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Reading the Silver Screen

by Thomas C. Foster • 2014

You've seen 1,000 films. A literature professor shows you what your eyes already knew.

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🎬 Film Appreciation 📽️ Cinematic Language 🔍 Close Reading 👁️ Visual Storytelling 👀 Active Viewing

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Reading the Silver Screen

You've seen 1,000 films. A literature professor shows you what your eyes already knew.

by Thomas C. Foster 2014 403 pages

3.35

326 ratings

🎬 Film Appreciation 📽️ Cinematic Language 🔍 Close Reading 👁️ Visual Storytelling 👀 Active Viewing

Surrounded by Idiots

by Thomas Erikson • 2014

They aren't idiots, just unlike you. A behavioral shortcut to making every conversation land.

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🏢 Business Communication 🧩 Personality Typing 🗣️ Communication Styles 🎯 Disc Model 🤝 Conflict Resolution

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Surrounded by Idiots

They aren't idiots, just unlike you. A behavioral shortcut to making every conversation land.

by Thomas Erikson 2014 304 pages

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🏢 Business Communication 🧩 Personality Typing 🗣️ Communication Styles 🎯 Disc Model 🤝 Conflict Resolution

At Last A Life

by Paul David • 2006

Ten years of anxiety ended when he stopped trying to end it.

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🧠 Anxiety Recovery 💆 Nervous System Health 🧘 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🧪 Exposure Therapy 💭 Intrusive Thoughts

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At Last A Life

Ten years of anxiety ended when he stopped trying to end it.

by Paul David 2006 176 pages

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🧠 Anxiety Recovery 💆 Nervous System Health 🧘 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🧪 Exposure Therapy 💭 Intrusive Thoughts

When Things Don't Go Your Way

by Haemin Sunim • 2018

A Zen teacher publicly shamed: his hard-won practices for when your world comes apart.

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🧘 Zen Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Psychology 🤲 Acceptance Practice 💪 Emotional Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice

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When Things Don't Go Your Way

A Zen teacher publicly shamed: his hard-won practices for when your world comes apart.

by Haemin Sunim 2018 240 pages

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🧘 Zen Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Psychology 🤲 Acceptance Practice 💪 Emotional Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Hagakure

by Yamamoto Tsunetomo • 1716

Rehearse your death every morning. The samurai's paradox: imagining the worst fate frees you to act.

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🗡️ Bushido 💀 Memento Mori 🏯 Japanese Philosophy 🥋 Martial Philosophy 📈 Continuous Improvement

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Hagakure

Rehearse your death every morning. The samurai's paradox: imagining the worst fate frees you to act.

by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 288 pages

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🗡️ Bushido 💀 Memento Mori 🏯 Japanese Philosophy 🥋 Martial Philosophy 📈 Continuous Improvement

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

by Joe Dispenza • 2012

A four-week meditation protocol to rewire your brain and dismantle the self that's holding you back.

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🧠 Subconscious Rewiring 🎯 Identity Change 🧘 Meditation Practice 🌟 Creative Visualization 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Summary

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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

A four-week meditation protocol to rewire your brain and dismantle the self that's holding you back.

by Joe Dispenza 2012 329 pages

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40k+ ratings

🧠 Subconscious Rewiring 🎯 Identity Change 🧘 Meditation Practice 🌟 Creative Visualization 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

Becoming Supernatural

by Joe Dispenza • 2017

Your body can get addicted to its own suffering. Break the loop with breathwork and meditation.

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⚡ Energy Healing 🧘 Meditation Practice 🧠 Mental Rehearsal 🧬 Epigenetics ❤️ Heart Coherence

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Becoming Supernatural

Your body can get addicted to its own suffering. Break the loop with breathwork and meditation.

by Joe Dispenza 2017 384 pages

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26k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Healing 🧘 Meditation Practice 🧠 Mental Rehearsal 🧬 Epigenetics ❤️ Heart Coherence

Antifragile

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

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Antifragile

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 493 pages

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Knowledge Gap

by Natalie Wexler • 2019

Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.

