Self Help
Life's challenges become more manageable with expert guidance on everything from productivity and relationships to emotional wellbeing and personal growth. These transformative books offer practical strategies, inspiring wisdom, and proven techniques to help you create positive change and live your best life.
Self Help Book Summaries
Creativity, Inc.
Success makes you blind to what kills creativity. A Pixar co-founder explains how to see it clearly.
Business
Leadership
Management
Design
Entrepreneurship
Immersive
Creativity, Inc.
Success makes you blind to what kills creativity. A Pixar co-founder explains how to see it clearly.
Business
Leadership
Management
Design
Entrepreneurship
Hold Me Tight
Recurring fights are attachment cries. The conversation that moves past blame and repairs the bond.
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
Marriage
Love
Hold Me Tight
Recurring fights are attachment cries. The conversation that moves past blame and repairs the bond.
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
Marriage
Love
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
After a heart attack, a lawyer sells his Ferrari for a monk's secret to meaningful living.
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Personal Development
Mind, Body & Spirit
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
After a heart attack, a lawyer sells his Ferrari for a monk's secret to meaningful living.
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Personal Development
Mind, Body & Spirit
The Mind-Gut Connection
Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.
Health
Science
Psychology
Nutrition
Biology
The Mind-Gut Connection
Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.
Health
Science
Psychology
Nutrition
Biology
The 5 Types of Wealth
Redefine what you measure. Five dimensions of wealth beyond money, and the systems that grow them.
Self Help
Personal Development
Finance
Business
Psychology
The 5 Types of Wealth
Redefine what you measure. Five dimensions of wealth beyond money, and the systems that grow them.
Self Help
Personal Development
Finance
Business
Psychology
ADHD 2.0
New brain science reveals why distraction feels unstoppable, and how to retrain focus at any age.
Psychology
Self Help
Health
Mental Health
Science
ADHD 2.0
New brain science reveals why distraction feels unstoppable, and how to retrain focus at any age.
Psychology
Self Help
Health
Mental Health
Science
The One Thing
A single question finds the task that makes everything easier; how to guard that time.
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Leadership
Personal Development
The One Thing
A single question finds the task that makes everything easier; how to guard that time.
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Leadership
Personal Development
SPIN Selling
Closing techniques fail in large sales. A questioning method, tested on 35,000 calls, that works.
Business
Psychology
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Reference
SPIN Selling
Closing techniques fail in large sales. A questioning method, tested on 35,000 calls, that works.
Business
Psychology
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Reference
Wisdom from Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Your house is not an asset. The redefinition that separates the rich from everyone else.
Finance
Money
Business
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Wisdom from Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Your house is not an asset. The redefinition that separates the rich from everyone else.
Finance
Money
Business
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Storytelling with Data
A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.
Business
Design
Science
Technology
Computer Science
Storytelling with Data
A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.
Business
Design
Science
Technology
Computer Science
Games People Play
Your most ordinary conversations follow hidden scripts, with payoffs you rarely see and never chose.
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Psychiatry
Sociology
Games People Play
Your most ordinary conversations follow hidden scripts, with payoffs you rarely see and never chose.
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Psychiatry
Sociology
The Charisma Myth
What makes someone magnetic isn't a gift: it's a set of trainable behaviors anyone can master.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Leadership
Personal Growth
The Charisma Myth
What makes someone magnetic isn't a gift: it's a set of trainable behaviors anyone can master.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Leadership
Personal Growth
Unreasonable Hospitality
Extraordinary service: how one restaurant made every guest feel like the only guest.
Business
Leadership
Management
Self Help
Memoir
Unreasonable Hospitality
Extraordinary service: how one restaurant made every guest feel like the only guest.
Business
Leadership
Management
Self Help
Memoir
The Greatest Salesman In The World
Sales is waking up every morning and mastering your heart before you speak to anyone.
Self Help
Business
Inspirational
Spirituality
Psychology
The Greatest Salesman In The World
Sales is waking up every morning and mastering your heart before you speak to anyone.
Self Help
Business
Inspirational
Spirituality
Psychology
Frames of Mind
Eight distinct intelligences, not one. Each with its own brain wiring and developmental clock.
Psychology
Education
Science
Philosophy
Self Help
Frames of Mind
Eight distinct intelligences, not one. Each with its own brain wiring and developmental clock.
Psychology
Education
Science
Philosophy
Self Help
Gap Selling
Features don't close deals. The measurable gap between a customer's pain and their goal does.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Psychology
Management
Leadership
Gap Selling
Features don't close deals. The measurable gap between a customer's pain and their goal does.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Psychology
Management
Leadership
The 10X Rule
Ten times the goal, ten times the action: the rule that turns obscurity into market domination.
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Success
Motivational
The 10X Rule
Ten times the goal, ten times the action: the rule that turns obscurity into market domination.
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Success
Motivational
Zero to One
Everything you know about competition is backward: the companies that change the world run from it.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Economics
Leadership
Zero to One
Everything you know about competition is backward: the companies that change the world run from it.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Economics
Leadership
I Don't Love You Anymore
A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.
Poetry
Self Help
Love
Healing
Inspirational
I Don't Love You Anymore
A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.
Poetry
Self Help
Love
Healing
Inspirational
The Psychology of Selling
The real sales superpower is self-esteem. Train it, and the scripts take care of themselves.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Success
The Psychology of Selling
The real sales superpower is self-esteem. Train it, and the scripts take care of themselves.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Success
Tiny Habits
Flossing one tooth beats a full routine: build habits from laughably small beginnings.
Self Help
Psychology
Self Improvement
Personal Growth
Business
Tiny Habits
Flossing one tooth beats a full routine: build habits from laughably small beginnings.
