13 best-selling self help books like The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen by Maartje Willems

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The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen

By: Maartje Willems

3.19

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

“The best thing about niksen is the absence of a goal. It doesn’t serve a purpose, but it’s wonderf…

"It’s a paradox: Life is beautiful, dying less so, yet it’s death that makes life more beautiful, or at least special."

-Maartje Willems, The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen

"The phenomenon of burnout has given rise to a multimillion-dollar industry of self-help to counter its negative effects. Vinkers takes a more skeptical view and believes that simple life lessons like “Spend more time doing nothing"

-Maartje Willems, The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen

If you liked the self help plot in The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen by Maartje Willems , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Emotional Intelligence: Resilience by Daniel Goleman, Harvard Business Review, None, Shawn Achor, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

1. Emotional Intelligence: Resilience

By: Daniel Goleman , Harvard Business Review , None , Shawn Achor , Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

3.75

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

How do some people bounce back with vigor from daily setbacks, professional crises, or even intense… read more

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  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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2. Master Your Time, Master Your Life: The Breakthrough System to Get More Results, Faster, in Every Area of Your Life

By: Brian Tracy

3.94

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover 10 Essential Ways to Make the Most of Your Time “Time is money,” as the saying goes, but … read more

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  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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3. Byomkesh Bakshi Stories

By: Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay , Monimala Dhar

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

read more

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4. Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts

By: None

2.00

Format: 161 pages,

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5. How to Talk to Anybody, Anytime, Anywhere: 3 Steps to Make Instant Connections

By: Chris Widener

4.00

Format: None pages, ebook

Leadership and influence author Chris Widener teaches a simple three step process to make sure you … read more

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6. Do Epic Shit

By: Ankur Warikoo

3.76

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty and brutally honest thoughts… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Irrational optimism is a founder's death trap!"

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Safe is better than sorry. Nope. Risk is better than regret."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Only when you go against the flow will you find your own flow."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"You don't control your results. You always control your inputs."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

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7. Ambedkar's India

By: B.R. Ambedkar

4.33

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Ambedkar's India is a collection of three of B.R. Ambedkar's most prominent speeches on caste and t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Get Organized: Do More in Less Time

By: Ciara Conlon

3.69

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

None read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • audiobook
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9. Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing

By: Olga Mecking

3.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Dutch people are some of the happiest in the world. Their secret? They are masters of niksen, o… read more

Similar categories in Olga Mecking's Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing book and Maartje Willems's The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen

  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Why I am a Hindu

By: Shashi Tharoor

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about one … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Who knows whence this creation had its origin? He, whether He fashioned it or whether He did not, He, who surveys it all from the highest heaven, He knows—or maybe even He does not know. — Rig Veda, …"

-Shashi Tharoor, Why I am a Hindu

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11. Let's Talk Mutual Funds: A Systematic, Smart Way to Make Them Work for You

By: Monika Halan

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In the past two decades, mutual funds have emerged as the preferred investment option for Indians. … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation

By: Chris Bailey

3.84

Format: None pages, Audiobook

None read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference

By: Allison Friederichs Atkison

3.47

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • audiobook
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14. An Effective Life: Inspirational Philosophy from Dr. Covey’s Life

By: Stephen R. Covey

3.43

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Covey wisdom ─ A key to satisfaction and success Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effectiv… read more

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  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"We judge ourselves by our intentions while others judge us by our actions"

-Stephen R. Covey, An Effective Life: Inspirational Philosophy from Dr. Covey’s Life

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15. Ahalya

By: Koral Dasgupta

3.66

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

‘Lyrical and poetic ... enthralling’ BIBEK DEBROY ‘A magical and thought-provoking adventure, Ah… read more

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  • audiobook
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16. The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen

By: Maartje Willems

3.19

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

“The best thing about niksen is the absence of a goal. It doesn’t serve a purpose, but it’s wonderf… read more

Similar categories in Maartje Willems's The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen book and Maartje Willems's The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen

  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"It’s a paradox: Life is beautiful, dying less so, yet it’s death that makes life more beautiful, or at least special."

-Maartje Willems, The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen

"The phenomenon of burnout has given rise to a multimillion-dollar industry of self-help to counter its negative effects. Vinkers takes a more skeptical view and believes that simple life lessons like…"

-Maartje Willems, The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen

Cover of Be Your Own Sunshine by James Allen

17. Be Your Own Sunshine

By: James Allen

3.65

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

Be Your Own Sunshine is a collection of four works by James Allen that sum up the hows, whys and wh… read more

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  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Get Epic Shit Done by Ankur Warikoo

18. Get Epic Shit Done

By: Ankur Warikoo

3.78

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

DO EPIC SHIT made you think.GET EPIC SHIT DONE will make you act!When he was a college student, Ank… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • audiobook
Cover of Without Saying a Word: Master the Science of Body Language and Maximize Your Success by Kasia Wezowski

19. Without Saying a Word: Master the Science of Body Language and Maximize Your Success

By: Kasia Wezowski

3.47

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

One wrong move can undercut your message.Believe it or not, our bodies speak louder than our words.… read more

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  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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20. Twisted: Dark Tales from Modern India

By: Chandrima Das

3.53

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Do you believe that fear only haunts the distant bhoot bangla, crumbling fort or empty village stre… read more

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  • audiobook
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21. Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons

By: Anand Neelakantan

4.64

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Audible presents Many Ramayana, Many Lessons, an Audible Original.... read more

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  • audiobook

17 best-selling audiobook books like The Lost Art of Doing Nothing: How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen by Maartje Willems

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Daniel Goleman , Harvard Business Review , None , Shawn Achor , Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

3.75

Transform Your Habits

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Brian Tracy

3.94

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Ankur Warikoo

3.76

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Ambedkar's India

B.R. Ambedkar

4.33

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Attitude Is Everything: Change Your Attitude... and You Change Your Life!

Jeff Keller

4.22

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Ankur Warikoo

3.76

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Life's Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life

Gaur Gopal Das

4.24

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Joseph Nguyen

3.76

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