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The Happiness of Pursuit Summary
The Happiness of Pursuit
Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
by Chris Guillebeau 2014 304 pages
3.70
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Travel
Personal Development
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
by Paul Ormerod 2007 272 pages
3.47
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Scarcity Summary
Scarcity
Why Having Too Little Means So Much
by Sendhil Mullainathan 2013 304 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
Hooked Summary
Hooked
How to Building Habit-Forming Products
by Nir Eyal 2013 192 pages
4.11
45k+ ratings
Business
Design
Psychology
Charisma On Command Summary
Charisma On Command
Inspire, Impress, and Energize Everyone You Meet
by Charlie Houpert 2014 238 pages
4
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
One Small Step Can Change Your Life Summary
One Small Step Can Change Your Life
The Kaizen Way
by Robert Maurer Ph.D. 2004 228 pages
4.01
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas Summary
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 288 pages
3.13
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 356 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Becoming a Resonant Leader Summary
Becoming a Resonant Leader
Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, Renew Your Relationships, Sustain Your Effectiveness
by Annie McKee 2008 256 pages
3.8
100+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
New Passages Summary
New Passages
Mapping Your Life Across Time
by Gail Sheehy 1996 528 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Being Logical Summary
Being Logical
A Guide to Good Thinking
by D.Q. McInerny 2004 160 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Self Help
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
Dunbar’s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks
by Robin Dunbar 2010 312 pages
3.53
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Rethinking Positive Thinking Summary
Rethinking Positive Thinking
Inside the New Science of Motivation
by Gabriele Oettingen 2014 240 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
This Is Water Summary
This Is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
by David Foster Wallace 2009 137 pages
4.48
33k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Self Help
When Things Fall Apart Summary
When Things Fall Apart
Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
by Pema Chodron 2000 210 pages
4.28
56k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Buddhism
No Mud, No Lotus Summary
No Mud, No Lotus
The Art of Transforming Suffering
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2014 128 pages
4.25
11k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
Afformations® Summary
Afformations®
The Miracle of Positive Self-Talk
by Noah St. John 2014 264 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Writer's Guide to Character Traits Summary
Writer's Guide to Character Traits
by Linda Edelstein 2006 384 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
The small BIG Summary
The small BIG
Small changes that spark big influence
by Steve J. Martin 2014 288 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Emotionally Destructive Relationship Summary
The Emotionally Destructive Relationship
Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It
by Leslie Vernick 2007 247 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Relationships
Counselling
Psychology
ACT Made Simple Summary
ACT Made Simple
An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (The New Harbinger Made Simple Series)
by Russ Harris 2009 280 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Social Work
The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD Summary
The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD
An 8-Step Program for Strengthening Attention, Managing Emotions, and Achieving Your Goals
by Lidia Zylowska MD 2012 224 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Adhd
Self Help
Psychology
Emotional Intelligence Quickbook Summary
Emotional Intelligence Quickbook
by Travis Bradberry 2003 128 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
The Honeymoon Effect Summary
The Honeymoon Effect
The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth
by Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D. Ph.D. 2013 193 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion," by Jay A. Conger) Summary
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion," by Jay A. Conger)
by Harvard Business Review 2013 208 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Business
Communication
Leadership
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 2001 544 pages
3.84
7k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
The Easy Way to Stop Drinking Summary
The Easy Way to Stop Drinking
by Allen Carr 2005 272 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Health
Psychology
Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know Summary
Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know
by Jim Camp 2002 288 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Communication
On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving
Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 2005 256 pages
4.32
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Death
The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO Summary
The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO
A Remarkable Story about Living Your Heart's Desires
by Robin Sharma 2003 240 pages
4.04
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
The Brain's Way of Healing Summary
The Brain's Way of Healing
Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
by Norman Doidge 2015 450 pages
4.2
5k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
Undoing Depression Summary
Undoing Depression
What Therapy Doesn't Teach You and Medication Can't Give You
by Richard O'Connor 2009 434 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Silence Summary
Silence
The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2015 208 pages
4.29
7k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Buddhism
How to Fly a Horse Summary
How to Fly a Horse
The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
by Kevin Ashton 2015 336 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Business
History
Science
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
by Bronnie Ware 2012 256 pages
3.79
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Viral Loop Summary
Viral Loop
From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves
by Adam L. Penenberg 2009 288 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Driven to Distraction (Revised) Summary
Driven to Distraction (Revised)
Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. 2011 400 pages
4.12
13k+ ratings
Adhd
Psychology
Self Help
The Compound Effect Summary
The Compound Effect
by Darren Hardy 2012 176 pages
4.22
58k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
The Automatic Customer Summary
The Automatic Customer
Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry
by John Warrillow 2015 224 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Psychology
Psychotherapy Summary
Psychotherapy
A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Tom Burns 2015 144 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Psychiatry
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing Summary
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing
Revised and Updated: Surviving Through and Recovering from the Five Stages That Accompany the Loss of Love
by Susan Anderson 2014 373 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
The Motivation Manifesto Summary
The Motivation Manifesto
9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power
by Brendon Burchard 2014 256 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
In an Unspoken Voice Summary
In an Unspoken Voice
How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
by Peter A. Levine 2010 384 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
In This Moment Summary
In This Moment
Five Steps to Transcending Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience
by Kirk D. Strosahl PhD 2015 216 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Self Help
Health
Mental Health
Punished by Rewards Summary
Punished by Rewards
The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A'S, Praise, and Other Bribes
by Alfie Kohn 1995 398 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
The Likeability Factor Summary
The Likeability Factor
How to Boost Your L-Factor and Achieve Your Life's Dreams
by Tim Sanders 2005 224 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Psychology
Better Than Before Summary
Better Than Before
What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits — to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life
by Gretchen Rubin 2015 322 pages
3.82
41k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Like Switch Summary
The Like Switch
An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over (1) (The Like Switch Series)
by Jack Schafer 2015 288 pages
3.9
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
Getting the Love You Want Summary
Getting the Love You Want
A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition
by Harville Hendrix Ph.D. 2007 384 pages
4.05
13k+ ratings
Relationships
Self Help
Psychology
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