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"This Year I..." by M.J. Ryan
How often do we promise to change our lives, but after a while we make other promises or completely forget about them? This book will help you realize yourself and achieve your goals. In it, the famous business coach and psychology lecturer M.J. Ryan says that most of success begins at the goal-setting stage, and shares practical advice on how to set and solve problems.
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The Psychology of Achievement by Heidi Grant Halvorson
In this book, social psychology expert Heidi Grant Halvorson helps readers set the right goals, gives tips for strengthening willpower, and reveals how to avoid the mindset that leads to failure. “Psychology of Achievement” will help you achieve goals yourself and teach you how to motivate others, so it is perfect for managers or parents.
"The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg
The path to success lies through developing the right habits. In The Power of Habit, New York Times journalist Charles Duhigg explains how daily rituals are formed and how you can change them to set yourself up for success. “The Power of Habit” will help both people with big goals and ambitions, and those who simply want to change their lives for the better.
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"Willpower" by Kelly McGonigal
This book is a real guide to developing willpower. In it, Ph.D., professor and psychologist at Stanford, Kelly McGonigal, tells what and how to do in order to learn to keep the promises you make to yourself. Igor Mann said that “Willpower” should be given to every student upon admission along with a grade-book, and the first test should be based on this book.
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“Never”, Elena Rezanova
Sometimes the road to a goal requires radical changes from us. “Never” will help you give up your usual way of life and not give up halfway. The book is divided into six parts, which cover all the stages of giving up life on autopilot. After reading, the categorical rejection of former stability seems logical, natural and not at all so scary.
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Don't retreat and don't give up. Lessons from Louis Zamperini
The biography of an athlete and pilot who was captured by the Japanese during World War II, but survived all the horrors of the dungeons, became the basis for several books and for the biopic film “Unbroken,” directed by Angelina Jolie. Louis Zamperini was so hardened by life's hardships that he left this world only at the age of 97 after complications from pneumonia. Shortly before his death, Zamperini dictated a biographical book to his co-author about the lessons that fate taught him, “Do not retreat and do not give up. My incredible story." This thing can motivate even those who don’t really believe in themselves.
Learn to get along with people
"I Hear Right Through You" by Mark Goulston
Mark Goulston is a psychiatrist who trains police and FBI negotiators. In his book, he talks about how to communicate with people in order to gain their trust and achieve what you want. You shouldn’t see only mercantile calculation in his methods: Goulston’s recommendations will help you get along with people without selfish interest.
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“We turn on the charm using the methods of the secret services,” Jack Schafer and Marvin Carlins
And this book tells you how to seduce a person, make him like you and make him do what you want. This is not a manual on hypocrisy. The author simply tells how to help some people do something nice for others. Sometimes for your own benefit.
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"How to Talk to Anyone" by Mark Rhodes
This book will help you overcome self-doubt when communicating with people. Entrepreneur and business coach Mark Rhodes shares how to overcome mental barriers, start conversations, and overcome unreasonable fears of rejection.
How to Talk to Assholes by Mark Goulston
Unfortunately, life brings us together not only with wonderful people, but also with absolutely unbearable ones, whom we would happily avoid. Psychiatrist Mark Goulston, known for his book “I Hear Right Through You,” tells how to communicate with those with whom it is impossible to build a constructive dialogue, with minimal damage and maximum benefit.
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"Never Eat Alone" by Kate Ferrazzi
Connections are no less important to success than luck, talent and perseverance. So says Keith Ferrazzi, a networker whose notebook contains numbers of presidents, rock stars and famous entrepreneurs. The author gained useful contacts thanks to the communication strategies that he describes in this book.
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Jean-Dominique Bauby - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
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Jean-Dominique Bauby is the author of this confession. “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” is his message to the world. In his body, frozen forever, only one eye moves. With this eye he blinks, once to say yes, twice to say no. Thus, from the letters of the alphabet indicated by a flick of the eyelashes, words, phrases, and entire pages emerge. So, from under the glass cover of a spacesuit, from a brain enclosed in a frozen body, in which butterflies of thoughts flutter, he sends us his postcards - messages from a world in which there is nothing left except the spirit and mind of the creator at work.
