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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
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Include books by the same authorFlourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being
Martin E.P. Seligman · 378 pages
The Art of Thinking Clearly: Better Thinking, Better Decision
Rolf Dobelli · 384 pages
The Art of Thinking Clearly by world-class thinker and entrepreneur Rolf Dobelli is an eye-opening look at human psychology and reasoning — essential reading for anyone who wants to avoid “cognitive errors” and make better choices in all aspects of their lives. Have you ever: Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn’t worth it? Or continued doing something you knew was bad for
What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins · 253 pages
He says that's his best offer. Is it? She says she agrees. Does she? The interview went great—or did it? He said he'd never do it again. But he did. Read this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to "speed-read" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pit
Emotional Vampires: Dealing with People Who Drain You Dry
Albert J. Bernstein · 242 pages
The author of Dinosaur Brains offers protection from people who seek to destroy the emotional and psychological well-being of others--people with personality disorders. Like the fabled demons, these vampires: think their needs are more important than yours; believe "the rules" apply only to other people; and use their tempers in the same way terrorists use bombs. Emotional Vampires tells readers h
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
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
You Can't Lie to Me
Janine Driver · 288 pages
The Color Code: A New Way To See Yourself, Your Relationships, and Life
Taylor Hartman · 283 pages
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
The Definitive Book of Body Language
Allan Pease, Barbara Pease · 400 pages
This book isolates and examines each component of body language and gesture and makes you more aware of your own non-verbal cues and signals and demonstrates how people communicate with each other using them.
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 Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over
Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins · 288 pages
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Barry Schwartz · 269 pages
In the spirit of [Alvin Toffler](/authors/OL433058A)’s [*Future Shock*](/works/OL2869043W), a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested readings, and more.Whether we’re buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant · 320 pages
Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong. Evidence has shown that creative geniuses are not attached to one identity, but constantly willing to rethink their stances and that leaders who admit they don't know something and seek critical feedback lead more productive and innovative teams. New evidence sh
The Gift of Not Belonging: How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners
Rami Kaminski · 240 pages
This book explores the 'otrovert' personality—individuals who feel like outsiders in any group—and discusses how they can thrive in a world that values belonging.
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find -- and Keep -- Love
Amir Levine, Rachel Heller · 294 pages
Introduces the theory of adult attachment as an advanced relationship science that can enable individuals to find and sustain love, offering insight into the roles of genetics and early family life in how people approach relationships.
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.
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
Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don't, and How to Make Any Change Stick
Jeremy Dean · 268 pages
The psychologist behind PsyBlog explores the science of habit-- and how you can change yours for the better. Dean examines of one of the most powerful and under-appreciated processes in the mind: habits. He explains why seemingly easy habits, like eating an apple a day, can be surprisingly difficult to form, and how to take charge of your brain's natural "autopilot" to make any change stick. An
The Essential Enneagram
David N. Daniels, Virginia A. Price · 128 pages
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
Shawn Achor · 246 pages
Recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that happiness fuels success, not the other way around. Achor isolates seven practical, actionable principles that show how to capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve performance and maximize potential.
Joy Is a Risk Worth Taking
Kelly McGonigal, PhD
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Chris Voss · 274 pages
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want
Sonja Lyubomirsky · 366 pages
Drawing on her own groundbreaking research with thousands of men and women, research psychologist and University of California professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has pioneered a detailed yet easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in our day-to-day lives-in the short term and over the long term. The How of Happiness is a different kind of happiness book, one that offers a comprehensive gu