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The Little Book of Contentment
by Leo Babauta • 2013
Stop trying to fix yourself. Learn to accept yourself, and watch the growth follow naturally.
3.86
1k+
The Little Book of Contentment Summary
The Little Book of Contentment 87%
Stop trying to fix yourself. Learn to accept yourself, and watch the growth follow naturally.
by Leo Babauta 2013
3.86
1k+ ratings
The Untethered Soul at Work
by Michael A. Singer • 2019
Work stress lives in your head, not the office. The awareness practice that sets you free.
4.13
587
The Untethered Soul at Work Summary
The Untethered Soul at Work 87%
Work stress lives in your head, not the office. The awareness practice that sets you free.
by Michael A. Singer 2019
4.13
587 ratings
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
by Steven C. Hayes • 2005
The counterintuitive therapy: accept your pain, defuse your thoughts, and build the life you want.
4.04
4k+
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life Summary
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life 87%
The counterintuitive therapy: accept your pain, defuse your thoughts, and build the life you want.
by Steven C. Hayes 2005
4.04
4k+ ratings
The Sorrows of Work
by The School of Life • 2019
Work fulfillment is nearly impossible by design. The reasons are structural, not personal.
3.84
505
The Sorrows of Work Summary
The Sorrows of Work 87%
Work fulfillment is nearly impossible by design. The reasons are structural, not personal.
by The School of Life 2019
3.84
505 ratings
You Do You
by Sarah Knight • 2017
The permission slip for saying no, skipping the party, and finally putting yourself first.
3.62
8k+
You Do You Summary
You Do You 87%
The permission slip for saying no, skipping the party, and finally putting yourself first.
by Sarah Knight 2017
3.62
8k+ ratings
Shop Class as Soulcraft
by Matthew B. Crawford • 2009
White-collar work dulls the mind. The intellectual case for picking up a wrench instead.
3.74
11k+
Shop Class as Soulcraft Summary
Shop Class as Soulcraft 87%
White-collar work dulls the mind. The intellectual case for picking up a wrench instead.
by Matthew B. Crawford 2009
3.74
11k+ ratings
The Wisdom of the Heart
by Henry Miller • 1941
Modern men are half-alive and call it progress. The cure starts when the thinking stops.
4.03
663
The Wisdom of the Heart Summary
The Wisdom of the Heart 87%
Modern men are half-alive and call it progress. The cure starts when the thinking stops.
by Henry Miller 1941
4.03
663 ratings
Is Your Work Worth It?
by Christopher Wong Michaelson • 2024
Your salary answers the wrong question. A philosopher's guide to what work is actually worth.
3.61
82
Is Your Work Worth It? Summary
Is Your Work Worth It? 87%
Your salary answers the wrong question. A philosopher's guide to what work is actually worth.
by Christopher Wong Michaelson 2024
3.61
82 ratings
How to Be You
by Jeffrey Marsh • 2016
Permission to quit performing, trust your gut, and love the one person you've been ignoring: you.
4.17
887
How to Be You Summary
How to Be You 87%
Permission to quit performing, trust your gut, and love the one person you've been ignoring: you.
by Jeffrey Marsh 2016
4.17
887 ratings
Embracing Your Limitations
by Lawrence Mooney • 2022
Self-help feeds on your dissatisfaction. The exit: stop chasing dreams and accept your limits.
3.29
82
Embracing Your Limitations Summary
Embracing Your Limitations 87%
Self-help feeds on your dissatisfaction. The exit: stop chasing dreams and accept your limits.
by Lawrence Mooney 2022
3.29
82 ratings
Fuck It. The Ultimate Spiritual Way
by John C. Parkin • 2007
The most effective spiritual mantra is a two-word curse; you already know the words.
3.42
6k+
Fuck It. The Ultimate Spiritual Way Summary
Fuck It. The Ultimate Spiritual Way 87%
The most effective spiritual mantra is a two-word curse; you already know the words.
by John C. Parkin 2007
3.42
6k+ ratings
I Moved Your Cheese
by Deepak Malhotra • 2011
Change isn't inevitable. It's designed. Learn who designed it, and you can redesign it yourself.
