Books
14 book posts.
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Unlimited Power
This book is as self help as self help books go. If followed to the letter - it can also change your life.
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Julian Jaynes was an American psychologist best known for histheory of the bicameral mind which he explains in this book. His thesis is that human consciousness, as we know it today (introspection and awareness), did not exist in early humans due to…
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The Drama of the Gifted Child
The "Drama of the Gifted Child" should be renamed to "The Silence of the Sensitive Child". It would be a more accurate reflection of the content. The author starts from the premise that children need to be able to become real people through being…
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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is to be a refugee from the state of refugees.
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The Power of Now
A helpful reminder when things seem too serious Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.
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Nonviolent Communications
Author: Marshall B. to/4bS4Ua7 4 parts: observations, feelings, needs, requests we block compassion when we analyze others, don't take responsibility for our own actions, and communicate desires as demands distinguish btw observations and…
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Crucial Conversations
Title: Crucial Conversations Authors: Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler Crucial Conversation is a fitting if generic title for what I refer to as the bible of human communications. Unless you live in cave and sworn off human…
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The Untethered Soul
Title: The Untethered Soul Author: Michael A. Singer A short and rewarding read. The Untethered Soul is a book about the good life.
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Learned Optimism
P. Seligman Too long, wish I didn't read. For a book that is titled "Learned Optimism", it spends a remarkably little amount of content covering how to learn it.
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The Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching is a collection of 81 chapters of Chinese classical text that describe the essence of Taoism. Loosely translated as "the way", Taoism is a mix of philosophy and religion that has deep roots in Chinese culture. At the heart of the…
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Storyworthy
Storyworthy is a book about telling good stories. It is written by Mathew Dicks, an elementary school teacher and record 58-time Moth StorySLAM winner. The book is divided into three parts: finding your story, crafting it, and then telling it.
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The Body Keeps Score
The Body Keeps Score is a book about trauma. It covers the landscape of what trauma looks like, how it affects people, especially children, and how the means of survival comes at the cost of burying the "most sensitive, creative, intimacy-loving,…
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Build
Author: Tony Fadell Tony Fadell, inventor of the nest, talks about his framework to building exceptional products. He divides it into four parts: starting from the self and ones career and ending at the product and the team. Fadell believes in…
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Purple Cow
Author: Seth Godin Seth Godin talks about what it takes to do marketing today. He compares the golden days of television where all one had to do to market is to pay for a television slot and eke their brand into public awareness. This playbook no…
