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Spy the Lie Summary
Spy the Lie
Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception
by Philip Houston 2012 272 pages
3.9
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It Summary
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
by Kamal Ravikant 2012 68 pages
3.87
15k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain Summary
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
by Sharon Begley 2007 304 pages
4
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Adulting Summary
Adulting
How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
by Kelly Williams Brown 2013 288 pages
3.7
14k+ ratings
Self Help
Humor
Adult
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking Summary
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
by Edward B. Burger 2012 168 pages
4
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Myths of Happiness Summary
The Myths of Happiness
by Sonja Lyubomirsky 2013 320 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The First 20 Hours Summary
The First 20 Hours
How to Learn Anything...Fast
by Josh Kaufman 2013 288 pages
3.46
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Psychology
Handbook for Constructive Living Summary
Handbook for Constructive Living
by David K. Reynolds 2002 320 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Super Reading Secrets Summary
Super Reading Secrets
by Howard Stephen Berg 1992 256 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Choose Yourself! Summary
Choose Yourself!
by James Altucher 2013 274 pages
3.82
13k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
What You're Really Meant To Do Summary
What You're Really Meant To Do
by Robert Steven Kaplan 2013 240 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Mastermind Summary
Mastermind
How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
by Maria Konnikova 2013 288 pages
3.54
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Power of Starting Something Stupid Summary
The Power of Starting Something Stupid
How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
by Richie Norton 2013 320 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Dip Summary
The Dip
A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit
by Seth Godin 2007 96 pages
3.79
35k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Icarus Deception Summary
The Icarus Deception
How High Will You Fly?
by Seth Godin 2012 256 pages
4.01
16k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Daily Rituals Summary
Daily Rituals
How Artists Work
by Mason Currey 2013 278 pages
3.65
20k+ ratings
Art
Writing
Self Help
Making Habits, Breaking Habits Summary
Making Habits, Breaking Habits
How to Make Changes That Stick
by Jeremy Dean 2013 275 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Productivity
Manage Your Day-to-Day Summary
Manage Your Day-to-Day
Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind
by Jocelyn K. Glei 2017 253 pages
3.94
25k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Business
Hardwiring Happiness Summary
Hardwiring Happiness
The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
by Rick Hanson 2013 304 pages
3.65
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Creative Confidence Summary
Creative Confidence
Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
by Tom Kelley 2013 304 pages
3.98
13k+ ratings
Design
Business
Self Help
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living Summary
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry
by Dale Carnegie 2004 320 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Summary
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
by Sean Covey 2004 240 pages
4.05
36k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
School
Just Listen Summary
Just Listen
Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
by Mark Goulston 2009 256 pages
4.06
9k+ ratings
Communication
Psychology
Self Help
Secrets of Power Negotiating Summary
Secrets of Power Negotiating
Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator
by Roger Dawson 2010 320 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Die Empty Summary
Die Empty
Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
by Todd Henry 2013 240 pages
3.76
3k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Productivity
10-Minute Toughness Summary
10-Minute Toughness
The Mental Training Program for Winning Before the Game Begins
by Jason Selk 2008 208 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Sports
Personality Types Summary
Personality Types
Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery
by Don Richard Riso 1996 544 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Start. Summary
Start.
Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, and Do Work That Matters
by Jon Acuff 2013 272 pages
3.96
7k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Decisive Summary
Decisive
How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
by Chip Heath 2013 336 pages
3.96
17k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
You Can Have an Amazing Memory Summary
You Can Have an Amazing Memory
Learn Life-Changing Techniques and Tips from the Memory Maestro
by Dominic O'Brien 2000 208 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Eat Move Sleep Summary
Eat Move Sleep
How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes
by Tom Rath 2013 240 pages
3.58
7k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
Before Happiness Summary
Before Happiness
The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change
by Shawn Achor 2013 272 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking Summary
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Be a Happy Non-smoker for the Rest of Your Life
by Allen Carr 2013 218 pages
4.27
15k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Focus Summary
Focus
The Hidden Driver of Excellence
by Daniel Goleman 2013 320 pages
3.56
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Why People Don't Heal and How They Can Summary
Why People Don't Heal and How They Can
A Practical Programme for Healing Body, Mind and Spirit
by Caroline Myss 1998 288 pages
4.14
5k+ ratings
Health
Spirituality
Self Help
How to Be an Adult in Love Summary
How to Be an Adult in Love
Letting Love in Safely and Showing It Recklessly
by David Richo 2013 272 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Self Help
Relationships
Psychology
It's the Way You Say It Summary
It's the Way You Say It
Becoming Articulate, Well-Spoken, and Clear
by Carol A. Fleming 2013 264 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Communication
Self Help
Business
Personal Productivity Secrets Summary
Personal Productivity Secrets
Do what you never thought possible with your time and attention... and regain control of your life
by Maura Nevel Thomas 2012 312 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Business
Personal Development
Productivity
Positive Intelligence Summary
Positive Intelligence
Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours
by Shirzad Chamine 2012 224 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Psychology
In Pursuit of Excellence Summary
In Pursuit of Excellence
How to Win in Sport and Life Through Mental Training
by Terry Orlick 2007 320 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sports
Business
Get the Guy Summary
Get the Guy
Learn Secrets of the Male Mind to Find the Man You Want and the Love You Deserve
by Matthew Hussey 2013 272 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Relationships
Psychology
V Is for Vulnerable Summary
V Is for Vulnerable
Life Outside the Comfort Zone
by Seth Godin 2012 64 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Business
Personal Development
Art
How Successful People Think Summary
How Successful People Think
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
by John C. Maxwell 2009 160 pages
3.94
13k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Leadership
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big Summary
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Kind of the Story of My Life
by Scott Adams 2013 248 pages
4.06
19k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Biography
Gemba Kaizen Summary
Gemba Kaizen
A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy
by Masaaki Imai 2012 448 pages
4.1
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Leadership and Self-Deception Summary
Leadership and Self-Deception
Getting Out of the Box
by The Arbinger Institute 2010 199 pages
4.11
32k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Switch on Your Brain Summary
Switch on Your Brain
The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
by Caroline Leaf 2013 240 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
Getting Results the Agile Way Summary
Getting Results the Agile Way
A Personal Results System for Work and Life
by J.D. Meier 2010 272 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Productivity
Business
Self Help
Why Your Life Sucks Summary
Why Your Life Sucks
And What You Can Do About It
by Alan Cohen 2005 224 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction
Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 2013 304 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Technology
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