Best Self Help Books | Summaries & Audio

Self Help Book Summaries

Feeling Good Together

by David D. Burns • 2008

You're secretly causing the fights you hate. The exact communication fixes that break the cycle.

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1k+

🔥 Conflict Resolution 💬 Communication Skills 💑 Couples Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Therapy 🔄 Relationship Patterns

Feeling Good Together

You're secretly causing the fights you hate. The exact communication fixes that break the cycle.

by David D. Burns 2008 288 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

🔥 Conflict Resolution 💬 Communication Skills 💑 Couples Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Therapy 🔄 Relationship Patterns

One Word That Will Change Your Life

by Jon Gordon • 2012

Replace your entire resolution list with a single word, and watch it reorder your year.

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3k+

🔍 Single Focus 🔄 Resolution Alternatives 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 👥 Accountability Circles 🧭 Intentional Living

One Word That Will Change Your Life

Replace your entire resolution list with a single word, and watch it reorder your year.

by Jon Gordon 2012 112 pages

3.88

3k+ ratings

🔍 Single Focus 🔄 Resolution Alternatives 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 👥 Accountability Circles 🧭 Intentional Living

Right Thing. Right Now

by Ryan Holiday • 2024

Justice is a Stoic practice: integrity, forgiveness, and the courage to never look away.

4.13

6k+

🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🧭 Personal Integrity 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice

Right Thing. Right Now

Justice is a Stoic practice: integrity, forgiveness, and the courage to never look away.

by Ryan Holiday 2024 368 pages

4.13

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🧭 Personal Integrity 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice

Guitar Zero

by Gary F. Marcus • 2012

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

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🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Guitar Zero

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

by Gary F. Marcus 2012 286 pages

3.64

2k+ ratings

🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Anti-Inflammatory Diet in 21

by Sondi Bruner • 2015

Remove the foods fueling chronic inflammation: a 3-week reset built on 5-ingredient meals.

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🚫 Elimination Diets 🥘 Anti-Inflammatory 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥬 Whole Foods 📋 Meal Planning

Anti-Inflammatory Diet in 21

Remove the foods fueling chronic inflammation: a 3-week reset built on 5-ingredient meals.

by Sondi Bruner 2015 208 pages

3.82

175 ratings

🚫 Elimination Diets 🥘 Anti-Inflammatory 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥬 Whole Foods 📋 Meal Planning

Uniquely Human

by Barry M. Prizant • 2015

Autism isn't a broken brain; it often comes with its own internal logic and untapped strengths.

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🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm 👨‍👩‍👧 Autism Parenting 🔄 Behavioral Reframing ✋ Sensory Processing 🎯 Special Interests

Uniquely Human

Autism isn't a broken brain; it often comes with its own internal logic and untapped strengths.

by Barry M. Prizant 2015 256 pages

4.46

7k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm 👨‍👩‍👧 Autism Parenting 🔄 Behavioral Reframing ✋ Sensory Processing 🎯 Special Interests

The First and Last Freedom

by J. Krishnamurti • 1975

Thought creates the thinker, then time, then fear. The end of this illusion is freedom itself.

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🔍 Self Inquiry ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🔓 Freedom From Conditioning 🧘 Present Moment Awareness ✊ Inner Revolution

The First and Last Freedom

Thought creates the thinker, then time, then fear. The end of this illusion is freedom itself.

by J. Krishnamurti 1975 288 pages

4.24

4k+ ratings

🔍 Self Inquiry ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🔓 Freedom From Conditioning 🧘 Present Moment Awareness ✊ Inner Revolution

A Joseph Campbell Companion

by Joseph Campbell • 1991

The mythologist's guide to a meaningful life: find your deepest pull, walk toward what scares you.

