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🔬 Self-Experiments

Books in which the author turns their own life into a laboratory, testing ideas, habits, or radical lifestyle changes on themselves and reporting back with candor and curiosity.
The 4-Hour Body
by Timothy Ferriss • 2000
Two workouts, one binge day, cold packs: the minimalist path to body change fitness rules miss.
3.71
38k+
🧬 Biohacking💪 Body Transformation🥩 Low-Carb Diets
The 4-Hour Body Summary
The 4-Hour Body 90%
Two workouts, one binge day, cold packs: the minimalist path to body change fitness rules miss.
by Timothy Ferriss 2000
3.71
38k+ ratings
🧬 Biohacking💪 Body Transformation🥩 Low-Carb Diets
The 4-Hour Chef
by Timothy Ferriss • 2012
Eighty seconds of tension beats an hour of cardio. Most fitness advice is equally backwards.
3.94
11k+
🧬 Biohacking⏱️ Time-Efficient Fitness🔬 Self-Experimentation
The 4-Hour Chef Summary
The 4-Hour Chef 90%
Eighty seconds of tension beats an hour of cardio. Most fitness advice is equally backwards.
by Timothy Ferriss 2012
3.94
11k+ ratings
🧬 Biohacking⏱️ Time-Efficient Fitness🔬 Self-Experimentation
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
by Jessica Pan • 2019
One introvert spent a year doing improv, stand-up, and talking to strangers to fight loneliness.
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30k+
📆 Yearlong Experiments🐢 Introversion😰 Social Anxiety
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come Summary
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come 89%
One introvert spent a year doing improv, stand-up, and talking to strangers to fight loneliness.
by Jessica Pan 2019
3.87
30k+ ratings
📆 Yearlong Experiments🐢 Introversion😰 Social Anxiety
The Motivation Hacker
by Nick Winter • 2013
You do not need to feel motivated. You need to manipulate the four variables that produce action.
3.73
2k+
⚙️ Productivity Systems📊 Behavioral Economics🔒 Commitment Devices
The Motivation Hacker Summary
The Motivation Hacker 89%
You do not need to feel motivated. You need to manipulate the four variables that produce action.
by Nick Winter 2013
3.73
2k+ ratings
⚙️ Productivity Systems📊 Behavioral Economics🔒 Commitment Devices
Living with the Monks
by Jesse Itzler • 2018
Fifteen days with monks, no phone: the small rituals that delivered more happiness than any deal.
3.84
3k+
📵 Tech Disconnection⛪ Monastic Wisdom🎯 Attention Management
Living with the Monks Summary
Living with the Monks 89%
Fifteen days with monks, no phone: the small rituals that delivered more happiness than any deal.
by Jesse Itzler 2018
3.84
3k+ ratings
📵 Tech Disconnection⛪ Monastic Wisdom🎯 Attention Management
The Art of Focus
by Dan Koe • 2024
Your attention is stolen daily. The system for reclaiming it and building a one-person business.
3.81
801
🎯 Attention Management🚀 One-Person Business👁️ Perspective Shifting
The Art of Focus Summary
The Art of Focus 89%
Your attention is stolen daily. The system for reclaiming it and building a one-person business.
by Dan Koe 2024
3.81
801 ratings
🎯 Attention Management🚀 One-Person Business👁️ Perspective Shifting
The Energy Formula
by Shawn Wells • 2021
Your body is a chemistry lab, not a cookbook: a system for dialing in what actually fuels you.
4.31
118
🧬 Biohacking🍽️ Personalized Nutrition⚡ Energy Management
The Energy Formula Summary
The Energy Formula 89%
Your body is a chemistry lab, not a cookbook: a system for dialing in what actually fuels you.
by Shawn Wells 2021
4.31
118 ratings
🧬 Biohacking🍽️ Personalized Nutrition⚡ Energy Management
The Big Book of 30-Day Challenges
by Rosanna Casper • 2017
Sixty 30-day programs that turn any goal into a daily ritual, from fitness to friendship.
