome
Some parents lean on a child for emotional support. The adult damage, and the roadmap to repair.
by Patricia Love 1990 304 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
The Physics of God
by Joseph Selbie • 2017
Quantum physics points where mystics always said: mind produces matter, not the reverse.
4.17
500+
The Physics of God Summary
The Physics of God
Quantum physics points where mystics always said: mind produces matter, not the reverse.
by Joseph Selbie 2017 210 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
How to Talk So Kids Can Learn
by Adele Faber • 1995
A teacher's script for the moments praise fails and punishment makes things worse.
4.13
2k+
How to Talk So Kids Can Learn Summary
How to Talk So Kids Can Learn
A teacher's script for the moments praise fails and punishment makes things worse.
by Adele Faber 1995 272 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Time Warped
by Claudia Hammond • 2012
Your brain builds time from emotion and memory. That is why life accelerates and accidents crawl.
3.53
1k+
Time Warped Summary
Time Warped
Your brain builds time from emotion and memory. That is why life accelerates and accidents crawl.
by Claudia Hammond 2012 342 pages
3.53
1k+ ratings
The Happiness Industry
by William Davies • 2015
The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.
3.64
1k+
The Happiness Industry Summary
The Happiness Industry
The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.
by William Davies 2015 320 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Shadow Dance
by David Richo • 1999
Shadow work: how facing what you deny about yourself unlocks authentic power, creativity, and love.
4.22
367
Shadow Dance Summary
Shadow Dance
Shadow work: how facing what you deny about yourself unlocks authentic power, creativity, and love.
by David Richo 1999 336 pages
4.22
367 ratings
Emotional Intelligence
by James W. Williams • 2019
Emotional intelligence boils to a few trainable habits. Master the one that makes the others work.
3.70
1k+
Emotional Intelligence Summary
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence boils to a few trainable habits. Master the one that makes the others work.
by James W. Williams 2019 44 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'
by Sidney Dekker • 2002
A mistake reveals nothing about a worker and everything about the system that shaped their choices.
4.22
500+
The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' Summary
The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'
A mistake reveals nothing about a worker and everything about the system that shaped their choices.
by Sidney Dekker 2002 248 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
The Power of Unwavering Focus
by Dandapani • 2022
Your attention shapes your life, but nobody taught you to aim it. A former monk fills that gap.
4.30
500+
The Power of Unwavering Focus Summary
The Power of Unwavering Focus
Your attention shapes your life, but nobody taught you to aim it. A former monk fills that gap.
by Dandapani 2022
4.30
500+ ratings
The Ego Is Not the Real You
by David R. Hawkins • 2021
The self you defend is a phantom. Surrender it, and awareness of your undivided nature remains.
4.15
117
The Ego Is Not the Real You Summary
The Ego Is Not the Real You
The self you defend is a phantom. Surrender it, and awareness of your undivided nature remains.
by David R. Hawkins 2021 151 pages
4.15
117 ratings
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood • 2011
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
3.84
2k+
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
by Bruce M. Hood 2011 258 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
The Gold Mine
by Freddy Ballé • 2005
A struggling plant manager discovers that lasting influence grows from character, not force.
4.00
498
The Gold Mine Summary
The Gold Mine
A struggling plant manager discovers that lasting influence grows from character, not force.
by Freddy Ballé 2005 360 pages
4.00
498 ratings
Resilience
by Eric Greitens • 2015
Former Navy SEAL writes to a struggling friend: how to let hardship shape you without breaking.
4.22
4k+
Resilience Summary
Resilience
Former Navy SEAL writes to a struggling friend: how to let hardship shape you without breaking.
by Eric Greitens 2015 320 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Gifts Differing
by Isabel Briggs Myers • 1980
Four hidden preferences drive every clash and connection. Learn them, and people start making sense.
4.08
4k+
Gifts Differing Summary
Gifts Differing
Four hidden preferences drive every clash and connection. Learn them, and people start making sense.
by Isabel Briggs Myers 1980 256 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Big Data
by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger • 2013
The era of sampling, clean data, and causal certainty is over. What replaces it is stranger.