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2k+

🏛️ Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology ✨ Everyday Spirituality 🌊 Embracing Adversity 🦋 Becoming Yourself

A Joseph Campbell Companion

The mythologist's guide to a meaningful life: find your deepest pull, walk toward what scares you.

by Joseph Campbell 1991 298 pages

4.40

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology ✨ Everyday Spirituality 🌊 Embracing Adversity 🦋 Becoming Yourself

How to Win Friends and Influence People

by Dale Carnegie • 2022

Criticism backfires. Here's what works instead: the classic people-skills playbook, updated.

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3k+

🤝 Interpersonal Skills 💬 Persuasion 🌱 Constructive Feedback 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📚 Classic Self-Help

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Criticism backfires. Here's what works instead: the classic people-skills playbook, updated.

by Dale Carnegie 2022 317 pages

4.38

3k+ ratings

🤝 Interpersonal Skills 💬 Persuasion 🌱 Constructive Feedback 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📚 Classic Self-Help

How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job

by Dale Carnegie • 1990

The classic playbook for likability: listening and gratitude beat criticism every time.

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4k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Interpersonal Skills 💼 Workplace Relationships ☀️ Positive Thinking 👂 Active Listening 🕰️ Vintage Self-Help

How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job

The classic playbook for likability: listening and gratitude beat criticism every time.

by Dale Carnegie 1990 224 pages

3.99

4k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Interpersonal Skills 💼 Workplace Relationships ☀️ Positive Thinking 👂 Active Listening 🕰️ Vintage Self-Help

Limitless Mind

by Russell Targ • 2004

Remote viewing is real, tested at Stanford, and learnable. The physicist who proved it shows how.

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500+

🔭 Remote Viewing 🔬 Parapsychology 🧠 Psychic Development ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 💭 Consciousness Studies

Limitless Mind

Remote viewing is real, tested at Stanford, and learnable. The physicist who proved it shows how.

by Russell Targ 2004 233 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🔭 Remote Viewing 🔬 Parapsychology 🧠 Psychic Development ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 💭 Consciousness Studies

Calling in "The One"

by Katherine Woodward Thomas • 2004

Seven weeks of inner clearing and intentional living to attract the partner you actually want.

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1k+

💑 Relationship Readiness 💞 Conscious Dating 🧸 Inner Child Healing 🌑 Shadow Work 🔄 Self-Sabotage

Calling in "The One"

Seven weeks of inner clearing and intentional living to attract the partner you actually want.

by Katherine Woodward Thomas 2004 352 pages

4.21

1k+ ratings

💑 Relationship Readiness 💞 Conscious Dating 🧸 Inner Child Healing 🌑 Shadow Work 🔄 Self-Sabotage

The Art of Explanation

by Ros Atkins • 2023

A BBC journalist's repeatable method for explaining anything clearly, even under pressure.

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1k+

💬 Clear Communication 🎯 Audience Adaptation 🧠 Structured Thinking 💼 Workplace Communication 🎤 Public Speaking

The Art of Explanation

A BBC journalist's repeatable method for explaining anything clearly, even under pressure.

by Ros Atkins 2023 320 pages

3.91

1k+ ratings

💬 Clear Communication 🎯 Audience Adaptation 🧠 Structured Thinking 💼 Workplace Communication 🎤 Public Speaking

Combatting Cult Mind Control

by Steven Hassan • 1988

Cults prey on the capable, not the weak. A former member's method for getting someone out.

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1k+

🔒 High-Control Groups 🕊️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Thought Reform 🔓 Deprogramming 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cult Families

Combatting Cult Mind Control

Cults prey on the capable, not the weak. A former member's method for getting someone out.

by Steven Hassan 1988 256 pages

4.42

1k+ ratings

🔒 High-Control Groups 🕊️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Thought Reform 🔓 Deprogramming 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cult Families

Content Design

by Sarah Richards • 2017

Stop writing, start designing: a research-first way to make content that users actually need.