3.44
909
🧱 Habit Formation📅 Daily Practice🗓️ 30-Day Programs
The Big Book of 30-Day Challenges Summary
The Big Book of 30-Day Challenges 89%
Sixty 30-day programs that turn any goal into a daily ritual, from fitness to friendship.
by Rosanna Casper 2017
3.44
909 ratings
🧱 Habit Formation📅 Daily Practice🗓️ 30-Day Programs
How to Not Know
by Simone Stolzoff • 2026
Certainty feels safe but leaves you fragile. Real resilience comes from learning to not know.
4.19
397
🎲 Uncertainty Tolerance🤔 Intellectual Humility🚫 Anti-Self-Help
How to Not Know Summary
How to Not Know 89%
Certainty feels safe but leaves you fragile. Real resilience comes from learning to not know.
by Simone Stolzoff 2026
4.19
397 ratings
🎲 Uncertainty Tolerance🤔 Intellectual Humility🚫 Anti-Self-Help
Design Your Work
by Tiago Forte • 2017
Notes are for thinking, not storing. Tools that extend the mind give you the real edge.
4.04
194
🧠 Digital Tools For Thinking🎯 Attention Management📝 Note-Taking Systems
Design Your Work Summary
Design Your Work 88%
Notes are for thinking, not storing. Tools that extend the mind give you the real edge.
by Tiago Forte 2017
4.04
194 ratings
🧠 Digital Tools For Thinking🎯 Attention Management📝 Note-Taking Systems
How to Be Fine
by Jolenta Greenberg • 2020
Fifty self-help books, road-tested by two friends. The dozen lessons that actually worked.
3.51
5k+
🧪 Self-Help Experiments🧠 Positive Psychology🙏 Gratitude Practice
How to Be Fine Summary
How to Be Fine 88%
Fifty self-help books, road-tested by two friends. The dozen lessons that actually worked.
by Jolenta Greenberg 2020
3.51
5k+ ratings
🧪 Self-Help Experiments🧠 Positive Psychology🙏 Gratitude Practice
A Crack in Creation
by Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017
The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.
4.13
7k+
🧬 Gene Editing🔬 Molecular Biology⚡ Scientific Discovery
A Crack in Creation Summary
A Crack in Creation 88%
The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.
by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017
4.13
7k+ ratings
🧬 Gene Editing🔬 Molecular Biology⚡ Scientific Discovery
The Test Book
by Mikael Krogerus • 2014
Four ancient questions, one modern twist: the secret history of every test you will ever take.
3.51
207
🧩 Personality Assessment📈 Self-Optimization🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Test Book Summary
The Test Book 88%
Four ancient questions, one modern twist: the secret history of every test you will ever take.
by Mikael Krogerus 2014
3.51
207 ratings
🧩 Personality Assessment📈 Self-Optimization🧠 Cognitive Biases
Mindful Self-Discipline
by Giovanni Dienstmann • 2021
Why willpower alone fails, and what to do instead: a discipline system built on awareness.
4.29
313
🎯 Self-Discipline Methods🧱 Habit Design🧘 Meditation Practice
Mindful Self-Discipline Summary
Mindful Self-Discipline 88%
Why willpower alone fails, and what to do instead: a discipline system built on awareness.
by Giovanni Dienstmann 2021
4.29
313 ratings
🎯 Self-Discipline Methods🧱 Habit Design🧘 Meditation Practice
Head Strong
by Dave Asprey • 2017
Brain fog starts in your mitochondria. A protocol to upgrade your mental energy at the source.
3.77
3k+
🧬 Biohacking🧠 Brain Health💊 Nootropics
Head Strong Summary
Head Strong 88%
Brain fog starts in your mitochondria. A protocol to upgrade your mental energy at the source.
by Dave Asprey 2017
3.77
3k+ ratings
🧬 Biohacking🧠 Brain Health💊 Nootropics
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment
by Chris Niebauer • 2014
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
4.18
61
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🧠 Split-Brain Research🔬 Neuroscience Of Self
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment Summary
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment 88%
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
by Chris Niebauer 2014
4.18
61 ratings
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🧠 Split-Brain Research🔬 Neuroscience Of Self
The Miraculous Results Of Extremely High Doses Of The Sunshine Hormone Vitamin D3 My Experiment With Huge Doses Of D3 From 25,000 To 50,000 To 100,000 Iu A Day Over A 1 Year Period
by Jeff T. Bowles • 2013
Vitamin D at 100,000 IU daily reversed his chronic illness: the evolutionary hibernation signal.
