The best microbooks on Emotional Intelligence to make you overcome obstacles in your personal and professional life.

Emotional Intelligence

Three of the world’s foremost experts in trauma and recovery—Drs. Steven Southwick, Dennis Charney, and Jonathan DePierro explore the science behind human strength in the face of adversity. Blending groundbreaking research with deeply moving personal stories from survivors of war, disaster, illness, and the COVID-19 pandemic, this powerful book reveals how ordinary people overcome extraordinary hardship. Through ten key resilience factors, such as facing fear, embracing optimism, and finding role models the authors offer a practical, inspiring roadmap for adapting, healing, and growing after life’s toughest challenges. “Resilience” shows that the ability to bounce back is not just a trait, it's a skill that can be learned and strengthened by us all.

Resilience

Personal Development

Kelly McGonigal teaches a course on willpower at Stanford University. She quickly realized that a lot of people struggle with exerting self-control. With her students, she developed willpower exercises that she shares with the world in “The Willpower Instinct.”

The Willpower Instinct

In “Positive Intelligence” former coach-trainer Shirzad Chamine explores why so many teams and individuals never seem to be able to tap into their full potentials. He believes this is down to listening to the ten Saboteurs of the mind. He provides an easy-to-follow approach on how to silence those inner derogatory voices and increase your success and happiness.

Positive Intelligence

Healthy mind, healthy body. Take some moments of tranquility amid the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Spirituality & Mindfulness

Get inspired, build great plans, reach your goals, live happier!

Self-Help & Motivation

Have you ever felt like your thoughts were too loud and out of your control? In “Winning the War in Your Mind,” American pastor Craig Groeschel rummages through the Bible to teach you how to quiet and restrain them. “Our lives are always moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts,” he claims. “What we think shapes who we are.”

Winning the War in Your Mind

Biology, physics and a lot of experimentation!  

Science

Test new diets, routines, workout regimens and see what best suits your body and mind

Health & Diet

To quote bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert, “Breath” by immersive journalist James Nestor is “a fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe – and how we’ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.” If there ever was a book that might make you hold your breath – and open your nostrils – well, this one is probably it.

Breath

“You Can Heal Your Life” is one of the classics in New Thought and self-help books. Hay talks about the power of positivity and of realizing the power you hold in your own life. She believes that every thought determines the future.

You Can Heal Your Life

See what science says about modern childhood education.

Parenting

“Listen to Your Mother” is a collection of 56 personal, real-world essays and stories about the miracle of motherhood. Topics range from adoption to assimilation to adolescence, from first-time parenting to foster parenting, from mothering through unsolicited advice to mothering through unplanned pregnancy. We’ve picked out our favorite four stories – and we feel that none of them will leave you indifferent.

Listen to Your Mother

“Strong Mother, Strong Sons” contains advice from American pediatrician Meg Meeker on how mothers should raise their sons. Based on her personal experience in working with mothers in her hometown in Michigan, she highlights the importance of letting go, and of teaching sons an emotional vocabulary.

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons

‘’Mom & Me & Mom’’ is the last book in a series of autobiographies by Maya Angelou, which focuses on her relationship with her mother Vivian Baxter. Since Vivian left Maya and her brother when they were just a few years old, the relationship between these two women did not start out well. Despite this, Angelou does not remember her mother with resentment, but rather with gratitude for everything she did for her later in life.

Mom & Me & Mom

“The Magic of Motherhood” is a collection of stories from the blog “Coffee + Crumbs,” created by Ashlee Gadd. North American mothers share their stories of bringing up children, of pregnancy, and of the everyday mania of being a mother. Whether it is about adoption, letting go, or making hard choices, this treasure trove of stories offers advice to all mothers out there.

The Magic of Motherhood

Explore the work-ethic of productive people and get a glimpse into the techniques that helped them reach a high level of success.

Productivity & Time Management

Understanding the science behind your decision making and behavior is a great asset in the battle to a more fulfilled life.

Psychology

Build a solid career, learn how to run your business and inspire other people to do the same.

Career & Business

In “Mindset,” world-renowned psychologist Carol S. Dweck proposes that there are two fundamental mindsets that people adapt: a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. By comparing and contrasting the two, she demonstrates why only one of them works – and how people can use this knowledge to improve and make the world a better place.

Mindset

It's time to learn about the main pillars of society, world politics, and different cultures. 

Society & Politics

How did we get here? See which ideas shaped the course of history, and how philosophy played a significant role in human evolution.

History & Philosophy

Robert Greene’s debut book – “The 48 Laws of Power” – is a practical manual for anyone interested in gaining power or arming themselves against it. Drawing from the philosophies of Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Baltasar Gracián, and many others, the book doesn’t merely explicate the laws but also illustrates them through real-world historical examples that reveal the consequences of both their observance and violation.

The 48 Laws of Power

Daniel Goleman’s “Emotional Intelligence” summarizes research from a decade of studies and shows us why emotional intelligence (EI) is just as important for a successful life as our IQ. Contrary to the academic knowledge measured by the IQ, EI is multifaceted and has an impact on our work performance, our relationships, and our health.
Goleman argues for a shift in educational focus: he makes the case for educating our children in the art of emotional intelligence, to prevent the rise of mental health issues and crime rates.


Examples and tips on how to build a better and more satisfying routine into your life!

Lifestyle

In “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,” Mark Manson clears up some common misconceptions on how to live a successful and happy life. Through counterintuitive advice such as “don’t try,” he manages to convince us that we do not have to be famous to be immortal, and that we do not have to give a fuck about every little thing in life. This book teaches you how to take back control of your life in order to be truly happy.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Imagine you broke up with your old self and became a new and improved version. Author Joe Dispenza will take you on this remodeling journey, provided that you grasp some basic understanding of quantum physics and neurobiology. In short, reality is spread between several parallel universes, each containing a different image of you; by using your three brains, you could alter your genes, thus altering your destiny.

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

Love and friendship are the backbone of happiness, and no one could argue otherwise.

Sex & Relationships

“Why Is Sex Fun?” by Jared Diamond is a fascinating book offering insight into the evolution of human sexuality. Briefly, it is neither pornographic nor a how-to-do-it manual, but a humorous and wide-ranging exploration of why human sexuality is so bizarrely unusual by the standards of other animal species. It will catch your attention to discover all about sex.

Why Is Sex Fun

Drawing from a variety of spiritual traditions and the depths of a personally experienced “inner transformation,” “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle is, self-professedly, a guide to spiritual enlightenment. The book advocates severing the ties with your incessantly wandering pain-addicted mind to access the power of the present moment – the only place where life is actually happening.

The Power of Now

The third book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, “How to Love” by Zen Buddhist guru Thich Nhat Hahn is a succinct, simple guide to the mysteries and beauties of love. Written in brief, self-sufficient chapters, this pocket-sized gem covers everything from the nature of mutual affection to its essence, from the four elements of love to the six mantras that enhance and deepen it.

Emotional Intelligence

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The 48 Laws of Power

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The Willpower Instinct

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Winning the War in Your Mind

Breath

You Can Heal Your Life

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