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📖 Reading Instruction 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Achievement Gap 🔬 Science Of Reading 🌱 Early Literacy

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The Knowledge Gap

Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.

by Natalie Wexler 2019 336 pages

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📖 Reading Instruction 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Achievement Gap 🔬 Science Of Reading 🌱 Early Literacy

Needing to Know for Sure

by Martin N. Seif • 2019

Reassurance feeds the anxiety it promises to cure. Here is how to end the cycle.

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🧠 Anxiety Disorders 💭 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🎯 Exposure Therapy ❓ Uncertainty Intolerance 🌊 Worry Management

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Needing to Know for Sure

Reassurance feeds the anxiety it promises to cure. Here is how to end the cycle.

by Martin N. Seif 2019 192 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 💭 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🎯 Exposure Therapy ❓ Uncertainty Intolerance 🌊 Worry Management

Start With Why

by Simon Sinek • 2009

Some brands inspire tattoos. The difference isn't product quality, it's which message comes first.

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🎯 Purpose-Driven Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🧠 Decision Psychology 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🛒 Consumer Behavior

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Start With Why

Some brands inspire tattoos. The difference isn't product quality, it's which message comes first.

by Simon Sinek 2009 52 pages

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🎯 Purpose-Driven Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🧠 Decision Psychology 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🛒 Consumer Behavior

Power of Ignored Skills

by Manoj Tripathi • 2020

The skills that decide your salary are the ones you stopped practicing after childhood.

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🚀 Career Acceleration 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Communication Skills 💪 Grit And Resilience

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Power of Ignored Skills

The skills that decide your salary are the ones you stopped practicing after childhood.

by Manoj Tripathi 2020 146 pages

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292 ratings

🚀 Career Acceleration 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Communication Skills 💪 Grit And Resilience

The Comfort Crisis

by Michael Easter • 2021

Your body expects hunger, cold, and exhaustion. Comfort broke the contract.

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🧬 Evolutionary Health 🧩 Evolutionary Mismatch 🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚡ Hormetic Stress ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

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The Comfort Crisis

Your body expects hunger, cold, and exhaustion. Comfort broke the contract.

by Michael Easter 2021 284 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Health 🧩 Evolutionary Mismatch 🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚡ Hormetic Stress ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

Build, Don't Talk

by Raj Shamani • 2022

Turn your single best skill into multiple paychecks. No new degrees, no permission required.

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🚀 Solopreneurship 📱 Content Creation 👤 Personal Branding 💰 Skill Monetization 📦 Shipping Mindset

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Build, Don't Talk

Turn your single best skill into multiple paychecks. No new degrees, no permission required.

by Raj Shamani 2022 207 pages

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500+ ratings

🚀 Solopreneurship 📱 Content Creation 👤 Personal Branding 💰 Skill Monetization 📦 Shipping Mindset

Men Don't Love Women Like You

by G.L. Lambert • 2016

You have the boyfriend, maybe the ring. The hard truth: you are still a placeholder.

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🎯 Dating Strategy 💋 Sexual Strategy 💪 Dating Empowerment 🕶️ Dark Seduction 💥 Tough Love

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Men Don't Love Women Like You

You have the boyfriend, maybe the ring. The hard truth: you are still a placeholder.

by G.L. Lambert 2016 332 pages

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🎯 Dating Strategy 💋 Sexual Strategy 💪 Dating Empowerment 🕶️ Dark Seduction 💥 Tough Love

People of the Lie

by M. Scott Peck • 1983

Evil wears a Sunday suit. It refuses to feel guilt and makes children pay instead.

