18 must-read self help books like The Second Mountain by David Brooks

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The Second Mountain

By: David Brooks

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In The Second Mountain, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning an…

"If you can create a social movement that people want to join, they will bend their energies and ideas to you."

-David Brooks, The Second Mountain

"If you can create a social movement that people want to join, they will bend their energies and ideas to you."

-David Brooks, The Second Mountain

"People in the valley have been broken open. They have been reminded that they are not just the parts of themselves that they put on display."

-David Brooks, The Second Mountain

"People in the valley have been broken open. They have been reminded that they are not just the parts of themselves that they put on display."

-David Brooks, The Second Mountain

If you liked the self help plot in The Second Mountain by David Brooks , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Succulent Wild Woman

By: SARK

4.15

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This book is my glowing invitation to you—to live a rich, succulent life! I explore love, sexualit… read more

Similar categories in SARK's Succulent Wild Woman book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • psychology
  • self help

2. Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential

By: Caroline Myss

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author and medical intuitive Caroline Myss has found that when people do… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Myss's Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help

3. Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance

By: Bob Buford

3.11

Format: 216 pages,

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4. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

By: Richard Rohr

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more

Similar categories in Richard Rohr's Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"The ego hates losing – even to God."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

5. Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence

By: David Keirsey , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Rev. ed. of: Please understand me. 3rd ed. c1978. read more

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6. Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

By: Gregory S. Works

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Don’t let family history set the course for your future. Triumph was strategically designed to help… read more

Similar categories in Gregory S. Works's Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Choose joy."

-Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

"Be okay with having health-essential boundaries."

-Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

"God has been there with us every step of the way."

-Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

"Find people who are fighting the same illness that you are."

-Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

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7. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

By: Bill Perkins

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more

Similar categories in Bill Perkins's Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"

-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

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8. 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 David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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9. 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

Similar categories in Morgan Housel's Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • self help
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

Similar categories in Peter Attia's Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more

Similar categories in Arthur C. Brooks's Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

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

By: Charan Ranganath

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more

Similar categories in Charan Ranganath's Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Adam M. Grant's Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

By: Ronald M. Razmi

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the healthcare industry AI … read more

Similar categories in Ronald M. Razmi's AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • nonfiction
"It’s true that AI can mimic the human brain, but it can also outperform us mere humans by discovering complex patterns that no human being could ever process and identify."

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"In short, physicians are getting more and more data, which requires more sophisticated interpretation and which takes more time. AI is the solution, enhancing every stage of patient care from researc…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"Pilots used to fly planes manually, but now they operate a dashboard with the help of computers. This has made flying safer and improved the industry. Healthcare can benefit from the same type of app…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"It’s estimated that AI could free up to 25% of clinician time across different specialties. This increased amount of time could mean less hurried encounters and more humane interactions, including mo…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

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15. 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

Similar categories in Cal Newport's Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"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

Cover of Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali  Abdaal

16. 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

Similar categories in Ali Abdaal's Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

By: Michael Easter

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more

Similar categories in Michael Easter's Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."

-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

Cover of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

18. 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

Similar categories in Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"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

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19. The Second Mountain

By: David Brooks

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In The Second Mountain, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning an… read more

Similar categories in David Brooks's The Second Mountain book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • sociology
  • self help
"If you can create a social movement that people want to join, they will bend their energies and ideas to you."

-David Brooks, The Second Mountain

"People in the valley have been broken open. They have been reminded that they are not just the parts of themselves that they put on display."

-David Brooks, The Second Mountain

"Thus, the most complete definition of a commitment is this: falling in love with something and then building a structure of behavior around it for those moments when love falters."

-David Brooks, The Second Mountain

"The people who are made larger by suffering go on to stage two small rebellions. First, they rebel against their ego ideal. .. down in the valley, they lose interest in their ego ideal"

-David Brooks, The Second Mountain

Cover of From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks

20. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.94

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more

Similar categories in Arthur C. Brooks's From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World by Ryan Holiday

21. 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

Similar categories in Ryan Holiday's Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World book and David Brooks's The Second Mountain

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help

14 must-read audiobook books like The Second Mountain by David Brooks

Transform Your Habits

Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Bill Perkins

3.91

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

Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

4.37

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20 Top audiobook books like From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks

Transform Your Habits

The Road to Character

David Brooks

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

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

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Bill Perkins

3.91

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