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Making habits, breaking habits

Jeremy Dean 

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If you question why you do the things you do or wish you knew the key to fast and efficiently changing your behaviors, this is the book for you! Making and Breaking Habits (2013) delves into the science underlying the daily habits that govern our lives and how they develop. Jeremy Dean sheds new light on our choices in this essential inquiry, demonstrating our tendency to become habit zombies and giving helpful solutions for interrupting the cycle through the purposeful cultivation of good habits. Making and Breaking Habits is a book that explains habits and how we create them. Using this information, Dean teaches us how to form good habits and break negative ones, allowing us to achieve long-term, positive changes in our daily lives.

• Happy habits can be created.
• Breaking habits is hard, but you can do it.

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How to do nothing‍

Jenny Odell

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In her book How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell presents her case in a frenzied culture concerned with deliverables and outcomes, advocating not for inactivity, willful ignorance, or laziness, but for the possibilities, we generate by resisting production and diverting our attention to active forms of listening and contemplation. The book How to Do Nothing is a look at the current issues with modern society and what we can do to heal it, and ourselves. Surprisingly, the most effective strategy against our 24/7 culture of work may just be doing nothing. Jenny Odell contends that by pausing, taking a step back, and refocusing our attention, we might begin to perceive the contours of a better, more meaningful existence. 

• Social media makes us behave like one-dimensional brands.
• Doing nothing allows you to truly pay attention to the world.

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Change your world

John C. Maxwell and Rob Hoskins

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Change Your World is a practical handbook for those who want to change themselves and their communities. Instead of becoming overwhelmed by world problems, we may focus on the ones most important to us and take tangible steps toward finding a solution. Even little efforts may have an impact, pushing others to get involved in the fight for change. Whatever your heart wants, Change Your World will walk you through the full process of taking action and making an effect right where you are now. You don’t have to be rich and famous or manage a large organization to effect constructive, long-term change in the world.

• Become a catalyst for change by starting with small actions.
• To change the world, you need to live by good values.

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Dollars and sense

Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler

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We use money every day to pay bills and buy necessities, but we rarely seem to think sensibly about how we spend it. The book Dollars and Sense delves into the illogical human nature that leads to bad spending habits, as well as why we’re so lousy at saving money and how to overcome this all-too-human failing. Dan Ariely, New York Times bestselling author, collaborates with financial comedian and writer Jeff Kreisler to explore the truly irrational world of personal finance. Blending humor and behavioral economics help people understand the psychology behind their financial decisions and show them how to make better ones. 

• Without value cues, we can be poor at recognizing value or making decisions.
• Language and rituals can change our perception of value.

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Feminist fight club

Jessica Bennet

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Feminist Fight Club throws new light on professional sexism and arms women with the means to combat everything from mansplainers to personal sentiments of self-doubt. It uses contemporary and historical examples to show how feminists might aid in the struggle for a more gender-balanced world. Feminist Fight Club gives a toolkit for survival in an uneven society. You’ll learn how to deal with male coworkers who cannot stop interrupting or appropriating, and how to lean in without falling.

• Women leaders often have to deal with booby traps or long-held stereotypes.
• Compared to men women are less likely to negotiate pay and work benefits.

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Just keep buying

Nick Maggiulli

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In Just Keep Buying, famous financial blogger Nick Maggiulli analyzes the figures to solve the most pressing problems in personal finance and investment, while also showing you how to generate money right immediately. You’ll discover why you need to save less than you think; why putting money aside to purchase market dips is a bad idea; how to survive (and flourish) amid a market crisis; and much more. Just Keep Buying is a straightforward guide to personal finance that revels in debunking falsehoods and demolishing adages. It delves into the psychology of money and presents a practical guide to making healthy financial decisions, including all-important subjects such as saving and investing. 

• Take stock of your money to get a realistic savings target.
• You can’t save all your money so learn to enjoy spending it.

