Personal Development

Blake Snyder’s “Save the Cat!” is a celebrated guide for aspiring screenwriters, offering a straightforward and entertaining approach to crafting compelling stories. Known for its 15 “story beats,” the book offers a clear structure for developing a screenplay, from the opening image to the resolution. Snyder shares practical advice, such as creating a relatable protagonist—illustrated by the titular act of "saving the cat," a metaphor for showing your character's humanity early in the story to win the audience's empathy. The book is filled with humorous anecdotes and real-world examples, making it both informative and enjoyable.

Save the Cat!

Named after the authors’ famous undergraduate course at Yale, ‘’Life Worth Living’’ deals with the question that has puzzled people for centuries - What kind of life is worth pursuing? By discovering how famous people from across the globe and throughout history contemplated this question, this bestseller will help you reach valuable insights on what a flourishing life looks like for you and how you can attain it.

Life Worth Living

The human brain is the most important tool we have. Unfortunately, we rarely use it properly. Even though we think we’re good thinkers, we make most of our decisions based on gut feelings, emotions and without having the right information. In “Think Straight,” Darius Foroux explains why it’s important to change that, and more importantly, how. It’s a practical book on practical thinking.

Think Straight

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

Sex & Relationships

God created Man in His image, but most of us have forgotten how to develop this “image” in the vital areas of our lives. Fortunately, in “Changes That Heal,” Henry Cloud takes us step-by-step through the four basic tasks of becoming mature image bearers of God: 1) bonding to others; 2) separating from others; 3) sorting out good and bad; and 4) becoming an adult.

Changes That Heal

An easily digestible and interactive book, “Best Self” by Mike Bayer, known to most Americans simply as Coach Mike, distills most of his wisdom into a compact, focused guide that aims to stimulate anyone’s desire for change. Revolving around Coach Mike’s trademarked screening tool, the SPHERES, “Best Self” is a simple, all-around manual for designing a happier and more fulfilling life.

Best Self

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

Psychology

Rather than a mysterious gift, creativity is a skill that anyone can acquire – or, at least, so feels legendary comedian John Cleese. In “Creativity,” he tries to substantiate this claim, drawing on his lifelong experience as a writer and the work of modern psychologists. Along the way, he distills a few hints and suggestions, and explains how one can best hone in on their creative thinking skills.

Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

Healthy boundaries are the root of self-care and meaningful relationships. In ‘’Set Boundaries, Find Peace,’’ Nedra Glover Tawwab explains how you can create and honor them, handle people’s undesirable responses to your boundaries, and deal with the discomfort we may feel after saying ‘’no’’ to others.

Set Boundaries, Find Peace

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

Emotional Intelligence

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

 Learn the methods of effective communication, and understand what drives corporate culture. 

Corporate Culture & Communication

Brief and smartly structured, “4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication” by Bento C. Leal is a simple step-by-step guide to overcoming communication barriers and achieving relationship success. To make things even simpler, Leal breaks down each of the four keys – empathic awareness, empathic listening, empathic speaking and empathic dialogue – into several smaller steps, all of them actionable and pragmatic.

4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work

What great leaders are made of? Learn from the people who have more to offer in the realm of leadership than just words. 

Management & Leadership

Simon Sinek points out that decisions are not always based on real knowledge, but often rest on false assumptions. “Start with Why” guides by offering the golden circle analysis – Why does your organization do what it does? How does it do it? What does it do? – This approach will not only improve your cognitive abilities but will also increase your leadership skills.

Start with Why

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

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

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

Self-Help & Motivation

“Atomic Habits,” by James Clear, breaks down the mechanics of habit creation, and translates the findings into four practical laws of behavior change that can help you shift from feeling stuck in life to achieving remarkable results through minuscule and almost effortless daily changes.

Atomic Habits

Biology, physics and a lot of experimentation!  

Science

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

This straightforward and comprehensive self-help classic, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey, supplants the personality ethic with an interdependence-based “character ethic.” Effective people align themselves with fundamental principles and universal values when making decisions or taking action. Search the win-win scenarios by understanding your partner first.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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

In “The Power of Habit,” Charles Duhigg explores the neurology and mechanics of habit formation. After demonstrating that all habits form a three-step loop comprising a cue, a routine, and a reward, he offers a four-step framework for replacing the bad ones that can be summed up in the golden rule of habit change: adjust the routine, but keep the cue and the reward.

The Power of Habit

“Deep Work” is an eye-opening account of the influence of technology, social media, and modern office layouts on our ability to concentrate. Contrary to popular belief, multitasking is not conducive to our productivity. As Newport, an assistant professor of computer science, explains, only deep, unencumbered concentration allows us to fully tap into our potential. So, if you want to be successful in modern society, you’d better learn how to work deeply. Through countless examples and actionable advice, Newport explains how to do just that.

Deep Work

GDP, Trade balance, foreign capital. Everything about global trade is here!

Economics

Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman presents his compelling lifetime’s work in “Thinking, Fast and Slow.” By combining psychology and economics, he creates an engaging picture of how our minds work. While we may believe that we know best, and that our minds can be trusted, he shows that that is not so. In fact, our memories can mislead us, and the judgements we quickly form are based on a subconscious bias. By unravelling the workings of the mind, Kahneman shows us why critical thinking, especially about our intuitive reactions, can lead to more conscious decision-making.

Personal Development

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