8 must-read personal development books like Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without by Tom Rath

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Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without

By: Tom Rath

3.76

Format: None pages,

If you liked the personal development plot in Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without by Tom Rath , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

By: Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster

4.22

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Conspiracy has revolutionized how we think about the true meaning of discipleship. In th… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Genius, it is said, is the ability to scrutinize the obvious."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"(God's) nature, identity, and overarching purposes are no doubt unchanging. But his intentions with regard to many particular matters that concern individual human beings are not. This does not dimin…"

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

Cover of Fathered by God: Learning What Your Dad Could Never Teach You by John Eldredge

2. Fathered by God: Learning What Your Dad Could Never Teach You

By: John Eldredge

3.86

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

There is a path leading to authentic manhood, cut by men who have gone before us, sons following in… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

By: Richard J. Foster

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Richard J. Foster's Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growthis hailed by many as the… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and be Your Own Person

By: Shonda Rhimes

5.00

Format: 64 pages,

In this poignant, hilarious and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • self help
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5. Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I

By: Hazel Gaynor , Heather Webb

4.29

Format: 128 pages, ebook

New York Timesbestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgett… read more

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6. Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without

By: Tom Rath

3.76

Format: None pages,

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  • relationships
  • personal development
  • leadership
  • social
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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7. The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

By: Ernesto Che Guevara , Aleida Guevara March

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

The young Che Guevara's lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone by Keith Ferrazzi, Mark Goulston

8. Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone

By: Keith Ferrazzi , Mark Goulston

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Foreword by Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Aloneand Who's Got Your BackThe first make-or-break… read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership

9. Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business

By: Bill George , John E. Mackey , None

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

A Wall Street JournalBestsellerIn this book, Whole Foods Market cofounder John Mackey and professor… read more

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10. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

By: Robert M. Pirsig

3.78

Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more

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  • self help
"This forest silence improves anyone."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"The more you read, the more you calm down."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

11. The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

By: Daniel Coyle

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

An essential book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides readers with a … read more

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12. Big Fish

By: Daniel Wallace

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

He could outrun anybody, and he never missed a day of school. He saved lives, tamed giants. Animals… read more

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13. Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

By: Nathaniel Branden

3.80

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Nathaniel Branden's book is the culmination of a lifetime of clinical practice and study, already h… read more

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14. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

By: Stephen R. Covey , Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler

3.78

Format: None pages,

Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high,… read more

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15. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

By: Chip Heath , Dan Heath

3.97

Format: 12 pages,

Why is change so difficult and frightening? How do you create change when you have few resources an… read more

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16. Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for You

By: None , Dave Evans

3.82

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

*** The #1 New York Times Bestseller *** Whether we're 20, 40, 60 or older, many of us are still l… read more

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17. 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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  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
"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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18. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

By: Caitlin Doughty

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller “Doughty chronicles [death] practices with ten… read more

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  • nonfiction
"My next drone folk album will be called "The Cremation Reforms of Octavius B. Frothingham"."

-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

"What dignity translates to, more often than not, is silence, a forced poise, a rigid formality."

-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

"All that surrounds us comes from death, every part of every city, and every part of every person."

-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

"In death, corpses don't hold themselves together. They no longer have to play by the living's rules."

-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Cover of The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel H. Pink

19. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

By: Daniel H. Pink

3.84

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When and Drive, a new book about the transforming … read more

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  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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20. When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

By: Brianna Wiest

4.26

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Healing is not a one-time event. It can begin with a one-time event — typically some form of sud… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • self help
"Life contracts before it expands, and pulls back before it leaps forward. This balancing act is not something we should resist, but rather, embrace."

-Brianna Wiest, When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

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21. What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

By: Bruce D. Perry

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • self help
Cover of The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath by Peter Zeihan

22. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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23. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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24. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By: Beth Allison Barr

4.40

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

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25. 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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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"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

Cover of A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

26. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.60

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

A stirring meditation on Black performance in America from the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • nonfiction
"When someone loves loudly, with everything they have in them, the withholding of that loud love, even briefly, feels impossible to endure."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

"If I am going to be afraid, I might as well do it honest. Arm in arm with everyone I love, adorned in blood and bruises, singing jokes on our way to the grave."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

"I have wanted to die enough times in my life to understand the idea that wanting to die is not a foolish thing... I don't mean to prop up the idea of wanting an exit, but for me, not to imagine it as…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

"Of the many things America loves to pat itself on the back about, one of the things is an obsession with exploration, or the desire to seek places beyond the places you are from or the places you hav…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

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27. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at wor… read more

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  • personal development
  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"Chill" is a selfishness disguised as kindness"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Good controversy is much more likely to happen when it is invited in but carefully structured."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"In a world of infinite choices, choosing one thing is the revolutionary act. Imposing that restriction is actually liberating."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Barack Obama's aunt once told him, 'If everyone is family, no one is family.' It is blood that makes a tribe, a border that makes a nation. The same is true of gatherings. So here is a corollary to h…"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

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28. Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric

By: Thomas Gryta

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

How could General Electric—perhaps America’s most iconic corporation—suffer such a swift and sudden… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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29. Everything All at Once

By: Stephanie Catudal

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller  An intimate and evocative memoir one woman’s experience with the univer… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. The Map of Salt and Stars

By: Zeyn Joukhadar

3.92

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Nour es una niña de once años cuyo padre acaba de morir. Su madre, cartógrafa que dibuja los mapas … read more

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"Stories are powerful,"

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"I don’t understand why we were shelled."

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"The sea has a way of showing us ourselves,"

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"The most important places on a map are the places we haven't been yet"

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

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John Eldredge

3.86

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Richard J. Foster

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