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Personal Development

Category48 books curated63 recommendations total

A curated collection of books related to Personal Development, ranked by recommendation signals.

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No coverHow Will You Measure Your Life?
12 recommendations
Description

How do you lead a fulfilling life That profound question animates this book of inspiration and insight from worldclass business strategist and bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen.After beating a heart attack, advancedstage cancer and a stroke in three successive years, the worldrenowned innovation expert and autho...

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No coverPlay It Away
Play It Away

A Workaholic's Cure for Anxiety

6 recommendations
Description

Do you live in constant fear Do you worry that something terrible is about to happen Do you have trouble breathing, relaxing, and sleeping Do you think you’re losing control, and that you’re going to die Are you trapped in your own personal hell, and don’t know how to get out I’ve been there, and I know what it’s like. Shallow breathing, tensi...

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No coverRelentless
Relentless

From Good to Great to Unstoppable

4 recommendations
Description

For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greatsMichael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and dozens moreand made them greater. Now, for the first time in paperback, he reveals what it takes to get those results, showing you how to be relentless and achieve whatever you desire.Fore more than two decades, legendary traine...

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No coverThe World Beyond Your Head
The World Beyond Your Head

On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

3 recommendations
Description

A groundbreaking new book from the bestselling author of Shop Class as Soulcraft In his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of manual competence, as expressed through mastery of our physical environment. In his brilliant followup, The World Beyond Your Head, Crawford investiga...

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Everything Is F*cked
Everything Is F*cked

A Book About Hope

3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Social Sciences, NonFiction, Philosophy, Personal Development, Psychology lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for decision-making, behavior, or human motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverJoy at Work
Joy at Work

Organizing Your Professional Life

3 recommendations
Description

Marie Kondo, author of the worldwide #1 bestseller The LifeChanging Magic of Tidying Up, and organizational psychologist Scott Sonenshein team up to bring joy to work.The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks These are the modernday haz...

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Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
3 recommendations
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been...

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No coverTED Talks
TED Talks

The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

3 recommendations
Description

New York Times Bestseller ?Catnip for all the TED fans out there.? ?Publishers Weekly?The most insightful book ever written on public speaking . . . a mustread.? ?Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals Since taking over TED in 2001, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted talks c...

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The 10X Rule
The 10X Rule

The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Business, Personal Development lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for business judgment, leadership, or practical strategy. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverDiscipline Equals Freedom
3 recommendations
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The instant New York Times bestseller!FIND YOUR WILL, FIND YOUR DISCIPLINEAND YOU WILL FIND YOUR FREEDOMJocko Willink's methods for success were born in the SEAL Teams, where he spent most of his Adult, life, enlisting after high school and rising through the ranks to become the commander of the most highly decorated special operations unit of the...

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No coverThe Economists' Diet
The Economists' Diet

The Surprising Formula for Losing Weight and Keeping It Off

2 recommendations
Description

FEATURED ON CBS THIS MORNING AND CNBC’S SQUAWK BOX Combining the authors’ personal weightloss stories with their passion for economics, this bold new behavioral approach to dieting recommends micro habits and metarules that will enable dieters to control their impulses to overeat, approach food in a healthier way, and lose weight once and for all...

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No coverSuperhuman by Habit
Superhuman by Habit

A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time

2 recommendations
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Our willpower is limited, yet we rely on it every day to get our tasks done. Even if we build willpower slowly over time, it's never enough to reach all of our goals. The solution lies in habit creation, the method by which we transform hard tasks into easy ones, making them automatic and independent of our will power. Each of us has millions of ha...

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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth

2 recommendations
Description

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it!Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle Is the difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, ...

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No coverCodependent No More
Codependent No More

How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

2 recommendations
Description

The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one of America's bestloved and most inspirational authors holds the key to understanding codependency and to unlocking its stultifying hold on your life.Is someone else's problem your problem If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone el...

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No coverThe Power of Kindness
The Power of Kindness

The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life

2 recommendations
Description

The popular guide to living with kindness now includes a new chapter, introduction, and "Kindness Book Shelf" in this tenthanniversary edition.When The Power of Kindness first appeared in 2006 it thrilled and challenged readers with one audacious promise: Your acts of generosity and decency are the secret to a fuller, more satisfying life. Kindnes...

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No coverLife 101
Life 101

Everything We Wish We Had Learned About Life in School -- But Didn't

2 recommendations
Description

With quotes from Aristotle to Mae West, this acclaimed commonsense narrative helps to make up for lost time in the classroom of life....