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🧠 Moral Psychology 📋 Psychiatric Case Studies 🎭 Self-Deception 🎯 Scapegoating 💔 Narcissistic Abuse

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People of the Lie

Evil wears a Sunday suit. It refuses to feel guilt and makes children pay instead.

by M. Scott Peck 1983 269 pages

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🧠 Moral Psychology 📋 Psychiatric Case Studies 🎭 Self-Deception 🎯 Scapegoating 💔 Narcissistic Abuse

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

by Eric Jorgenson • 2020

Build what can't be taught, own what earns without you, and want less than you have.

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🏦 Wealth Creation 🧠 Mental Models 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 📈 Compound Growth 🏗️ Asset Building

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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Build what can't be taught, own what earns without you, and want less than you have.

by Eric Jorgenson 2020 242 pages

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73k+ ratings

🏦 Wealth Creation 🧠 Mental Models 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 📈 Compound Growth 🏗️ Asset Building

Dialogue

by Robert McKee • 2016

Your dialogue problem is really a scene problem. The fix starts underneath the words.

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✍️ Dramatic Writing 💬 Dialogue Craft 🧱 Scene Construction 🫥 Subtext 🗣️ Character Voice

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Dialogue

Your dialogue problem is really a scene problem. The fix starts underneath the words.

by Robert McKee 2016 303 pages

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✍️ Dramatic Writing 💬 Dialogue Craft 🧱 Scene Construction 🫥 Subtext 🗣️ Character Voice

The Comic Toolbox

by John Vorhaus • 1994

Comedy is a craft you can learn. Draft ugly, ask smaller questions, and disarm creative fear.

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🎭 Comedy Writing 🔧 Creative Process 🃏 Joke Structure 📚 Comedy Theory 😰 Imposter Syndrome

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The Comic Toolbox

Comedy is a craft you can learn. Draft ugly, ask smaller questions, and disarm creative fear.

by John Vorhaus 1994 191 pages

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500+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Writing 🔧 Creative Process 🃏 Joke Structure 📚 Comedy Theory 😰 Imposter Syndrome

Elon Musk

by Walter Isaacson • 2023

His rockets and his cruelty share one origin: the boy who learned to feel nothing.

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🧠 Founder Psychology 🏭 Vertical Integration ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🚀 Space Industry 🎯 Mission-Driven Companies

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Elon Musk

His rockets and his cruelty share one origin: the boy who learned to feel nothing.

by Walter Isaacson 2023 688 pages

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🧠 Founder Psychology 🏭 Vertical Integration ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🚀 Space Industry 🎯 Mission-Driven Companies

Body Mind Mastery

by Dan Millman • 1992

Trying harder makes you worse. Natural laws of movement that unlock mastery by doing less.

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🧠 Sports Psychology 🏔️ Peak Performance 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 😌 Relaxation Techniques 🎬 Mental Rehearsal

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Body Mind Mastery

Trying harder makes you worse. Natural laws of movement that unlock mastery by doing less.

by Dan Millman 1992 208 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Sports Psychology 🏔️ Peak Performance 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 😌 Relaxation Techniques 🎬 Mental Rehearsal

Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love

by Allan Pease • 2010

Men and women run on different operating systems; ignoring it wrecks half of all marriages.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ♂️♀️ Sex Differences 💘 Mating Psychology 🧲 Attraction Science ❤️ Biology Of Love

Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love Summary

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Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love

Men and women run on different operating systems; ignoring it wrecks half of all marriages.

by Allan Pease 2010 288 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ♂️♀️ Sex Differences 💘 Mating Psychology 🧲 Attraction Science ❤️ Biology Of Love

Good to Great

by Jim Collins • 2001

From 1,435 companies, 11 made the leap. The pattern was never charisma, technology, or luck.

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🏗️ Organizational Transformation 📊 Corporate Strategy 🔬 Evidence-Based Management 🎯 Strategic Focus 🤲 Leadership Humility

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Good to Great

From 1,435 companies, 11 made the leap. The pattern was never charisma, technology, or luck.

by Jim Collins 2001 300 pages

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🏗️ Organizational Transformation 📊 Corporate Strategy 🔬 Evidence-Based Management 🎯 Strategic Focus 🤲 Leadership Humility

Hands of Light

by Barbara Ann Brennan • 1987

Illness dims your energy field before your body. A NASA physicist turned healer shows the repair.