Help build romantic relationships
"On the Same Wavelength", Amy Banks and Lee Hirschman
In this book, psychiatrist Amy Banks talks about four things that will help you connect with other people: calm, acceptance, resonance and energy. Practical tools from the book, based on the achievements of modern neurobiology, will help “tune” the brain to strong relationships. The acquired skills can be used not only in romantic relationships, but also in communicating with colleagues or family members.
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"Union of Dissimilars", Yitzhak Adizes, Yehezkel and Ruth Madanes
Opposites attract, but maintaining such a relationship can be difficult. The authors tell you how to avoid conflicts if you are very different from your partner, and how these differences help create a happy family.
The book is based on the methodology of Isaac Adizes, which provides four roles that business leaders should take on. Masters in liberal arts studies Yehezkel and Ruth Madanes took this technique to the realm of romantic relationships and found that this behavior helps avoid domestic quarrels.
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"Fear of Intimacy" by Ilse Sand
While some are trying to strengthen relationships, others are unable to find them. Often the reason for this is an internal fear of appearing vulnerable. Danish psychotherapist Ilse Sand explains, using examples from life, how different types of psychological defense do not help, but only prevent us from living life to the fullest, and how to get rid of them.
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"Hold Me Tight" by Sue Johnson
Renowned family therapist Sue Johnson talks about what love is, why it fades and why we need it so much. The author shares seven ideas for dialogues that will help you gain mutual understanding with your partner, understand relationships, and put people at ease in moments of crisis.
Even the happiest couples have problems. “Hold me tight” will help you survive them and regain intimacy.
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“Business and/or love”, Olga Lukina
Personal development consultant Olga Lukina tells six stories of people who turned to her for help. These people are used to being strong and solving problems on their own. What was their condition if they ended up seeing a psychotherapist? Finding balance between your personal life and career is not a new problem. Fortunately, the author of the book knows how to solve it.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn - “Cancer Ward”
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Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn (born 1918) is a Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (1970). His works influenced changes in public consciousness throughout the world and brought the writer international fame. The story “Cancer Ward,” one of the author’s central works, was first published in 1968 abroad. Subsequently translated into almost all European languages. At home, “Cancer Ward” was published in 1990. The story, based on the author’s personal experience, most of the characters in which were copied from life, has become one of the most widely read works.
Help you become smarter
"Rice Storm" by Michael Micalko
Creativity is another skill that can be developed. Igor Mann’s favorite book “Rice Storm” will help with this, which outlines techniques and exercises for effective idea generation. In this book, you'll find challenges, games, and puzzles that challenge lateral thinking and learn about the creative breakthroughs that changed the world.
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"Think Like a Mathematician" by Barbara Oakley
Many humanists believe that the precision and logic of mathematical thinking are beyond their reach. Auckland University professor Barbara Oakley refutes this postulate and volunteers to teach everyone the techniques used by specialists in the exact sciences. The author tells how basic knowledge in the field of mathematics helps to absorb information in any field, be it biology, finance or psychology.
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"Einstein Walks on the Moon" by Joshua Foer
US Memory Championship winner Joshua Foer explains how he trained his memory for a year. Also in the book “Einstein Walks on the Moon” you can find effective memorization techniques, conclusions of scientific research on the topic and an excursion into the past on the function of memory over thousands of years.
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The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh
The Simpsons writing team includes holders of advanced degrees in mathematics. It’s no wonder that episodes of animated series are filled with Easter eggs that are not noticeable and understandable to everyone. Simon Singh's book will tell you what you probably haven't noticed, teach you how to look for hidden messages in cultural objects, give you some mathematical knowledge and tell you about fun facts.
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"The Skeptic" by Michael Shermer
We constantly receive new information, but not all of it is true. Michael Shermer, in his book The Skeptic, tells how to use a rational approach to discover the truth and gives vivid examples of misconceptions from life. The book will be especially useful for those who want to understand science.