3.52
3k+
I Moved Your Cheese Summary
I Moved Your Cheese 87%
Change isn't inevitable. It's designed. Learn who designed it, and you can redesign it yourself.
by Deepak Malhotra 2011
3.52
3k+ ratings
The French Art of Not Giving a F*ck
by Fabrice Midal • 2017
The French way to stop caring about what everyone thinks: meditate with your eyes open.
3.10
865
The French Art of Not Giving a F*ck Summary
The French Art of Not Giving a F*ck 87%
The French way to stop caring about what everyone thinks: meditate with your eyes open.
by Fabrice Midal 2017
3.10
865 ratings
Fire Your Boss
by Aaron McHugh • 2020
Your dream job might be the one you have. Transform it through ownership, not escape.
4.10
39
Fire Your Boss Summary
Fire Your Boss 87%
Your dream job might be the one you have. Transform it through ownership, not escape.
by Aaron McHugh 2020
4.10
39 ratings
Dropping the Struggle
by Roger Housden • 2016
What if self-improvement is the problem? Finding peace by dropping the fight with your life.
3.89
114
Dropping the Struggle Summary
Dropping the Struggle 87%
What if self-improvement is the problem? Finding peace by dropping the fight with your life.
by Roger Housden 2016
3.89
114 ratings
A Better Way to Live
by Og Mandino • 1990
Twelve daily commitments that build a life of purpose and peace, no perfection required.
4.31
2k+
A Better Way to Live Summary
A Better Way to Live 87%
Twelve daily commitments that build a life of purpose and peace, no perfection required.
by Og Mandino 1990
4.31
2k+ ratings
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
by Alain de Botton • 2008
From cargo ships to rocket launches, a philosopher finds why work delights and disappoints us.
3.62
6k+
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Summary
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work 87%
From cargo ships to rocket launches, a philosopher finds why work delights and disappoints us.
by Alain de Botton 2008
3.62
6k+ ratings
The Missing Piece
by Shel Silverstein • 1976
A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.
4.28
32k+
The Missing Piece Summary
The Missing Piece 87%
A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.
by Shel Silverstein 1976
4.28
32k+ ratings
How to Find Fulfilling Work
by Roman Krznaric • 2012
How to stumble into work you love: the experimental method for finding fulfillment without a plan.
3.90
3k+
How to Find Fulfilling Work Summary
How to Find Fulfilling Work 87%
How to stumble into work you love: the experimental method for finding fulfillment without a plan.
by Roman Krznaric 2012
3.90
3k+ ratings
Welcoming the Unwelcome
by Pema Chödrön • 2019
A Buddhist nun's radical instruction: stop avoiding your pain and let it teach you.
4.36
4k+
Welcoming the Unwelcome Summary
Welcoming the Unwelcome 87%
A Buddhist nun's radical instruction: stop avoiding your pain and let it teach you.
by Pema Chödrön 2019
4.36
4k+ ratings
ACT Made Simple
by Russ Harris • 2009
Why efforts to feel better often backfire, and the six skills that build a rich life instead.
4.44
2k+
ACT Made Simple Summary
ACT Made Simple 87%
Why efforts to feel better often backfire, and the six skills that build a rich life instead.
by Russ Harris 2009
4.44
2k+ ratings
The Way of Rest
by Jeff Foster • 2016
Self-improvement ends here. Your flaws, pain, and doubt were never obstacles: they were the path.
4.45
287
The Way of Rest Summary
The Way of Rest 86%
Self-improvement ends here. Your flaws, pain, and doubt were never obstacles: they were the path.
by Jeff Foster 2016
4.45
287 ratings
NAGOMI
by Ken Mogi • 2024
Japan's philosophy for whole living: acceptance plus creativity, mixed daily until life tastes right
3.55
185
NAGOMI Summary
NAGOMI 86%
Japan's philosophy for whole living: acceptance plus creativity, mixed daily until life tastes right
by Ken Mogi 2024
3.55
185 ratings
Stuck
by Anneli Rufus • 2008
More freedom than ever, more stuck than ever. The cages are invisible, and you built them.
3.03
386
Stuck Summary
Stuck 86%
More freedom than ever, more stuck than ever. The cages are invisible, and you built them.
by Anneli Rufus 2008
3.03
386 ratings
Flux
by April Rinne • 2021
Thriving in flux means running slower, trusting more, and knowing when enough is enough.