4.06
1k+
☀️ Vitamin D🧪 Orthomolecular Medicine🔬 Self-Experimentation
The Miraculous Results Of Extremely High Doses Of The Sunshine Hormone Vitamin D3 My Experiment With Huge Doses Of D3 From 25,000 To 50,000 To 100,000 Iu A Day Over A 1 Year Period Summary
The Miraculous Results Of Extremely High Doses Of The Sunshine Hormone Vitamin D3 My Experiment With Huge Doses Of D3 From 25,000 To 50,000 To 100,000 Iu A Day Over A 1 Year Period 88%
Vitamin D at 100,000 IU daily reversed his chronic illness: the evolutionary hibernation signal.
by Jeff T. Bowles 2013
4.06
1k+ ratings
☀️ Vitamin D🧪 Orthomolecular Medicine🔬 Self-Experimentation
Better Than Before
by Gretchen Rubin • 2015
Your friend's perfect habit system may be useless for you. The personality-based way to find yours.
3.82
43k+
🧱 Habit Formation🧩 Personality Types🪞 Self-Knowledge
Better Than Before Summary
Better Than Before 88%
Your friend's perfect habit system may be useless for you. The personality-based way to find yours.
by Gretchen Rubin 2015
3.82
43k+ ratings
🧱 Habit Formation🧩 Personality Types🪞 Self-Knowledge
Fantastic Voyage
by Ray Kurzweil • 2004
Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.
3.87
920
⏳ Longevity Science🤖 Transhumanism🩺 Future Of Medicine
Fantastic Voyage Summary
Fantastic Voyage 88%
Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.
by Ray Kurzweil 2004
3.87
920 ratings
⏳ Longevity Science🤖 Transhumanism🩺 Future Of Medicine
What Do You Think You Are?
by Brian Clegg • 2020
Your atoms were forged in dying stars. The rest of you is harder to explain.
3.29
136
🧬 Human Origins🧠 Consciousness🌱 Nature Vs Nurture
What Do You Think You Are? Summary
What Do You Think You Are? 88%
Your atoms were forged in dying stars. The rest of you is harder to explain.
by Brian Clegg 2020
3.29
136 ratings
🧬 Human Origins🧠 Consciousness🌱 Nature Vs Nurture
The 2 AM Principle
by Jon Levy • 2016
Adventure is not for adrenaline junkies. It is a learnable skill, and here is the curriculum.
3.29
330
🎨 Experience Design🌍 Everyday Adventure🧗 Comfort Zone Expansion
The 2 AM Principle Summary
The 2 AM Principle 88%
Adventure is not for adrenaline junkies. It is a learnable skill, and here is the curriculum.
by Jon Levy 2016
3.29
330 ratings
🎨 Experience Design🌍 Everyday Adventure🧗 Comfort Zone Expansion
Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments
by Patrick King • 2020
Your mind needs a gym. Philosophy's greatest thought experiments are the equipment.
3.84
101
🧪 Thought Experiments🏛️ Practical Philosophy🔍 Critical Thinking
Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments Summary
Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments 88%
Your mind needs a gym. Philosophy's greatest thought experiments are the equipment.
by Patrick King 2020
3.84
101 ratings
🧪 Thought Experiments🏛️ Practical Philosophy🔍 Critical Thinking
The Comfort Crisis
by Michael Easter • 2021
Your body expects hunger, cold, and exhaustion. Comfort broke the contract.
4.23
39k+
🧬 Evolutionary Health🧩 Evolutionary Mismatch🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Comfort Crisis Summary
The Comfort Crisis 88%
Your body expects hunger, cold, and exhaustion. Comfort broke the contract.
by Michael Easter 2021
4.23
39k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Health🧩 Evolutionary Mismatch🏛️ Modern Stoicism
How to Think Like Einstein
by Daniel Smith • 2014
The habits that let a slow-developing patent clerk rewrite physics, and why they still work.
