Understanding how our minds work can help you gain greater control over your thoughts and your life. These books will show you how.
The New Psycho-Cybernetics: The Original Science of Self-Improvement and Success That Has Changed the Lives of 30 Million People
Authors: Dan S. Kennedy,Maxwell Maltz
The Psycho-Cybernetics programme has already transformed millions of lives. In this upgraded version, Kennedy gives you additional insights that can help you live your life with faith & courage to break free from the crippling thoughts in your mind. He also shows you how you can make happiness and confidence lasting habits.
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Authors: Matthew Walker,
Undeniably, sleep is an essential part of life. However, there’s more to this act than just being something every person enjoys doing. Matthew Walker takes you on a full journey about sleep, its benefits and the things that can hinder it. He reveals what happens during the REM phase, how stimulants work and the dangers of getting insufficient sleep.
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Authors: John Taylor Gatto,
Teaching in public schools for thirty years made Gatto realize that compulsory school does little to prepare students for the real world. He argues that all it does is to imitate military regimes and make students always follow orders, becoming dumb soldiers rather than leaders. In this second edition, he also discusses his “guerilla teaching” methodology and the impact it has had on the academic world.
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Authors: John Brockman,
By putting ideas from the likes of Nassim Taleb, Richard Dawkins and Brian Eno together, this book will sharpen your decision-making and cognitive skills. John Brockman and his co-writers present life-changing tips from today’s most influential thiinkers, that will help improve the way you think.
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
Authors: John J. Ratey,Eric Hagerman
World-renowned psychiatrist Joseph Ratey gives you a solution to conditions like depression, ADD, menopause, addiction, and even Alzheimer’s. This magical cure is none other than – Exercise. He presents the connection between the mind and the body and how breaking a sweat can actually improve your memory, fight stress and make you a happier person.
Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
Authors: Leonard Mlodinow,
Leonard Mlodinow explains the science behind how you perceive the world in a way that is easy to understand so you can apply what you learn and change your behavior. Learn how the mind’s subliminal processes contribute to the way you see your relationships, workplace and yourself, and how it affects your decision-making skills and distorts your memory.
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles
Authors: Bruce H. Lipton,
Former medical school professor and renowned research scientist, Bruce Lipton provides a mind-blowing, research-based concept that we can control our DNA. He claims that the external input we provide plays a vital role in how the cells of our body process information. Discover the impact of positive and negative thinking and how it changed studies in cell biology forever.
Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
Authors: Caroline Leaf,
Using scientifically-backed information, Caroline Leaf presents a profoundly effective way of changing your life. She shows you how you can discover your potential, by improving your ability to think and process information. This knowledge will, in turn, change how you’ve been looking at the obstacles in your life and make way for new opportunities.
How the Mind Works
Authors: Steven Pinker,
In How The Mind Works, Pinker shares with you the reasons why your mind can be so irrational sometimes, the things that sexually arouse you, what makes you fall in love, the causes of happiness, anger, and all the other emotions you go through. It is a book that gives you access to the unknown parts of life.
The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live–and How You Can Change Them
Authors: Richard J. Davidson,Sharon Begley
Just like your fingerprint, your brain has a unique emotional print that is made up of resilience, outlook, social intuition, self-awareness, sensitivity and attention. In this book, Richard Davidson gives you access to this side of your mind, so you can gain a better understanding of yourself, learn to cope with depression and even treat autism.
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