The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
By: Robert Waldinger
4.16
Format: 352 pages, ebook
What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Ha…
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1. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
2. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
By: Bill Perkins
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more
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"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
3. Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World
By: Gretchen Rubin
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a … read more
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4. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
5. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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6. Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
By: Marisa G. Franco
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A lively, data-driven guide to finding your people from psychologist Dr. Marisa G. Franco about the… read more
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7. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
By: Peter Attia
4.37
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more
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8. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.79
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more
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"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
9. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
By: Adam M. Grant
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more
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10. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
11. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
12. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
By: Michael Easter
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more
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"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
13. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
By: Chris van Tulleken
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more
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14. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
15. Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It
By: Jennifer Breheny Wallace
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement cultu… read more
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16. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.94
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more
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17. Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully
By: Kelly Starrett
4.25
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Simple and proven physical practices designed to improve the way your body feels—less stiffness! fe… read more
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18. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
By: Dacher Keltner
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Awe is mysterious. How do we begin to quantify the goose bumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon… read more
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19. The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
By: Robert Waldinger
4.16
Format: 352 pages, ebook
What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Ha… read more
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20. The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life
By: Mike Rucker
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Discover the latest scientific evidence for the potent and revitalizing value of fun and how to mak… read more
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21. 12 Gesetze der Dummheit: Denkfehler, die vernünftige Entscheidungen in der Politik und bei uns allen verhindern (German Edition)
By: Henning Beck
3.94
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
Wir können mehr, als wir denkenUnsere Welt befindet sich in einem gewaltigen Umbruch. Klimakatastro… read more
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