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Self Help Book Summaries

8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS
by Fiona McCulloch • 2016
PCOS is fueled by inflammation, not just cysts. A naturopathic plan for reversing the root cause.
4.25
500+
8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS Summary
8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS
PCOS is fueled by inflammation, not just cysts. A naturopathic plan for reversing the root cause.
by Fiona McCulloch 2016 303 pages
4.25
500+ 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
Fantastic Voyage
by Ray Kurzweil • 2004
Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.
3.87
500+
Fantastic Voyage Summary
Fantastic Voyage
Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.
by Ray Kurzweil 2004 452 pages
3.87
500+ 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
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
The Proximity Principle
by Ken Coleman • 2019
The fastest route to the career you want is getting close to the people already doing it.
3.73
2k+
The Proximity Principle Summary
The Proximity Principle
The fastest route to the career you want is getting close to the people already doing it.
by Ken Coleman 2019 240 pages
3.73
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
Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success
by Steve Harvey • 2014
Find your effortless gift, build a life of balance, vision, and sacred boundaries around it.
4.09
4k+
Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success Summary
Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success
Find your effortless gift, build a life of balance, vision, and sacred boundaries around it.
by Steve Harvey 2014 240 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
Redirect
by Timothy D. Wilson • 2009
Common-sense fixes fail. Small edits to our self-stories can change everything.
3.76
2k+
Redirect Summary
Redirect
Common-sense fixes fail. Small edits to our self-stories can change everything.
by Timothy D. Wilson 2009 288 pages
3.76
2k+ 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
Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook
by Ron Ashkenas • 2018
A playbook for the work that separates managers who run things from leaders who change them.
3.94
241
Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook Summary
Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook
A playbook for the work that separates managers who run things from leaders who change them.
by Ron Ashkenas 2018 224 pages
3.94
241 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
Say Goodnight to Insomnia
by Gregg D. Jacobs • 1999
Stop trying to sleep, and sleep arrives. The cognitive-behavioral program behind that paradox.
3.82
1k+
Say Goodnight to Insomnia Summary
Say Goodnight to Insomnia
Stop trying to sleep, and sleep arrives. The cognitive-behavioral program behind that paradox.
by Gregg D. Jacobs 1999 256 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Thank & Grow Rich
by Pam Grout • 2016
A 30-day experiment that swaps complaint for appreciation and watches what happens next.
4.29
1k+
Thank & Grow Rich Summary
Thank & Grow Rich
A 30-day experiment that swaps complaint for appreciation and watches what happens next.
by Pam Grout 2016 248 pages
4.29
1k+ 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
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
by Sarah Drasner • 2022
Trust, honest feedback, smaller batches: the management playbook engineers never got.
4.16
1k+
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us Summary
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
Trust, honest feedback, smaller batches: the management playbook engineers never got.
by Sarah Drasner 2022 220 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
The Unspoken Rules
by Gorick Ng • 2021
Your boss is always asking three questions about you. The answers determine your career.
4.24
1k+
The Unspoken Rules Summary
The Unspoken Rules
Your boss is always asking three questions about you. The answers determine your career.
by Gorick Ng 2021 253 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
The Pursuit of Excellence
by Ryan Hawk • 2022
What separates elite performers from everyone else: a small set of daily actions, not talent.
4.17
305
The Pursuit of Excellence Summary
The Pursuit of Excellence
What separates elite performers from everyone else: a small set of daily actions, not talent.
by Ryan Hawk 2022 300 pages
4.17
305 ratings
The Diet Myth
by Tim Spector • 2015
Your diet fails not because of calories, but because your gut microbes aren't on your side.
4.23
4k+
The Diet Myth Summary
The Diet Myth
Your diet fails not because of calories, but because your gut microbes aren't on your side.
by Tim Spector 2015 320 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Time Management for System Administrators
by Thomas A. Limoncelli • 2005
Your brain is not a ticketing system. Capture everything, script the rest, and leave at five.
4.21
1k+
Time Management for System Administrators Summary
Time Management for System Administrators
Your brain is not a ticketing system. Capture everything, script the rest, and leave at five.
by Thomas A. Limoncelli 2005 226 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
The Death of Porn
by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. • 2021
Porn steals dignity from everyone it touches. Reclaiming yours begins with brotherhood and a King.
4.52
1k+
The Death of Porn Summary
The Death of Porn
Porn steals dignity from everyone it touches. Reclaiming yours begins with brotherhood and a King.
by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. 2021 144 pages
4.52
1k+ ratings
Little Black Book of Connections
by Jeffrey Gitomer • 2006
Why the people who give without a ledger end up with the fullest networks.