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500+

🗂️ Content Strategy ✍️ Ux Writing 🔍 User Research ⌨️ Digital Writing ♿ Accessibility

Content Design

Stop writing, start designing: a research-first way to make content that users actually need.

by Sarah Richards 2017 224 pages

4.31

500+ ratings

🗂️ Content Strategy ✍️ Ux Writing 🔍 User Research ⌨️ Digital Writing ♿ Accessibility

How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement

by Stephen R. Covey • 2009

The one-page document that outlasts every goal: how to draft a personal mission statement.

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🧭 Life Purpose 📜 Mission Statements 🏛️ Principle-Based Living 🪞 Self-Reflection 🗺️ Life Planning

How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement

The one-page document that outlasts every goal: how to draft a personal mission statement.

by Stephen R. Covey 2009 47 pages

4.16

1k+ ratings

🧭 Life Purpose 📜 Mission Statements 🏛️ Principle-Based Living 🪞 Self-Reflection 🗺️ Life Planning

Surrounded by Bad Bosses and Lazy Employees

by Thomas Erikson • 2018

Four personality types that explain why bosses micromanage and coworkers disappear, and what to say.

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2k+

👥 Office Personalities 💡 Motivation Drivers 💬 Feedback Skills 🔼 Managing Up 📊 Disc Profiles

Surrounded by Bad Bosses and Lazy Employees

Four personality types that explain why bosses micromanage and coworkers disappear, and what to say.

by Thomas Erikson 2018

3.57

2k+ ratings

👥 Office Personalities 💡 Motivation Drivers 💬 Feedback Skills 🔼 Managing Up 📊 Disc Profiles

Quantum Body

by Deepak Chopra • 2023

Beneath every cell, a quantum field decides your health. Medicine treats the wrong body.

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500+

🍃 Holistic Health 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🕉️ Vedic Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Healing ⏳ Aging And Longevity

Quantum Body

Beneath every cell, a quantum field decides your health. Medicine treats the wrong body.

by Deepak Chopra 2023 336 pages

3.67

500+ ratings

🍃 Holistic Health 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🕉️ Vedic Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Healing ⏳ Aging And Longevity

How to Instantly Connect with Anyone

by Leil Lowndes • 2009

Turn strangers into allies with 96 micro-moves for eye contact, body language, and small talk.

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1k+

🧍 Body Language 💬 Small Talk 👋 First Impressions 🤝 Networking 👔 Professional Presence

How to Instantly Connect with Anyone

Turn strangers into allies with 96 micro-moves for eye contact, body language, and small talk.

by Leil Lowndes 2009 336 pages

3.37

1k+ ratings

🧍 Body Language 💬 Small Talk 👋 First Impressions 🤝 Networking 👔 Professional Presence

The Resilience Project

by Hugh van Cuylenburg • 2019

A Himalayan boy's daily practice became a happiness program now in 1,400 schools.

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13k+

🧠 Positive Psychology 💪 Resilience Building 🙏 Gratitude Practice 💖 Empathy And Kindness 📱 Digital Wellbeing

The Resilience Project

A Himalayan boy's daily practice became a happiness program now in 1,400 schools.

by Hugh van Cuylenburg 2019 304 pages

4.31

13k+ ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 💪 Resilience Building 🙏 Gratitude Practice 💖 Empathy And Kindness 📱 Digital Wellbeing

Go Higher

by Big Sean • 2025

A rapper's practices for turning inner chaos into purpose, without losing yourself in the climb.

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500+

🌟 Celebrity Self-Help ✨ Manifestation 💰 Money Mindset 🤲 Self-Acceptance 🚧 Boundary Setting

Go Higher

A rapper's practices for turning inner chaos into purpose, without losing yourself in the climb.

by Big Sean 2025 288 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Self-Help ✨ Manifestation 💰 Money Mindset 🤲 Self-Acceptance 🚧 Boundary Setting

How Highly Effective People Speak

by Peter Andrei • 2020

Wire your message for the human mind: nine cognitive biases that turn talk into influence.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Public Speaking 📈 Persuasion 🔬 Applied Psychology 📖 Storytelling In Business

How Highly Effective People Speak

Wire your message for the human mind: nine cognitive biases that turn talk into influence.

by Peter Andrei 2020 365 pages

3.47

341 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Public Speaking 📈 Persuasion 🔬 Applied Psychology 📖 Storytelling In Business

The Sermon on the Mount

by Emmet Fox • 1935

A biblical sermon's success secret: thought creates reality, and one hard rule changes everything.