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No coverThe Automatic Millionaire
The Automatic Millionaire

A Powerful OneStep Plan to Live and Finish Rich

1 recommendation
Description

What?s the secret to becoming a millionaireFor years people have asked David Bach, the national bestselling author of Smart Women Finish Rich, Smart Couples Finish Rich, and The Finish Rich Workbook, what?s the real secret to getting rich What?s the one thing I need to doNow, in The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach is sharing that secret.The Au...

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The 12 Week Year
The 12 Week Year

Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months

1 recommendation
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The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeksMost organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelvemonth execution cycle. Instead, "The 12 Week Year" avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your "year" to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks...

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No coverPoke The Box
Poke The Box

When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?

1 recommendation
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Poke the Box...

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Better Than Before
Better Than Before

What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habitsto Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

1 recommendation
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Social Sciences, NonFiction, Habit, Personal Development, Habits lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for decision-making, behavior, or human motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Minimalism
Minimalism

Live a Meaningful Life

1 recommendation
Description

Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life is our finest, most important creation to date. It?s also the best thing we?ve ever written about Minimalism and will likely serve as the cornerstone to our work for years to come. It took us a year to write this book?a year of creating the best material possible and finding ways to relate it back to our lives so ...

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No coverI Know How She Does It
I Know How She Does It

How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time

1 recommendation
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Everyone has an opinion, anecdote, or horror story about women and work. Now the acclaimed author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast shows how real working women with families are actually making the most of their time.?Having it all? has become the subject of countless books, articles, debates, and social media commentary, with...

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No coverThis Naked Mind
This Naked Mind

Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life

1 recommendation
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This Naked Mind has ignited a movement across the country, helping thousands of people forever change their relationship with alcohol.Many people question whether drinking has become too big a part of their lives, and worry that it may even be affecting their health. But, they resist change because they fear losing the pleasure and stressrelief as...

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The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
1 recommendation
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Now streamlined and updated, the book that has literally put millions on the highway to greater accomplishment and success can show you how to have maximum impact as a speakerevery day, and in every situation that demands winning others over to your point of view....

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No coverThe Way of Men
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The Way of Men answers the question: ?What is Masculinity?The socalled experts give the answers that suit their masters. They tell justso stories to protect their ideology, their religion, their way of life. They look to women for a nod of approval before speaking. They give socially acceptable answers and halftruths.If what they have to say re...

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No coverAnger Management For Dummies
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Your onestop guide to anger management Anger is a completely normal, healthy human emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problemsat work, in personal relationships, and in the overall quality of life. "Anger Management For Dummies" provides trusted and authoritative information on anger management methods...

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No coverNew Atkins for a New You
New Atkins for a New You

The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great.

Description

The allnew international bestseller!Think you know the Atkins Diet Think again. This completely updated, easierthanever version of the scientificallyproven Atkins diet has helped millions of people around the world lose weight?and maintain that weight loss for life. The New Atkins is... Powerful: Learn how to eat the wholesome foods that will ...

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No coverLiving Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety
Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety

A Comprehensive Guide to Gaining Social Confidence

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Anxiety disorders are among the most commonly diagnosed psychological conditions in America, currently affecting more than 19 million people. In Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety, distinguished therapist and mental health expert Erika B. Hilliard offers a comprehensive guide to living fully and confidently with such conditions. In warm, ...

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No coverThe Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex

The Ultimate Revised Edition

Description

Famous for helping couples discover how sex can be playful, erotic, passionate, exhilarating, and most of all, pleasurable.The Joy of Sex revolutionized how we experience our sexuality. An international bestseller since it was first published in 1972, Dr. Alex Comfort?s classic work dared to celebrate the joy of human physical intimacy with such au...

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The Achievement Habit
The Achievement Habit

Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life

Description

The cofounder of the Stanford d.School introduces the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible.Achievement can be learned. It?s a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you?ll be able to meet life?s challenges and fulfill your goals, Bernard Roth, Academic Director at the Stanford d.school contends.In The A...

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The Practicing Stoic
The Practicing Stoic

A Philosophical User's Manual

Description

The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise. The result is a set of philosophy lessons for everyone...

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No coverOvercoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts

A CBTBased Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts

Description

You are not your thoughts! In this powerful book, two anxiety experts offer proveneffective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you get unstuck from disturbing thoughts, overcome the shame these thoughts can bring, and reduce your anxiety.If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive, frightening, or even disturbing thoughts, you might worr...

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No coverMore Than Two
More Than Two

A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory

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Can you love more than one person Have multiple romantic partners, without jealousy or cheating Absolutely! Polyamorous people have been paving the way, through trial and painful error. Now the new book More Than Two can help you find your own way. With completely new material and a fresh approach, Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert wrote More Than T...

