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Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types
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Include books by the same authorInfluencer: The Power to Change Anything
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler · 299 pages
"Everyone wants to be an influencer. We all want to learn how to help ourselves and others change behavior. And yet, in spite of the fact that we routinely attempt to do everything from lose weight to improve quality at work, few of us have more than one or two ideas about how to exert influence. For the first time, Influencer brings together the breakthrough strategies of contemporary influence m
The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World
Marti Olsen Laney · 256 pages
Describes how introverts can work with their temperament to live a fullfilling life and thrive in an extrovert world, covering such topics as relationships, parenting, socializing, and coping in the workplace.
Toward a Psychology of Being
Abraham H. Maslow · 184 pages
First published in 1962, ‘Toward a Psychology of Being’ was written by Abraham H. Maslow, an American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.\ This book develops on Maslow’s key theories of motivation and self-actualization, which were firs
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink · 256 pages
From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm-changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is through external rewards like money—the carrot-and-th
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · 314 pages
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state called *flow*. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can b
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath, Dan Heath · 308 pages
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems--the rational mind and the emotional mind--that compete for control
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
Martin E.P. Seligman · 336 pages
The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over
Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins · 288 pages
Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done
Art Markman · 259 pages
The Essential Enneagram
David N. Daniels, Virginia A. Price · 128 pages
The INFP Book: The Perks, Challenges, and Self-Discovery of an INFP
Catherine Chea · 190 pages
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney · 291 pages
The authors review the latest research to report key findings on willpower and offer practical advice for increasing it.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg · 385 pages
A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed. Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new prod
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know
Katty Kay, Claire Shipman · 256 pages
"Working women today are better educated and more well qualified than ever before. Yet men still predominate in the corporate world. In The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Katty Kay argue that the key reason is confidence. Combining cutting-edge research in genetics, gender, behavior, and cognition--with examples from their own lives and those of other successful women in politics, media, and
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Robert A. Glover · 192 pages
Debunks the "nice guy syndrome," the need to please others at one's own expense with the hope of receiving happiness, love, and fulfillment, and offers advice for how to rediscover oneself, revive one's sex life, and build better relationships with others.
The Time Paradox: Using the New Psychology of Time to Your Advantage
Philip G. Zimbardo, John Boyd · 392 pages
Reveals how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you, interacting to create national cultures, economics, and personal destinies.
The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves · 196 pages
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
Amy Cuddy · 352 pages
59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
Richard Wiseman · 336 pages
A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, with tips and tricks to improve your life that come straight from the scientific community.Richard Wiseman has been troubled by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce creativity: the opposite of everything it prom
The Color Code: A New Way To See Yourself, Your Relationships, and Life
Taylor Hartman · 283 pages
The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life
Helen Palmer · 392 pages
How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life
Caroline Webb · 360 pages
"In How to Have a Good Day, Caroline Webb, business consultant and former partner at powerhouse McKinsey and Co., brings together the findings on behavioral economics and neuroscience--subjects that have led to dozens of bestselling books over the last decade--to show us how we can use these revolutionary new findings to improve how we work. Organized around seven factors that determine whether we
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Chris Voss · 274 pages