3.57
282
🧪 Scientific Creativity📖 Intellectual Biography🚫 Nonconformity
How to Think Like Einstein Summary
How to Think Like Einstein 88%
The habits that let a slow-developing patent clerk rewrite physics, and why they still work.
by Daniel Smith 2014
3.57
282 ratings
🧪 Scientific Creativity📖 Intellectual Biography🚫 Nonconformity
Game Changers
by Dave Asprey • 2018
The biohacking playbook: upgrade your sleep, diet, and brain to outlast and outperform anyone.
4.02
3k+
🧬 Biohacking📊 Quantified Self😴 Sleep Optimization
Game Changers Summary
Game Changers 88%
The biohacking playbook: upgrade your sleep, diet, and brain to outlast and outperform anyone.
by Dave Asprey 2018
4.02
3k+ ratings
🧬 Biohacking📊 Quantified Self😴 Sleep Optimization
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
by Richard P. Feynman • 1985
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
4.26
219k+
🧮 Theoretical Physics☢️ Midcentury Science⚖️ Scientific Integrity
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" 88%
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
by Richard P. Feynman 1985
4.26
219k+ ratings
🧮 Theoretical Physics☢️ Midcentury Science⚖️ Scientific Integrity
Living with a SEAL
by Jesse Itzler • 2015
A Navy SEAL lives with a millionaire for 31 days. One condition: total obedience.
4.28
21k+
🦅 Navy Seal Training💪 Extreme Fitness🧠 Mental Toughness
Living with a SEAL Summary
Living with a SEAL 88%
A Navy SEAL lives with a millionaire for 31 days. One condition: total obedience.
by Jesse Itzler 2015
4.28
21k+ ratings
🦅 Navy Seal Training💪 Extreme Fitness🧠 Mental Toughness
Me
by Mel R. Thompson • 2009
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
3.55
203
🧠 Philosophy Of Self🏗️ Constructed Self💭 Memory And Identity
Me Summary
Me 88%
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
by Mel R. Thompson 2009
3.55
203 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Self🏗️ Constructed Self💭 Memory And Identity
Hacking Life
by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. • 2019
Life hacking promised control. A critic traces what the optimization movement cannot measure.
3.62
97
🖥️ Digital Culture🔍 Self-Help Critique⚙️ Optimization Culture
Hacking Life Summary
Hacking Life 88%
Life hacking promised control. A critic traces what the optimization movement cannot measure.
by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. 2019
3.62
97 ratings
🖥️ Digital Culture🔍 Self-Help Critique⚙️ Optimization Culture
What Doesn't Kill Us
by Scott Carney • 2017
Your immune system isn't as automatic as you think. Cold and breath can hack it.
4.09
8k+
🧊 Cold Exposure🧬 Evolutionary Health🌬️ Breathwork
What Doesn't Kill Us Summary
What Doesn't Kill Us 88%
Your immune system isn't as automatic as you think. Cold and breath can hack it.
by Scott Carney 2017
4.09
8k+ ratings
🧊 Cold Exposure🧬 Evolutionary Health🌬️ Breathwork
Your Life As Art
by Robert Fritz • 2002
Forget fixing beliefs. Change comes from the gap between what you want and what you have.
4.21
131
🎨 Life Design🖌️ Creative Process🪤 Self-Sabotage
Your Life As Art Summary
Your Life As Art 88%
Forget fixing beliefs. Change comes from the gap between what you want and what you have.
by Robert Fritz 2002
4.21
131 ratings
🎨 Life Design🖌️ Creative Process🪤 Self-Sabotage
Curse of the High IQ
by Aaron Clarey • 2016
The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.
3.52
815
🧠 Gifted Adults📊 Psychometrics💀 Anti-Self-Help
Curse of the High IQ Summary
Curse of the High IQ 88%
The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.
by Aaron Clarey 2016
3.52
815 ratings
🧠 Gifted Adults📊 Psychometrics💀 Anti-Self-Help
The First 20 Hours
by Josh Kaufman • 2013
The 10,000-hour rule is for mastery. Twenty focused hours gets you good enough to enjoy it.
