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Dare to Fail
by Billi P.S. Lim • 1998
Failure carries a hidden curriculum. Learn to read it, and every setback becomes a shortcut.
3.9
449
Dare to Fail Summary
Dare to Fail 89%
Failure carries a hidden curriculum. Learn to read it, and every setback becomes a shortcut.
by Billi P.S. Lim 1998
3.9
449 ratings
Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn
by John C. Maxwell • 2013
Losses don't have to leave you bitter. The habit that turns every setback into a syllabus.
4.23
3k+
Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn Summary
Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn 89%
Losses don't have to leave you bitter. The habit that turns every setback into a syllabus.
by John C. Maxwell 2013
4.23
3k+ ratings
The Mental Toughness Handbook
by Damon Zahariades • 2020
Mental toughness is a trainable skill, not an inborn trait. Here is the practical training regimen.
3.94
2k+
The Mental Toughness Handbook Summary
The Mental Toughness Handbook 88%
Mental toughness is a trainable skill, not an inborn trait. Here is the practical training regimen.
by Damon Zahariades 2020
3.94
2k+ ratings
Managing the Unexpected
by Karl E. Weick • 2001
The safest organizations stay safe by acting like disaster is always one small oversight away.
3.78
594
Managing the Unexpected Summary
Managing the Unexpected 88%
The safest organizations stay safe by acting like disaster is always one small oversight away.
by Karl E. Weick 2001
3.78
594 ratings
From Failure to Success
by Martin Meadows • 2017
Why resilience comes from reframing failure, choosing your discomforts, and knowing when to quit.
3.91
87
From Failure to Success Summary
From Failure to Success 88%
Why resilience comes from reframing failure, choosing your discomforts, and knowing when to quit.
by Martin Meadows 2017
3.91
87 ratings
Building Secure and Reliable Systems
by Heather Adkins • 2020
Build systems that survive attacks and accidents. Google's framework for reliable, secure software.
3.89
199
Building Secure and Reliable Systems Summary
Building Secure and Reliable Systems 88%
Build systems that survive attacks and accidents. Google's framework for reliable, secure software.
by Heather Adkins 2020
3.89
199 ratings
Adapt
by Tim Harford • 2011
Why top-down plans fail everywhere: the messy, bottom-up logic of trial, error, and adaptation.
3.88
4k+
Adapt Summary
Adapt 88%
Why top-down plans fail everywhere: the messy, bottom-up logic of trial, error, and adaptation.
by Tim Harford 2011
3.88
4k+ ratings
Fail Until You Don't
by Bobby Bones • 2018
Rejection is information, fear is a signal, and the grind is the only advantage you need.
4.01
4k+
Fail Until You Don't Summary
Fail Until You Don't 88%
Rejection is information, fear is a signal, and the grind is the only advantage you need.
by Bobby Bones 2018
4.01
4k+ ratings
Debugging
by David J. Agans • 2002
Learn to debug like a detective: reproduce the crime, divide the scene, and never guess.
4.26
509
Debugging Summary
Debugging 88%
Learn to debug like a detective: reproduce the crime, divide the scene, and never guess.
by David J. Agans 2002
4.26
509 ratings
Release It!
by Michael T. Nygard • 2007
QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.
4.25
3k+
Release It! Summary
Release It! 88%
QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.
by Michael T. Nygard 2007
4.25
3k+ ratings
Success through Failure
by Henry Petroski • 2006
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
3.60
201
Success through Failure Summary
Success through Failure 88%
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
by Henry Petroski 2006
3.60
201 ratings
Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
4.10
58k+
Antifragile Summary
Antifragile 88%
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012
4.10
58k+ ratings
Very Good Lives
by J.K. Rowling • 2015
Rock bottom taught her things success never could. A commencement speech that outgrew the ceremony.
4.08
29k+
Very Good Lives Summary
Very Good Lives 88%
Rock bottom taught her things success never could. A commencement speech that outgrew the ceremony.
by J.K. Rowling 2015
4.08
29k+ ratings
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do
by Amy Morin • 2017
Your child's resilience depends more on what you stop doing than what you start.