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Jodi Picoult - "An Angel for My Sister"
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Anna is not sick, but at the age of thirteen she underwent countless operations, transfusions, and injections. And all in order to help my sister with leukemia. As her parents said, this is why Anna was born. But what could her life have been like if she had not been attached to her sister?.. Anna decided to take a step that would have been too difficult for many people, and filed a lawsuit against her parents, who had usurped the right to dispose of her body.
Learn to work better
“Jedi Techniques”, Maxim Dorofeev
In his book, productivity expert Maxim Dorofeev introduces the term “mental fuel” - these are available mental resources that affect our productivity. It is the amount of mental fuel that the author explains that sometimes in a couple of hours we complete a volume of work that at other times we would devote a whole day to.
Discovering the phenomenon is half the battle. It's much more important to learn how to use this to your advantage. Maxim Dorofeev tells how to do this and shares techniques for preserving thought fuel.
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“Stop dreaming, get busy!” Cal Newport
Determination, perseverance and years of trying increase the chances of success in a certain field, but do not guarantee it. How many people in the world are desperately trying to comprehend the exact sciences or learn to write? Cal Newport gives hope to the hopeless and encourages them to become great at what they do.
Perhaps a would-be programmer will find fulfillment in advertising, and a failed writer will find happiness as an economist. The author encourages you not to give up on your dreams, but only to be realistic when drawing up a life plan. Such a look can cause irritation, or it can make you think and, as a result, save several years of your life.
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“Number 1”, Igor Mann
A practical guide from the publisher Mann, Ivanov and Ferber, which is designed to help the reader become the best in his field. “Number 1” is a very small book. It contains only the most important things: an action plan, a list of recommended literature, and a practical part that motivates you to become better right now.
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"Get Out of Your Comfort Zone" Brian Tracy
“Get out of your comfort zone” is 21 methods for increasing personal effectiveness, some of which are probably familiar to every Lifehacker reader. The author talks about the importance of planning and filtering the endless daily responsibilities and gives valuable recommendations that you should resort to immediately.
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"Single-Tasking" by Devorah Zack
Multitasking is the main enemy of careful work and efficiency. Psychology teacher Devorah Zack provides evidence that you can't get more done by doing several things at once. “Single-tasking” will help you get rid of information noise and effectively cope with tasks, completing them one after another.
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On the limit. Complete Hell Week
And another book by Eric Bertrand Larsen with a “talking” title - At the Limit. A week without self-pity." This is a sequel to the previous edition, and here the trainer is already calling for you to try out “Hell Week”, a kind of
“young fighter course”, when everything will be subordinated to discipline. Get up at five in the morning, go to bed at 22.00, do not be distracted by TV, computer and useless chatter about “nothing”, strain yourself physically, and also set specific tasks and complete them. It seems that seven days is so little! But many who complete such a “marathon” change for the better, realize how much time they previously wasted in vain, and become a more harmonious, productive person. Try it at least once, test yourself, Monday is just around the corner, start Larssen week at 5.00!
Help you become a good leader
"It Won't Be Easy" by Ben Horowitz
“It won’t be easy” is a huge set of information that will be useful to any business owner, and especially to those who are starting their own business for the first time. The tips from this book will help you find solutions in difficult situations, and the ironic and moderately humorous presentation will make “It Won’t Be Easy” not only useful, but also entertaining reading.
"Zero to One" by Peter Thiel
“From Zero to One” was included in his must-read list by Elon Musk himself, who was once a competitor of Peter Thiel, the creator of PayPal and the author of this book. When it comes to running your own business, it is best to turn to someone who has achieved success in this. Entrepreneur and billionaire Peter Thiel talks about how to choose a strategy at the beginning of your business journey and shares some simple but working business secrets.
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"Your Own MBA" by Josh Kaufman
“Your Own MBA” is a practical guide and a powerful motivator for those who want to open their own business without having a serious business education behind them. The author of the book, Josh Kaufman, himself went through the self-taught path and realized that crusts are, of course, good, but a significant part of the information about how a business works can be obtained on your own.
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"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey
The 7 Habits are seven key principles that every business owner or team member should learn. Each chapter covers a key skill, such as proactivity or synergy. Although the book was first published in 1989, the information contained in it is still relevant.
