Best Self Help Books | Summaries & Audio

Self Help Book Summaries

Company of One

by Paul Jarvis • 2019

The best businesses stay small on purpose. Scale systems, not headcount, and let profit grow.

3.91

6k+

🧑‍💻 Solo Entrepreneurship 🏪 Small Business Strategy 🏝️ Lifestyle Businesses 💰 Sustainable Profitability ⚙️ Systems Thinking

Company of One

The best businesses stay small on purpose. Scale systems, not headcount, and let profit grow.

by Paul Jarvis 2019 240 pages

3.91

6k+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Solo Entrepreneurship 🏪 Small Business Strategy 🏝️ Lifestyle Businesses 💰 Sustainable Profitability ⚙️ Systems Thinking

Jump Attack

by Tim S. Grover • 2000

Train for the fourth quarter, not just a gym max: the 90-day explosive-power protocol.

4.12

364

🏋️ Sports Training 🏃 Athletic Performance 💥 Explosive Training 🧠 Mental Toughness 🥗 Sports Nutrition

Jump Attack

Train for the fourth quarter, not just a gym max: the 90-day explosive-power protocol.

by Tim S. Grover 2000 272 pages

4.12

364 ratings

🏋️ Sports Training 🏃 Athletic Performance 💥 Explosive Training 🧠 Mental Toughness 🥗 Sports Nutrition

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

by Ben Horowitz • 2014

The advice you need when your startup is on fire: no formulas, just hard-won survival tactics.

4.20

100k+

🚀 Startup Leadership 🧘 Emotional Resilience 🚨 Crisis Management 📈 Scaling Startups 💬 Candid Leadership

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The advice you need when your startup is on fire: no formulas, just hard-won survival tactics.

by Ben Horowitz 2014 304 pages

4.20

100k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Leadership 🧘 Emotional Resilience 🚨 Crisis Management 📈 Scaling Startups 💬 Candid Leadership

On Death and Dying

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969

Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.

4.16

27k+

🩺 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Terminal Illness 🕊️ Death Acceptance 💬 Patient Communication 📚 Medical Humanities

On Death and Dying

Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969 304 pages

4.16

27k+ ratings

🩺 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Terminal Illness 🕊️ Death Acceptance 💬 Patient Communication 📚 Medical Humanities

The Emotional Craft of Fiction

by Donald Maass • 2016

Move past showing versus telling: design a story that gives readers their own emotional journey.

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3k+

🖋️ Fiction Writing 📖 Storytelling Techniques 💕 Reader Engagement 🎭 Subtext 🧑 Character Development

The Emotional Craft of Fiction

Move past showing versus telling: design a story that gives readers their own emotional journey.

by Donald Maass 2016 224 pages

4.25

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Fiction Writing 📖 Storytelling Techniques 💕 Reader Engagement 🎭 Subtext 🧑 Character Development

The Captain Class

by Sam Walker • 2016

Great teams don't run on stars or coaches. They run on captains who serve, not shine.

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4k+

🧩 Team Dynamics 🏅 Sports Leadership 🤲 Servant Leadership 🧘 Emotional Regulation 👀 Body Language

The Captain Class

Great teams don't run on stars or coaches. They run on captains who serve, not shine.

by Sam Walker 2016 352 pages

4.02

4k+ ratings

🧩 Team Dynamics 🏅 Sports Leadership 🤲 Servant Leadership 🧘 Emotional Regulation 👀 Body Language

From Strength to Strength

by Arthur C. Brooks • 2022

Your brain's peak mental speed fades early. The slower, wiser mind that follows is your edge.

