14 best-selling psychology books like How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion by Derek Sivers

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How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion

By: Derek Sivers

4.22

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It’s a work of art about conflicting philosophies. …

If you liked the psychology plot in How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion by Derek Sivers , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. How To Get Rich

By: Felix Dennis

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

'Making money is a knack, a knack that can be acquired. And if someone like me can become rich, the… read more

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  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"There is absolutely nothing more likely to dampen the prospects of becoming rich than a nice, fat, regular salary check."

-Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich

"Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent: Identify It, Hire It, Nurture It, Reward It, Protect It. And when the time comes, Fire …"

-Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich

"When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and cont…"

-Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich

"Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good sa…"

-Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich

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2. Turning Pro

By: Steven Pressfield

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The follow up to the War of Art. In the War of Art Pressfield identifies the enemy to living an aut… read more

Similar categories in Steven Pressfield's Turning Pro book and Derek Sivers's How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion

  • productivity
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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3. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!

By: M.J. DeMarco

1.00

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Is the financial plan of mediocrity-a dream-stealing, soul-sucking dogma known as The Slowlane-your… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help

4. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

By: David Eagleman

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sumis a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives--each … read more

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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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  • self help
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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6. 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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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"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

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7. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

By: Ali Abdaal

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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8. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

By: Shane Parrish

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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9. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.44

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Getting rich is not just about luck; Happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirati… read more

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  • productivity
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"No one in the world is going to beat you at being you."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"Intentions don’t matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"I don’t buy the everlasting afterlife answers because it’s insane to me, with absolutely no evidence, to believe because of how you live seventy years here on this planet, you’re going to spend etern…"

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

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10. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

By: Kevin Kelly

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • business
  • leadership
"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

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11. Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

By: Noah Kagan

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a si… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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12. $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (Acquisition.com $100M Series Book 2)

By: Alex Hormozi

4.61

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

You can get 2x, 10x, or 100x more leads than you currently are without changing anything about what… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Reminder: You get rich from what you make. You become wealthy from what you own. And it took me years to realize this because not that long ago..."

-Alex Hormozi, $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (Acquisition.com $100M Series Book 2)

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13. What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

By: Tim Urban

4.28

Format: 746 pages, Kindle Edition

From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"The Scientist’s clear mind sees a foggy world, full of complexity and nuance and messiness, the Zealot’s foggy mind shows them a clear, simple world, full of crisp lines and black-and-white distincti…"

-Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

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14. How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion

By: Derek Sivers

4.22

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It’s a work of art about conflicting philosophies. … read more

Similar categories in Derek Sivers's How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion book and Derek Sivers's How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion

  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • business
  • leadership
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15. The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.23

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you thrive in an unknown future? When you can’t see past the world we have now, look to vis… read more

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  • productivity
  • personal development
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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16. The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life

By: Paul Millerd

4.00

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

With 40k global sales, The Pathless Path has become a surprise best-seller. The book has received a… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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17. The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future

By: Dan Koe

3.92

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

Look around. We are on the brink of catastrophe. A dystopia of excessive pleasure, comfort, a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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18. Soul in the Game: The Art of a Meaningful Life

By: Vitaliy N. Katsenelson

4.23

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Soul in the Game, is a book of inspiring stories and hard-won lessons on how to live a meaningful l… read more

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  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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19. MAKE: Bootstrapper's Handbook

By: Pieter Levels

4.12

Format: 194 pages, ebook

learn to bootstrap profitable startups the indie way read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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20. Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire

By: Andrew Wilkinson

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Andrew Wilkinson, touted as the Warren Buffett of tech, pulls back the curtain on the lives of the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business

11 Best audiobook books like How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion by Derek Sivers

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

Ali Abdaal

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

Shane Parrish

4.21

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13 must-read audiobook books like The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future by Dan Koe

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

Ali Abdaal

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

Shane Parrish

4.21

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