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"Leave Your Mark" by Blake Mycoskie
Many entrepreneurs believe that success in business is the result of an endless desire to do good and help people. One of the popularizers of this idea is the founder of Toms Shoes, Blake Mycoskie. Toms Shoes is a shoe manufacturer famous not only for its espadrilles, but also for the fact that when you buy one pair, the second one is sent to poor children with foot diseases. In his autobiographical book, Make Your Mark, Blake Mycoskie talks about how to start a profitable business that makes a difference.
Ruben David Gonzalez Gallego - "White on Black"
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Ruben David Gonzalez Gallego, a Russian writer, grandson of the general secretary of the Communist Party of Spain, fully experienced the meaning of the words “communist morality” from the experience of his life in Soviet Russia, most of which was spent in boarding schools for disabled children. His brilliant autobiographical novel in short stories, “White on Black,” is about this experience, which became a sensation already in a magazine publication and subsequently received the Russian Booker Prize as the best novel of the year.
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"Foreign for Adults" by Roger Kroes and Richard Roberts
If you think it's too late to learn a new language, then you're wrong. As a rule, in adulthood it is the lack of discipline and willpower that hinders us, and not the flexibility of the brain. Whatever language you are planning to learn, “Foreign for Adults” will be a useful tool. The book's authors share tips on memorization and talk about how to form a study habit.
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“Write, shorten”, Maxim Ilyakhov and Lyudmila Sarycheva
A manager in an office, a clerk in a bank, a teacher in a school - everyone writes something. With their text, these people influence the world no less than writers and journalists. Maxim Ilyakhov and Lyudmila Sarycheva in the book “Write, Shorten” share a recipe for creating a concise and succinct text, supporting the conclusions with examples that we encounter every day.
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"You can draw in 30 days" by Mark Kistler
This guide challenges the idea that drawing is a purely innate skill. In the book by award-winning teacher Mark Kistler you can find step-by-step instructions, tips, techniques, life hacks, as well as nine basic laws with which you can create the illusion of depth in a drawing.
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"Speed Reading" by Peter Kamp
The ability to read quickly and absorb as much information as possible is an important skill for anyone who has to study professional literature. The book sets an ambitious goal - to teach you to read at the speed of thought. Considering that interest in Peter Kamp's manual continues 40 years after it was written, Speed Reading really works.
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"Take a Photograph Every Day" by Susan Tuttle
“Take Photographs Every Day” is a well-written and well-illustrated guide on how to take high-quality photographs with any camera. With this book, you will be able to give up shooting in automatic mode, learn what shutter speed and light sensitivity are, and learn how to take fantastic portraits, landscapes, photos of animals or even food for Instagram.
Motivational books
No. 1. "To hell with all of it! Take it and do it!” – Richard Branson
About the book:
Everything in the book is written without self-praise and narcissism. This is rare among famous authors. Richard Branson talks about his own victories, but does not forget to mention his failures.
If you want to meet the man who built one of the most extensive companies, then the book shows all the steps on the road to success.
The book is filled with motivational advice. The main thing is to start and not stop. Believe that everything will work out and challenge yourself.
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“Not all of us are cut out to run airlines and railroad companies. Many people set more modest goals for themselves. But whatever you dream about, get down to business and move forward!”
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Electronic version on “Litres” – 449 rub.
Paper edition with delivery to “book 24” – 933 rub.
final grade – 9/10.
No. 2. “Bring out the giant within you” – Tony Robbins
About the book:
Immediately after reading the first chapter, the effect of your own transformation appears. If you take the book seriously from the very beginning and apply the advice described in it, then by the end you can become a completely different person.
The book is incredibly motivating. I want to re-read it again, which I will do soon. The text and content are interesting. With each page, new ideas and things are revealed that were previously under our noses, but seemed to go unnoticed.
Quote:
“I learned this by reading the autobiographies of successful people, and learned that, regardless of their background or living conditions, sooner or later success came to them when they gained a sense of confidence in the rightness of their actions.”
final grade – 7,5/10.
No. 3. "Drive. What really motivates us" - Daniel Pink
About the book:
An interesting book that makes you think about a lot. I don’t know how much the book will impact your life, but it definitely played a role in mine.