3.94

17k+

🧭 Midlife Transition 🏆 High Achievers 🧠 Cognitive Aging 🔗 Workaholism 💀 Death Acceptance

From Strength to Strength

Your brain's peak mental speed fades early. The slower, wiser mind that follows is your edge.

by Arthur C. Brooks 2022 272 pages

3.94

17k+ ratings

🧭 Midlife Transition 🏆 High Achievers 🧠 Cognitive Aging 🔗 Workaholism 💀 Death Acceptance

The Structure of Magic I

by Richard Bandler • 1975

The words clients choose reveal where thinking gets stuck, and precise questions can unlock it.

4.08

1k+

🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming 🗣️ Linguistic Therapy 🏗️ Constructivism 💬 Language Patterns 🔒 Limiting Beliefs

The Structure of Magic I

The words clients choose reveal where thinking gets stuck, and precise questions can unlock it.

by Richard Bandler 1975 419 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming 🗣️ Linguistic Therapy 🏗️ Constructivism 💬 Language Patterns 🔒 Limiting Beliefs

How to Finish Everything You Start

by Jan Yager • 2019

Unfinished projects aren't laziness. The psychology of why you stall, and a method for finishing.

3.51

500+

📋 Productivity Systems ⏳ Procrastination ⏰ Time Management 🎯 Goal Setting 🔄 Behavioral Change

How to Finish Everything You Start

Unfinished projects aren't laziness. The psychology of why you stall, and a method for finishing.

by Jan Yager 2019 258 pages

3.51

500+ ratings

📋 Productivity Systems ⏳ Procrastination ⏰ Time Management 🎯 Goal Setting 🔄 Behavioral Change

You Can Win

by Shiv Khera • 1998

The daily practices that turn ambition into achievement: no magic, just method.

3.90

18k+

🏆 Success Principles 😊 Positive Attitude 🔄 Habit Formation 🎯 Goal Setting ⏳ Self-Discipline

You Can Win

The daily practices that turn ambition into achievement: no magic, just method.

by Shiv Khera 1998 308 pages

3.90

18k+ ratings

🏆 Success Principles 😊 Positive Attitude 🔄 Habit Formation 🎯 Goal Setting ⏳ Self-Discipline

Win Your Inner Battles

by Darius Foroux • 2022

Fear can't survive action. A battle plan for the inner enemies that keep you small.

3.90

1k+

😨 Fear Management 🎯 Personal Responsibility ⚙️ Productivity Systems 🔧 Skill Mastery ✂️ Essentialism

Win Your Inner Battles

Fear can't survive action. A battle plan for the inner enemies that keep you small.

by Darius Foroux 2022 160 pages

3.90

1k+ ratings

😨 Fear Management 🎯 Personal Responsibility ⚙️ Productivity Systems 🔧 Skill Mastery ✂️ Essentialism

The Art and Business of Online Writing

by Nicolas Cole • 2020

Forget your own blog. The platform game that turns online writing into a paid audience.

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1k+

🖋️ Online Writing 📈 Content Marketing 👥 Audience Building 💻 Writing For The Web 🏷️ Personal Branding

The Art and Business of Online Writing

Forget your own blog. The platform game that turns online writing into a paid audience.

by Nicolas Cole 2020 336 pages

4.38

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Online Writing 📈 Content Marketing 👥 Audience Building 💻 Writing For The Web 🏷️ Personal Branding

Attention Span

by Gloria Mark • 2023

Screen attention spans dropped from 150 seconds to 47. Why, and how to restore them.

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1k+

🖥️ Digital Attention ⚡ Interruption Management 📱 Screen Habits 💰 Attention Economics 💼 Knowledge Workers

Attention Span

Screen attention spans dropped from 150 seconds to 47. Why, and how to restore them.

by Gloria Mark 2023 400 pages

3.52

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Attention ⚡ Interruption Management 📱 Screen Habits 💰 Attention Economics 💼 Knowledge Workers

Mind Power into the 21st Century

by John Kehoe • 1996

Visualization, seeding, affirmations: the daily practices that turn thought into reality.