3.92
276
Flux Summary
Flux 86%
Thriving in flux means running slower, trusting more, and knowing when enough is enough.
by April Rinne 2021
3.92
276 ratings
Making Yourself Indispensable
by Mark Samuel • 2012
Indispensability has nothing to do with ego: the daily choices that make people count on you.
3.76
178
Making Yourself Indispensable Summary
Making Yourself Indispensable 86%
Indispensability has nothing to do with ego: the daily choices that make people count on you.
by Mark Samuel 2012
3.76
178 ratings
Meditations for Mortals
by Oliver Burkeman • 2024
Four weeks to stop chasing impossible control and start living the life you keep postponing.
4.26
19k+
Meditations for Mortals Summary
Meditations for Mortals 86%
Four weeks to stop chasing impossible control and start living the life you keep postponing.
by Oliver Burkeman 2024
4.26
19k+ ratings
Zen and the Beat Way
by Alan W. Watts • 1900
The Beats rejected careers for passion. Zen had already figured out why that works.
4.07
280
Zen and the Beat Way Summary
Zen and the Beat Way 86%
The Beats rejected careers for passion. Zen had already figured out why that works.
by Alan W. Watts 1900
4.07
280 ratings
Time Anxiety
by Chris Guillebeau • 2025
Break the overwhelm cycle by accepting limits, rethinking productivity, and facing your mortality.
3.72
757
Time Anxiety Summary
Time Anxiety 86%
Break the overwhelm cycle by accepting limits, rethinking productivity, and facing your mortality.
by Chris Guillebeau 2025
3.72
757 ratings
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+
Chop Wood Carry Water Summary
Chop Wood Carry Water 86%
Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.
by Joshua Medcalf 2015
4.09
9k+ ratings
You Are Not a Rock
by Mark Freeman • 2018
The path to mental health is feeling, not numbing. A step-by-step guide to accepting discomfort.
4.32
524
You Are Not a Rock Summary
You Are Not a Rock 86%
The path to mental health is feeling, not numbing. A step-by-step guide to accepting discomfort.
by Mark Freeman 2018
4.32
524 ratings
The Mind Workout
by Mark Freeman • 2017
The mental fitness workout: why escaping anxiety is the worst thing you can do for it.
4.06
262
The Mind Workout Summary
The Mind Workout 86%
The mental fitness workout: why escaping anxiety is the worst thing you can do for it.
by Mark Freeman 2017
4.06
262 ratings
How Starbucks Saved My Life
by Michael Gates Gill • 2007
He lost everything at 63. A Starbucks job taught him what privilege never could.
3.48
11k+
How Starbucks Saved My Life Summary
How Starbucks Saved My Life 86%
He lost everything at 63. A Starbucks job taught him what privilege never could.
by Michael Gates Gill 2007
3.48
11k+ ratings
How to Think More About Sex
by Alain de Botton • 2012
Career advice has it backward. Fulfilling work gets found by trying things, not by introspection.
3.47
6k+
How to Think More About Sex Summary
How to Think More About Sex 86%
Career advice has it backward. Fulfilling work gets found by trying things, not by introspection.
by Alain de Botton 2012
3.47
6k+ ratings
Choices
by Melody Beattie • 2002
The tool you forgot you had: your next choice, and why it defines everything.
4.13
319
Choices Summary
Choices 86%
The tool you forgot you had: your next choice, and why it defines everything.
by Melody Beattie 2002
4.13
319 ratings
Petit traité de vie intérieure
by Frédéric Lenoir • 2010
What Buddha, Socrates, and the Stoics agreed on: twelve lessons for inner peace without dogma.
3.84
915
Petit traité de vie intérieure Summary
Petit traité de vie intérieure 86%
What Buddha, Socrates, and the Stoics agreed on: twelve lessons for inner peace without dogma.
by Frédéric Lenoir 2010
3.84
915 ratings
A Job to Love
by The School of Life • 2017
What career tests miss: how to find work you love by understanding your own pleasures first.