3.69
8k+
Big Data Summary
Big Data
The era of sampling, clean data, and causal certainty is over. What replaces it is stranger.
by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger 2013 242 pages
3.69
8k+ ratings
Mars and Venus in the Bedroom
by John Gray • 1995
Why men and women misfire in bed, and the timing and touch fixes that restore passion.
3.83
2k+
Mars and Venus in the Bedroom Summary
Mars and Venus in the Bedroom
Why men and women misfire in bed, and the timing and touch fixes that restore passion.
by John Gray 1995
3.83
2k+ ratings
Take Your Time
by Eknath Easwaran • 1994
Hurry promised more hours; it delivered less. The practice that reclaims the time your mind steals.
4.31
500+
Take Your Time Summary
Take Your Time
Hurry promised more hours; it delivered less. The practice that reclaims the time your mind steals.
by Eknath Easwaran 1994 216 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
How to Be a Power Connector
by Judy Robinett • 2014
155 people, three tiers, one rhythm: the playbook for making a network that actually pays.
3.94
500+
How to Be a Power Connector Summary
How to Be a Power Connector
155 people, three tiers, one rhythm: the playbook for making a network that actually pays.
by Judy Robinett 2014 256 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
The Maidens
by Alex Michaelides • 2021
At Cambridge, a grieving therapist suspects a professor's secret circle after a student is murdered.
3.61
400k+
The Maidens Summary
The Maidens
At Cambridge, a grieving therapist suspects a professor's secret circle after a student is murdered.
by Alex Michaelides 2021 337 pages
3.61
400k+ ratings
Making It All Work
by David Allen • 2003
Connect your to-do list to your life's purpose: the system that starts by clearing your head.
3.93
3k+
Making It All Work Summary
Making It All Work
Connect your to-do list to your life's purpose: the system that starts by clearing your head.
by David Allen 2003 302 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
The Logic of Life
by Tim Harford • 2008
Why risky sex, segregation, and office politics all have a rational explanation.
3.81
5k+
The Logic of Life Summary
The Logic of Life
Why risky sex, segregation, and office politics all have a rational explanation.
by Tim Harford 2008 213 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Studies in Tape Reading
by Richard D. Wyckoff • 2009
The tape speaks the market's next move. Learn to read it in real time.
4.02
115
Studies in Tape Reading Summary
Studies in Tape Reading
The tape speaks the market's next move. Learn to read it in real time.
by Richard D. Wyckoff 2009 182 pages
4.02
115 ratings
Obliquity
by John Kay • 2010
The goals that matter most are best achieved by aiming for something else entirely.
3.62
1k+
Obliquity Summary
Obliquity
The goals that matter most are best achieved by aiming for something else entirely.
by John Kay 2010 224 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Adult ADHD
by Thom Hartmann • 2016
ADHD entrepreneurs start 300% more businesses. The reason is evolutionary. Here's the playbook.
3.70
360
Adult ADHD Summary
Adult ADHD
ADHD entrepreneurs start 300% more businesses. The reason is evolutionary. Here's the playbook.
by Thom Hartmann 2016 174 pages
3.70
360 ratings
No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners
by Noah Rasheta • 2018
Most of your suffering is optional, and the Buddha laid out exactly how to opt out.
4.45
6k+
No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners Summary
No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners
Most of your suffering is optional, and the Buddha laid out exactly how to opt out.
by Noah Rasheta 2018 152 pages
4.45
6k+ ratings
The Advice Trap
by Michael Bungay Stanier • 2020
Stop solving everyone's problems. Ask the questions that build a team of problem-solvers.
4.10
2k+
The Advice Trap Summary
The Advice Trap
Stop solving everyone's problems. Ask the questions that build a team of problem-solvers.
by Michael Bungay Stanier 2020 267 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
by Baltasar Gracián • 1647
300 rules for when to speak, when to trust, and why reputation outlasts talent.