Self Help
Psychology
Self Improvement
Personal Growth
Business
Do It Today
Focus, not the clock, is the bottleneck: a system that replaces motivation with routines that stick.
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Growth
Business
Management
Do It Today
Focus, not the clock, is the bottleneck: a system that replaces motivation with routines that stick.
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Growth
Business
Management
Clear Thinking
Your instincts sabotage everyday choices. Override them and choose better when it counts.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Personal Growth
Leadership
Clear Thinking
Your instincts sabotage everyday choices. Override them and choose better when it counts.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Personal Growth
Leadership
Flow
Happiness isn't found in ease. It's earned in moments that demand everything you have.
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Consciousness
Philosophy
Flow
Happiness isn't found in ease. It's earned in moments that demand everything you have.
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Consciousness
Philosophy
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
38 letters from Rockefeller to his son: what the world's richest man wanted his heir to know.
Business
Self Help
Biography
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
38 letters from Rockefeller to his son: what the world's richest man wanted his heir to know.
Business
Self Help
Biography
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
The Dictionary of Body Language
Your body broadcasts what words hide. A field guide to the honest signals you miss.
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Reference
Science
The Dictionary of Body Language
Your body broadcasts what words hide. A field guide to the honest signals you miss.
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Reference
Science
The PARA Method
Four folders, one minute: the organizing system that follows your projects instead of your subjects.
Self Help
Business
Technology
Personal Development
Management
The PARA Method
Four folders, one minute: the organizing system that follows your projects instead of your subjects.
Self Help
Business
Technology
Personal Development
Management
DotCom Secrets
Giving away free products can triple your customers; the system that turns each one into $66.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Money
Internet
DotCom Secrets
Giving away free products can triple your customers; the system that turns each one into $66.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Money
Internet
How to Raise the Perfect Dog
Why most puppy training fails: the daily-order mistake that overrides everything else you do right.
Dogs
Animals
Pets
Self Help
Personal Development
How to Raise the Perfect Dog
Why most puppy training fails: the daily-order mistake that overrides everything else you do right.
Dogs
Animals
Pets
Self Help
Personal Development
How to Take Smart Notes
Turn scattered notes into a thinking network that writes your drafts and kills the blank-page dread.
Self Help
Writing
Personal Development
Education
Business
How to Take Smart Notes
Turn scattered notes into a thinking network that writes your drafts and kills the blank-page dread.
Self Help
Writing
Personal Development
Education
Business
Nonviolent Communication
Speak without attacking, hear without defending, and ask for what you want without demanding it.
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Personal Development
Leadership
Nonviolent Communication
Speak without attacking, hear without defending, and ask for what you want without demanding it.
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Personal Development
Leadership
Profit First
Pay profit first, run your business on the rest. Parkinson's Law, applied to your checking account.
Business
Finance
Entrepreneurship
Money
Self Help
Profit First
Pay profit first, run your business on the rest. Parkinson's Law, applied to your checking account.
Business
Finance
Entrepreneurship
Money
Self Help
Focus on What Matters
Letters on the Stoic skill that quiets anxiety: knowing what you control and releasing the rest.
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Improvement
Personal Growth
Focus on What Matters
Letters on the Stoic skill that quiets anxiety: knowing what you control and releasing the rest.
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Improvement
Personal Growth
Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes
The fat blocking your insulin lives inside your cells. A low-fat vegan diet clears it.
Health
Nutrition
Medicine
Self Help
Science
Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes
The fat blocking your insulin lives inside your cells. A low-fat vegan diet clears it.
Health
Nutrition
Medicine
Self Help
Science
The Pilgrimage
Sword denied, a man walks the Camino guided by a mentor whose lessons are spiritual combat.
Spirituality
Philosophy
Travel
Inspirational
Religion
The Pilgrimage
Sword denied, a man walks the Camino guided by a mentor whose lessons are spiritual combat.
Spirituality
Philosophy
Travel
Inspirational
Religion
Factfulness
A chimp guessing at random outperforms experts on global trends. The data tells a better story.
Psychology
Economics
Science
Sociology
History
Factfulness
A chimp guessing at random outperforms experts on global trends. The data tells a better story.
Psychology
Economics
Science
Sociology
History
The Art of Manliness
The skills, manners, and virtues your grandfather knew that modern life stopped teaching.
Self Help
Personal Development
Reference
Relationships
Parenting
The Art of Manliness
The skills, manners, and virtues your grandfather knew that modern life stopped teaching.
Self Help
Personal Development
Reference
Relationships
Parenting
Never Finished
Your mind quits before your body has to. Here is how to override that signal.
Self Help
Memoir
Autobiography
Personal Development
Motivational
Never Finished
Your mind quits before your body has to. Here is how to override that signal.
Self Help
Memoir
Autobiography
Personal Development
Motivational
Discipline Is Destiny
Self-control begins in the body. Build it there first, and everything else gets easier.
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Psychology
Self Improvement
Discipline Is Destiny
Self-control begins in the body. Build it there first, and everything else gets easier.
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Psychology
Self Improvement
The 12 Week Year
Annual plans invite delay. A 12-week cycle with weekly scoring creates the urgency to execute.
Business
Self Help
Management
Self Improvement
Entrepreneurship
The 12 Week Year
Annual plans invite delay. A 12-week cycle with weekly scoring creates the urgency to execute.
Business
Self Help
Management
Self Improvement
Entrepreneurship
The 33 Strategies Of War
Treat life like a military campaign: 33 strategies to outmaneuver rivals and control every outcome.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
War
History
The 33 Strategies Of War
Treat life like a military campaign: 33 strategies to outmaneuver rivals and control every outcome.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
War
History