4.16
2k+
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do Summary
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do 88%
Your child's resilience depends more on what you stop doing than what you start.
by Amy Morin 2017
4.16
2k+ ratings
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
by Humble the Poet • 2019
Life lessons no one can give you, and how to find them in the mess.
3.98
1k+
Things No One Else Can Teach Us Summary
Things No One Else Can Teach Us 88%
Life lessons no one can give you, and how to find them in the mess.
by Humble the Poet 2019
3.98
1k+ ratings
Humble Pi
by Matt Parker • 2019
Math errors have sunk ships and crashed economies. A mathematician-comedian explains why.
4.10
23k+
Humble Pi Summary
Humble Pi 88%
Math errors have sunk ships and crashed economies. A mathematician-comedian explains why.
by Matt Parker 2019
4.10
23k+ ratings
Being Wrong
by Kathryn Schulz • 2010
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
3.94
7k+
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong 88%
We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.
by Kathryn Schulz 2010
3.94
7k+ ratings
Failing Forward
by John C. Maxwell • 1982
Average people and high achievers fail at the same rate. The gap is in their next move.
4.18
12k+
Failing Forward Summary
Failing Forward 88%
Average people and high achievers fail at the same rate. The gap is in their next move.
by John C. Maxwell 1982
4.18
12k+ ratings
Designing Your Life
by Bill Burnett • 2016
Stop hunting for your passion. Build the life you want one prototype at a time.
3.92
4k+
Designing Your Life Summary
Designing Your Life 88%
Stop hunting for your passion. Build the life you want one prototype at a time.
by Bill Burnett 2016
3.92
4k+ ratings
The Other Side of Happiness
by Brock Bastian • 2018
We stripped pain from modern life and got anxiety in return. The antidote: deliberate discomfort.
3.87
313
The Other Side of Happiness Summary
The Other Side of Happiness 88%
We stripped pain from modern life and got anxiety in return. The antidote: deliberate discomfort.
by Brock Bastian 2018
3.87
313 ratings
The Upside of Uncertainty
by Nathan Furr • 2022
Small bets beat master plans when the future is unknowable: the full playbook.
3.78
268
The Upside of Uncertainty Summary
The Upside of Uncertainty 87%
Small bets beat master plans when the future is unknowable: the full playbook.
by Nathan Furr 2022
3.78
268 ratings
How to Think Like an Entrepreneur
by Philip Delves Broughton • 2016
Best opportunities hide in plain sight at your current job. Seize them before you're ready.
3.74
205
How to Think Like an Entrepreneur Summary
How to Think Like an Entrepreneur 87%
Best opportunities hide in plain sight at your current job. Seize them before you're ready.
by Philip Delves Broughton 2016
3.74
205 ratings
Think and Grow Rich
by Greg S. Reid • 2013
You know what to do. Here's how to keep doing it when quitting feels easier.
4.08
189
Think and Grow Rich Summary
Think and Grow Rich 87%
You know what to do. Here's how to keep doing it when quitting feels easier.
by Greg S. Reid 2013
4.08
189 ratings
The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy
by Ryan Holiday
Ego and passion feel like fuel, act like rust. The case for humility, failure, and process.
4.40
172
The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy Summary
The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy 87%
Ego and passion feel like fuel, act like rust. The case for humility, failure, and process.
by Ryan Holiday
4.40
172 ratings
Moonshot
by Professor Richard Wiseman • 2019
Average age of Mission Control: 26. Their rules for achieving the impossible.
3.87
409
Moonshot Summary
Moonshot 87%
Average age of Mission Control: 26. Their rules for achieving the impossible.
by Professor Richard Wiseman 2019
3.87
409 ratings
50 Business Classics
by Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2018
Your brain airbrushes failure from your own story. The most reliable systems do the reverse.