4.17
4k+
The Art of Worldly Wisdom Summary
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
300 rules for when to speak, when to trust, and why reputation outlasts talent.
by Baltasar Gracián 1647 208 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
50 Philosophy Classics
by Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2013
Fifty masterworks, distilled into the real-world lessons on living well and thinking clearly.
4.09
1k+
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Fifty masterworks, distilled into the real-world lessons on living well and thinking clearly.
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 336 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
The Year I Met My Brain
by Matilda Boseley • 2023
You're not lazy or broken: late ADHD diagnosis unlocks a new way of understanding yourself.
4.35
2k+
The Year I Met My Brain Summary
The Year I Met My Brain
You're not lazy or broken: late ADHD diagnosis unlocks a new way of understanding yourself.
by Matilda Boseley 2023 433 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
In This Economy?
by Kyla Scanlon • 2024
Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.
3.84
2k+
In This Economy? Summary
In This Economy?
Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.
by Kyla Scanlon 2024 279 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Excellent Advice for Living
by Kevin Kelly • 2023
Hundreds of rules for a life well lived, from someone who broke most of them first.
4.22
4k+
Excellent Advice for Living Summary
Excellent Advice for Living
Hundreds of rules for a life well lived, from someone who broke most of them first.
by Kevin Kelly 2023 224 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
The Secret of Secrets
by Osho • 1983
Real meditation is the gap between thoughts. The Taoist art of turning light back onto itself.
4.32
279
The Secret of Secrets Summary
The Secret of Secrets
Real meditation is the gap between thoughts. The Taoist art of turning light back onto itself.
by Osho 1983 1073 pages
4.32
279 ratings
The Gratitude Diaries
by Janice Kaplan • 2015
Can gratitude change your marriage, your health, your career? She spent a year finding out.
3.94
6k+
The Gratitude Diaries Summary
The Gratitude Diaries
Can gratitude change your marriage, your health, your career? She spent a year finding out.
by Janice Kaplan 2015 305 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
The Manipulative Man
by Dorothy Mccoy • 2006
Classify the manipulator, spot his red flags, and enforce the boundaries that end the cycle.
3.89
188
The Manipulative Man Summary
The Manipulative Man
Classify the manipulator, spot his red flags, and enforce the boundaries that end the cycle.
by Dorothy Mccoy 2006 256 pages
3.89
188 ratings
Nerve
by Taylor Clark • 2011
Choking isn't weakness. It's overthinking. The science of fear and peak performance.
3.97
500+
Nerve Summary
Nerve
Choking isn't weakness. It's overthinking. The science of fear and peak performance.
by Taylor Clark 2011 320 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Tomorrowmind
by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman • 2023
Our brains evolved for the savanna, not Slack. The psychological skills that make the difference.
3.75
377
Tomorrowmind Summary
Tomorrowmind
Our brains evolved for the savanna, not Slack. The psychological skills that make the difference.
by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman 2023 285 pages
3.75
377 ratings
Do Nothing
by Celeste Headlee • 2020
Medieval peasants rested half the year. Your burnout isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural system.
3.85
10k+
Do Nothing Summary
Do Nothing
Medieval peasants rested half the year. Your burnout isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural system.
by Celeste Headlee 2020 288 pages
3.85
10k+ ratings
Origins of Human Communication
by Michael Tomasello • 1999
Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.
4.14
299
Origins of Human Communication Summary
Origins of Human Communication
Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.
by Michael Tomasello 1999 393 pages
4.14
299 ratings
Age of Empathy
by Frans de Waal • 2009
Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.
4.00
2k+
Age of Empathy Summary
Age of Empathy
Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.
by Frans de Waal 2009 304 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Super Learning
by Peter Hollins • 2021
Rereading feels productive but wastes time. What to do instead for durable learning.
3.94
432
Super Learning Summary
Super Learning
Rereading feels productive but wastes time. What to do instead for durable learning.
by Peter Hollins 2021 225 pages
3.94
432 ratings
Change the World
by Robert E. Quinn • 2000
The lever for changing any system is the person in the mirror.
3.84
111
Change the World Summary
Change the World
The lever for changing any system is the person in the mirror.
by Robert E. Quinn 2000 304 pages
3.84
111 ratings
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