17 must-read personal development books like Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard by Bo Seo

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Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

By: Bo Seo

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter--and everyone around you wiser." --Adam G…

If you liked the personal development plot in Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard by Bo Seo , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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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

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2. How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

By: David McRaney

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this lively journey through human psychology, bestselling author and creator of the You Are Not … read more

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  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
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"I couldn’t shake the idea that I, too, was probably one conversation away from changing my own mind about something, maybe a lot of things. But I also recalled how many conversations I’d had that onl…"

-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

"Before scientists began researching the Leadership LAB’s technique, few studies supported the possibility that campaigns could change voters’ views on polarized, partisan, politically controversial i…"

-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

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3. 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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  • audiobook
  • self help
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  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"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

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4. 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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  • business
  • leadership
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5. Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

By: Annie Duke

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • psychology
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6. 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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"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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7. Magic Words

By: Jonah Berger

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB 'MUST-READ' New York Times bestselling author Jonah Berger’s cutting-edge rese… read more

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8. Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

By: Amy C. Edmondson

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering resea… read more

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9. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

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  • audiobook
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10. The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder

By: Robert I. Sutton

3.85

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Every organization is plagued by destructive friction—the forces that make it harder, more complica… read more

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  • psychology
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  • business
  • leadership
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11. Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There

By: Tali Sharot

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Thinking Fast and Slow and The Power of Habit , a groundbreaking new study of how disru… read more

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  • communication
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  • psychology
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  • sociology
  • business
  • audiobook
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12. Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

By: Eric Barker

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

AN INSTANT USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER From the author of the  Wall Street Journal  … read more

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"To Aristotle, friends “are disposed toward each other as they are disposed to themselves: a friend is another self."

-Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

"Edith Wharton in the 1800s? “There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not as a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one’s self."

-Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

"Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman found that when you survey people in the moment, their happiness levels are highest while with friends... To be fair, research by Beverley Fair shows that we're the…"

-Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

"Without institutional obligations, the upkeep of friendships require must be very deliberate... However, the weakness of friendship is also the source of its immeasurable strength. Why do true friend…"

-Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

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13. Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

By: Mehdi Hasan

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, r… read more

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14. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

By: Michiko Kakutani

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

アメリカ建国時の理念と制度は、トランプ政権に打ち砕かれた。しかもその出現は予言されていた。フェイクニュースやプロパガンダがはびこり、客観的事実が消えゆく世界で、私たちはどう生きるべきか。不穏な時代に… read more

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"The journalist Anne Applebaum identified an entire group of “neo-Bolsheviks"

-Michiko Kakutani, The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

"Trump often seems like a one-man set of Aesop-like fables—with easy-to-decipher morals like “those who lie down with dogs will get up with fleas"

-Michiko Kakutani, The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

"In The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt looked at the essential role that propaganda played in gaslighting the populations of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, writing that “in an ever-changin…"

-Michiko Kakutani, The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

"Trump’s ridiculousness, his narcissistic ability to make everything about himself, the outrageousness of his lies, and the profundity of his ignorance can easily distract attention from the more last…"

-Michiko Kakutani, The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

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15. The Art of Explanation

By: Ros Atkins

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Explanation - conveying meaning - is an art. And the BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins, creat… read more

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16. Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World

By: Todd Rogers

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Writing well is for school. Writing effectively is for life . Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink o… read more

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17. How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind

By: David G. Myers

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A delightful tour of the wonders of our humanity from David G. Myers, the award-winning professor a… read more

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18. Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

By: Gloria Mark

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

AS SEEN ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD, WALL STREET JOURNAL , NEW YORK TIMES AND MORE **A COS… read more

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"…it is time to rethink our relationship with our personal technologies. We need to reframe our goal from that of maximizing human productivity with our devices, to instead using them in maintaining a…"

-Gloria Mark, Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

"We know from project management that there is usually slippage, and tasks almost always take longer than what one envisions. There is also no room for fitting human well-being into task schedules. We…"

-Gloria Mark, Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

"Design your day thinking that you have limited mental resources, knowing that taking time to replenish them will not only help you be less stressed and better able to resist distractions, but also mo…"

-Gloria Mark, Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

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19. Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

By: Bo Seo

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter--and everyone around you wiser." --Adam G… read more

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20. Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most

By: Adam Alter

3.96

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even bu… read more

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21. Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better

By: Woo-Kyoung Ahn

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale University to help students examine the biases… read more

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"When we keep trying to find answers to questions that are probably unanswerable, we may start to feel worse and worse."

-Woo-Kyoung Ahn, Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better

"Why did we create a society that not only forces most people to work to live but also makes even the most privileged feel like they have to work desperately hard all the time? We created a mythology …"

-Woo-Kyoung Ahn, Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better

20 must-read audiobook books like Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard by Bo Seo

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

David McRaney

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Adam M. Grant

4.12

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19 Top audiobook books like The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder by Robert I. Sutton

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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

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Transform Your Habits

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Jared Cohen

4.27

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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath

3.95

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