16 best-selling personal development books like Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential by Brian Johnson

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Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential

By: Brian Johnson

4.68

Format: 1060 pages, Hardcover

“This book will change your life. And, if enough of us commit, it will change the world.” — Phil St…

If you liked the personal development plot in Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential by Brian Johnson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)

By: James B. Stockdale

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from mil… read more

Similar categories in James B. Stockdale's Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays) book and Brian Johnson's Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential

  • leadership
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"After ejection I had about thirty seconds to make my last statement in freedom before I landed in the main street of a little village right ahead. And so help me, I whispered to myself: "Five years d…"

-James B. Stockdale, Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)

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2. A Philosopher's Notes: On Optimal Living, Creating an Authentically Awesome Life and Other Such Goodness, Vol. 1

By: Brian Johnson

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • productivity
  • personal development
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help

3. The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity

By: Phil Stutz , Barry Michels

4.43

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking book about personal growth that presents a uniquely effective set of four tools th… read more

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  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help

4. Spiritual Economics: The Principles and Process of True Prosperity

By: Eric Butterworth

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Spiritual Economics has guided thousands through difficult prosperity challenges and into the exper… read more

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5. 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

Similar categories in Charles Duhigg's Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection book and Brian Johnson's Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential

  • self help
  • personal development
  • 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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6. 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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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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7. 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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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • 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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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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  • 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. Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor

By: Donald J. Robertson

4.33

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and ov… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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10. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • personal development
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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11. The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance

By: Nate Zinsser

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Believe and be unshakable. The Director of West Point’s Performance Psychology Program shares th… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Confidence is a sense of certainty about your ability, which allows you to bypass conscious thought and execute unconsciously."

-Nate Zinsser, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance

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12. 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
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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13. Level Up: How to Get Focused, Stop Procrastinating, and Upgrade Your Life

By: Rob Dial

4.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Packed with valuable insights, unique lessons, and practical steps, this book will help you break … read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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14. The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You

By: Michael Gervais

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

High-performance psychologist Michael Gervais presents a groundbreaking guide for overcoming what m… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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15. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • inspirational
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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16. The Wealth Money Can't Buy: The 8 Hidden Habits to Live Your Richest Life

By: Robin S. Sharma

4.31

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking book redefining success to show readers how they can create truly abundant and ful… read more

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  • personal development
  • inspirational
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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17. Smarter Not Harder: The Biohacker's Guide to Getting the Body and Mind You Want

By: Dave Asprey

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

World-renowned biohacker and bestselling author Dave Asprey reveals how to maximize your well-being… read more

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  • productivity
  • personal development
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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18. Lessons for Living: What Only Adversity Can Teach You

By: Phil Stutz

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Profound essays that cut through the messiness of life to help you get the good from the bad—by fam… read more

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  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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19. Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential

By: Brian Johnson

4.68

Format: 1060 pages, Hardcover

“This book will change your life. And, if enough of us commit, it will change the world.” — Phil St… read more

Similar categories in Brian Johnson's Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential book and Brian Johnson's Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential

  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • inspirational
  • health
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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20. Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest

By: William Vanderbloemen

3.76

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Want to stand out from the crowd? We have studied 30,000 top leaders and have discovered the 12 hab… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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21. All In: How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams

By: Mike Michalowicz

4.24

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of Profit First shows you how to build unstoppable teams where everyone wins… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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13 must-read philosophy books like Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential by Brian Johnson

Transform Your Habits

Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)

James B. Stockdale

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Philosopher's Notes: On Optimal Living, Creating an Authentically Awesome Life and Other Such Goodness, Vol. 1

Brian Johnson

4.17

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

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20 Top audiobook books like Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World by Ryan Holiday

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Adam M. Grant

4.12

Transform Your Habits

A Thousand Ships

Natalie Haynes

4.07

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