Self Education

We all have some sort of skeleton hanging in our closet, those things we are embarrassed for the world to see or know about us. Brené Brown offers a powerful and inspiring book that explores how to cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection to embrace your imperfections and to recognize that you are enough. It's all about The Gifts of Imperfections!

The term “bullshit job” made a real impact when it first appeared, and for good reason: More and more people today have pointless jobs. They get paid to do nothing, they’re totally bored, they have to figure out how to deal with incompetent or narcissistic bosses, they drown in paperwork, and they have mindless tasks to perform. Quite frankly, this work shouldn’t exist at all.

Beurteile ich Dinge rational oder entscheide ich aus dem Bauch heraus? Blühe ich in Gesellschaft auf oder erhole ich mich in der Stille? Lege ich Wert auf Details oder denke ich eher in großen Zusammenhängen? Wenn wir uns selbst und andere richtig einschätzen können, zeigen sich das eigene Verhalten und das unserer Mitmenschen plötzlich in einem ganz neuen Licht. Bestsellerautorin Stefanie Stahl stellt 16 grundsätzliche Charaktertypen vor, die auf dem Myers-Briggs-Typenindikator (MBTI) basieren. Anhand eines Persönlichkeitstests lässt sich das eigene Charakterprofil ermitteln.

From best-selling author Carl Vernon, Anxiety or Action will give you the insight and blueprint you need to move from a place of fear, anxiety, and worry to action. It will help you uncover the real obstacles stopping you from taking action, and it will empower you to develop the "action habit" - a life-changing mentality that will transform the way you feel, help you deal with any situation, and take your goals from desire to reality. 

Best-selling Bulletproof Diet author Dave Asprey puts together life-improving tips from some of the most successful people on the planet. Game Changers will certainly encourage you to re-examine some of your life choices and habits, even if it doesn’t turn you into a full-blown biohacker!

This is a summary of The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery (2010) by Miguel Ruiz and Jose Ruiz with Janet Mills. The Fifth Agreement explores how people can harness their innate personal power to create a life that is rich in peace, happiness, and love - or, the equivalent of heaven on earth. The Fifth Agreement is the follow-up to Miguel Ruiz’s best seller The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (1997).

This is an unofficial companion guide to Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. It is meant to enhance your reading/listening experience and is not the original book.

In this audiobook, we will try and reframe your thoughts so you can better understand the reason you hold onto certain items and make them more important than they actually are. Even if you have tried and failed to tackle that mountain of clothes that are invading your bedroom or your schedule isn’t conducive to tidying up, this audiobook will give you the simple tools to start decluttering your life and in time reclaim the control you have given away. 

(Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.) Daniel Coyle's The Talent Code is a groundbreaking book that reveals the truth about how talent is created - and why anyone can become truly great. Don't miss out on this ZIP Reads summary of The Talent Code and learn how to unlock your full potential today!

Annie Brock and Heather Hundley take the core concept of employing the growth mindset (first popularized by Carol Dweck) and apply it to teaching in a practical, methodical, and easy to access manner in their audiobook, The Growth Mindset Coach. This FastReads summary and analysis offers supplementary material to The Growth Mindset Coach to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes.

Overcome your loss: Do you feel stuck grieving over a loved one? Do you feel like your life will never be the same now that they're gone? Here's the truth: You are stuck! Here's another truth: This can change! In fact, this change will make you stronger, guaranteed. If you're looking to get your life back under control and live happy once again, then you've come to the right place. Getting stuck in the grieving process is simply doing it wrong. Grief is a natural process to help you come to terms with your loss and overcome the pain.

While Kick Ass in College is irreverent and laugh-out-loud funny, Gunnar Fox is out for more than his readers' laughter: he wants their full attention and commitment to his "kick-ass" study techniques and life strategies.

If you are interested in learning everything there is to know about compulsive hoarding, than this is going to be the most important information you'll ever listen to... Because: Recently, a new breakthrough in compulsive hoarding was discovered and reported in an amazing new audiobook called Conquering Compulsive Hoarding. It's amazing, because it covers nearly every bit of information you wanted to know about compulsive hoarding, plus more...

At last, a how-to book that explains the nuts-and-bolts of writing solid, entertaining, commercial fiction, written by someone who's been there. Practical, filled with examples and no-nonsense, take-'em-to-the-bank nuggets, Fiction Writing Demystified shows how the imperatives of effective storytelling translate readily to narrative fiction, genre or literary, screenwriting, even to nonfiction, poetry, sermons, or business documents - techniques that will make anyone's writing come alive!

Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion--their voice--but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals... Then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves.

This meditation and self-hypnosis program is perfect for both beginners and those who are experienced with hypnosis. It'll help you open up the language center of your mind so that you are at the optimal peak for learning and retaining information, specifically the French language. Your focus and memory will increase and become sharper, and you'll find that you're more motivated to study and learn French.

Book summary of Goals" by Brian Tracy.

So, you've tried all the normal self-care tips and energising rituals but you're confused because none of the techniques are working for you. That's ok! You just haven't found the right self-care habits that relate to your specific star sign! You're a Cancer—you need to take a spa trip, watch a heart-warming movie and bake! Your body is a temple and you need to slow down every once in a while and put yourself first. This is a guide specifically tailored to your needs.

So, you've tried all the normal self-care tips and energising rituals but you're confused because none of the techniques are working for you. That's ok! You just haven't found the right self-care habits that relate to your specific star sign! You're a Capricorn—you need to meditate, catch up with your friends or enjoy a meal at a lavish restaurant! Your body is a temple and you need to slow down every once in a while and put yourself first. This is a guide specifically tailored to your needs.

So, you've tried all the normal self-care tips and energising rituals but you're confused because none of the techniques are working for you. That's okay! You just haven't found the right self-care habits that relate to your specific star sign! You're a Sagittarius—you need to write in a journal, go outside or plan a weekend away somewhere! Your body is a temple, and you need to slow down every once in a while and put yourself first. This is a guide specifically tailored to your needs.