4.22

5k+

🧠 Thought Power ⭐ Manifestation Practices 👁️ Visualization 🌙 Subconscious Mind 💬 Affirmations

Mind Power into the 21st Century

Visualization, seeding, affirmations: the daily practices that turn thought into reality.

by John Kehoe 1996 148 pages

4.22

5k+ ratings

🧠 Thought Power ⭐ Manifestation Practices 👁️ Visualization 🌙 Subconscious Mind 💬 Affirmations

Full Catastrophe Living

by Jon Kabat-Zinn • 1990

A mindfulness program that retrains attention so stress, pain, and illness lose their grip.

4.16

16k+

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 😌 Stress Reduction 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine ☸️ Secular Buddhism 🏥 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Full Catastrophe Living

A mindfulness program that retrains attention so stress, pain, and illness lose their grip.

by Jon Kabat-Zinn 1990 720 pages

4.16

16k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 😌 Stress Reduction 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine ☸️ Secular Buddhism 🏥 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Single On Purpose

by John Kim • 2021

Being single isn't a gap. It's where you build the self a real relationship needs.

3.94

8k+

🍂 Singlehood 💔 Breakup Recovery 🪞 Self-Connection 🌊 Radical Acceptance 🛡️ Emotional Resilience

Single On Purpose

Being single isn't a gap. It's where you build the self a real relationship needs.

by John Kim 2021 256 pages

3.94

8k+ ratings

🍂 Singlehood 💔 Breakup Recovery 🪞 Self-Connection 🌊 Radical Acceptance 🛡️ Emotional Resilience

The Undiscovered Self

by C.G. Jung • 1961

The mass state erases the individual; the psyche you ignore becomes the tyrant's best tool.

4.13

13k+

🧠 Depth Psychology 📚 Jungian Psychology 💭 Dream Interpretation 🌑 Shadow Work 👥 Mass Psychology

The Undiscovered Self

The mass state erases the individual; the psyche you ignore becomes the tyrant's best tool.

by C.G. Jung 1961 112 pages

4.13

13k+ ratings

🧠 Depth Psychology 📚 Jungian Psychology 💭 Dream Interpretation 🌑 Shadow Work 👥 Mass Psychology

Rebuilding Milo

by Aaron Horschig • 2021

Your MRI is probably wrong. Find what movement triggers your pain, then rebuild from there.

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500+

🏋️ Strength Training 🩹 Injury Rehabilitation 🔍 Movement Screening 🧠 Pain Science 🦴 Spinal Health

Rebuilding Milo

Your MRI is probably wrong. Find what movement triggers your pain, then rebuild from there.

by Aaron Horschig 2021 400 pages

4.56

500+ ratings

🏋️ Strength Training 🩹 Injury Rehabilitation 🔍 Movement Screening 🧠 Pain Science 🦴 Spinal Health

Why We Remember

by Charan Ranganath • 2024

Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.

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3k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📚 Learning Science 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 How Memory Works 🪞 Memory And Identity

Why We Remember

Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.

by Charan Ranganath 2024 304 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📚 Learning Science 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 How Memory Works 🪞 Memory And Identity

Stock Market Wizards

by Jack D. Schwager • 2001

The survival rules, risk tricks, and mental game that separate elite stock traders from the rest.

4.28

1k+

📈 Stock Trading 🧠 Trading Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 🧪 Behavioral Finance 📊 Technical Analysis

Stock Market Wizards

The survival rules, risk tricks, and mental game that separate elite stock traders from the rest.

by Jack D. Schwager 2001 352 pages

4.28

1k+ ratings

📈 Stock Trading 🧠 Trading Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 🧪 Behavioral Finance 📊 Technical Analysis

Market Mind Games

by Shull • 2011

Markets run on perception, not fact. Your emotions are the data most traders delete.

