Everyone is aware that timing is crucial. However, we don’t know a lot about timing in general. When to start a business, when to enroll in a class, when to commit to someone—our lives are filled with “when” decisions. But we rely on hunches and educated guesses when we make those choices.
It’s common knowledge that timing requires art. Timing is actually a science, as Pink demonstrates in his book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. Pink explains the optimum ways to live, work, and prosper by drawing on a wealth of studies from the fields of psychology, biology, and economics. How can we create the optimum timetable using the day’s hidden patterns? Why do some breaks significantly boost students’ test results? How can a rocky start be transformed into a brand-new beginning? What makes afternoons a bad time to visit the hospital? Why is group singing just as healthy for you as exercise? And when is the best moment to get married, change occupations, or quit a job?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days. Across many domains, the trough represents a danger zone for productivity, ethics, and health.”
“Decisions and negotiations should be conducted earlier in the day”
“High performers, its research concludes, work for fifty-two minutes and then break for seventeen minutes.”
“Psychological detachment from work, in addition to physical detachment, is crucial”
“Breaks are not a sign of sloth but a sign of strength”
Henry Gray and Henry Vandyke Carter collaborated on Gray’s Anatomy, a reference work on human anatomy that was first published in London in 1858. It has undergone numerous revisions, but the present version, the 42nd, is still widely used and is frequently referred to as “the doctors’ bible.”
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The Plantaris is placed between the Gastrocnemius and Soleus. It arises from the lower part of the lateral prolongation of the linea aspera, and from the oblique popliteal ligament of the knee-joint.”
― Henry Gray, Gray’s Anatomy: Complete & Illustrated With 1247 Original Coloured Drawings
A book on how certain systems really benefit from disorder from Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the best-selling author of The Black Swan and one of our time’s leading philosophers. Taleb outlined a problem in The Black Swan; in Antifragile, he gives a clear solution: how to benefit from disorder and chaos while being shielded from fragilities and negative events. Because it gains strength through adversity, uncertainty, and pressures, just like human bones do when under stress and tension, what he refers to as the “antifragile” is one step beyond robust.
Taleb turns ambiguity on its head by arguing that it is desirable and suggests that things should be constructed in an antifragile way. Extremely ambitious and interdisciplinary, Antifragile offers a guide on how to act and survive in a world that we don’t comprehend and is too uncertain for us to even attempt to comprehend. Whoever without antifragility will perish. Why is debt bad for you, why is the city-state superior to the nation-state, and why is practically everything in modern society destined to fail? The book discusses innovation, biology, medicine, personal finance, economic systems, politics, foreign policy, and life decisions. It also discusses urban planning and conflict. The voice and recipes of the old knowledge from sources from the Phoenician, Roman, Greek, and Medieval periods may be clearly heard throughout.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple heuristic. Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference”
“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius”
“Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.”
“You may never know what type of person someone is unless they are given opportunities to violate moral or ethical codes.”
“Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.”
An interactive book called Burn After Writing challenges you to confront the most important issues in life while focusing on your favorite topic: You. Burn After Writing goes against the trend and respectfully requests that you “share” nothing in a society where we “share” everything.
Don Miguel Ruiz exposes the root of self-limiting ideas that rob us of joy and cause unnecessarily unneeded pain in The Four Agreements. The Four Agreements provide a strong rule of conduct that can quickly change our lives and usher in a new sense of freedom, genuine happiness, and love. They are based on the wisdom of the ancient Toltecs. The Four Agreements are: Always Do Your Best, Don’t Take Anything Personally, Be Perfect With Your Word, and Don’t Assume Anything.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally… Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.”
“I will no longer allow anyone to manipulate my mind and control my life in the name of love.”
“Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.”
“Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama.”
“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.”
The 5 am club is a work that will change your life. It is a work that is equal parts manifesto for mastery, playbook for genius-grade productivity, and companion for a life lived gloriously. Forever.
The 5 AM Club is a concept that legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma first introduced more than 20 years ago. It is based on a ground-breaking morning routine that has assisted his clients in maximizing productivity, activating their best health, and fortifying their serenity in this era of overwhelming complexity.
You may now learn the early-rising habit that has assisted so many in achieving epic outcomes while enhancing their pleasure, helpfulness, and emotions of aliveness in this life-changing book, which the author painstakingly constructed over a demanding four-year period.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”
“Art feeds my soul. Great books battleproof my hope. Rich conversations magnify my creativity. Wonderful music uplifts my heart. Beautiful sights fortify my spirit.”
