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Stress less, accomplish more by Emily Fletcher Get the book: https://amzn.to/3PdprwX Achieve more with this fifteen-minute meditation programme. In Stress Less, Accomplish More Emily Fletcher shares an ancient meditation technique designed for busy lives. The focus of the practice is stress relief, mental clarity and improved productivity, so it's perfect for the fast pace of modern life. This sty...

Emotional intelligence by Daniel Goleman Get the book: https://amzn.to/4fHCLoe Does IQ define our destiny? In his groundbreaking bestseller, Daniel Goleman argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow. It is not our IQ, but our emotional intelligence that plays a major role in thought, decision-making and individual success. Self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, motivation,...

Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff by Richard Carlson Get the book: https://amzn.to/3VT41Jy “Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.” Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and It's All Small Stuff is an audiobook that tells you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carl...

Mental health microgains by Emma Cotterill Get the book: https://amzn.to/4fwZ2VT Using the sports psychology concept of marginal gains, this book gives you 50 five-minute, easy-to-implement strategies that build to make a big difference to your wellbeing. Want to make a big difference to your mental health by making small, manageable changes over time? In Mental Health Microgains , psychologists D...

The gift of rejection by Nona Jones Get the book: https://amzn.to/49YfyNd Greatness and mediocrity are separated by one thing--how you respond to rejection. People who crumble beneath the weight of rejection never realize their full potential, but people who learn to use rejection as a catalyst experience fulfillment in their lives. Nona Jones has experienced her fair share of rejection. Some of h...

Meditations for mortals by Oliver Burkeman Get the book: https://amzn.to/4iSAPMw Reflecting on ideas drawn from philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and self-help, Burkeman explores practical tools and shifts in perspective. The result is a bracing challenge to much familiar advice, and a profound yet entertaining crash course in living more fully. Meditations for Mortals takes us on a li...

Mindset by Carol S. Dweck Get the book: https://amzn.to/4gyGDJu World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea: the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it’s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success, but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes it...

Badass habits by Jen Sincero Get the book: https://amzn.to/3VVgVqi “Habits aren’t just actions; they’re declarations of who you want to be.” New York Times best-selling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits - breaking, making, understanding, and sticking with them like you've never stuck before. Badass Habits is a eureka-sparking, easy-to-digest look at how our habits make...

The compound effect by Darren Hardy Get the book: https://amzn.to/4gR028h Do you want success? More success than you have now? And even more success than you ever imagined possible? That is what this book is about: achieving it. No gimmicks. No hyperbole. Finally, just the truth about what it takes to earn success. As the central curator of the success media industry for over 25 years, author Darr...

Better than before by Gretchen Rubin Get the book: https://amzn.to/40cxvnW Most of us have a habit we’d like to change, and there’s no shortage of expert advice. But as we all know from tough experience, no magic, one-size-fits-all solution exists. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives. In Be...

Tiny habits by Bj Fogg Get the book: https://amzn.to/4gRxBHd “You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.” Improving your life is much easier than you think. Whether it’s losing weight, sleeping more, or restoring your work/life balance – the secret is to start small. For years, we’ve been told that being more healthy and productive is a matter of willpower:...

The LEGO story by Jens Andersen Get the book: https://amzn.to/3VWT0Hb It’s estimated that each year between eighty and ninety million children around the globe are given a box of LEGO, while up to ten million adults buy sets for themselves. Yet LEGO is much more than a dizzying number of plastic bricks that can be put together and combined in countless ways. LEGO is also a vision of the significan...

Profit first by Mike Michalowicz Get the book: https://amzn.to/4iVq63I Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren’t always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting that flips the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. Just as the most e...

Marketing to mindstates by Will Leach Get the book: https://amzn.to/3ZWOz07 Your nonconscious mind will filter out more than 99 percent of marketing you “see” today. Traditional marketing simply doesn’t work in today’s complex world. To reach today’s customers and influence their purchases, marketers and market researchers need to understand and harness the power of applied behavior psychology and...

Pattern breakers by Mike Maples and Peter Ziebelman Get the book: https://amzn.to/4fzR8ec Based on extensive research and real-world examples, Pattern Breakers upends accepted wisdom about how to achieve breakthrough success, and provides a playbook for anyone launching a startup or creating a new product. Pattern Breakers had its roots in the time when Mike Maples, a seasoned venture capitalist,...

Building a storybrand by Donald Miller Get the book: https://amzn.to/3PaaY50 New York Times best-selling author Donald Miller uses the seven universal elements of powerful stories to teach listeners how to dramatically improve how they connect with customers and grow their businesses. Donald Miller's StoryBrand process is a proven solution to the struggle business leaders face when talking about t...

Blue ocean strategy by W. Chan Kim Get the book: https://amzn.to/3BWygZ3 In this perennial bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, globally preeminent management thinkers W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne challenge everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books ever written, Blue...

Product-led growth by Wes Bush Get the book: https://amzn.to/3VVlYXD Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself is a game-changing guide for SaaS founders, marketers, and business leaders looking to revolutionize their approach to customer acquisition and retention. Written by Wes Bush, founder of the Product-Led Institute, this book breaks down the outdated SaaS playbook and int...

Purple Cow by Seth Godin Get the book: https://amzn.to/4gyLPNE You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice. What do Apple, Starbucks, Dyson and Pret a Manger have in common? How do they achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and-true brands to gasp their last? The old checklist of P's used by marketers - Pricing, Promotion, Pub...

Inspired by Marty Cagan Get the book: https://amzn.to/4gs3Blx “Innovation is not about coming up with the next big idea; it’s about delivering a product that people want to use.” How do today’s most successful tech companies—Amazon, Google, Facebook, Netflix, Tesla—design, develop, and deploy the products that have earned the love of literally billions of people around the world? Perhaps surprisin...

Crossing the chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore Get the book: https://amzn.to/4iUeQ7K Author Geoffrey Moore makes the case that high-tech products require marketing strategies that differ from those in other industries. His chasm theory describes how high-tech products initially sell well, mainly to a technically literate customer base, but then hit a lull as marketing professionals try to cross the chasm...

Sun Tzu and the art of business by Mark McNeilly Get the book: https://amzn.to/4fxmja3 More than two millennia ago the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote the classic work on military strategy The Art of War . Now, in Sun Tzu and the Art of Business , Mark R. McNeilly shows how Sun Tzu's strategic principles can be successfully applied to modern business situations. Here are really two books in o...

The Shopify story by Larry MacDonald Get the book: https://amzn.to/4gU0xhX The story of Shopify, one of Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, is all about starting and growing businesses. In this inspirational corporate history, follow the company’s rocket-like growth over its first two decades and meet its major players, such as Tobias Lütke, who co-founded the company in 2004, transitioned...

Thrive by Ravi Bapna and Anindya Ghose Get the book: https://amzn.to/4fx5P1x Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful general-purpose technology that is reshaping the modern economy, but misperceptions about AI stand in the way of harnessing it for the betterment of humanity. In Thrive , Ravi Bapna and Anindya Ghose counter the backlash by showcasing how AI is positively influencing the aspects...

Getting past no by William Ury Get the book: https://amzn.to/4gqqgP2 “Behind every no, there is a yes waiting to be discovered.” We all want to get to yes, but what happens when the other person keeps saying no? How can you negotiate successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate customer, or a deceitful coworker? In Getting Past No , William Ury of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation offers...