3.67

412

🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Behavioral Finance 🫂 Emotional Awareness 🔁 Self-Sabotage Patterns ⚡ Energy Management

Market Mind Games

Markets run on perception, not fact. Your emotions are the data most traders delete.

by Shull 2011 288 pages

3.67

412 ratings

🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Behavioral Finance 🫂 Emotional Awareness 🔁 Self-Sabotage Patterns ⚡ Energy Management

Healing Is the New High

by Vex King • 2021

Trauma lives in more than your thoughts. A guide to healing every dimension of yourself.

3.98

4k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 👶 Inner Child Work 🔗 Limiting Beliefs 🚧 Boundary Setting ⚡ Energy Healing

Healing Is the New High

Trauma lives in more than your thoughts. A guide to healing every dimension of yourself.

by Vex King 2021 304 pages

3.98

4k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 👶 Inner Child Work 🔗 Limiting Beliefs 🚧 Boundary Setting ⚡ Energy Healing

Customers for Life

by Carl Sewell • 1990

One customer is worth half a million. Keeping them depends on the system behind the smile.

4.20

1k+

🛎️ Customer Experience ⚙️ Service Operations 🔁 Customer Loyalty 🧩 Systems Thinking 📈 Continuous Improvement

Customers for Life

One customer is worth half a million. Keeping them depends on the system behind the smile.

by Carl Sewell 1990 162 pages

4.20

1k+ ratings

🛎️ Customer Experience ⚙️ Service Operations 🔁 Customer Loyalty 🧩 Systems Thinking 📈 Continuous Improvement

Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy

by Brad Schoenfeld • 2016

Three mechanisms build muscle. The research on training all three for maximum size.

4.44

390

🏗️ Muscle Building 💪 Bodybuilding 🏋️ Resistance Training 🔬 Exercise Science 🥩 Sports Nutrition

Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy

Three mechanisms build muscle. The research on training all three for maximum size.

by Brad Schoenfeld 2016 224 pages

4.44

390 ratings

🏗️ Muscle Building 💪 Bodybuilding 🏋️ Resistance Training 🔬 Exercise Science 🥩 Sports Nutrition

Hunt, Gather, Parent

by Michaeleen Doucleff • 2021

Toddlers want to help, not be entertained. Ancient parenting wisdom the West forgot.

4.14

33k+

🌍 Cross-Cultural Parenting 🧒 Innate Helpfulness 🤝 Family Teamwork 🪵 Minimalist Parenting 👁️ Observational Learning

Hunt, Gather, Parent

Toddlers want to help, not be entertained. Ancient parenting wisdom the West forgot.

by Michaeleen Doucleff 2021 352 pages

4.14

33k+ ratings

🌍 Cross-Cultural Parenting 🧒 Innate Helpfulness 🤝 Family Teamwork 🪵 Minimalist Parenting 👁️ Observational Learning

The Power of Writing It Down

by Allison Fallon • 2021

Writing isn't for writers: twenty minutes a day reprocesses your emotions and rewrites your story.

3.81

2k+

✍️ Therapeutic Writing 🧠 Narrative Psychology 📝 Writing Practice 🎯 Creative Blocks 💬 Emotional Processing

The Power of Writing It Down

Writing isn't for writers: twenty minutes a day reprocesses your emotions and rewrites your story.

by Allison Fallon 2021 224 pages

3.81

2k+ ratings

✍️ Therapeutic Writing 🧠 Narrative Psychology 📝 Writing Practice 🎯 Creative Blocks 💬 Emotional Processing

Freedom

by Osho • 2004

Real freedom isn't political. It's inner work: seeing through the beliefs society implanted in you.

4.09

4k+

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🦅 Inner Freedom 🌱 Authentic Living 🍃 Non-Attachment 🧘 Present Moment

Freedom

Real freedom isn't political. It's inner work: seeing through the beliefs society implanted in you.

by Osho 2004 186 pages

4.09

4k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🦅 Inner Freedom 🌱 Authentic Living 🍃 Non-Attachment 🧘 Present Moment

Killers of the Flower Moon

by David Grann • 2017

When life applies heat, you can weaken, harden, or change the water. One parable, one choice.