“Remember, every professional was once an amateur, and every master started as a beginner. Ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary feats, once they’ve routinized the right habits.”
“Take excellent care of the front end of your day, and the rest of your day will pretty much take care of itself. Own your morning. Elevate your life.”
“A bad day for the ego is a good day for the soul.”
Money success doesn’t always depend on your knowledge. It has to do with your behavior. Even for extremely intelligent people, conduct is difficult to teach. The way that money is often taught is as a math-based subject where statistics and formulae tell us exactly what to do with regard to investment, personal finance, and company decisions. However, people don’t make financial decisions in the real world using a spreadsheet. They are created at the dinner table or in a meeting room, where a variety of factors are mixed together, including personal history, your own distinctive point of view on the world, ego, pride, marketing, and strange incentives. Award-winning author Morgan Housel provides 19 short stories in The Psychology of Money that explore the peculiar ways people think about money and instruct you on how to better understand one of life’s most significant subjects.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Money’s greatest intrinsic value—and this can’t be overstated—is its ability to give you control over your time.”
“Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money.”
“Things that have never happened before happen all the time.”
“Planning is important, but the most important part of every plan is to plan on the plan not going according to plan.”
“Controlling your time is the highest dividend money pays.”
Jen Sincero, a success coach who travels the world and is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, offers 27 short chapters in this upbeat how-to book that are packed with funny stories, wise words, simple activities, and the occasional swear word. You Are a Badass will assist you if you’re prepared to make some significant improvements around here: It will essentially teach you how to build a life you totally love, and how to create it now. You will learn to love yourself and others, learn to set big goals and reach them, identify and change the self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors that prevent you from obtaining what you desire blast past your concerns so you can take big thrilling risks, and figure out how to make some damn money already. By the time You Are a Badass is over, you’ll know why you are the way you are, how to accept what you can’t change and change the things you despise, as well as how to use The Force to kick some serious ass.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.”
“You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it.”
“What other people think about you has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them.”
“There’s nothing as unstoppable as a freight train full of fuck-yeah.”
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
This time-tested classic, which is beloved by countless people, holds the secret to all you want and everything you want to achieve. The key to personal riches is revealed in this book.
The well-known “Babylonian parables,” considered the finest of all inspiring works on the subject of frugal living, sound money management, and individual riches, have benefited many readers. These intriguing and instructive tales put you on a sure route to riches and its associated joys in language as plain as that found in the Bible. This well-known bestseller, which has been hailed as a modern classic, provides insight into and a solution for your individual financial issues that will serve you for the rest of your life. The keys to maintaining your wealth and earning more—can be found in this book.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.”
“Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.”
“It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.”
“If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend’s burdens upon thyself.”
“Learning was of two kinds: the one being the things we learned and knew, and the other being the training that taught us how to find out what we did not know?”
A Special Abridged Edition of The Transformational Occult Classic with a New Introduction is now available. The Kybalion has been a source of knowledge, amazement, and helpful guidance ever since it made its debut on the American philosophical stage in 1908 It offers a comprehensive philosophy of life through its esoteric ideas, which are derived from the Hermetic traditions of Ancient Egypt and Greece.
Mitch Horowitz, a historian, and expert on New Thought has reintroduced this seminal work in a razor-sharp condensation that retains all of the original work’s wisdom while offering a unique entry point for newbies and a touchstone for seasoned readers who want a refresher on the concepts. As it concentrates on the book’s most transformative ideas and Mitch’s introduction describes and contextualizes the work’s ongoing appeal, this condensed version of The Kybalion will improve your comprehension of the original.
Most of the individuals we know are introverts—at least one-third of them. They are the ones that enjoy listening more than speaking, who think of new ideas and creative solutions but detest self-promotion, and who prefer working independently to working in groups. We are indebted to introverts like Steve Wozniak, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Rosa Parks, and others for their significant contributions to society.
Susan Cain makes the case in Quiet that we grossly undervalue introverts and illustrates how much we lose as a result. She examines how the Extrovert Ideal developed over the course of the 20th century and how deeply it has been ingrained in our culture. She also exposes us to successful introverts, including a record-breaking salesman who quietly harnesses the power of questioning and a humorous, high-octane public speaker who refills in solitude after lectures. Quiet has the capacity to fundamentally alter how we perceive introverts as well as, perhaps more importantly, how they view themselves. It is passionately argued, well researched, and filled with unforgettable experiences of real individuals.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
“Don’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it’s a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers — of persistence, concentration, and insight — to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
“Or at school you might have been prodded to come “out of your shell”—that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and that some humans are just the same.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
The average lifespan of a person is outrageously and insultingly short. With an 80-year life expectancy, you have just over 4,000 weeks left. Nobody has to be reminded that time is limited. We are inundated with tips on how to be more productive and efficient, as well as “life hacks” to make the most of each day. We are obsessed with our ever-growing to-do lists, our overflowing inboxes, work-life balance, and the never-ending struggle against distraction. But these methods frequently make matters worse. The sense of frantic urgency intensifies, while the most important aspects of life continue to seem to be just around the corner. Nevertheless, we hardly ever draw a parallel between our every day time management issues and the task of making the most of our 4,000 weeks.
