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What They Forgot to Teach You at School Summary
What They Forgot to Teach You at School
by The School of Life 2021 81 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
How to Think More Effectively Summary
How to Think More Effectively
A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity
by The School of Life 2020 112 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Productivity
How to Age Summary
How to Age
by Anne Karpf 2014 224 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Power Of Less Summary
The Power Of Less
The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential
by Leo Babauta 2008 170 pages
3.72
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Personal Development
Upstream Summary
Upstream
The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
by Dan Heath 2020 320 pages
4.14
6k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Psychology
Win at Work and Succeed at Life Summary
Win at Work and Succeed at Life
5 Principles to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork
by Michael Hyatt 2021 208 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
How to Change Summary
How to Change
The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
by Katy Milkman 2021 272 pages
3.85
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Comfort Crisis Summary
The Comfort Crisis
Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
by Michael Easter 2021 304 pages
4.27
27k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Let's Talk About Hard Things Summary
Let's Talk About Hard Things
by Anna Sale 2021 304 pages
3.65
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
"Don't You Know Who I Am?" Summary
"Don't You Know Who I Am?"
How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility
by Ramani Durvasula 2019 400 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Winning Summary
Winning
The Unforgiving Race to Greatness
by Tim S. Grover 2021 237 pages
4.35
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Learn Like a Pro Summary
Learn Like a Pro
by Barbara Oakley 2021 160 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Education
Productivity
Why Do I Feel Like an Imposter? Summary
Why Do I Feel Like an Imposter?
How to Understand and Cope with Imposter Syndrome
by Sandi Mann 2019 184 pages
3.45
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Happy Teachers Change the World Summary
Happy Teachers Change the World
A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2017 340 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Buddhism
Whole Brain Living Summary
Whole Brain Living
The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life
by Jill Bolte Taylor 2021 304 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Hell Yeah or No Summary
Hell Yeah or No
What's Worth Doing
by Derek Sivers 2020 122 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Decoding Greatness Summary
Decoding Greatness
How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success
by Ron Friedman 2021 288 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Personal Development
The Extended Mind Summary
The Extended Mind
The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
by Annie Murphy Paul 2021 352 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Genius Zone Summary
The Genius Zone
The Breakthrough Process to End Negative Thinking and Live in True Creativity
by Gay Hendricks 2021 178 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Personal Development
Business
Self Help
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness (with bonus interview "Post-Traumatic Growth and Building Resilience" with Martin Seligman) Summary
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness (with bonus interview "Post-Traumatic Growth and Building Resilience" with Martin Seligman)
by Harvard Business Review 2017 119 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Fluent in 3 Months Summary
Fluent in 3 Months
How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World
by Benny Lewis 2014 249 pages
3.66
5k+ ratings
Language
Self Help
Linguistics
The Deadline Effect Summary
The Deadline Effect
How to Work Like It's the Last Minute―Before the Last Minute
by Christopher Cox 2021 240 pages
2.90
100+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Productivity
Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual Summary
Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual
Trauma-Informed Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD & Substance Abuse
by Frank G. Anderson 2017 162 pages
4.37
500+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Counselling
No Bad Parts Summary
No Bad Parts
Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
by Richard C. Schwartz 2021 216 pages
4.15
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Think Big Summary
Think Big
Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
by Grace Lordan 2021 336 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Productivity
Bring Your Brain to Work Summary
Bring Your Brain to Work
Using Cognitive Science to Get a Job, Do it Well, and Advance Your Career
by Art Markman 2019 256 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Stoic Six Pack (Illustrated) Summary
Stoic Six Pack (Illustrated)
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
by Marcus Aurelius 2014 520 pages
4.40
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Radical Focus Summary
Radical Focus
Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results
by Christina Wodtke 2016 147 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
by Eric Berne 1964 192 pages
3.74
39k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Maxims for Thinking Analytically Summary
Maxims for Thinking Analytically
The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser
by Dan Levy 2021 211 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Fierce Self-Compassion Summary
Fierce Self-Compassion
How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
by Kristin Neff 2021 384 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Summary
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
by Jim Dethmer 2015
4.20
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
The Joy of Being Selfish Summary
The Joy of Being Selfish
Why you need boundaries and how to set them
by Michelle Elman 2021 320 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit Summary
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
by John V. Petrocelli 2021 336 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Masters of Scale Summary
Masters of Scale
Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs
by Reid Hoffman 2021 304 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
At Your Best Summary
At Your Best
How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor
by Carey Nieuwhof 2021 240 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Self Help
Productivity
The Practice of Groundedness Summary
The Practice of Groundedness
A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds—Not Crushes—Your Soul
by Brad Stulberg 2021 288 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success Summary
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
by Andy McNab 2014 317 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Sensitive Is the New Strong Summary
Sensitive Is the New Strong
The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World
by Anita Moorjani 2021 203 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
The Mastery of Life Summary
The Mastery of Life
A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom
by Miguel Ruiz Jr. 2021 230 pages
4.55
100+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
Rhinoceros Success Summary
Rhinoceros Success
by Scott Alexander 1980 123 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Leadership
50 Self-Help Classics Summary
50 Self-Help Classics
50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life from Timeless Sages to Contemporary Gurus
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2003 312 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Courage Is Calling Summary
Courage Is Calling
Fortune Favors the Brave
by Ryan Holiday 2021 278 pages
4.05
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Personal Development
The Accidental Creative Summary
The Accidental Creative
How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
by Todd Henry 2011 230 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Hello, Fears Summary
Hello, Fears
Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You're Meant to Be
by Michelle Poler 2020 352 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Win the Day Summary
Win the Day
7 Daily Habits to Help You Stress Less & Accomplish More
by Mark Batterson 2021 256 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Christian
Productivity
Transurfing in 78 Days — A Practical Course in Creating Your Own Reality Summary
Transurfing in 78 Days — A Practical Course in Creating Your Own Reality
by Vadim Zeland 2008 103 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Psychology
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD Summary
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD
Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma
by Arielle Schwartz 2020 192 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Alter Ego Effect Summary
The Alter Ego Effect
The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life
by Todd Herman 2019 272 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Calm Summary
Calm
Educate Yourself in the Art of Remaining Calm, and Learn how to Defend Yourself from Panic and Fury
by The School of Life 2016 136 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
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