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3k+

🕊️ New Thought 🧠 Mental Causation 🙏 Practical Prayer ❤️ Forgiveness Practice 💫 Mental Healing

The Sermon on the Mount

A biblical sermon's success secret: thought creates reality, and one hard rule changes everything.

by Emmet Fox 1935 192 pages

4.42

3k+ ratings

🕊️ New Thought 🧠 Mental Causation 🙏 Practical Prayer ❤️ Forgiveness Practice 💫 Mental Healing

Chanakya Neeti

by B.K. Chaturvedi • 2009

Ancient Indian wisdom on self-mastery: control desire, choose company wisely, let karma work.

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500+

🏛️ Ancient Wisdom 🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🔁 Karma 🧘 Self-Mastery ⚖️ Ethical Living

Chanakya Neeti

Ancient Indian wisdom on self-mastery: control desire, choose company wisely, let karma work.

by B.K. Chaturvedi 2009 235 pages

3.74

500+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Wisdom 🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🔁 Karma 🧘 Self-Mastery ⚖️ Ethical Living

Metahuman

by Deepak Chopra • 2019

Your consciousness built your cage. The direct way out is an effortless shift of attention.

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2k+

🧘 Nondual Awareness 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 🌀 Mind Creates Reality 🎭 Transcending Ego 💡 Primacy Of Consciousness

Metahuman

Your consciousness built your cage. The direct way out is an effortless shift of attention.

by Deepak Chopra 2019 368 pages

3.76

2k+ ratings

🧘 Nondual Awareness 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 🌀 Mind Creates Reality 🎭 Transcending Ego 💡 Primacy Of Consciousness

Set for Life

by Scott Trench • 2017

The fast track to financial freedom: attack your three biggest costs and turn your home into income.

4.15

3k+

🔥 FIRE Movement 💰 Extreme Frugality 🏠 Real Estate Investing 📈 Index Investing 💼 High-Income Skills

Set for Life

The fast track to financial freedom: attack your three biggest costs and turn your home into income.

by Scott Trench 2017 239 pages

4.15

3k+ ratings

🔥 FIRE Movement 💰 Extreme Frugality 🏠 Real Estate Investing 📈 Index Investing 💼 High-Income Skills

Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth

by Nick Murray • 1999

Owning stocks scares you. Lending feels safe. Over a lifetime, the safe choice runs dry.

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500+

🏢 Equity Investing 🏗️ Wealth Building 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📈 Behavioral Economics 🕊️ Financial Independence

Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth

Owning stocks scares you. Lending feels safe. Over a lifetime, the safe choice runs dry.

by Nick Murray 1999 183 pages

4.31

500+ ratings

🏢 Equity Investing 🏗️ Wealth Building 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📈 Behavioral Economics 🕊️ Financial Independence

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

by Donald S. Whitney • 1991

Bible intake, prayer, fasting, service: why ten ancient habits still outpace every modern shortcut.

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13k+

🏋️ Spiritual Disciplines 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📖 Bible Study Methods ☀️ Daily Devotions 🙏 Prayer And Fasting

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

Bible intake, prayer, fasting, service: why ten ancient habits still outpace every modern shortcut.

by Donald S. Whitney 1991 341 pages

4.30

13k+ ratings

🏋️ Spiritual Disciplines 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📖 Bible Study Methods ☀️ Daily Devotions 🙏 Prayer And Fasting

The Mediation Process

by Christopher W. Moore • 1986

When you cannot impose a decision, how to guide hostile parties toward their own settlement.