Oliver Burkeman provides an amusing, witty, useful, and ultimately insightful guide to time and time management by drawing on the teachings of both traditional and modern philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual masters. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for building a meaningful life by embracing finitude. It does this by demonstrating how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve learned to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths but rather choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things in a different way.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“mortality makes it impossible to ignore the absurdity of living solely for the future.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans, yet practically no time at all to put them into action.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“The world is bursting with wonder, and yet it’s the rare productivity guru who seems to have considered the possibility that the ultimate point of all our frenetic doing might be to experience more of that wonder.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“It’s alarming to face the prospect that you might never truly feel as though you know what you’re doing, in work, marriage, parenting, or anything else. But it’s liberating, too, because it removes a central reason for feeling self-conscious or inhibited about your performance in those domains in the present moment: if the feeling of total authority is never going to arrive, you might as well not wait any longer to give such activities your all—to put bold plans into practice, to stop erring on the side of caution. It is even more liberating to reflect that everyone else is in the same boat, whether they’re aware of it or not.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“choosing curiosity (wondering what might happen next) over worry (hoping that a certain specific thing will happen next, and fearing it might not) whenever you can.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
How anyone can become more effective with less effort by learning how to recognize and apply the 80/20 principle, which states that 80% of all of our accomplishments in life and business come from only 20% of our efforts.
One of the best-kept secrets of highly efficient individuals and groups is the 80/20 rule. For instance, did you know that 20% of consumers generate 80% of revenues? that we complete 80% of our task in 20% of the time we spend on it? The 80/20 Principle explains how, by concentrating our efforts on the 20% that truly matters, we can accomplish far more with a lot less work, time, and resources.
Despite the fact that the 80/20 principle has long had an impact on business, author Richard Koch explains how it operates and demonstrates how we may apply it in a systematic and useful manner to greatly improve our performance, as well as our careers and businesses. The unstated implication of the 80/20 rule is that only a small portion of the things we spend our time on is truly important. We can, however, unleash the huge potential of the magic 20 percent and drastically improve our performance in our jobs, careers, enterprises, and personal lives by focusing on those things that already work.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Those who seize the day become seriously rich.”
― Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
“The way to create something great is to create something simple.”
― Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
“There are people who want to achieve–and then there are sane people.”
― Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
“It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.”
― Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
“Not only is happiness not money, it is not even like money.”
― Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and Robert Greene’s most recent book, Mastery, are ground-breaking books that advocate significant, timeless lessons from historical events to assist readers in subduing an adversary, capturing an unwitting victim, or rising to the top of your field. Greene has added a significant chapter to this brutal and distinctive series with The 33 Strategies of War.
The 33 Strategies of War is a comprehensive guide to the subtle social game of daily life informed by the most clever and successful military principles in war, spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict. The 33 Strategies of War, which is organized in Greene’s distinctive manner, is the modern equivalent of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War’s I-Ching of combat.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Do not fight them. Instead think of them the way you think of children, or pets, not important enough to affect your mental balance”
― Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
“Events in life mean nothing if you do not reflect on them in a deep way, and ideas from books are pointless if they have no application to life as you live it.”
― Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
“It is your own bad strategies, not the unfair opponent, that are to blame for your failures. You are responsible for the good and bad in your life.”
― Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
“But the greatest battle of all is with yourself—your weaknesses, your emotions, your lack of resolution in seeing things through to the end. You must declare unceasing war on yourself.”
― Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
“When you have success, be extra wary. When you are angry, take no action. When you are fearful, know you are going to exaggerate the dangers you face.”
― Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
A straightforward tale called “Who Moved My Cheese?” highlights important lessons. Four characters that live in a “Maze” and search for “Cheese” to feed them and make them happy are the subject of this humorous and educational tale.