3.46
8k+
🛠️ Skill Acquisition⚡ Accelerated Learning🎯 Deliberate Practice
The First 20 Hours Summary
The First 20 Hours 88%
The 10,000-hour rule is for mastery. Twenty focused hours gets you good enough to enjoy it.
by Josh Kaufman 2013
3.46
8k+ ratings
🛠️ Skill Acquisition⚡ Accelerated Learning🎯 Deliberate Practice
How to Begin
by Michael Bungay Stanier • 2022
Your next big goal: thrilling to you, useful to the world, and just frightening enough.
3.65
880
🎯 Meaningful Goals🧭 Coaching Methods🛡️ Overcoming Resistance
How to Begin Summary
How to Begin 88%
Your next big goal: thrilling to you, useful to the world, and just frightening enough.
by Michael Bungay Stanier 2022
3.65
880 ratings
🎯 Meaningful Goals🧭 Coaching Methods🛡️ Overcoming Resistance
How to Be Better at Almost Everything
by Pat Flynn • 2019
Forget mastery. Stack several skills to 80% instead, and build a career specialists can't touch.
3.45
1k+
🧩 Generalist Careers⚡ Rapid Skill Acquisition🧠 Meta-Learning
How to Be Better at Almost Everything Summary
How to Be Better at Almost Everything 88%
Forget mastery. Stack several skills to 80% instead, and build a career specialists can't touch.
by Pat Flynn 2019
3.45
1k+ ratings
🧩 Generalist Careers⚡ Rapid Skill Acquisition🧠 Meta-Learning
The Question Book
by Mikael Krogerus • 2009
No advice, no frameworks. Six hundred pointed questions about the life you're actually living.
3.37
662
✏️ Guided Journaling🧠 Socratic Self-Help💼 Career Reflection
The Question Book Summary
The Question Book 88%
No advice, no frameworks. Six hundred pointed questions about the life you're actually living.
by Mikael Krogerus 2009
3.37
662 ratings
✏️ Guided Journaling🧠 Socratic Self-Help💼 Career Reflection
In Emergency, Break Glass
by Nate Anderson • 2022
Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.
3.91
323
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔧 Technology Critique📱 Attention Economy
In Emergency, Break Glass Summary
In Emergency, Break Glass 88%
Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.
by Nate Anderson 2022
3.91
323 ratings
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔧 Technology Critique📱 Attention Economy
Reconnaissance Man
by Aaron Clarey • 2016
Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.
4.18
143
🗺️ Life Design🎓🚫 Anti-College🧭 Geographic Exploration
Reconnaissance Man Summary
Reconnaissance Man 88%
Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.
by Aaron Clarey 2016
4.18
143 ratings
🗺️ Life Design🎓🚫 Anti-College🧭 Geographic Exploration
Discovering Your Personality Type
by Don Richard Riso • 1992
Nine personality patterns run your life. A system for identifying yours and loosening its grip.
3.91
972
🔍 Personality Typology🧭 Self-Discovery📊 Personality Tests
Discovering Your Personality Type Summary
Discovering Your Personality Type 88%
Nine personality patterns run your life. A system for identifying yours and loosening its grip.
by Don Richard Riso 1992
3.91
972 ratings
🔍 Personality Typology🧭 Self-Discovery📊 Personality Tests
The Happiness Project
by Gretchen Rubin • 2009
One woman's year-long resolution experiment: can happiness be built one month at a time?
3.65
182k+
🧠 Positive Psychology🧪 Self Experimentation📝 Stunt Memoir
The Happiness Project Summary
The Happiness Project 88%
One woman's year-long resolution experiment: can happiness be built one month at a time?
by Gretchen Rubin 2009
3.65
182k+ ratings
🧠 Positive Psychology🧪 Self Experimentation📝 Stunt Memoir
Grow a New Body
by Alberto Villoldo • 2015
Flip the body's aging switches: shamanic fasting and plant intelligence to awaken 500 repair genes.
4.17
1k+
🍃 Amazonian Shamanism🩺 Integrative Medicine⏳ Longevity Science
Grow a New Body Summary
Grow a New Body 88%
Flip the body's aging switches: shamanic fasting and plant intelligence to awaken 500 repair genes.
by Alberto Villoldo 2015
4.17
1k+ ratings
🍃 Amazonian Shamanism🩺 Integrative Medicine⏳ Longevity Science
My Inventions
by Nikola Tesla • 1935
Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.
