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The Procrastination Equation Summary
The Procrastination Equation
How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done
by Piers Steel PhD 2010 320 pages
3.7
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Productivity
Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking Summary
Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking
by Daniel C. Dennett 2013 512 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1996 192 pages
4.02
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Finding Flow Summary
Finding Flow
The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (Masterminds Series)
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 1998 192 pages
3.89
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs Summary
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience
by Carmine Gallo 2009 272 pages
4.08
7k+ ratings
Business
Communication
Self Help
Getting Past No Summary
Getting Past No
Negotiating in Difficult Situations
by William Ury 1993 208 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Business
Communication
Psychology
Letters from a Stoic (Penguin Classics) Summary
Letters from a Stoic (Penguin Classics)
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca 1969 254 pages
4.34
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Mastery Summary
Mastery
by Robert Greene 2012 352 pages
4.26
42k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Stop Walking on Eggshells Summary
Stop Walking on Eggshells
Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder
by Paul T. T. Mason MS 2010 288 pages
4.01
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Self Illusion Summary
Self Illusion
Why There Is No 'You' Inside Your Head
by Bruce Hood 2012 258 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Emotions Revealed Summary
Emotions Revealed
Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
by Paul Ekman 2003 288 pages
4.03
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Zen Golf Summary
Zen Golf
Mastering the Mental Game
by Dr. Joseph Parent 2002 224 pages
4.21
2k+ ratings
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Homecoming Summary
Homecoming
Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child
by John Bradshaw 1992 304 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Why Meditate Summary
Why Meditate
Working with Thoughts and Emotions
by Matthieu Ricard 2010 168 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
Fear Summary
Fear
Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2012 176 pages
4.15
8k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
The Great Work of Your Life Summary
The Great Work of Your Life
A Guide for the Journey to Your True Call
by Stephen Cope 2012 304 pages
4.32
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
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
Mindless Eating Summary
Mindless Eating
Why We Eat More Than We Think
by Brian Wansink 2006 288 pages
3.94
12k+ ratings
Health
Food
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
What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does
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
The Journeys of Socrates Summary
The Journeys of Socrates
by Dan Millman 2005 336 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
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
A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential
by Robert S. Kaplan 2013 240 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Case In Point Summary
Case In Point
Complete Case Interview Preparation, 8th Edition
by Marc P. Cosentino 2013 228 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Business
Reference
Self Help
Mastermind Summary
Mastermind
How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
by Maria Konnikova 2013 288 pages
3.54
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Conscious Dreaming Summary
Conscious Dreaming
by Robert Moss 1996 366 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Philosophy
The Trauma of Everyday Life Summary
The Trauma of Everyday Life
by Mark Epstein 2013 240 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Self Help
Wheat Belly Summary
Wheat Belly
Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
by William Davis 2011 292 pages
3.72
30k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Dip Summary
The Dip
A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
by Seth Godin 2007 96 pages
3.79
35k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Magnificent Mind at Any Age Summary
Magnificent Mind at Any Age
Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain's Maximum Potential
by Daniel G. Amen 2009 352 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Bullied Summary
Bullied
What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear
by Carrie Goldman 2012 368 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
Art Of Communicating Summary
Art Of Communicating
by THICH NHAT HANH 2015
4.11
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Buddhism
Spirituality
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty Summary
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty
How We Lie to Everyone — -Especially Ourselves
by Dr. Dan Ariely 2012 304 pages
3.93
16k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
The Leader's Guide to Storytelling Summary
The Leader's Guide to Storytelling
Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative, Revised and Updated
by Denning 2011 368 pages
3.6
100+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Communication
The Emotion Thesaurus Summary
The Emotion Thesaurus
A Writer's Guide To Character Expression
by Angela Ackerman 2012 174 pages
4.52
6k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
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
The Anatomy of Hope Summary
The Anatomy of Hope
How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
by Jerome Groopman 2005 272 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Health
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip Zimbardo 2008 576 pages
3.92
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
MANAGE YOUR DAY-TO-DAY Summary
MANAGE YOUR DAY-TO-DAY
by Jocelyn K. Glei 2017 253 pages
3.94
25k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Business
Make Good Art Summary
Make Good Art
by Neil Gaiman 2013 80 pages
4.29
9k+ ratings
Art
Writing
Essays
Hardwiring Happiness Summary
Hardwiring Happiness
The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
by Rick Hanson PhD 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
Slow Sex Summary
Slow Sex
The Path to Fulfilling and Sustainable Sexuality
by Diana Richardson 2011 176 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Sexuality
Relationships
Self Help
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