Sniff and Scurry are the names of two mice. Two of them are “Littlepeople,” who are mice-sized creatures with human-like characteristics. Hem and Haw are their names. Whether it’s a fulfilling career, a committed relationship, money, material property, excellent health, or mental peace of spirit, “cheese” is a metaphor for what you want in life. And the “Maze” is where you search for what you desire, whether it’s your family, your town, or the workplace you attend.
The characters in the novel encounter an unexpected transformation. One of them eventually resolves it effectively, and he leaves his lessons learned on the walls of the Maze. Come see “The Handwriting on the Wall” to learn how to manage change for yourself, resulting in less stress and greater success (however you define it) in your career and personal life. The story, which was written for readers of all ages, takes less than one hour to read, yet its insightful themes can last a lifetime.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?
“When you stop being afraid you feel good”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?
“If you do not change, you can become extinct !”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?
“It is safer to search in the maze than to remain in a cheeseless situation”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?
The blockbuster phenomenon that revolutionizes our understanding of memory while tracing an extraordinary journey of the mind. Moonwalking with Einstein, an immediate bestseller that will go down in history, tells the story of Joshua Foer’s year-long effort to sharpen his memory under the guidance of renowned “mental athletes.” To revolutionize our knowledge of human memory, he draws on cutting-edge research, a startling cultural history of remembering, and age-old mentalist techniques. This enthralling piece of journalism reminds us that we are the sum of our memories in every aspect that matters, from the United States Memory Championship to deep inside the author’s own mind.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The general idea with most memory techniques is to change whatever boring thing is being inputted into your memory into something that is so colorful, so exciting, and so different from anything you’ve seen before that you can’t possibly forget it,”
“Our brains are obviously capable of astoundingly fast and complex calculations that happen subconsciously. We can’t explain them because most of the time we hardly even realize they’re happening.”
“We all have remarkable capacities asleep inside of us. If only we bothered ourselves to awaken them.”
“Matthews contends. You can’t learn without memorizing, and if done right, you can’t memorize without learning.”
“Monotony collapses time; novelty unfolds it. You”
This New York Times bestseller on how to restructure your life so it’s not all about work has been updated and enlarged. Forget about the outdated notion of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan; there is no justification for waiting, particularly in these uncertain economic times. This book is the guide if your goal is to live a more luxurious lifestyle, travel extensively, make five figures a month with no management, or simply work less and live better.
This step-by-step manual on designing a luxurious lifestyle teaches:
Tim’s transition from earning $40,000 per year and working 80 hours per week to earning $40,000 per month and working 4 hours per week How to hire $5 per hour virtual helpers from abroad to manage your life while you do whatever you choose * How blue-chip escape artists see the world without quitting their day jobs * How to reduce 50% of your workload in 48 hours by applying the ideas of a disregarded Italian economist How to switch a long-term career for repeated “mini-retirements” and short work stretches.
This most recent edition’s updates and additions comprise:
More than 50 helpful hints and real-world examples from readers (including families) who used the first book as a starting point to increase their income, get through typical roadblocks and reinvent themselves.
* Practical examples you can use to cut down on email, bargain with clients and bosses, or hire a private chef for less than £5 a meal.
* How to adapt lifestyle design ideas to volatile economic conditions
* The newest tips, techniques, and technological shortcuts for living like a diplomatic or millionaire without actually being either.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
“But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn’t making you stronger, they’re making you weaker.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
“People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
“A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
As we go into the unexplored realm of the future, Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a perceptive and insightful inquiry into today’s most pressing concerns. Harari addresses the difficulty of navigating life in the face of continual and disorienting change and poses the crucial questions we must ask ourselves in order to survive. As technology develops faster than our knowledge of it, hacking is becoming a tactic of war, and the world feels more divided than ever, Harari examines how to navigate life in the face of continual and disorienting change.
Harari expands on the concepts covered in his earlier books in twenty-one readable chapters that are both thought-provoking and profound, trying to untangle political, technological, social, and existential issues and providing guidance on how to get ready for a future that will be very different from the one we currently live in: How can we maintain our right to free will while Big Data is keeping an eye on us? How should we prepare for the future workforce and what will it look like? How should we respond to the terrorism threat? The problem in liberal democracy: why?