3.91
13k+
⚡ Electrical Engineering🕰️ Early Electrical Age📝 Inventor Memoirs
My Inventions Summary
My Inventions 88%
Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.
by Nikola Tesla 1935
3.91
13k+ ratings
⚡ Electrical Engineering🕰️ Early Electrical Age📝 Inventor Memoirs
Mastering Your PhD
by Patricia A. Gosling • 2006
The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.
3.62
101
🎓 Doctoral Studies🔬 Lab Dynamics✍️ Thesis Writing
Mastering Your PhD Summary
Mastering Your PhD 88%
The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.
by Patricia A. Gosling 2006
3.62
101 ratings
🎓 Doctoral Studies🔬 Lab Dynamics✍️ Thesis Writing
Hell Yeah or No
by Derek Sivers • 2020
If a yes isn't enthusiastic, it's a no: the single filter for reclaiming your life.
4.17
5k+
🧭 Life Design🚦 Decision Filters🎯 Sequential Focus
Hell Yeah or No Summary
Hell Yeah or No 88%
If a yes isn't enthusiastic, it's a no: the single filter for reclaiming your life.
by Derek Sivers 2020
4.17
5k+ ratings
🧭 Life Design🚦 Decision Filters🎯 Sequential Focus
The Code Breaker
by Walter Isaacson • 2021
How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.
4.28
42k+
🧬 Genetic Engineering🧪 Molecular Biology⚗️ Biotechnology
The Code Breaker Summary
The Code Breaker 88%
How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.
by Walter Isaacson 2021
4.28
42k+ ratings
🧬 Genetic Engineering🧪 Molecular Biology⚗️ Biotechnology
Transcend
by Ray Kurzweil • 2009
A blueprint for extending healthspan by decades, blending today's science with daily habits.
3.86
1k+
🧬 Life Extension🔍 Preventive Diagnostics🧠 Brain Health
Transcend Summary
Transcend 88%
A blueprint for extending healthspan by decades, blending today's science with daily habits.
by Ray Kurzweil 2009
3.86
1k+ ratings
🧬 Life Extension🔍 Preventive Diagnostics🧠 Brain Health
Awaken Your Genius
by Ozan Varol • 2023
Conformity buried your genius. Here is the shovel, the map, and permission to stand apart.
4.23
851
🎨 Creative Unblocking🐉 Nonconformity🧹 Information Detox
Awaken Your Genius Summary
Awaken Your Genius 88%
Conformity buried your genius. Here is the shovel, the map, and permission to stand apart.
by Ozan Varol 2023
4.23
851 ratings
🎨 Creative Unblocking🐉 Nonconformity🧹 Information Detox
The Life Brief
by Bonnie Wan • 2024
A brand strategist turns the ad world's sharpest tool onto the fog of personal desire.
3.77
429
🧱 Life Design🎨 Creative Process🧠 Brain Dump
The Life Brief Summary
The Life Brief 88%
A brand strategist turns the ad world's sharpest tool onto the fog of personal desire.
by Bonnie Wan 2024
3.77
429 ratings
🧱 Life Design🎨 Creative Process🧠 Brain Dump
Get It Done
by Ayelet Fishbach • 2022
Your goals fail in the middle, not at the start. The science that fixes the slump.
3.55
1k+
🧪 Behavioral Science🧠 Motivation Psychology💡 Intrinsic Motivation
Get It Done Summary
Get It Done 88%
Your goals fail in the middle, not at the start. The science that fixes the slump.
by Ayelet Fishbach 2022
3.55
1k+ ratings
🧪 Behavioral Science🧠 Motivation Psychology💡 Intrinsic Motivation
Designing the Mind
by Ryan A. Bush • 2021
Upgrade your mental software: debug biases, remaster emotions, and install habits that stick.
4.19
1k+
🤔 Cognitive Biases😌 Emotional Regulation🧱 Habit Design
Designing the Mind Summary
Designing the Mind 88%
Upgrade your mental software: debug biases, remaster emotions, and install habits that stick.
by Ryan A. Bush 2021
4.19
1k+ ratings
🤔 Cognitive Biases😌 Emotional Regulation🧱 Habit Design
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