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The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed On Your Own Terms
Authors: Vishen Lakhiani,
Almost everyone lives based on what they’ve grown up watching. Whether it’s our careers or the way we handle our relationships, we choose the conventional approach to life. Lakhiani shows you how you can break free from this, and customize a life that suits exactly who you are.
Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
Authors: Gary Klein,
Conventional decision-making strategies ignore skill and experience. So for years, Gary Klein studied firefighters, pilots, and chess masters to conclude how they make decisions, especially when it is hardest to do so. In Sources of Power, Klein teaches us to make better decisions and to identify the strengths we possess that can facilitate even the most difficult tasks.
Jack: Straight from the Gut
Authors: Jack Welch,John A. Byrne, Mike Barnicle
His story started by demanding only the best from himself and those around him. This is the autobiography of a man who had a working-class childhood and gradually climbed the ladder to the top of one of America’s biggest companies. Jack is a book written by Jack Welch himself about his personal journey to becoming Fortune’s “Manager of the century”.
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
Authors: Benedict Carey,
Throughout your life, you’ve been told to use a quiet place, switch off the music devices and build a strict routine if you want to do well in your tests/presentation. On many occasions, this simply does not work. In How We Learn, Carey gives you realistic and research-proven strategies that will improve your learning with much less effort.
If Truth Be Told: A Monk’s Memoir
Authors: Om Swami
An extraordinary memoir that unravels the life story of Om Swami, that starts from his struggles in setting up a multi-million dollar software business, through his renunciation of all possessions to lead the life of a spiritual monk in solitude in the Himalayas. The book contains personal accounts of the practical struggles and experiences he faced through this journey.
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
Authors: Anthony Robbins,Tony Robbins, Frederick L. Covan
Renowned author and psychologist Anthony Robbins shows you how you can gain control over your emotions, your body, your relationships and your life itself through a few highly effective strategies. Once you’ve mastered yourself, then you will understand the skills you have to offer to the world.
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
Authors: Leil Lowndes,
First impressions count, so Leil Lowndes gives you everything you need to build one that people can never forget. Learn the 14 ways of maintaining interesting small talk, 9 ways to make people feel important, 11 ways to have an effective phone conversation, how to master the art of body language and much more!
Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success
Authors: Shane Snow,
Shane Snow introduces the concept of “lateral” thinking, an approach to challenge the conventional ways of doing things. Unlike other mythical, counterproductive ways of achieving success, Snow shows you realistic methods and strategies that will help you do great things in a shorter span of time. The secret is to work smarter.
Outliers: The Story of Success
Authors: Malcolm Gladwell,
Gladwell argues that when studying successful people, most people focus too much on their traits and personality. Only a little attention is given to their background, their family, their generation and culture. So in this book, he provides the reader with complete insight into the lives of successful people to examine the role of such background influences on their success. His succinct style of writing is sure to entertain, and educate.
The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
Authors: Chris Guillebeau,
Chris Guillebeau unravels how you can live a life with meaning. He interviewed people from various careers all around the world, and discovered the secret to their undying pursuit of life. What he shares in The Happiness of Pursuit will help you overcome all the everyday-challenges and make the most of every second of your life.
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
Authors: Sarah Ban Breathnach,
Simple Abundance is a book that will help every woman discover her true self and create a unique life out of it. Sarah Breathnach gives you the inspiration to satisfy your spiritual needs, accept the truths life sometimes gives you and learn from its lessons, so you can make every day worth living.
Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals
Authors: Michael Hyatt,
Hyatt gives you easy ways of making your goals a reality without losing interest in them. He also gives you a way out for the times when you get stuck and removes even the remotest possibility of quitting. Hyatt gives an all-rounded preparation for the reader to experience their best year ever.
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Authors: Alan W. Watts,
You are an independent being, but not so independent that your deeds won’t have an effect on the world around you. Realizing this will change how you’ve been living life. It will make you a better citizen, a better caretaker of Mother Nature, and a better human being overall. Alan Watts shows you how you to start this quiet revolution.
The Feeling Good Handbook
Authors: David D. Burns,
Not many experts address the small, everyday conflicts we face in life. But they are often the reasons behind the greater problems, such as depression and anxiety. Dr. Burns eliminates this and reveals some simple techniques to make your life more fulfilling. From improving communication skills to becoming a better spouse, this book has the answer to most of life’s overwhelming situations.
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Authors: Douglas Stone,Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
Whether it’s with your spouse, an underperforming employee or even a customer, we are all guilty of evading some conversations. Difficult Conversations will give you the tools to overcome this problem. You will learn to let go of being defensive, to remain composed even during unfair accusations and much more.
The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO: A Remarkable Story about Living Your Heart’s Desires
Authors: Robin S. Sharma,
A sudden accident one Monday morning is when Jack Valentine’s life changed forever. His encounter with Cal, a cancer patient, made him realize that despite his wealth and popularity, he hasn’t been living up to his full potential. Cal then guides him to three profound teachers — the Roman saint, the Hawaiian surfer and an American CEO. This book is all about the lessons he learns on this life-changing journey.
The Game of Life and How to Play It
Authors: Florence Scovel Shinn,
Florence Shinn gives you a profound, yet practical book that will make you realize what life is really about. She discloses the real art of success, and claims it isn’t always about the battles we win in life. She proves to you that life is more about what you give, because that is what will find its way back to you eventually.
The Slight Edge
Authors: Jeff Olson,
Unlike other self-help books that give you strategies you must learn, The Slight Edge is a book that helps you achieve the results you want with what you are equipped with already. Olson influences your mindset so you can start working on making your dream a reality, by small changes to your daily activities and using only what you already have within you.
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself
Authors: David McRaney,
Every time you make a decision or feel a certain way, you tell yourself a story before you explain it to the world. This story, according to McRaney, is usually a lie. In this book, he explains the psychology behind most of your actions, so you will be able to understand your own behavior and stop the habit of deluding your self.
Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential
Authors: Caroline Myss,
Failing to identify your “sacred contract” is often the cause of depression, anxiety and even most physical ailments. In Sacred Contracts, Myss uses the lives of Abraham, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad and extracts from it, how they fulfilled the purpose of their life. What she shares in this book will awaken your spirituality and help you live a life that truly means something.