
by Kamal Ravikant
Recommended by 5 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and James Clear
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See customer reviews on Amazon →This short, direct book reads like a stripped-down personal confession paired with simple, repeatable prescriptions for practicing self-compassion. Its useful part is immediacy: brief passages and blunt instructions that are easy to remember and try between daily tasks. The main limitation is scope—the narrative and the same handful of techniques are repeated often, so readers seeking nuance, empirical support, or a step-by-step curriculum will find it thin. Best used as a portable nudge rather than a comprehensive guide.
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THE SELFPUBLISHED PHENOMENON ?NOW FULLY REVISED AND EXPANDEDI almost didn?t publish Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It. Here I was, a CEO who?d fallen apart after his company failed, writing a book about how loving himself saved him. I thought I?d be a laughingstock and my career would be finished. But I stepped through the fears and share...
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Most Recommended Books, and Psychology.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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