4.02
2k+
A Job to Love Summary
A Job to Love 86%
What career tests miss: how to find work you love by understanding your own pleasures first.
by The School of Life 2017
4.02
2k+ ratings
Work Won't Love You Back
by Sarah Jaffe • 2021
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
3.94
5k+
Work Won't Love You Back Summary
Work Won't Love You Back 86%
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
by Sarah Jaffe 2021
3.94
5k+ ratings
Stop Avoiding Stuff
by Matthew S. Boone • 2020
25 microskills from acceptance therapy: act on what matters when every instinct says hide.
3.84
190
Stop Avoiding Stuff Summary
Stop Avoiding Stuff 86%
25 microskills from acceptance therapy: act on what matters when every instinct says hide.
by Matthew S. Boone 2020
3.84
190 ratings
How to Let Things Go
by Shunmyō Masuno • 2021
You can't manage everything: 99 Zen insights on loosening your grip and finding real peace.
3.49
2k+
How to Let Things Go Summary
How to Let Things Go 86%
You can't manage everything: 99 Zen insights on loosening your grip and finding real peace.
by Shunmyō Masuno 2021
3.49
2k+ ratings
Great at Work
by Morten T. Hansen • 2018
Working harder explains little. A 5,000-person study reveals what actually moves the needle.
3.79
3k+
Great at Work Summary
Great at Work 86%
Working harder explains little. A 5,000-person study reveals what actually moves the needle.
by Morten T. Hansen 2018
3.79
3k+ ratings
Survival Skills for Freelancers
by Sarah Townsend • 2020
A freelancer's guide to staying afloat when income dips, isolation hits, and burnout looms.
4.27
149
Survival Skills for Freelancers Summary
Survival Skills for Freelancers 86%
A freelancer's guide to staying afloat when income dips, isolation hits, and burnout looms.
by Sarah Townsend 2020
4.27
149 ratings
Living a Life of Awareness
by Miguel Ruiz Jr. • 2013
Loosen the grip of social conditioning, one daily Toltec meditation at a time.
4.48
502
Living a Life of Awareness Summary
Living a Life of Awareness 86%
Loosen the grip of social conditioning, one daily Toltec meditation at a time.
by Miguel Ruiz Jr. 2013
4.48
502 ratings
Not Always So
by Shunryu Suzuki • 2002
Stop chasing enlightenment. Your imperfect, goal-free sitting is already the whole thing.
4.30
2k+
Not Always So Summary
Not Always So 86%
Stop chasing enlightenment. Your imperfect, goal-free sitting is already the whole thing.
by Shunryu Suzuki 2002
4.30
2k+ ratings
How to Live
by Derek Sivers • 2021
The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.
4.16
3k+
How to Live Summary
How to Live 86%
The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.
by Derek Sivers 2021
4.16
3k+ ratings
The Book of est
by Luke Rhinehart • 1976
A locked-door 1970s seminar insists your mind alone creates all your suffering.
4.02
364
The Book of est Summary
The Book of est 86%
A locked-door 1970s seminar insists your mind alone creates all your suffering.
by Luke Rhinehart 1976
4.02
364 ratings
Unlearn
by Humble the Poet • 2014
A poet's hundred reminders: the heaviest things you carry are beliefs you can set down.
4.00
3k+
Unlearn Summary
Unlearn 86%
A poet's hundred reminders: the heaviest things you carry are beliefs you can set down.
by Humble the Poet 2014
4.00
3k+ ratings
Art of Achievement
by Tom Morris • 2002
Seven inner capacities that sustain achievement. The last one is why ambitious people burn out.
3.95
61
Art of Achievement Summary
Art of Achievement 86%
Seven inner capacities that sustain achievement. The last one is why ambitious people burn out.
by Tom Morris 2002
3.95
61 ratings
The Only Constant
by Najwa Zebian • 2024
Your body equates the familiar with safety, even when familiar hurts. How to reroute it.
4.22
639
The Only Constant Summary
The Only Constant 86%
Your body equates the familiar with safety, even when familiar hurts. How to reroute it.
by Najwa Zebian 2024
4.22
639 ratings
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
by Miya Tokumitsu • 2015
Loving your job is what your boss wants. It is also making you tired, compliant, and broke.
3.91
501
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness Summary
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness 86%
Loving your job is what your boss wants. It is also making you tired, compliant, and broke.
by Miya Tokumitsu 2015
3.91
501 ratings
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