4.14

400k+

🫘 Motivational Parables 🌊 Adversity Mindset 💪 Inner Resilience ❤️ Emotional Management 🌟 Positive Psychology

Killers of the Flower Moon

When life applies heat, you can weaken, harden, or change the water. One parable, one choice.

by David Grann 2017 338 pages

4.14

400k+ ratings

🫘 Motivational Parables 🌊 Adversity Mindset 💪 Inner Resilience ❤️ Emotional Management 🌟 Positive Psychology

Lifespan

by David A. Sinclair • 2019

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

4.12

26k+

🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🏃 Longevity Lifestyle 💊 Aging As Disease

Lifespan

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

by David A. Sinclair 2019 433 pages

4.12

26k+ ratings

🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🏃 Longevity Lifestyle 💊 Aging As Disease

Archetypes

by Caroline Myss • 2013

Ten psychic patterns run your choices from behind a lens you never knew was there.

3.44

1k+

🧠 Archetypal Psychology 📚 Jungian Self-Help 🌐 Collective Unconscious ✨ Intuitive Guidance 🧭 Life Purpose

Archetypes

Ten psychic patterns run your choices from behind a lens you never knew was there.

by Caroline Myss 2013 264 pages

3.44

1k+ ratings

🧠 Archetypal Psychology 📚 Jungian Self-Help 🌐 Collective Unconscious ✨ Intuitive Guidance 🧭 Life Purpose

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers

by Lisa Damour • 2023

Teen emotions aren't pathology, they're development. How to stay steady when your adolescent can't.

4.46

6k+

🧠 Adolescent Development 💚 Teen Mental Health 🫁 Emotional Regulation 🗣️ Emotion Coaching 🔬 Adolescent Neuroscience

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers

Teen emotions aren't pathology, they're development. How to stay steady when your adolescent can't.

by Lisa Damour 2023 239 pages

4.46

6k+ ratings

🧠 Adolescent Development 💚 Teen Mental Health 🫁 Emotional Regulation 🗣️ Emotion Coaching 🔬 Adolescent Neuroscience

Active Listening Techniques

by Nixaly Leonardo • 2020

The 30-tool method for hearing what people actually mean, not just what they say.

3.73

329

🎧 Active Listening 🌊 Emotional Management 💬 Tough Conversations 💼 Workplace Communication 📝 Constructive Feedback

Active Listening Techniques

The 30-tool method for hearing what people actually mean, not just what they say.

by Nixaly Leonardo 2020 184 pages

3.73

329 ratings

🎧 Active Listening 🌊 Emotional Management 💬 Tough Conversations 💼 Workplace Communication 📝 Constructive Feedback

7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness

by Jim Rohn • 1996

Split your income four ways, spend time like a resource, and become the person you'd follow.

4.45

3k+

📚 Classic Self-Help 💰 Personal Finance 📈 Wealth Building 🎯 Goal Setting ⏳ Time Management

7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness

Split your income four ways, spend time like a resource, and become the person you'd follow.

by Jim Rohn 1996 164 pages

4.45

3k+ ratings

📚 Classic Self-Help 💰 Personal Finance 📈 Wealth Building 🎯 Goal Setting ⏳ Time Management

Neuromarketing

by Patrick Renvoisé • 2005

The reptile brain decides. Your pitch aims at the wrong one. Aim lower and sell.

3.90

500+

🧠 Sales Psychology 🧪 Neuromarketing 🛒 Consumer Behavior 🎯 Persuasion Techniques 👁️ Visual Persuasion

Neuromarketing

The reptile brain decides. Your pitch aims at the wrong one. Aim lower and sell.

by Patrick Renvoisé 2005 256 pages

3.90

500+ ratings

🧠 Sales Psychology 🧪 Neuromarketing 🛒 Consumer Behavior 🎯 Persuasion Techniques 👁️ Visual Persuasion

How To Write Funny

by Scott Dikkers • 2014

Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.

