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Psychology Book Summaries

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness
by Gillian Butler • 1999
Turn down the volume on social fear: a structured CBT program for building everyday confidence.
3.79
500+
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness Summary
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness
Turn down the volume on social fear: a structured CBT program for building everyday confidence.
by Gillian Butler 1999 336 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
A Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence
by David Walton • 2012
85% of what separates top leaders is emotional skill. The manual for building it.
3.65
1k+
A Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence Summary
A Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence
85% of what separates top leaders is emotional skill. The manual for building it.
by David Walton 2012 197 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual
by Lane Pederson • 2011
Contain the crisis before it burns your life down. The DBT manual for the rest of us.
4.14
216
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual Summary
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual
Contain the crisis before it burns your life down. The DBT manual for the rest of us.
by Lane Pederson 2011 278 pages
4.14
216 ratings
Make Yourself Unforgettable
by Dale Carnegie • 2006
Class and genuine listening make you more magnetic than charm or status ever could.
3.85
1k+
Make Yourself Unforgettable Summary
Make Yourself Unforgettable
Class and genuine listening make you more magnetic than charm or status ever could.
by Dale Carnegie 2006 240 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
The Code of Trust
by Robin Dreeke • 2017
What spies know about winning trust: five principles from a former FBI agent.
3.86
500+
The Code of Trust Summary
The Code of Trust
What spies know about winning trust: five principles from a former FBI agent.
by Robin Dreeke 2017 384 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Train Your Brain For Success
by Roger Seip • 2012
Upgrade your memory, reading speed, and reclaim ten hours weekly with deliberate brain training.
4.03
450
Train Your Brain For Success Summary
Train Your Brain For Success
Upgrade your memory, reading speed, and reclaim ten hours weekly with deliberate brain training.
by Roger Seip 2012 256 pages
4.03
450 ratings
Parallel Realities of Self
by Frederick Dodson • 2007
You exist in infinite parallel versions. The life you want belongs to one of them.
4.28
500+
Parallel Realities of Self Summary
Parallel Realities of Self
You exist in infinite parallel versions. The life you want belongs to one of them.
by Frederick Dodson 2007 220 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need
by Anthony Iannarino • 2016
Twelve attributes separate the sales elite from everyone else, and none of them are about selling.
4.20
500+
The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need Summary
The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need
Twelve attributes separate the sales elite from everyone else, and none of them are about selling.
by Anthony Iannarino 2016 240 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
by Steven Novella • 2018
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
4.39
4k+
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Summary
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
by Steven Novella 2018 512 pages
4.39
4k+ ratings
Judgment In Managerial Decision Making
by Max H. Bazerman • 1986
Managers' mental shortcuts are predictable and often wrong. Here's how to catch them.
3.97
500+
Judgment In Managerial Decision Making Summary
Judgment In Managerial Decision Making
Managers' mental shortcuts are predictable and often wrong. Here's how to catch them.
by Max H. Bazerman 1986 241 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
The Fourth Age
by Byron Reese • 2018
Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.
4.01
1k+
The Fourth Age Summary
The Fourth Age
Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.
by Byron Reese 2018 335 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
The Anxious Investor
by Scott Nations • 2022
The mental traps that wreck returns are predictable. Recognize yours and stop feeding them.
3.51
183
The Anxious Investor Summary
The Anxious Investor
The mental traps that wreck returns are predictable. Recognize yours and stop feeding them.
by Scott Nations 2022 288 pages
3.51
183 ratings
Conscious Loving
by Gay Hendricks • 1990
Most couples don't break under conflict. They break when things get too good.
4.32
1k+
Conscious Loving Summary
Conscious Loving
Most couples don't break under conflict. They break when things get too good.
by Gay Hendricks 1990 304 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Man's Search for Meaning / Ultimate Meaning / The Choice
by Viktor E. Frankl
What kept prisoners alive in the camps wasn't strength, luck, or optimism. It was meaning.