3.94
1k+
Little Black Book of Connections Summary
Little Black Book of Connections
Why the people who give without a ledger end up with the fullest networks.
by Jeffrey Gitomer 2006 230 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek • 2003
Why play beats flashcards: the science of real learning and what parents should do instead.
3.94
2k+
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards Summary
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
Why play beats flashcards: the science of real learning and what parents should do instead.
by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek 2003 320 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Crucial Accountability
by Kerry Patterson • 2013
How to hold anyone accountable without attacking, avoiding, or making it worse.
4.09
2k+
Crucial Accountability Summary
Crucial Accountability
How to hold anyone accountable without attacking, avoiding, or making it worse.
by Kerry Patterson 2013 301 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
The Most Important Thing Illuminated
by Howard Marks • 2011
Most investors ask if a company is good. The better question: is the price right?
4.32
16k+
The Most Important Thing Illuminated Summary
The Most Important Thing Illuminated
Most investors ask if a company is good. The better question: is the price right?
by Howard Marks 2011 248 pages
4.32
16k+ ratings
Biohack Your Brain
by Kristen Willeumier • 2020
New brain cells, at any age. The diet, exercise, and supplement protocol that triggers them.
3.87
500+
Biohack Your Brain Summary
Biohack Your Brain
New brain cells, at any age. The diet, exercise, and supplement protocol that triggers them.
by Kristen Willeumier 2020 304 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Addictive Thinking
by Abraham J. Twerski • 1990
Addiction hijacks thinking itself: why smart people cannot see their own self-destruction.
4.17
500+
Addictive Thinking Summary
Addictive Thinking
Addiction hijacks thinking itself: why smart people cannot see their own self-destruction.
by Abraham J. Twerski 1990 156 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
My Journey
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam • 2013
From newspaper boy to president: the life rules that turn big dreams into bigger actions.
4.43
6k+
My Journey Summary
My Journey
From newspaper boy to president: the life rules that turn big dreams into bigger actions.
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2013 147 pages
4.43
6k+ ratings
You Can Negotiate Anything
by Herb Cohen • 1980
Everything is negotiable: three levers that tilt any deal, and why confidence beats leverage.
3.82
2k+
You Can Negotiate Anything Summary
You Can Negotiate Anything
Everything is negotiable: three levers that tilt any deal, and why confidence beats leverage.
by Herb Cohen 1980 258 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Made to Stick (Chapter 4
by Chip Heath • 2008
Your expertise blinds you to what audiences miss. Sticky ideas follow six teachable instincts.
4.21
126
Made to Stick (Chapter 4 Summary
Made to Stick (Chapter 4
Your expertise blinds you to what audiences miss. Sticky ideas follow six teachable instincts.
by Chip Heath 2008 291 pages
4.21
126 ratings
The Way of Integrity
by Martha Beck • 2021
Your unhappiness is a lie you're living. A single honest question can dissolve it.
4.17
10k+
The Way of Integrity Summary
The Way of Integrity
Your unhappiness is a lie you're living. A single honest question can dissolve it.
by Martha Beck 2021 351 pages
4.17
10k+ ratings
FYI
by Michael M. Lombardo • 1996
A reference book that breaks leadership into learnable skills, then gives a practice plan for each.
4.27
500+
FYI Summary
FYI
A reference book that breaks leadership into learnable skills, then gives a practice plan for each.
by Michael M. Lombardo 1996 630 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
You Are Your Best Thing
by Tarana Burke • 2021
Shame, vulnerability, and resilience, reframed by Black voices who live the extra weight of racism.
4.51
7k+
You Are Your Best Thing Summary
You Are Your Best Thing
Shame, vulnerability, and resilience, reframed by Black voices who live the extra weight of racism.
by Tarana Burke 2021 6 pages
4.51
7k+ ratings
The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle
by James C. Hunter • 2004
The leadership method that puts service before power, and why it outperforms authority every time.
3.99
500+
The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle Summary
The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle
The leadership method that puts service before power, and why it outperforms authority every time.
by James C. Hunter 2004 224 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Encouraging the Heart
by James M. Kouzes • 1999
Generic praise is forgettable. How to recognize people so it feels personal, specific, and real.
3.86
497
Encouraging the Heart Summary
Encouraging the Heart
Generic praise is forgettable. How to recognize people so it feels personal, specific, and real.
by James M. Kouzes 1999 240 pages
3.86
497 ratings
Subtract
by Leidy Klotz • 2021
We add to fix things; subtraction works better. The cognitive bias that hides the shorter path.