4.13

500+

🎭 Comedy Writing 🎯 Satire And Parody ⚙️ Joke Mechanics 🗣️ Wordplay And Punning ⏱️ Writing Productivity

How To Write Funny

Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.

by Scott Dikkers 2014 146 pages

4.13

500+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Writing 🎯 Satire And Parody ⚙️ Joke Mechanics 🗣️ Wordplay And Punning ⏱️ Writing Productivity

The Concise Mastery

by Robert Greene • 2014

Mastery is trainable. The apprenticeship model from history's greatest minds shows you how.

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1k+

🧭 Finding Your Calling 🧑‍🏫 Apprenticeship 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Social Intelligence 💡 Creative Process

The Concise Mastery

Mastery is trainable. The apprenticeship model from history's greatest minds shows you how.

by Robert Greene 2014 220 pages

4.37

1k+ ratings

🧭 Finding Your Calling 🧑‍🏫 Apprenticeship 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Social Intelligence 💡 Creative Process

Chop Wood Carry Water

by Joshua Medcalf • 2015

Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.

4.09

9k+

🔄 Process Over Outcome 🧱 Small Daily Actions 💎 Intrinsic Worth ⚖️ Living By Principles 💪 Embracing Failure

Chop Wood Carry Water

Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.

by Joshua Medcalf 2015 114 pages

4.09

9k+ ratings

🔄 Process Over Outcome 🧱 Small Daily Actions 💎 Intrinsic Worth ⚖️ Living By Principles 💪 Embracing Failure

The Feeling Good Handbook

by David D. Burns • 1999

Catch the thinking errors behind depression. Challenge them with CBT exercises. Feel better.

3.95

6k+

🏥 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 💎 Self-Worth 🎯 Perfectionism ⏳ Procrastination

The Feeling Good Handbook

Catch the thinking errors behind depression. Challenge them with CBT exercises. Feel better.

by David D. Burns 1999 729 pages

3.95

6k+ ratings

🏥 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 💎 Self-Worth 🎯 Perfectionism ⏳ Procrastination

Getting Past Your Breakup

by Susan J. Elliott • 2009

The breakup recovery method: why contact stalls healing, and the inner work that fills the silence.

4.18

2k+

🩹 Breakup Recovery 🖤 Grief Processing 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🔄 Relationship Patterns 👨‍👩‍👧 Post-Breakup Parenting

Getting Past Your Breakup

The breakup recovery method: why contact stalls healing, and the inner work that fills the silence.

by Susan J. Elliott 2009 272 pages

4.18

2k+ ratings

🩹 Breakup Recovery 🖤 Grief Processing 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🔄 Relationship Patterns 👨‍👩‍👧 Post-Breakup Parenting

The Time-Block Planner

by Cal Newport • 2020

Why your to-do list keeps you scattered: a planner that puts the clock in charge.

3.92

248

💼 Knowledge Work ⏳ Time Management 🧠 Focused Work 📅 Daily Planning 🔕 Attention Management

The Time-Block Planner

Why your to-do list keeps you scattered: a planner that puts the clock in charge.

by Cal Newport 2020 240 pages

3.92

248 ratings

💼 Knowledge Work ⏳ Time Management 🧠 Focused Work 📅 Daily Planning 🔕 Attention Management

Surrounded by Narcissists

by Thomas Erikson • 2022

Spot the narcissist before they spot you: the tactics, the traps, and the exit strategy.

3.47

4k+

🧠 Personality Disorders 💔 Toxic Relationships 🎭 Manipulation Tactics 🕶️ Dark Triad 🏛️ Cultural Narcissism

Surrounded by Narcissists

Spot the narcissist before they spot you: the tactics, the traps, and the exit strategy.

by Thomas Erikson 2022 307 pages

3.47

4k+ ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 💔 Toxic Relationships 🎭 Manipulation Tactics 🕶️ Dark Triad 🏛️ Cultural Narcissism

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty

by Dan Ariely • 2012

Everyone cheats a little and still feels honest. The hidden forces that widen that gap.