4.12
184
50 Business Classics Summary
50 Business Classics 87%
Your brain airbrushes failure from your own story. The most reliable systems do the reverse.
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2018
4.12
184 ratings
Resilience
by Steven M. Southwick • 2012
What survivors of extreme trauma reveal about the resilience skills anyone can build.
3.87
435
Resilience Summary
Resilience 87%
What survivors of extreme trauma reveal about the resilience skills anyone can build.
by Steven M. Southwick 2012
3.87
435 ratings
Raising Resilient Children
by Robert B. Brooks • 2001
A child's resilience depends less on strict rules and more on a parent's capacity for empathy.
3.97
464
Raising Resilient Children Summary
Raising Resilient Children 87%
A child's resilience depends less on strict rules and more on a parent's capacity for empathy.
by Robert B. Brooks 2001
3.97
464 ratings
Right Kind of Wrong
by Amy C. Edmondson • 2023
Two kinds of failure to prevent, one kind to pursue. The difference is where innovation lives.
3.90
3k+
Right Kind of Wrong Summary
Right Kind of Wrong 87%
Two kinds of failure to prevent, one kind to pursue. The difference is where innovation lives.
by Amy C. Edmondson 2023
3.90
3k+ ratings
Chop Wood Carry Water
by Joshua Medcalf • 2015
Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.
4.09
9k+
Chop Wood Carry Water Summary
Chop Wood Carry Water 87%
Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.
by Joshua Medcalf 2015
4.09
9k+ ratings
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
by Pema Chödrön • 2015
The collapse you dread contains your next breakthrough: stay with the feeling instead of fleeing it.
4.09
3k+
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better Summary
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better 87%
The collapse you dread contains your next breakthrough: stay with the feeling instead of fleeing it.
by Pema Chödrön 2015
4.09
3k+ ratings
Black Box Thinking
by Matthew Syed • 2015
Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.
4.28
15k+
Black Box Thinking Summary
Black Box Thinking 87%
Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.
by Matthew Syed 2015
4.28
15k+ ratings
How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
by Ben Aldridge • 2020
Forty-three strange challenges that retrain your brain to stop running from discomfort.
3.50
572
How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable Summary
How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable 87%
Forty-three strange challenges that retrain your brain to stop running from discomfort.
by Ben Aldridge 2020
3.50
572 ratings
Grit to Great
by Linda Kaplan Thaler • 2015
Four traits that outperform talent: how to build them and leave average behind.
3.66
906
Grit to Great Summary
Grit to Great 87%
Four traits that outperform talent: how to build them and leave average behind.
by Linda Kaplan Thaler 2015
3.66
906 ratings
Be Fearless
by Jean Case • 2019
Start with what you have, treat risk like research, and fail forward: the method for breakthroughs.
3.54
981
Be Fearless Summary
Be Fearless 87%
Start with what you have, treat risk like research, and fail forward: the method for breakthroughs.
by Jean Case 2019
3.54
981 ratings
How to Be an Imperfectionist
by Stephen Guise • 2015
Perfectionism is paralysis disguised as standards. The cure: make a win so small it is undeniable.
4.09
4k+
How to Be an Imperfectionist Summary
How to Be an Imperfectionist 87%
Perfectionism is paralysis disguised as standards. The cure: make a win so small it is undeniable.
by Stephen Guise 2015
4.09
4k+ ratings
Rising Strong
by Brené Brown • 2015
Failure hits hardest in the stories we spin afterward. Rewrite that script, without the blame.
4.25
89k+
Rising Strong Summary
Rising Strong 87%
Failure hits hardest in the stories we spin afterward. Rewrite that script, without the blame.
by Brené Brown 2015
4.25
89k+ ratings
Little Bets
by Peter Sims • 2011
Big visions are overrated. Real innovators run dozens of small experiments instead.
