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The Tools Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity By Phil Stutz and Barry Michels Self Help – Personal Growth; Psychology & Psychiatry A groundbreaking book about personal growth that presents a uniquely effective set of four tools that bring about dynamic change in the present and impart a greater understanding of the depth [...]
The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms By Danielle LaPorte Self Help – Motivational; Business & Economics – Entrepreneurship The Fire Starter Sessions is an apathy-kicking, integrity-infusing guide to defining success on your own terms. As the creator of DanielleLaPorte.com–deemed “the best place online for kick-ass spirituality,” [...]
The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women’s Rights Edited By MINKY WORDEN Social Science – Women’s Studies The Unfinished Revolution tells the story of the global struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls, including in the Middle East where the Arab Spring raised high hopes, but the political [...]
Grace and Grit My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond By LILLY LEDBETTER Biography & Autobiography – Political; Social Science – Women’s Studies The courageous story of the woman at the center of the historic discrimination case that inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act–her fight for equal rights in [...]
Selected Why Some People Lead, Why Others Follow, and Why It Matters By MARK VAN VUGT and ANJANA AHUJA Psychology & Psychiatry – Interpersonal Relations; Business & Economics – Leadership We are all leaders or followers — or both. We can recognise leadership in almost every area of life: in the workplace, among friends, within [...]
The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done By Dr. Piers Steel Business and Social Science DON’T WAIT TO READ THIS BOOK: The world’s leading expert on procrastination uses his groundbreaking research to offer understanding on a matter that bedevils us all. Writing with humour, humanity [...]
Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman Business and Psychology The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman’s seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, [...]
In today’s frenetic, uncertain world, the “same old, same old” routines are perfect ways to go nowhere fast. What has worked for you before—professionally or personally—no longer gets results. Whether you’ve been downsized, reached the end of a long relationship, or found yourself questioning where you are in life, it’s clear you need to change. [...]
Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.” Why do some ideas [...]
From a leading neuroscience researcher, an exploration of the neural basis of optimism, and how the brain simulates the future. How does the brain generate hope? How does it trick us into moving forward? What happens when it fails? How do the brains of optimists differ from those of pessimists? Psychologists have long been aware [...]
Kathy Griffin has won Emmys for her reality show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, been nominated for a Grammy, worked and walked every red carpet known to man, and rung in the New Year with Anderson Cooper. But the legions of fans who pack Kathy’s sold-out comedy shows have heard only part of [...]
Over the Christmas Holidays I took some time to read some books that I found inspiring, fun and helpful. Mompreneur Diaries was fun. 4 Hour Work Week was inspiring and E-Myth Revisited was very helpful. If you get a chance to do some reading you might want to consider these titles
