Books

These are books that we would like to review and summarize their key points into this website.

Book Summaries

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General

The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules, Chérie Carter-Scott
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) – there are many books. Look at books by the originators of this field.

Creating Reality

Awaken the Giant Within, Anthony Robbins
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, Vishen Lakhiani
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill

Success

The Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz
Mindset: The new psychology of success, Carol Dweck
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World, Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder, Arianna Huffington
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure, Grant Cardone
No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline for Success in Your Life, Brian Tracy
The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage, Mel Robbins
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life, Robin Sharma
So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion In The Quest For Work You Love, Cal Newport

Resilience

The Power of Resilience, Robert Brooks
Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life, Eric Greitens
Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success, Angela Duckworth
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, Amy Morin

Motivation

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel H. Pink
The Motivation Code: Discover the Hidden Forces That Drive Your Best Work, Todd Henry

Creativity

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert
The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron

Intuition

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell

Effectiveness and Efficiency

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
First Things First, Stephen Covey
Atomic Habits, James Clear
High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way, Brendon Burchard
The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business, Charles Duhigg
Getting Things Done, David Allen
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less, Richard Koch
Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The 4- Hour Work Week, Timothy Ferriss
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time, Brian Tracy
How to Stop Procrastinating – Various books by that title
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Cal Newport
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and LessHere’s How, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Ambitious Women, Kate Northrup
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, Jenny Odell
One Small Step Can Change Your Life – The Kaizen Way to Success, Robert Maurer

Efficient Learning

Performance

Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg

Happiness

Authentic Happiness, Martin Seligman
Learned Optimism, Martin Seligman
The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin
Books by Tal Ben-Shahar: Happier, The Pursuit of Perfect, Even Happier
10% Happier, Dan Harris
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Héctor García, Francesc Miralles

Psychology

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, Nathaniel Branden

Social Connections

Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know, Malcolm Gladwell
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships, Leil Lowndes
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie

Leadership

Leading Without Authority, Keith Ferrazzi
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, Simon Sinek
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, Kim Scott
First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
High Output Management, Andrew Grove
The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You, Julie Zhuo

Entrepreneurship

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future, Chris Guillebeau
The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, Peter Thiel

Organizations

Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness, Frédéric Laloux.

More

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The Road Less Traveled
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Principles: Life and Work
Make Your Bed
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinek
Never Get a “Real” Job
Psychopath Free
The Everything Store
The Mamba Mentality
Measure What Matters
Scrum
Limitless
Quiet
Not Nice
Lean In
Steal like an Artist
Don’t Overthink it
Joy at Work
Be Fearless
Come as You Are
Models
Made to Stick
To Sell is Human
Inner Engineering
Choose Yourself
Metaskills
Extreme Ownership
Find Your Passion
Best Self
The Energy Codes
Shoe Dog
Focus
The Coaching Habit
168 Hours
Make Time
To-Do List Formula
Effective Decision-Making
Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg
Speaking Peace: Connecting with Others Through Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg
Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level
The Science of Mindfulness
Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
Presence: Amy Cuddy
The Power of Vulnerability
Positive Intelligence, Chamine
The Happiness Advantage, Achor
The millionaire mind, Dan Sullivan
The Silva Method
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
the quest for personal mastery, Srikumar Rao
love yourself as if your life depended on it, Kamal Ravikant
https://university.impacttheory.com/
Executive ESP , John Mihalasky
The Field – Lynne McTaggart
The Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot
The Best Evidence – Michael Schmicker
The Conscious Universe – Dean Radin
Trust Your Vibes, Sonia Choquette
Scott Adams – The Dilbert Future (about his manifesting story)
The Luck Factor – Richard Wiseman (believing that you’re lucky makes you lucky) – people who expect luck notice lucky situations and act on them
Paramahansa Yogananda – Autobiographty of a Yogi, the only book that Steve Jobs had on his iPad and read again and again (source: biography of Steve Jobs)
Psycho-Cybernetics Maxwell Maltz
The Silva Mind Control Method
Stealing Fire – Steven Kotler
Altered Traits – Daniel Goleman
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
Sandra Ann Taylor – Quantum Success
Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert
Harv Eker – Millionaire Mind Intensive
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains, Robert Lustig

Biographies

Steve Jobs
Elon Musk
Bill Gates