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100+ Books on Business, Science, and Productivity
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How to Get Everything You Want – Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
Brian Tracy•3:53min
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcom Gladwell•2:50min
The 4-Hour Body
An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
Timothy Ferriss•3:09min
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion•2:34min
Ikigai
The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Héctor García and Francesc Miralles•4:04min
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz•2:46min
Skip the Line
The 10,000 Experiments Rule
James Altucher•1:59min
Nonviolent Communication
A Language of Life
Marshall B. Rosenberg•3:25min
Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom•2:46min
Who
The A Method for Hiring
Geoff Smart and Randy Street•3:58min
My Morning Routine
How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired
Benjamin Spall and Michael Xander•3:31min
Poor Charlie's Almanack
The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charles T. Munger•2:44min
The Body Keeps the Score
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel A. Van der Kolk•2:50min
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
Ryan Holiday•2:28min
No Rules Rules
Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer•3:00min
Reinvent Yourself
James Altucher•2:27min
Human Hacking
Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You
Christopher Hadnagy and Seth Schulman•3:17min
The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
Atul Gawande•2:27min
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Eric Ries•2:45min
Elon Musk
Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance•4:29min
Calling Bullshit
The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West•1:33min
The Power of a Positive No
How to Say No and Still Get to Yes
William Ury•2:06min
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins•3:15min
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho•2:39min
The Ride of a Lifetime
Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Robert Iger•5:02min
First Things First
Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, and Rebecca R. Merrill•3:37min
Deep Work
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport•3:24min
Good Vibes, Good Life
How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness
Vex King•3:48min
The Score Takes Care of Itself
My Philosophy of Leadership
Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, and Craig Walsh•2:25min
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight•3:04min
Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill•4:31min
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel and Blake Masters•6:04min
Brain Food
The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
Lisa Mosconi PhD•2:59min
Inspired
How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
Marty Cagan•3:40min
The Law of Success
Napoleon Hill•3:14min
Hyperfocus
How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
Chris Bailey•3:43min
Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers
Geoffrey A. Moore•3:54min
Forgiving What You Can't Forget
Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
Lysa TerKeurst•4:11min
The Startup Owner's Manual
The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company
Steve Blank and Bob Dorf•4:18min
Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday•2:29min
15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management
The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs
Kevin Kruse•4:21min
Unwinding Anxiety
New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind
Judson Brewer•2:49min
So Good They Can't Ignore You
Cal Newport•2:16min
Can't Hurt Me
Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
David Goggins•2:42min
Extreme Productivity
Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours
Robert C. Pozen•2:45min
The Optimistic Child
A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience
Martin E. P. Seligman, Karen Reivich, Lisa Jaycox, and Jane Gillham•2:30min
The Millionaire Fastlane
Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime
MJ DeMarco•2:19min
Crucial Accountability
Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition ( Paperback)
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, and David Maxfield•2:34min
Noise
A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R Sunstein•1:52min
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene•10:54min
The Energy Plan
Eat Smart, Feel Strong, Perform at Your Peak
James Collins•2:31min
Built to Sell
Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
John Warrillow•2:38min
Exercised
Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
Daniel Lieberman•2:14min
How to Get Rich
One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets
Felix Dennis•2:16min
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World
Gary Ferguson•2:44min
Smarter Faster Better
The Transformative Power of Real Productivity
Charles Duhigg•3:48min
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche•4:44min
7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness
Power Ideas from America's Foremost Business Philosopher
Jim Rohn•2:20min
The Joy of Missing Out
Live More by Doing Less
Tonya Dalton•2:15min
The School of Life
An Emotional Education
The School Of Life•3:14min
How Successful People Think
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
John C. Maxwell•3:00min
Anxious
Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety
Joseph LeDoux•2:30min
The Power of Intention
Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way
Wayne W. Dyer•2:42min
The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment
Achieve More Success with Less Stress
Elizabeth Grace Saunders•1:37min
How to Be an Epicurean