3.40
2k+
Subtract Summary
Subtract
We add to fix things; subtraction works better. The cognitive bias that hides the shorter path.
by Leidy Klotz 2021 304 pages
3.40
2k+ ratings
The Science of Mom
by Alice Callahan • 2015
Feeding, sleep, vaccines: what the evidence actually shows, and how to read the studies yourself.
4.37
1k+
The Science of Mom Summary
The Science of Mom
Feeding, sleep, vaccines: what the evidence actually shows, and how to read the studies yourself.
by Alice Callahan 2015 304 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
The 5 Choices
by Kory Kogon • 2011
Reactive work has hijacked your calendar. A system that puts the important back in charge.
3.88
1k+
The 5 Choices Summary
The 5 Choices
Reactive work has hijacked your calendar. A system that puts the important back in charge.
by Kory Kogon 2011 288 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
The Best Yes
by Lysa TerKeurst • 2014
Love isn't supposed to leave you empty. Saying no without guilt and yes to what matters.
4.11
19k+
The Best Yes Summary
The Best Yes
Love isn't supposed to leave you empty. Saying no without guilt and yes to what matters.
by Lysa TerKeurst 2014 272 pages
4.11
19k+ ratings
The Naked Trader's Book of Trading Strategies
by Robbie Burns • 2023
Screen quality, buy breakouts, cut losses fast, and watch the market start paying you instead.
4.13
38
The Naked Trader's Book of Trading Strategies Summary
The Naked Trader's Book of Trading Strategies
Screen quality, buy breakouts, cut losses fast, and watch the market start paying you instead.
by Robbie Burns 2023 256 pages
4.13
38 ratings
Quantum-Touch
by Richard Gordon • 1999
No gift, no initiation: just breath and attention to unlock the healer in everyone.
4.19
500+
Quantum-Touch Summary
Quantum-Touch
No gift, no initiation: just breath and attention to unlock the healer in everyone.
by Richard Gordon 1999 278 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Stock Market 101
by Michele Cagan • 2016
What moves stock prices, how to read a company, and the biases that trip up new investors.
4.00
500+
Stock Market 101 Summary
Stock Market 101
What moves stock prices, how to read a company, and the biases that trip up new investors.
by Michele Cagan 2016 272 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
The 360 Degree Leader
by John C. Maxwell • 2006
Your title doesn't determine your influence. How to lead up, down, and sideways from anywhere.
4.16
8k+
The 360 Degree Leader Summary
The 360 Degree Leader
Your title doesn't determine your influence. How to lead up, down, and sideways from anywhere.
by John C. Maxwell 2006 313 pages
4.16
8k+ ratings
How to Talk to Anyone
by Lucas Bailey • 2023
How to signal confidence before you speak, banter without offense, and turn conflict into agreement.
4.34
217
How to Talk to Anyone Summary
How to Talk to Anyone
How to signal confidence before you speak, banter without offense, and turn conflict into agreement.
by Lucas Bailey 2023 176 pages
4.34
217 ratings
Play Optimal Poker
by Andrew Brokos • 2019
Your equilibrium baseline: how to build it for protection, and when to abandon it for profit.
4.17
212
Play Optimal Poker Summary
Play Optimal Poker
Your equilibrium baseline: how to build it for protection, and when to abandon it for profit.
by Andrew Brokos 2019 243 pages
4.17
212 ratings
Know What Matters
by Ron Shaich • 2023
Work backward from the legacy you want: the hard choices that build a life worth owning.
4.23
430
Know What Matters Summary
Know What Matters
Work backward from the legacy you want: the hard choices that build a life worth owning.
by Ron Shaich 2023 272 pages
4.23
430 ratings
Before You Know It
by John A. Bargh • 2017
Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.
4.02
1k+
Before You Know It Summary
Before You Know It
Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.
by John A. Bargh 2017 354 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Mind Map Handbook
by Tony Buzan • 2004
Your brain was built to create. The technique that restores the factory settings.
3.67
168
Mind Map Handbook Summary
Mind Map Handbook
Your brain was built to create. The technique that restores the factory settings.
by Tony Buzan 2004 464 pages
3.67
168 ratings
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga
by Deepak Chopra • 2004
Seven daily principles that turn yoga from stretching into a life aligned with the universe.
4.08
2k+
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Summary
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga
Seven daily principles that turn yoga from stretching into a life aligned with the universe.
by Deepak Chopra 2004 207 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
by Sean Carroll • 2024
Autism isn't broken wiring; it's different wiring. Three cognitive styles unlock hidden strengths.
4.09
500+
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe Summary
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Autism isn't broken wiring; it's different wiring. Three cognitive styles unlock hidden strengths.
by Sean Carroll 2024 304 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
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