Daniel Pink reveals in detail the “new” type of motivation, and writes about it in detail. Motivation 2.0 is the motivation that is located somewhere inside, and no one knows how to work with it.
Read this book and you will find many ways to make yourself a productive person.
Quote:
“Like all external stimuli, goals focus our attention. This is one of the reasons why goal setting can be effective; it helps focus your mind.”
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Electronic version on “Litres” – 379 rub.
Paper edition with delivery to “book 24” – 680 rub.
final grade – 7/10.
Help you become happier
"The Strange Girl Who Fell in Love with a Brain" by Wendy Suzuki
Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares unique brain training techniques and her own method of physical exercise, which affects not only the body, but also the way of thinking. Using knowledge of neurobiology, the author was able to reprogram her brain and change, and now she is ready to help readers do the same. If one day you woke up and realized that you didn’t like yourself, this book is for you.
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“Hygge. The Secret of Danish Happiness, Mike Viking
Denmark regularly occupies a leading position in rankings of countries around the world in terms of happiness. It's all about hygge - the Danish philosophy of life, which is based on a few simple rules. The Hygge worldview is not based on anything material, but on atmosphere and feelings, so the people of Denmark know how to find pleasure in ordinary everyday things. Mike Viking's book outlines the rules of hygge and dozens of tips on how to get closer to the mindset of happy Danes.
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"The Benefits of Laziness" by Andrew Smart
While some people try to juggle as many things as possible at once and master the art of time management, neuroscientist Andrew Smart exalts laziness as one of the true human destiny. The author denounces the modern obsession with busyness and argues that the true path to self-knowledge lies through idleness. This book will help you stop being ashamed of laziness, teach you how to use it to your advantage, and also justify every minute of your idleness.
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“Flow”, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
In researching creative individuals, the author discovered that they are happy because they experience a state of flow during the process of insight. Being in it is not so easy: it requires attention and effort, and happiness itself is not something that just happens to us, but an art that must be comprehended.
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“The ability to say “no””, Petra Kunze
This book will help you determine what you really want, gain self-confidence, and learn to say no to people when necessary. Petra Kunze argues that the ability to say “no” does not make you a less responsive person, but only helps you listen to your own needs and defend your interests.
“Saying No” is interactive and looks like a special notebook with empty fields. The author hints that all the answers are actually already known, you just need to not be afraid to voice them.
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“The Psychology of Happiness” - Sonja Lyubomirsky
Happiness in a person's life is an abstract concept. Well, happiness is happiness, so why talk about it. It is customary to write spiritual or religious texts about happiness.
But Lyubomirsky did what seemed impossible - she took “happiness” and sorted it out, using the results of numerous studies and experiments. The result was a specific program on how to make your life better and bring more happy and joyful moments into it. Without philosophy, without esotericism - a purely scientific approach.
From here I learned about such a concept as the level of happiness, and began to improve the quality of my life in small ways. Moreover, the book impressed me so much that I decided to write my own book about happiness. And he did it.
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Stephen Covey - “First things first.”
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The book talks about why there is a gap between what we spend our time on and what really matters to us, and why the pursuit of productivity does not bring satisfaction. The book rejects the traditional approach to organizing time: work as much, faster and more inventively as possible. Instead of another watch, she suggests a compass, because where you are going is much more important than how fast you are going.
Sergey Kovalev - “We come from a terrible childhood.”
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The second book in the “Codes of Your Destiny” series by a famous psychologist, one of the leaders of domestic and world neurolinguistic programming, a psychotherapist of the highest qualifications in Europe, describes what can safely be called the fundamental theory and practice of neuroprogramming one’s destiny and life. It tells in detail, in an accessible and popular form, about the scenarios and scriptwriters of our destinies; about psychopathologies of the past and possible future, as well as about the psychological time of our destiny; psychotechnologies for overcoming the pathological consequences of a difficult childhood are described in detail; Inner Child psychotherapy; getting rid of imprints and psychological traumas; greening one's own future; optimizing psychological time orientations and improving the time line.
