David Brooks book The Social Animal looks at the scientific evidence behind human behaviour. Everything from the unconscious mind to how hereditary traits affect us.
Paul Lawrence's book, Driven, looks at the four primary drivers behind why we do what we do. Why these specific traits evolved in humans and how we can use the knowledge of their existence to benefit our everyday lives.
Buy the book: USA | AUS Book Summary of The Charisma Myth The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane looks at the argument of inherited charisma vs cultivated charisma. Not…
The Dip by Seth Godin looks at the inevitable down turn that anything we do eventually goes through. This 'Dip' occurs as we make our way past the first easy phase of any project and begin to face, and realise, the difficulties that lay ahead. By preparing for this dip ahead of time we can greatly influence our chances of successfully passing through it.
Helen Russell's The Year Of Living Danishly looks at what makes Denmark such a popular place to live. Denmark consistently ranks at the top of both the UN World Happiness Report and The well-being and happiness index from the EU Commission.
Andy Puddicombe’s Get Some Headspace is the essential beginners guide to meditation and how we can benefit from it. The author puts the teachings he learnt while becoming a Buddhist monk to work in this book and makes the case that everyone has at least 10 mins a day to spare for meditation.
Ulrich Boser's Learn Better delves into what we know about learning and how it's changed over the years. These days research and studies have proven that there are far more effective ways to learn, instead of the more traditional style of rote learning. Learn Better shows the six steps to faster, more effective and efficient learning that aught to replace the older less effective styles still being used today.
Austin Kleon's Steal Like An Artist shares the hard truth that no artist creates their art in a vacuum. We're all influenced by the work of others and often our art starts as imitations of those we admire. Most importantly it shows how imitating from various sources is the path to developing our own style and it's ok to draw from others works, so long as we do it with the correct intent.
Anne Lamott's Bird By Bird is a guide for writing and life. Full of honest advice and personal stories that will help you to become a better writer.
Paul Dolan's book Happy Ever After asks us to question the values and narratives we are told will make us happy. Working hard to earn lots of money, getting married and having children, none of these are guaranteed paths to happiness. Happy Ever After argues that we should all be responsible for finding our own personal paths to happiness.