3.77
4k+
Little Bets Summary
Little Bets 87%
Big visions are overrated. Real innovators run dozens of small experiments instead.
by Peter Sims 2011
3.77
4k+ ratings
10 Rules for Resilience
by Joe De Sena • 2021
Ten rules for raising kids who embrace hard things, and the no-excuses mindset it takes.
4.35
419
10 Rules for Resilience Summary
10 Rules for Resilience 87%
Ten rules for raising kids who embrace hard things, and the no-excuses mindset it takes.
by Joe De Sena 2021
4.35
419 ratings
Java to Kotlin
by Duncan McGregor • 2021
Migrating Java to Kotlin safely: functional refactoring that keeps production running.
4.58
33
Java to Kotlin Summary
Java to Kotlin 87%
Migrating Java to Kotlin safely: functional refactoring that keeps production running.
by Duncan McGregor 2021
4.58
33 ratings
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
by Katherine Morgan Schafler • 2023
Perfectionism isn't a defect. Mismanaged, it burns you out; harnessed, it builds the life you want.
4.13
10k+
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control Summary
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control 87%
Perfectionism isn't a defect. Mismanaged, it burns you out; harnessed, it builds the life you want.
by Katherine Morgan Schafler 2023
4.13
10k+ ratings
Observability Engineering
by Charity Majors • 2022
Your dashboards only know yesterday's failures. Here's how to debug the ones nobody predicted.
3.72
319
Observability Engineering Summary
Observability Engineering 87%
Your dashboards only know yesterday's failures. Here's how to debug the ones nobody predicted.
by Charity Majors 2022
3.72
319 ratings
The Strong Mind
by Ryuho Okawa • 2018
Crises hit roughly every ten years. The character training that turns them into strength.
3.38
45
The Strong Mind Summary
The Strong Mind 87%
Crises hit roughly every ten years. The character training that turns them into strength.
by Ryuho Okawa 2018
3.38
45 ratings
Mindset
by Carol S. Dweck • 2006
Forty percent of kids praised for intelligence later lie about their grades. The fix costs nothing.
4.09
178k+
Mindset Summary
Mindset 87%
Forty percent of kids praised for intelligence later lie about their grades. The fix costs nothing.
by Carol S. Dweck 2006
4.09
178k+ ratings
Flip Thinking
by Berthold Gunster • 2015
Accept the mess, see it fresh, and turn your worst problem into your best asset.
3.76
291
Flip Thinking Summary
Flip Thinking 87%
Accept the mess, see it fresh, and turn your worst problem into your best asset.
by Berthold Gunster 2015
3.76
291 ratings
To Engineer Is Human
by Henry Petroski • 1985
Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.
3.69
3k+
To Engineer Is Human Summary
To Engineer Is Human 87%
Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.
by Henry Petroski 1985
3.69
3k+ ratings
Head First Python
by Paul Barry • 2010
A brain-friendly Python guide that also dismantles the machinery of mass manipulation.
3.91
559
Head First Python Summary
Head First Python 87%
A brain-friendly Python guide that also dismantles the machinery of mass manipulation.
by Paul Barry 2010
3.91
559 ratings
Root Cause Analysis
by Duke Okes • 2009
A disciplined diagnostic method that isolates the system cause, then proves the fix held.
3.75
51
Root Cause Analysis Summary
Root Cause Analysis 87%
A disciplined diagnostic method that isolates the system cause, then proves the fix held.
by Duke Okes 2009
3.75
51 ratings
The Right Kind of Crazy
by Adam Steltzner • 2015
A sky crane, a rover, and a team that trusted doubt more than confidence.
3.81
763
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy 87%
A sky crane, a rover, and a team that trusted doubt more than confidence.
by Adam Steltzner 2015
3.81
763 ratings
Software Engineering for Data Scientists
by Catherine Nelson • 2024
Write code that survives production: the software engineering skills notebooks never taught you.
4.27
48
Software Engineering for Data Scientists Summary
Software Engineering for Data Scientists 87%
Write code that survives production: the software engineering skills notebooks never taught you.
by Catherine Nelson 2024
4.27
48 ratings
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