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The latte factor

David Bach and John David Mann

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The Latte Factor follows Zoey, a fictitious young lady in her late twenties living in Brooklyn. She has a good job in Manhattan, but she can’t seem to save any money. Fortunately, she encounters a wise old man named Henry, who teaches her the three secrets to financial independence and improves her life. David Bach’s three keys to financial independence are given in a fascinating narrative that will show you that you are wealthier than you believe. This quick, simple read, based on the authors’ experiences educating millions of people worldwide on how to live an enriching life, explains how anyone—from millennials to baby boomers—can still make their goals come true.

• Budgets are useless and automation is key to financial freedom.
• You don’t have to wait until retirement to live rich. You can do so right now.

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Dedicated

Pete Davis

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Most of us have been there: scrolling through innumerable Netflix selections, unwilling to commit to seeing any specific movie—and wasting so much time scanning reviews and evaluating trailers that it is too late to watch anything. Pete Davis argues in a book inspired by a concept initially stated in a viral commencement address that this is the defining quality of the moment: keeping our choices open. Dedicated presents the case for dedication in an age of uninterrupted browsing.

• Infinite Browsing mode has its upsides, but it also comes with pain.
• Don’t let the fears of regret, association, and missing out hold back on your commitment.

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Getting along

Amy Gallo

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Workplace connections may be challenging. Dealing with problematic individuals saps our creativity and productivity, impairs our capacity to think clearly and make wise judgments, and drives us to withdraw. We may spend the night fretting, retreat from work, or act in ways we later regret—rolling our eyes in a meeting, snapping at coworkers, or being silent when we should speak up. Amy Gallo, a workplace expert, identifies eight common types of difficult coworkers in Getting Along and provides strategies for dealing with each constructively. She also discusses concepts that will assist you in turning things around, regardless of with whom you are in conflict.

• Workplace relationships strongly impact your work life, productivity, and happiness.
• Managing negative interactions can help you coexist with difficult workers.

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Building a second brain

Tiago Forte

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Building a Second Brain by productivity guru Tiago Forte provides simple, effective, and practical answers to one of the most pressing problems of information overload. Forte demonstrates how to use four essential organizing concepts to use digital technologies to construct a knowledge storage system as intuitive and efficient as a second brain. This eye-opening and user-friendly tutorial demonstrates how to establish your knowledge management system, sometimes known as a Second Brain. A Second Brain provides you the confidence to tackle your most critical tasks and ambitious objectives by serving as a trustworthy and organized digital repository of your most valuable ideas, notes, and creative work synchronized on your devices and platforms.

• Building a second brain begins with effectively capturing information.
• Create a digital space designed to optimize productivity.

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The loser who never gave up

CAPT J. David Atwater, CHC, USN

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This is a brief account of the guy who gave birth to one of the world’s most famous personalities. Giving rise to the ‘lovable loser’ persona. The story serves as a reminder of an essential life concept. We all experience difficulties and despair at times. We may also choose how we react to it. Who knows what can happen if we are tenacious, if we remain tight to our faith, and if we continue to cultivate the particular gifts God has given us? We could get knowledge and the power to inspire only through adversity.

• There are no losers with God. 
• Some winners simply take longer to emerge.

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The 5 AM club

Robin Sharma

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The 5 AM Club demonstrates how adopting a new morning regimen may yield dramatic benefits. It shows how to use the first hour of your day to accelerate personal growth and get the most out of life via the engaging narrative of an entrepreneur, an artist, and their eccentric millionaire mentor. Robin Sharma, a legendary leader and elite performance expert, pioneered ‘The 5 am Club’ concept over two decades ago. Based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize productivity, activate their best health, and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.

• The solitude and enhanced brain state that you’ll experience at 5:00 a.m. will help you perform like the elite.
• History makers capitalize on their talents, avoid distraction, achieve every day and master themselves.

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Marketing made simple

Donald Miller

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Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs believe that their product is an outlier. They assume, incorrectly, that their idea is so excellent that it will sell itself. As a result, they are overwhelmed when their product fails to get serious attention. In certain situations, this might lead to the failure of the business. Marketing Made Simple shows you how to build a successful sales funnel. It discusses the three stages of customer relationship development. It also offers practical tips on creating the five marketing components required to convert clients.

• Marketing creates new customers through curiosity and enlightenment.
• Create a website that caters to the users’ needs.

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