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🔥 Conflict Resolution ⚖️ Alternative Dispute Resolution 🤝 Principled Negotiation 🗣️ Facilitation Skills 🔍 Conflict Analysis

The Mediation Process

When you cannot impose a decision, how to guide hostile parties toward their own settlement.

by Christopher W. Moore 1986 704 pages

3.96

185 ratings

🔥 Conflict Resolution ⚖️ Alternative Dispute Resolution 🤝 Principled Negotiation 🗣️ Facilitation Skills 🔍 Conflict Analysis

Parent Effectiveness Training

by Thomas Gordon • 1970

Stop ordering, start listening: the parenting method that trades power for genuine influence.

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2k+

🗣️ Parent-Child Communication 🤝 Non-Punitive Parenting 👂 Active Listening 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🌱 Child Autonomy

Parent Effectiveness Training

Stop ordering, start listening: the parenting method that trades power for genuine influence.

by Thomas Gordon 1970 384 pages

4.25

2k+ ratings

🗣️ Parent-Child Communication 🤝 Non-Punitive Parenting 👂 Active Listening 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🌱 Child Autonomy

Courage Is Calling

by Ryan Holiday • 2021

The virtue that makes every other virtue possible: how to find it when standing alone.

4.03

17k+

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🏺 Classical Wisdom ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🗣️ Moral Courage 😨 Fear Management

Courage Is Calling

The virtue that makes every other virtue possible: how to find it when standing alone.

by Ryan Holiday 2021 278 pages

4.03

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🏺 Classical Wisdom ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🗣️ Moral Courage 😨 Fear Management

Neverisms

by Mardy Grothe • 2011

The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.

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102

📚 Quotation Collections 💬 Aphorisms 🗣️ Proverbs And Sayings 📖 Word Lovers 🎤 Public Speakers

Neverisms

The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.

by Mardy Grothe 2011 384 pages

3.83

102 ratings

📚 Quotation Collections 💬 Aphorisms 🗣️ Proverbs And Sayings 📖 Word Lovers 🎤 Public Speakers

The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make

by Sean Covey • 2005

Six decisions in your teens determine the next fifty years. How to make them count.

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2k+

🧭 Teen Self-Help 🫂 Peer Pressure 🏠 Parent-Teen Conflict 💞 Teen Dating And Sex 🚫 Teen Substance Abuse

The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make

Six decisions in your teens determine the next fifty years. How to make them count.

by Sean Covey 2005 336 pages

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧭 Teen Self-Help 🫂 Peer Pressure 🏠 Parent-Teen Conflict 💞 Teen Dating And Sex 🚫 Teen Substance Abuse

How to Raise a Healthy Gamer

by Alok Kanojia • 2024

Video games meet real psychological needs. A clinical guide to replacing screen battles with trust.

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1k+

🎮 Gaming Culture 📱 Digital Parenting 🧠 Adolescent Psychology 🎰 Behavioral Addiction 🤝 Alliance Parenting

How to Raise a Healthy Gamer

Video games meet real psychological needs. A clinical guide to replacing screen battles with trust.

by Alok Kanojia 2024 289 pages

4.13

1k+ ratings

🎮 Gaming Culture 📱 Digital Parenting 🧠 Adolescent Psychology 🎰 Behavioral Addiction 🤝 Alliance Parenting

Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish

by Margarita Madrigal • 1953

A large Spanish vocabulary is already yours. A few conversion patterns make it usable.

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🧠 Spanish Vocabulary 🔗 Cognate Vocabulary 🌱 Beginner Spanish 📐 Grammar Patterns 📝 Verb Conjugation

Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish

A large Spanish vocabulary is already yours. A few conversion patterns make it usable.

by Margarita Madrigal 1953 512 pages

4.28

1k+ ratings

🧠 Spanish Vocabulary 🔗 Cognate Vocabulary 🌱 Beginner Spanish 📐 Grammar Patterns 📝 Verb Conjugation

Content Rules

by Ann Handley • 2010

Your audience ignores ads. Here is how to create content they read, watch, and share voluntarily.