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🌀 Energy Healing 🧿 Chakra Healing ⚡ Bioenergetics 🧠 Psychosomatic Roots 💪 Somatic Psychology

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Hands of Light

Illness dims your energy field before your body. A NASA physicist turned healer shows the repair.

by Barbara Ann Brennan 1987 320 pages

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13k+ ratings

🌀 Energy Healing 🧿 Chakra Healing ⚡ Bioenergetics 🧠 Psychosomatic Roots 💪 Somatic Psychology

The Way of the Superior Man

by David Deida • 1997

Purpose over approval: the masculine path to lasting passion, and why her tests are about trust.

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🔥 Sexual Polarity 🧘 Neo-Tantra 🌊 Conscious Masculinity 🧭 Life Purpose 🧠 Jungian Psychology

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The Way of the Superior Man

Purpose over approval: the masculine path to lasting passion, and why her tests are about trust.

by David Deida 1997 202 pages

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35k+ ratings

🔥 Sexual Polarity 🧘 Neo-Tantra 🌊 Conscious Masculinity 🧭 Life Purpose 🧠 Jungian Psychology

The Gift of Not Belonging

by Rami Kaminski • 2025

Popular yet unable to belong: a psychiatrist says that trait is a gift, not a flaw.

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🧠 Personality Psychology 👥 Group Dynamics 🏔️ Solitude 🌱 Outsider Advantage 💙 Self-Acceptance

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The Gift of Not Belonging

Popular yet unable to belong: a psychiatrist says that trait is a gift, not a flaw.

by Rami Kaminski 2025 240 pages

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🧠 Personality Psychology 👥 Group Dynamics 🏔️ Solitude 🌱 Outsider Advantage 💙 Self-Acceptance

How to Write Clearly

by Tom Albrighton • 2021

Your writing isn't clear unless your reader says so. The reader-psychology method that works.

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📝 Plain Language 💼 Business Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Biases ✂️ Editing Craft

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How to Write Clearly

Your writing isn't clear unless your reader says so. The reader-psychology method that works.

by Tom Albrighton 2021 356 pages

4.29

112 ratings

📝 Plain Language 💼 Business Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Biases ✂️ Editing Craft

5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life

by Bill Eddy • 2018

The ten percent who escalate every conflict. Spot them, manage them, protect yourself.

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🧠 Personality Disorders 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🚫 Difficult People 🚩 Red Flags 🧱 Boundary Setting

5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life Summary

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5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life

The ten percent who escalate every conflict. Spot them, manage them, protect yourself.

by Bill Eddy 2018 208 pages

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🧠 Personality Disorders 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🚫 Difficult People 🚩 Red Flags 🧱 Boundary Setting

Are You Mad at Me?

by Meg Josephson • 2025

You were trained to scan every room for anger. That wiring can be changed.

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🧎 People Pleasing 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Trauma Responses 🌿 Nervous System Regulation 🪑 Internal Family Systems

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Are You Mad at Me?

You were trained to scan every room for anger. That wiring can be changed.

by Meg Josephson 2025 304 pages

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14k+ ratings

🧎 People Pleasing 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Trauma Responses 🌿 Nervous System Regulation 🪑 Internal Family Systems

No Rules Rules

by Reed Hastings • 2020

Rules manage mediocrity. Netflix fired adequate people, stripped controls, and discovered speed.

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🏢 Corporate Culture 🎯 Talent Management 🗣️ Radical Candor 🚀 High Performance Teams 🧭 Workplace Autonomy

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No Rules Rules

Rules manage mediocrity. Netflix fired adequate people, stripped controls, and discovered speed.

by Reed Hastings 2020 464 pages

4.27

33k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 🎯 Talent Management 🗣️ Radical Candor 🚀 High Performance Teams 🧭 Workplace Autonomy

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