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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
Burn Your Portfolio Summary
Burn Your Portfolio
Stuff They Don't Teach You in Design School, But Should
by Michael Janda 2013 400 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Art
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
The Comfort Book Summary
The Comfort Book
by Matt Haig 2021 272 pages
4.06
66k+ ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Psychology
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
Friendship in the Age of Loneliness Summary
Friendship in the Age of Loneliness
An Optimist's Guide to Connection
by Adam Smiley Poswolsky 2021 272 pages
3.39
100+ ratings
Self Help
Relationships
Psychology
Eloge du risque Summary
Eloge du risque
by Anne Dufourmantelle 2011 311 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Get the Hell Out of Debt Summary
Get the Hell Out of Debt
The Proven 3-Phase Method That Will Radically Shift Your Relationship to Money
by Erin Skye Kelly 2021 291 pages
4.61
100+ ratings
Finance
Money
Self Help
How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes Summary
How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes
by Melinda Wenner Moyer 2021 320 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Parenting
Self Help
Psychology
The Power of Strangers Summary
The Power of Strangers
The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World
by Joe Keohane 2021 328 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
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
The Path to Longevity Summary
The Path to Longevity
How to Reach 100 With the Health and Stamina of a 40-Year-Old
by Luigi Fontana 2020 318 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Being Peace Summary
Being Peace
by Thich Nhat Hanh 1987 115 pages
4.32
13k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
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 Wisdom Summary
Stoic Wisdom
Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
by Nancy Sherman 2021 304 pages
3.38
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
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
Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape Summary
Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape
From Wage Slavery to Wealth: How to Start a Purpose Driven Business and Win Financial Freedom for a Lifetime
by M.J. DeMarco 2021 450 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Stop Fixing Yourself Summary
Stop Fixing Yourself
Wake Up, All Is Well
by Anthony de Mello 2021 216 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
Spirituality
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
Invisible Ink Summary
Invisible Ink
A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate
by Brian McDonald 2010 153 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Writing
Art
Communication
Thinking Better Summary
Thinking Better
The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
by Marcus du Sautoy 2021
3.63
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Self Help
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Summary
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
by Jim Dethmer 2015
4.20
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Anticancer. A New Way of Life Summary
Anticancer. A New Way of Life
by David Servan-Schreiber 2007 274 pages
4.40
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Dopamine Nation Summary
Dopamine Nation
Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
by Anna Lembke 2021 304 pages
3.91
61k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Awestruck Summary
Awestruck
How Embracing Wonder Can Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Connected
by Jonah Paquette 2020 192 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Ordinary Wonder Summary
Ordinary Wonder
Zen Life and Practice
by Charlotte Joko Beck 2021 240 pages
4.51
100+ ratings
Buddhism
Zen
Spirituality
The Science and Technology of Growing Young Summary
The Science and Technology of Growing Young
An Insider's Guide to the Breakthroughs that Will Dramatically Extend Our Lifespan . . . and What You Can Do Right Now
by Sergey Young 2021 272 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Technology
Radical Friendship Summary
Radical Friendship
Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World
by Kate Johnson 2021 232 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Buddhism
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
You Have More Influence Than You Think Summary
You Have More Influence Than You Think
How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters
by Vanessa Bohns 2021 256 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
The Status Game Summary
The Status Game
On Human Life and How to Play It
by Will Storr 2021 437 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
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
Sludge Summary
Sludge
What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It
by Cass R. Sunstein 2021 168 pages
3.33
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Psychology
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 Systems Thinker Summary
The Systems Thinker
Essential Thinking Skills
by Albert Rutherford 2018 338 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Philosophy
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
Entrepreneur Mindsets and Habits Summary
Entrepreneur Mindsets and Habits
To Gain Financial Freedom and Live Your Dreams
by James Moore 2018 74 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Business
Finance
Self Help
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
Authentically, Uniquely You Summary
Authentically, Uniquely You
Living Free from Comparison and the Need to Please
by Joyce Meyer 2021 272 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Christian
Self Help
Spirituality
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
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