The Ancient Art of Living Well
Catherine Wilson•2:48min
Chatter
The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
Ethan Kross•2:21min
Effortless
Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most: the Instant New York Times Bestseller
Greg McKeown•2:36min
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us
Adam Rutherford•2:19min
Badass Habits
Cultivate the Confidence, Boundaries, and Know-How to Upgrade Your Life
Jen Sincero•2:24min
The Urban Monk
Eastern Wisdom and Modern Hacks to Stop Time and Find Success, Happiness, and Peace
Pedram Shojai•2:53min
Connect
Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues
David Bradford, Ph.D., Carole Robin, and Ph.D.•2:18min
The Practice
Shipping Creative Work
Seth Godin•2:29min
Bulletproof Problem Solving
The One Skill That Changes Everything
Charles Conn and Robert McLean•2:00min
How to Do the Work
Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
Nicole LePera•2:10min
Kaizen
The Japanese Method for Transforming Habits, One Small Step at a Time
Sarah Harvey•2:24min
Die with Zero
Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
Bill Perkins•2:04min
Employee to Entrepreneur
How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work that Matters
Steve Glaveski•2:42min
Focus
The Hidden Driver of Excellence
Daniel Goleman•2:11min
The Creator Mindset
92 Tools to Unlock the Secrets to Innovation, Growth, and Sustainability
Nir Bashan•2:24min
How to Change
The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Katy Milkman•1:47min
Lovingkindness
The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Sharon Salzberg•2:34min
Power Hour
How to Focus on Your Goals and Create a Life You Love
Adrienne Herbert•1:15min
The Art of Impossible
A Peak Performance Primer
Steven Kotler•3:20min
Head Strong
The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks
Dave Asprey•4:00min
The Secret
Drew Heriot and Rhonda Byrne•2:28min
The Lazy Genius Way
Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done
Kendra Adachi•1:55min
How to Make Money in Stocks
A Winning System in Good Times Or Bad
William J. O'Neil•2:57min
Beyond Order
12 More Rules for Life
Jordan B. Peterson•2:29min
Emotional Intelligence
Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Daniel Goleman•2:06min
Midlife
A Philosophical Guide
Kieran Setiya•2:27min
A Promised Land
Barack Obama•2:29min
How Not to Diet
The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss
Michael Greger•2:38min
Ready Aim Fire!
A Practical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals
Jim M. Woods and Erik J. Fisher•2:35min
Influence
The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini and PhD•2:06min
12 Rules for Life
An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson•4:03min
Radically Happy
A User's Guide to the Mind
Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon•2:10min
The Procrastination Cure
21 Proven Tactics for Conquering Your Inner Procrastinator, Mastering Your Time, and Boosting Your Productivity
Damon Zahariades•2:38min
The Slight Edge
Jeff Olson and John David Mann•2:25min
Less Doing, More Living
Make Everything in Life Easier
Ari Meisel•2:40min
The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg•2:35min
How to Decide
Simple Tools for Making Better Choices
Annie Duke•3:32min
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Stephen R. Covey•3:22min
Essentialism
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown•2:19min
E-Myth
The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company
Michael E. Gerber•2:36min
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie•4:34min
Crucial Conversations
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler•2:30min
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell•2:07min
The 4-Hour Workweek
Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content.
Tim Ferriss•3:20min
Never Split the Difference
Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Chris Voss and Tahl Raz•3:28min
How to Talk to Anyone
92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
Leil Lowndes•3:00min
Rich Dad Poor Dad
What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Robert T. Kiyosaki•7:15min
Mastery
Robert Greene•4:21min
The Art of War
Bilingual Chinese and English Text (The Complete Edition)
Sun Tzu•8:36min
Think Again
The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant•3:04min
The Psychology of Money
Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel•3:33min
Mindsight
The New Science of Personal Transformation
Daniel J. Siegel•4:25min
Dare to Lead
Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Brené Brown•3:25min
Get Smart!
How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
Brian Tracy•4:23min
Lifespan
Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
David A. Sinclair and Matthew D. LaPlante•3:17min
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler•3:15min
Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey•3:45min
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success
Amy Morin•4:20min
The 5 AM Club
Own Your Morning, Elevate Your Life
Robin Sharma•4:12min
The Power of Now
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle•2:43min
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman•4:18min
Getting Things Done
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen•2:57min
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson•9:09min
Live Your Best Life
219 Science-based Reasons to Rethink Your Daily Routine
Dr. Stuart Farrimond•8:20min
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson•4:07min
Atomic Habits
An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear•4:17min
We Need to Talk
How to Have Conversations That Matter
Celeste Headlee•3:44min
The One Thing
The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Gary Keller and Jay Papasan•2:31min
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari•4:08min