4.38
214
Man's Search for Meaning / Ultimate Meaning / The Choice Summary
Man's Search for Meaning / Ultimate Meaning / The Choice
What kept prisoners alive in the camps wasn't strength, luck, or optimism. It was meaning.
by Viktor E. Frankl
4.38
214 ratings
Every Moment Matters
by John O'Sullivan • 2019
The playbook for coaches who want to win games and build character, in that order.
4.46
495
Every Moment Matters Summary
Every Moment Matters
The playbook for coaches who want to win games and build character, in that order.
by John O'Sullivan 2019 358 pages
4.46
495 ratings
Beauty Sick
by Renee Engeln • 2017
The mental job of monitoring their own bodies costs women more than any beauty product.
4.13
6k+
Beauty Sick Summary
Beauty Sick
The mental job of monitoring their own bodies costs women more than any beauty product.
by Renee Engeln 2017 358 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Asperger's Syndrome
by William Stillman • 2004
Your child's intense interests aren't obsessions; they're a career map. Here's how to read it.
3.91
57
The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Asperger's Syndrome Summary
The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Asperger's Syndrome
Your child's intense interests aren't obsessions; they're a career map. Here's how to read it.
by William Stillman 2004 320 pages
3.91
57 ratings
Own the Room
by Amy Jen Su • 2013
A four-quadrant map of leadership presence, and the tools to find your voice under pressure.
3.74
500+
Own the Room Summary
Own the Room
A four-quadrant map of leadership presence, and the tools to find your voice under pressure.
by Amy Jen Su 2013 240 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them
by Gary Belsky • 1999
The psychology that makes smart people fail with money, and the behavioral economics that fixes it.
3.96
1k+
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them Summary
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them
The psychology that makes smart people fail with money, and the behavioral economics that fixes it.
by Gary Belsky 1999 224 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Astrology of the Seers
by David Frawley • 1990
Your birth chart as a karmic map: the Vedic system of planets, periods, and harmonic divisions.
4.08
178
Astrology of the Seers Summary
Astrology of the Seers
Your birth chart as a karmic map: the Vedic system of planets, periods, and harmonic divisions.
by David Frawley 1990 304 pages
4.08
178 ratings
How to Begin
by Michael Bungay Stanier • 2022
Your next big goal: thrilling to you, useful to the world, and just frightening enough.
3.65
500+
How to Begin Summary
How to Begin
Your next big goal: thrilling to you, useful to the world, and just frightening enough.
by Michael Bungay Stanier 2022 238 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai
by Anthony Raymond • 2019
Small steps plus clear purpose: a Japanese formula for ending procrastination and reaching goals.
4.15
195
How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai Summary
How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai
Small steps plus clear purpose: a Japanese formula for ending procrastination and reaching goals.
by Anthony Raymond 2019 231 pages
4.15
195 ratings
Awaken Your Genius
by Ozan Varol • 2023
Conformity buried your genius. Here is the shovel, the map, and permission to stand apart.
4.23
500+
Awaken Your Genius Summary
Awaken Your Genius
Conformity buried your genius. Here is the shovel, the map, and permission to stand apart.
by Ozan Varol 2023 288 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Markets Never Forget (But People Do)
by Kenneth L. Fisher • 2011
Why your memory makes every market panic feel unprecedented, despite the data showing otherwise.
3.88
201
Markets Never Forget (But People Do) Summary
Markets Never Forget (But People Do)
Why your memory makes every market panic feel unprecedented, despite the data showing otherwise.
by Kenneth L. Fisher 2011 240 pages
3.88
201 ratings
Warren Buffett
by Robert G Hagstrom • 2021
The Money Mind: seeing businesses where others see stock prices, and decades where others see days.
4.06
301
Warren Buffett Summary
Warren Buffett
The Money Mind: seeing businesses where others see stock prices, and decades where others see days.
by Robert G Hagstrom 2021 253 pages
4.06
301 ratings
Easy Way to Quit Sugar Illustrated
by Allen Carr • 2017
Quit sugar without willpower: the trick is seeing the two traps that keep you hooked.
