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Radar 12min

For a long time, calm was treated as a personality trait — you either had it or you did not. The neuroscience of the past two decades shows the opposite. Regulating emotions is a skill, with an identifiable brain circuit and measurable effects on health, decisions, and relationships.

Understanding and Training Self-Control

Morgan Housel reveals why earning more rarely leads to feeling richer — and what actually does. From the hidden psychology behind luxury purchases to the quiet power of financial independence, this microbook challenges how you think about spending, status, and what a truly richer life looks like beyond the price tag.

The Art of Spending Money

Wisdom isn't a trait you're born with or a shortcut you stumble upon — it's the result of relentless daily work. Drawing on thinkers from Marcus Aurelius to Lincoln, this microbook explores how history's sharpest minds built wisdom through curiosity, deep focus, honest self-examination, and the courage to keep learning even when it hurt.

Wisdom Takes Work

Words are levers, not just labels. Jonah Berger reveals how tiny linguistic shifts — swapping a verb for a noun, dropping a hedge, timing an emotional swing — change how people respond to you. Backed by data from millions of calls, emails, and loan requests, this microbook shows which words persuade, build trust, and reveal hidden truths.

Magic Words

Charisma is not a gift reserved for a lucky few — it is a learnable skill built on Presence, Power, and Warmth. This microbook reveals how body language, inner states, and deliberate habits shape the impression you leave on every person you meet, from one-on-one conversations to high-stakes presentations and digital calls.

The Charisma Myth

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

Psychology

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

Sex & Relationships

The Rough Patch is a clinical and deeply human guide to what happens to marriages when midlife arrives and shakes everything that once felt solid. Drawing on decades of experience as a psychologist, Daphne de Marneffe shows that distance, boredom, and the temptation to run away are not signs of failure — they're invitations to a kind of growth that only maturity can provoke.

The Rough Patch

Life Reimagined is a science-backed guide to midlife that challenges the idea of a "midlife crisis" and reframes your forties and fifties as a powerful window for reinvention, deeper relationships, and purposeful living.

Life Reimagined... The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife

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

Society & Politics

The Body Is Not an Apology grew from a single sentence Sonya Renee Taylor said to a friend in a moment of vulnerability and became a full manifesto. With direct and deeply resonant language, the book connects each person's individual relationship with their own body to larger systems of oppression — racism, fatphobia, and ableism — and makes the case that radical self-love is not self-indulgence but a political act of resistance.

The Body Is Not an Apology

Brazilian psychologist Luana Marques, based at Harvard, reveals that your real enemy isn't anxiety — it's avoidance. Drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, she teaches three practical skills to stop running from discomfort and start acting with purpose, even when fear is still present.

Bold living

Oliver Burkeman dismantles the myth of infinite productivity and replaces it with something far more useful: the acceptance of human finitude. Across four weeks of reflection, he shows why swapping your to-do list for a done list changes everything, how treating information like a passing river cures the anxiety of falling behind, and why finishing small tasks generates more momentum than planning grand ones. A clear-eyed, compassionate guide to doing less while living more.

Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Accept Your Limitations and Make Time for What Matters

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

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

Spirituality & Mindfulness

"Stillness Is the Key" contains instructions aiming to shed light on the "holy" trinity composed of mind, body and spirit. Holiday maintains that those individuals who managed to rediscover their inner stillness in the face of obstacles and challenges were able to accomplish more even when the odds were stacked heavily against them.

Stillness Is the Key

Originally advertised as “a pocket companion for thoughtful people,” “As a Man Thinketh” by British lay philosopher James Allen is one of the earliest self-help books ever written. Described by the author as “a book on the power and right application of thought,” it is also one of the earliest sources on fundamental New Thought concepts such as the law of attraction.

As a Man Thinketh

“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

Whether it is a discussion with your partner or an argument with your boss, conflicts are a part of life. Most of us hate fighting, however, because these conflicts leave us feeling angry or disappointed. It does not have to be that way. In “Why Are We Yelling?” you will learn how to have a productive argument with someone and how to enhance your worldview at the same time.

Why Are We Yelling?

The New York Times bestseller “The Sleep Revolution” by Arianna Huffington walks you through ancient history until modern times, exploring the biggest causes of sleep deprivation. It offers science-based advice, useful tools, techniques, and research stories, from schoolchildren to professionals, to help you prioritize the most critical thing for your health, work performance, and happiness – a good night’s sleep.

The Sleep Revolution

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

Career & Business

In “Linchpin,” bestselling business author Seth Godin explains how to become a “linchpin” – an indispensable member and the driving force of our future. Modern societies teach us to follow given rules and to become just like everyone else – a replaceable cog in the machine. Godin shows your potential of becoming a passionate changemaker by overcoming the resistance that holds most of us back.

Linchpin

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

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

Biology, physics and a lot of experimentation!  

Science

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

Emotional Intelligence

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.


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.

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