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Emotional Literacy Summary
Emotional Literacy
Intelligence with a Heart
by Claude M. Steiner 1997 275 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Emotion
Disarming the Narcissist Summary
Disarming the Narcissist
Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed
by Wendy T. Behary 2008 224 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Marshmallow Test Summary
The Marshmallow Test
Mastering Self-Control
by Walter Mischel 2014 336 pages
3.72
9k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life Summary
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
by Russell "Russ" Roberts 2014 261 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Self Help
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness
by Dalai Lama XIV 1998 322 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
by Martine Rothblatt 2014 368 pages
3.47
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Technology
Life Lessons From Nietzsche Summary
Life Lessons From Nietzsche
by John Armstrong 2013 120 pages
3.40
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Unfinished
Life Lessons From Freud Summary
Life Lessons From Freud
by Brett Kahr 2013 118 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
How Our Computers Are Changing Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
Think Twice Summary
Think Twice
Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
by Michael J. Mauboussin 2009 224 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Finance
Taming Your Gremlin Summary
Taming Your Gremlin
A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way
by Rick Carson 1983 192 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Discourses and Selected Writings Summary
Discourses and Selected Writings
by Epictetus 276 pages
4.42
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Dance of Connection Summary
The Dance of Connection
How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate
by Harriet Lerner 2001 256 pages
4.06
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
The Rise of Superman Summary
The Rise of Superman
Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
by Steven Kotler 2014 256 pages
3.92
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Personal Development
What Makes Love Last? Summary
What Makes Love Last?
How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal
by John M. Gottman 2012 304 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
Relationships
Psychology
Self Help
Learn or Die Summary
Learn or Die
Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization
by Edward D. Hess 2014 280 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Invincible Summary
Invincible
The 10 Lies You Learn Growing Up with Domestic Violence, and the Truths to Set You Free
by Brian F. Martin 2014 288 pages
4.58
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
The Power Of Less Summary
The Power Of Less
The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential
by Leo Babauta 2008 170 pages
3.72
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Personal Development
Smarter Than You Think Summary
Smarter Than You Think
How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better
by Clive Thompson 2013 352 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
Passionate Marriage Summary
Passionate Marriage
Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
by David Schnarch 1997 448 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Relationships
Psychology
Self Help
The Happiness of Pursuit Summary
The Happiness of Pursuit
Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
by Chris Guillebeau 2014 304 pages
3.71
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Travel
Personal Development
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
by Paul Ormerod 2005 272 pages
3.48
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Scarcity Summary
Scarcity
Why Having Too Little Means So Much
by Sendhil Mullainathan 2013 304 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
Hooked Summary
Hooked
How to Build Habit-Forming Products
by Nir Eyal 2013 256 pages
4.12
47k+ ratings
Business
Design
Psychology
Charisma on Command Summary
Charisma on Command
Inspire, Impress, and Energize Everyone You Meet
by Charlie Houpert 2014 238 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Art of Stillness Summary
The Art of Stillness
Adventures in Going Nowhere
by Pico Iyer 2014 96 pages
3.72
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
One Small Step Can Change Your Life Summary
One Small Step Can Change Your Life
The Kaizen Way
by Robert Maurer 2009 228 pages
4.01
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
The Narcissism Epidemic Summary
The Narcissism Epidemic
Living in the Age of Entitlement
by Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 pages
3.61
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Cultural
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas Summary
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 288 pages
3.14
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories
Rock Breaks Scissors Summary
Rock Breaks Scissors
A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
by William Poundstone 2014 320 pages
3.49
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005 356 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Becoming a Resonant Leader Summary
Becoming a Resonant Leader
Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, Renew Your Relationships, Sustain Your Effectiveness
by Annie McKee 2008 256 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
New Passages Summary
New Passages
Mapping Your Life Across Time
by Gail Sheehy 1995 528 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Quest for a Moral Compass Summary
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
by Kenan Malik 2014 400 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
Being Logical Summary
Being Logical
A Guide to Good Thinking
by D.Q. McInerny 2004 160 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Self Help
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010 304 pages
3.51
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Rethinking Positive Thinking Summary
Rethinking Positive Thinking
Inside the New Science of Motivation
by Gabriele Oettingen 2014 240 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Emotional Life of Your Brain Summary
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live β€” and How You Can Change Them
by Richard J. Davidson 2012 304 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
This Is Water Summary
This Is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
by David Foster Wallace 2009 138 pages
4.47
35k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Self Help
The Middle Passage Summary
The Middle Passage
From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
by James Hollis 1993 127 pages
4.43
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
When Things Fall Apart Summary
When Things Fall Apart
Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema ChΓΆdrΓΆn 1996 148 pages
4.28
59k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Buddhism
No Mud, No Lotus Summary
No Mud, No Lotus
The Art of Transforming Suffering
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2014 128 pages
4.25
13k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
The Book of Afformations Summary
The Book of Afformations
Discovering the Missing Piece to Abundant Health, Wealth, Love, and Happiness
by Noah St. John 2013 223 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
The Positive Trait Thesaurus Summary
The Positive Trait Thesaurus
A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes
by Angela Ackerman 2013 241 pages
4.62
1k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
The Writer's Guide to Character Traits Summary
The Writer's Guide to Character Traits
Includes Profiles of Human Behaviors and Personality Types
by Linda N. Edelstein 1999 332 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
The Small Big Summary
The Small Big
Small Changes That Spark Big Influence
by Steve J. Martin 2014 240 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Emotionally Destructive Relationship Summary
The Emotionally Destructive Relationship
Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It
by Leslie Vernick 2007 247 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Relationships
Counselling
Psychology
ACT Made Simple Summary
ACT Made Simple
An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
by Russ Harris 2009 263 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Social Work
A Short Guide to a Happy Life Summary
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen 2000 50 pages
3.96
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
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