3.60
210
Easy Way to Quit Sugar Illustrated Summary
Easy Way to Quit Sugar Illustrated
Quit sugar without willpower: the trick is seeing the two traps that keep you hooked.
by Allen Carr 2017 144 pages
3.60
210 ratings
The Wisdom Pattern
by Richard Rohr • 2020
Collapse is not the end; it is the middle of the only pattern that produces wisdom.
4.43
500+
The Wisdom Pattern Summary
The Wisdom Pattern
Collapse is not the end; it is the middle of the only pattern that produces wisdom.
by Richard Rohr 2020 223 pages
4.43
500+ ratings
Good Enough Is the New Perfect
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie • 2011
Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.
3.40
191
Good Enough Is the New Perfect Summary
Good Enough Is the New Perfect
Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie 2011 289 pages
3.40
191 ratings
Learning to Silence the Mind
by Osho • 2012
Stop trying to meditate. The secret is simple awareness, hidden behind the noisy mind.
4.11
1k+
Learning to Silence the Mind Summary
Learning to Silence the Mind
Stop trying to meditate. The secret is simple awareness, hidden behind the noisy mind.
by Osho 2012 192 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Learning to Love Midlife
by Chip Conley • 2024
The dozen shifts that trade a midlife crisis for your most purposeful, emotionally rich years.
3.68
1k+
Learning to Love Midlife Summary
Learning to Love Midlife
The dozen shifts that trade a midlife crisis for your most purposeful, emotionally rich years.
by Chip Conley 2024 240 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
The Mechanism of Mind
by Edward de Bono • 2015
Why your brain resists new ideas, and a single word that overrides its defenses.
3.84
167
The Mechanism of Mind Summary
The Mechanism of Mind
Why your brain resists new ideas, and a single word that overrides its defenses.
by Edward de Bono 2015
3.84
167 ratings
Getting Things Done
by David Allen • 2001
The system for getting commitments out of your head and onto lists you can trust.
4.00
100k+
Getting Things Done Summary
Getting Things Done
The system for getting commitments out of your head and onto lists you can trust.
by David Allen 2001 352 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Selling Luxury
by Robin Lent • 2009
Win luxury clients who return for life: the five-star service skills no sales training teaches.
3.54
233
Selling Luxury Summary
Selling Luxury
Win luxury clients who return for life: the five-star service skills no sales training teaches.
by Robin Lent 2009 176 pages
3.54
233 ratings
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition
by Francine Shapiro • 2022
Trauma lodges in the brain as unprocessed memories; the therapy that reprocesses them, step by step.
4.29
280
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition Summary
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Third Edition
Trauma lodges in the brain as unprocessed memories; the therapy that reprocesses them, step by step.
by Francine Shapiro 2022
4.29
280 ratings
The Pattern Seekers
by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2020
The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.
3.49
1k+
The Pattern Seekers Summary
The Pattern Seekers
The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2020 272 pages
3.49
1k+ ratings
Brain Food
by Lisa Mosconi • 2018
A neuroscientist's brain nutrition plan: the precise fats, plants, and fasts that keep memory sharp.
3.93
2k+
Brain Food Summary
Brain Food
A neuroscientist's brain nutrition plan: the precise fats, plants, and fasts that keep memory sharp.
by Lisa Mosconi 2018
3.93
2k+ ratings
Burn Your Goals
by Joshua Medcalf • 2014
Your goals are holding you back. Real resilience is built on the days no one is watching.
4.29
361
Burn Your Goals Summary
Burn Your Goals
Your goals are holding you back. Real resilience is built on the days no one is watching.
by Joshua Medcalf 2014 353 pages
4.29
361 ratings
The Lost Art of Running
by Shane Benzie • 2020
Your bounce is not the enemy. How fascia science rewrites every rule of efficient running.