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Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There
Description

In a world inundated with sales books on getting to yes, this book recommends just the opposite, focusing on how increasing your failure rate can greatly accelerate your movement toward ultimate success. Go for No! chronicles four days in the life of fictional character Eric Bratton, a call reluctant copier salesman who wakes up one morning to find...

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Infinite Possibilities
Infinite Possibilities

The Art of Living Your Dreams

Description

Infinite Possibilities is the masterwork from teacher, author, and featured speaker Mike Dooley. As the next step beyond his immensely popular Notes from the Universe trilogy, and his follow up, Choose them Wisely, this book contains even more enriching wisdom for living an abundant, joyous life.Mike Dooley knows that we create our own reality, our...

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Eight Dates
Eight Dates

Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

Description

Strengthen and deepen your love with a fun, ingenious program of eight lifechanging conversations?on essential topics such as money, sex, and trust?from two of the world?s leading marriage researchers and clinicians. Navigating the challenges of longterm commitment takes effort?and it just got simpler, with this empowering, stepbystep guide t...

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No coverThe Anatomy of Peace
The Anatomy of Peace

Resolving the Heart of Conflict

Description

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Leadership and Self Deception, The Arbinger Institute's first book, The Anatomy of Peace has become a worldwide phenomenon not because of a media blitz, movie tie in, or celebrity endorsement, but because readers have enthusiastically recommended it to colleagues, relatives, and friends. The Anatomy of Peace a...

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Tell Me More
Tell Me More

Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A storydriven collection of essays on the twelve powerful phrases we use to sustain our relationships, from the bestselling author of Glitter and Glue and The Middle Place"Kelly Corrigan takes on all the big, difficult questions here, with great warmth and courage."Glennon DoyleNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ...

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Developing the Leader Within You
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Leadership, NonFiction, Business, Personal Development lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for business judgment, leadership, or practical strategy. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverStart Where You Are
Start Where You Are

A Guide to Compassionate Living

Description

We all want to be fearless, joyful, and fully alive. And we all know that it?s not so easy. We?re bombarded every day with false promises of ways to make our lives better?buy this, go here, eat this, don?t do that; the list goes on and on. But Pema Chödrön shows that, until we get to the heart of who we are and really make friends with ourselves, e...

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She Comes First
She Comes First

The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman (Kerner)

Description

Ian Kerner offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring women in She Comes First?an essential guidebook to oral sex from the author of Be Honest?You?re Not That Into Him Either. The New York Times praises Kerner?s ?cool sense of humor and an obsessive desire to inform,? as he ?encourages men through an act that many find mystifying.? An indispens...

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Lucid Dreaming
Lucid Dreaming

Gateway to the Inner Self

Description

Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self is the account of an extraordinarily talented lucid dreamer who goes beyond the boundaries of both psychology and religion. In the process, he stumbles upon the Inner Self. While lucid (consciously aware) in the dream state and able to act and interact with dream figures, objects, and settings, dream expert...

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No coverTime Management Magic
Description

Executive Time Management Secrets from a Life at Disney...During Lee Cockerell's career at Disney as the Senior Operating Executive of Walt Disney World Resort, he led a team of 40,000 Cast Members (employees) and was responsible for the operations of 20 resort hotels, 4 theme parks, 2 water parks and the ESPN Sports Complex. As you can imagine, Le...

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No coverREJECTION PROOF
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Rejection Proof is Jia Jiang's entertaining and inspiring account of conquering his fear of rejection, offering a completely new perspective on how to turn a no into a yes.Jia Jiang came to the United States with the dream of being the next Bill Gates. Despite early success in the corporate world, his first attempt to pursue his entrepreneurial dre...

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No coverFeeling Good
Feeling Good

The New Mood Therapy

Description

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low selfesteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on...

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Chakra Healing
Chakra Healing

A Beginner's Guide to SelfHealing Techniques that Balance the Chakras

Description

Discover the ancient knowledge of chakra healing and restore balance to your mind, body, and spirit.Within all living beings are powerful centers of energy called chakras. Each chakra holds the potential for immense healing and restoration. However, learning how to harness the chakra system's amazing power can be challenging when so much of the inf...

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Teach Yourself to Meditate
Teach Yourself to Meditate

Over 20 Exercises for Peace, Health and Clarity of Mind

Description

The ideal guide for anyone who wants to learn how to meditate. It explains what meditation is, how to do it and why it works, and contains the 10 core meditation practices which work best for everyone....

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No coverThe Art of Communicating
Description

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life?s most important skill?Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth.? ?His Holiness the Dalai Lama...

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