3.93

16k+

🔬 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🪞 Self-Deception 🦠 Social Contagion

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty

Everyone cheats a little and still feels honest. The hidden forces that widen that gap.

by Dan Ariely 2012 264 pages

3.93

16k+ ratings

🔬 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🪞 Self-Deception 🦠 Social Contagion

The Naked Now

by Richard Rohr • 2009

God is hiding where your dualistic mind refuses to look. The mystics learned to see there.

4.26

5k+

🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🦋 Ego Transcendence

The Naked Now

God is hiding where your dualistic mind refuses to look. The mystics learned to see there.

by Richard Rohr 2009 187 pages

4.26

5k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🦋 Ego Transcendence

Built from Broken

by Scott H Hogan • 2021

Your joints need load, not rest: training your way out of chronic pain.

4.42

1k+

🦴 Joint Health 🩹 Injury Recovery 🧬 Connective Tissue 🤸 Mobility Training 🧠 Pain Science

Built from Broken

Your joints need load, not rest: training your way out of chronic pain.

by Scott H Hogan 2021 614 pages

4.42

1k+ ratings

🦴 Joint Health 🩹 Injury Recovery 🧬 Connective Tissue 🤸 Mobility Training 🧠 Pain Science

The China Study

by T. Colin Campbell • 2004

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

4.23

31k+

🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

The China Study

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

by T. Colin Campbell 2004 496 pages

4.23

31k+ ratings

🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

The Pragmatic Programmer

by Andy Hunt • 1999

The habits and instincts that turn junior coders into trusted pros: a programmer's survival guide.

4.33

24k+

🧱 Software Craftsmanship 🧹 Code Quality 📚 Continuous Learning 🧪 Test Driven Development 📐 Software Design

The Pragmatic Programmer

The habits and instincts that turn junior coders into trusted pros: a programmer's survival guide.

by Andy Hunt 1999 321 pages

4.33

24k+ ratings

🧱 Software Craftsmanship 🧹 Code Quality 📚 Continuous Learning 🧪 Test Driven Development 📐 Software Design

Change

by John P. Kotter • 2021

Two brain systems govern organizational change. Most leaders overuse one and ignore the other.

3.71

365

🔄 Organizational Change 🏛️ Organizational Culture 👥 Distributed Leadership ⚡ Organizational Agility 🎯 Strategy Execution

Change

Two brain systems govern organizational change. Most leaders overuse one and ignore the other.

by John P. Kotter 2021 224 pages

3.71

365 ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 🏛️ Organizational Culture 👥 Distributed Leadership ⚡ Organizational Agility 🎯 Strategy Execution

Fair Play

by Eve Rodsky • 2019

End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.

3.58

26k+

🏠 Domestic Labor 🧠 Mental Load 🃏 Gamification 👶 Co-Parenting ⚧ Gender Roles

Fair Play

End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.

by Eve Rodsky 2019 352 pages

3.58

26k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Labor 🧠 Mental Load 🃏 Gamification 👶 Co-Parenting ⚧ Gender Roles

Dangerous Personalities

by Joe Navarro • 2014

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

3.88

2k+

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

Dangerous Personalities

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

by Joe Navarro 2014 242 pages

3.88

2k+ ratings

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Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

by John C. Maxwell • 2010

Connection beats communication: the four practices that make people feel valued and ready to act.

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Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

Connection beats communication: the four practices that make people feel valued and ready to act.

by John C. Maxwell 2010 288 pages

4.11

5k+ ratings

🗣️ Interpersonal Communication 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌱 Personal Leadership 🤝 Nonverbal Communication 🏆 Credibility Building

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