4.04
2k+
The Lost Art of Running Summary
The Lost Art of Running
Your bounce is not the enemy. How fascia science rewrites every rule of efficient running.
by Shane Benzie 2020 303 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Risk Savvy
by Gerd Gigerenzer • 2013
Experts sell certainty. Simple math and gut instincts expose what they don't know.
4.01
1k+
Risk Savvy Summary
Risk Savvy
Experts sell certainty. Simple math and gut instincts expose what they don't know.
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2013 336 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Negotiating Rationally
by Max H. Bazerman • 1991
Cognitive biases hijack negotiations. Smart people lose deals they should win, and never see why.
3.83
317
Negotiating Rationally Summary
Negotiating Rationally
Cognitive biases hijack negotiations. Smart people lose deals they should win, and never see why.
by Max H. Bazerman 1991 196 pages
3.83
317 ratings
Brag!
by Peggy Klaus • 2003
Nobody notices quiet competence. A scripted method for selling your wins that still sounds like you.
3.68
1k+
Brag! Summary
Brag!
Nobody notices quiet competence. A scripted method for selling your wins that still sounds like you.
by Peggy Klaus 2003 224 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Glued to Games
by Scott Rigby • 2011
Games grip you longer than movies because they feed deep needs that daily life starves.
4.00
111
Glued to Games Summary
Glued to Games
Games grip you longer than movies because they feed deep needs that daily life starves.
by Scott Rigby 2011 200 pages
4.00
111 ratings
The Buying Brain
by A.K. Pradeep • 2010
Brains buy before minds decide. Neuromarketing reads the half-second gap that focus groups miss.
3.71
357
The Buying Brain Summary
The Buying Brain
Brains buy before minds decide. Neuromarketing reads the half-second gap that focus groups miss.
by A.K. Pradeep 2010 272 pages
3.71
357 ratings
The Right Call
by Sally Jenkins • 2023
What elite athletes know about making the call when the data runs out.
4.15
1k+
The Right Call Summary
The Right Call
What elite athletes know about making the call when the data runs out.
by Sally Jenkins 2023 272 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
The Art of Talking to Anyone
by Rosalie Maggio • 2005
From small talk to condolence calls: the practical words and questions that work.
3.22
338
The Art of Talking to Anyone Summary
The Art of Talking to Anyone
From small talk to condolence calls: the practical words and questions that work.
by Rosalie Maggio 2005 240 pages
3.22
338 ratings
Grace and Grit
by Ken Wilber • 1991
A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.
4.47
1k+
Grace and Grit Summary
Grace and Grit
A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.
by Ken Wilber 1991 431 pages
4.47
1k+ ratings
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
by Karen Armstrong • 2010
Twelve steps toward genuine compassion, anchored in the one moral rule every religion shares.
3.81
3k+
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life Summary
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Twelve steps toward genuine compassion, anchored in the one moral rule every religion shares.
by Karen Armstrong 2010 241 pages
3.81
3k+ ratings
The Miracle of Water
by Masaru Emoto • 2007
A kind word froze into a perfect crystal. An insult shattered it. Your body is 70% water.
4.19
500+
The Miracle of Water Summary
The Miracle of Water
A kind word froze into a perfect crystal. An insult shattered it. Your body is 70% water.
by Masaru Emoto 2007 160 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
A Technique for Producing Ideas
by James Webb Young • 1940
Scattered knowledge, one reliable method: an ad man's assembly line for producing ideas on demand.
4.05
5k+
A Technique for Producing Ideas Summary
A Technique for Producing Ideas
Scattered knowledge, one reliable method: an ad man's assembly line for producing ideas on demand.
by James Webb Young 1940 64 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting, Expanded Study Edition
by Lynn Grabhorn • 2015
Your feelings, not your thoughts, do the manifesting. A 30-day program for switching the signal.
4.22
188
Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting, Expanded Study Edition Summary
Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting, Expanded Study Edition
Your feelings, not your thoughts, do the manifesting. A 30-day program for switching the signal.
by Lynn Grabhorn 2015 288 pages
4.22
188 ratings
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