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3k+

🛠️ Content Marketing 🗣️ Brand Voice 🔥 Audience Engagement 📋 Content Strategy 📖 Authentic Storytelling

Content Rules

Your audience ignores ads. Here is how to create content they read, watch, and share voluntarily.

by Ann Handley 2010 282 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

🛠️ Content Marketing 🗣️ Brand Voice 🔥 Audience Engagement 📋 Content Strategy 📖 Authentic Storytelling

Dollars and Sense

by Dan Ariely • 2017

Your money problem is a brain problem. The hidden forces that drain your wallet.

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5k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 💰 Money Psychology 💸 Spending Habits 💳 Spending Psychology 🧘 Self-Control Strategies

Dollars and Sense

Your money problem is a brain problem. The hidden forces that drain your wallet.

by Dan Ariely 2017 288 pages

3.78

5k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 💰 Money Psychology 💸 Spending Habits 💳 Spending Psychology 🧘 Self-Control Strategies

In an Unspoken Voice

by Peter A. Levine • 2010

The body stores trauma the mind forgets. Its subtle trembling is the path to release.

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3k+

🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧠 Nervous System Healing 👁️ Body Awareness ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🔍 Mindfulness For Trauma

In an Unspoken Voice

The body stores trauma the mind forgets. Its subtle trembling is the path to release.

by Peter A. Levine 2010 384 pages

4.34

3k+ ratings

🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧠 Nervous System Healing 👁️ Body Awareness ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🔍 Mindfulness For Trauma

Sacred Rest

by Saundra Dalton-Smith • 2017

Tired but sleeping enough? Six other rest deficits drain you. Diagnose yours.

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2k+

🛌 Rest Practices 🔥 Burnout Recovery 🧘 Holistic Health 🕊️ Sabbath And Rest ⚡ Energy Management

Sacred Rest

Tired but sleeping enough? Six other rest deficits drain you. Diagnose yours.

by Saundra Dalton-Smith 2017 240 pages

3.87

2k+ ratings

🛌 Rest Practices 🔥 Burnout Recovery 🧘 Holistic Health 🕊️ Sabbath And Rest ⚡ Energy Management

A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics

by Daniel J. Levitin • 2016

How to spot the tricks in any graph, survey, or news report before they fool you.

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4k+

🔍 Information Literacy 💡 Critical Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 📊 Statistical Literacy

A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics

How to spot the tricks in any graph, survey, or news report before they fool you.

by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages

3.76

4k+ ratings

🔍 Information Literacy 💡 Critical Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 📊 Statistical Literacy

The 2-Hour Job Search

by Steve Dalton • 2012

Online applications give you a 1-in-13 shot. The system for tapping the other 12.

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1k+

🔍 Job Search Strategies 🤝 Networking Strategies ✉️ Cold Outreach ⏱️ Productivity Systems 💼 Modern Career Advice

The 2-Hour Job Search

Online applications give you a 1-in-13 shot. The system for tapping the other 12.

by Steve Dalton 2012 251 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🔍 Job Search Strategies 🤝 Networking Strategies ✉️ Cold Outreach ⏱️ Productivity Systems 💼 Modern Career Advice

It's OK That You're Not OK

by Megan Devine • 2017

Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.

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15k+

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🤲 Grief Acceptance 🔄 Non-Linear Grief 👁️ Bearing Witness 🎨 Creative Grief Work

It's OK That You're Not OK

Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.

by Megan Devine 2017 282 pages

4.35

15k+ ratings

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🤲 Grief Acceptance 🔄 Non-Linear Grief 👁️ Bearing Witness 🎨 Creative Grief Work

Spiritual Warfare

by Jed McKenna • 2007

Enlightenment is a bedtime story. Death awareness is the only practice that works.

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500+

🕉️ Nondual Spirituality 💀 Death Awareness 🎭 Spiritual Bypassing 🧊 Ego Transcendence 🔍 Self-Inquiry

Spiritual Warfare

Enlightenment is a bedtime story. Death awareness is the only practice that works.

by Jed McKenna 2007 328 pages

4.56

500+ ratings

🕉️ Nondual Spirituality 💀 Death Awareness 🎭 Spiritual Bypassing 🧊 Ego Transcendence 🔍 Self-Inquiry

Upstream

by Dan Heath • 2020

We're all so busy catching drowning kids we never ask who's throwing them in.

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7k+

🧩 Systems Thinking 🏢 Organizational Change 🛡️ Problem Prevention 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤝 Collective Impact

Upstream

We're all so busy catching drowning kids we never ask who's throwing them in.

by Dan Heath 2020 320 pages

4.14

7k+ ratings

🧩 Systems Thinking 🏢 Organizational Change 🛡️ Problem Prevention 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤝 Collective Impact

Million Dollar Consulting Proposals

by Alan Weiss • 2011

A proposal that sells will lose. One that confirms a prior agreement wins every time.

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👔 Consulting Practice 📝 Proposal Writing 💵 Value-Based Pricing 🤲 Trusted Advisor 📊 Consulting Sales

Million Dollar Consulting Proposals

A proposal that sells will lose. One that confirms a prior agreement wins every time.

by Alan Weiss 2011 224 pages

4.14

238 ratings

👔 Consulting Practice 📝 Proposal Writing 💵 Value-Based Pricing 🤲 Trusted Advisor 📊 Consulting Sales

The Celestine Prophecy

by James Redfield • 1993

An ancient manuscript in Peru predicts a spiritual transformation, and forces are moving to bury it.

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100k+

📖 New Age Parable 👁️ Visionary Fiction 🌄 Spiritual Quest 📜 Ancient Manuscript 🚶 Seeker Protagonist

The Celestine Prophecy

An ancient manuscript in Peru predicts a spiritual transformation, and forces are moving to bury it.

by James Redfield 1993 247 pages

3.74

100k+ ratings

📖 New Age Parable 👁️ Visionary Fiction 🌄 Spiritual Quest 📜 Ancient Manuscript 🚶 Seeker Protagonist

Stillness Speaks

by Eckhart Tolle • 2003

The silence inside you isn't empty. It's the only part of you that was never broken.

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21k+

🧘 Present Awareness 🕊️ Inner Stillness ☯️ Modern Nonduality 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 💨 Ego Dissolution

Stillness Speaks

The silence inside you isn't empty. It's the only part of you that was never broken.

by Eckhart Tolle 2003 144 pages

4.28

21k+ ratings

🧘 Present Awareness 🕊️ Inner Stillness ☯️ Modern Nonduality 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 💨 Ego Dissolution

10% Happier

by Dan Harris • 2014

A skeptical journalist's case for meditation: a 10% happiness gain with no mysticism required.

3.91

100k+

🧘 Secular Mindfulness 🗣️ Inner Critic 🙂 Emotional Regulation 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Ego Management

10% Happier

A skeptical journalist's case for meditation: a 10% happiness gain with no mysticism required.

by Dan Harris 2014 256 pages

3.91

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The Influential Mind

by Tali Sharot • 2017

Facts alone rarely change minds. The brain has a backdoor, and influence knows where it is.

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The Influential Mind

Facts alone rarely change minds. The brain has a backdoor, and influence knows where it is.

by Tali Sharot 2017 256 pages

3.91

2k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Science 🎯 Influence Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Emotional Influence 👥 Social Influence

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Life feels short because we hand our hours to people and pursuits that don't matter.

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On the Shortness of Life

Life feels short because we hand our hours to people and pursuits that don't matter.

by Seneca 106 pages

4.16

46k+ ratings

🏛️ Stoicism 🏺 Ancient Wisdom ⏳ Time Management 🧘 Inner Tranquility 🪙 Material Detachment

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