Millions of readers have been riveted by Harari’s ability to make sense of where we have been and where we are heading. In this passage, he challenges us to think about values, meaning, and interpersonal involvement in a chaotic and uncertain environment. Clarity is key when we are bombarded with useless information. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is necessary reading since it presents complex modern issues in an understandable manner.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Morality doesn’t mean ‘following divine commands. It means ‘reducing suffering’. Hence in order to act morally, you don’t need to believe in any myth or story. You just need to develop a deep appreciation of suffering.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Silence isn’t neutrality; it is supporting the status quo.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Shetty was raised in a home where the options were to become a doctor, an attorney, or a failure. His family was certain he had selected option three: he left for India to train as a monk, meditate for four to eight hours each day, and to dedicate his life to helping others. Instead of celebrating his college graduation ceremony. After three years, one of his professors advised him that leaving the monk’s path to impart his knowledge and experience to others would have a greater positive impact on the world. He returned back home with his parents in north London, heavily in debt and with no apparent talents on his resume.
Mungo will need to muster all of his inner strength and courage to try to return to a location of safety, a place where he and James could perhaps still have a future, when his mother has sent him on a fishing trip to a loch in Western Scotland several months later with two strange men whose intoxicated banter belies murky pasts.
Young Mungo is a compelling and illuminating tale about the limits of masculinity, the divisions of sectarianism, the violence faced by many queer people, and the perils of falling in love with someone too much. It does this by infusing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism and providing a full voice to people rarely addressed in the literary world.
In this uplifting book, Shetty uses his experience as a monk to teach us how to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of our potential and strength. Think Like a Monk explains how to get rid of unhelpful ideas and bad habits so that you can find the peace and purpose that are innate in all of us by fusing timeless knowledge with his own in-depth experiences at the ashram. In order to lessen stress, foster better relationships, and share the talents we possess with the world, he converts abstract lessons into guidance and exercises that we can all put into practice. Shetty demonstrates that anyone can think like a monk—and should.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Remember, saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however, we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
“Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
“Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling, we think the thing will give us.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
“The more we define ourselves in relation to the people around us, the more lost we are.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
“In 1902, the sociologist Charles Horton Cooley wrote: “I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
Dr. Peterson’s advice is amusing, unexpected, and educational. He explains things like why skateboarding kids should be left alone, what happens to people who criticize too readily, and whether you should always pet a cat when you see one on the street.
What can we learn about success in life and how to stand up straight (with our shoulders back) from the neurological system of the lowly lobster? Why did the ancient Egyptians consider the ability to pay close attention to detail to be the highest form of deity? What horrible pathways do those who are bitter, haughty, and vindictive travel? Dr. Peterson covers a wide range of topics, including discipline, freedom, adventure, and responsibility. He then condenses all of the world’s knowledge into 12 simple yet profound guidelines for living. The present commonplaces of science, religion and human nature are challenged by the 12 Rules for Life, which also transform and elevate the mind and spirit of those who read it.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“No tree can grow to Heaven,” adds the ever-terrifying Carl Gustav Jung, psychoanalyst extraordinaire, “unless its roots reach down to Hell.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
What would it be like to be unconstrained and to fly above your limitations? What can you do every day to find tranquility and inner peace? These issues are addressed in The Untethered Soul in a straightforward yet deep manner. This book will alter the way you interact with both yourself and the outside world, regardless of whether this is your first foray into inner space or you have dedicated your entire life to the inward trip. You’ll learn what you can do to stop the repetitive thoughts and feelings that are limiting your consciousness.
Author and spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer illustrates how the growth of awareness can empower us all to dwell in the current moment and let go of upsetting thoughts and memories that prevent us from finding happiness and self-realization. He does this by drawing on traditions of meditation and mindfulness.
The Untethered Soul, which was co-published with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), starts by guiding you through your interaction with your thoughts and emotions in order to help you identify the origin and cyclical nature of your inner energy. The book goes on to discuss how to break free from the automatic ideas, feelings, and energy patterns that constrict your consciousness. The door to a life spent in the liberty of your inner being is finally opened by this book in perfect clarity.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind – you are the one who hears it.”
“Only you can take inner freedom away from yourself, or give it to yourself. Nobody else can.”
“If you truly love someone, your love sees past their humanness”
“Do not let anything that happens in life be important enough that you’re willing to close your heart over it.”
“Eventually you will see that the real cause of problem is not life itself. It’s the commotion the mind makes about life that really causes the problems.”
Others may criticize our responses and ask, “What’s wrong with that person?,” but have you ever wondered, “Why did I do that?” or “Why can’t I just control my behavior?” It’s simple to put the blame on ourselves when we question our emotions; we hold ourselves and those around us to an unattainable standard. It’s time we began posing other queries.
Oprah Winfrey and world-renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry present a revolutionary and significant shift away from asking “What’s wrong with you? ” to “What happened to you? Here, Winfrey reveals personal anecdotes from her life since she is aware firsthand of the fragility that results from early exposure to trauma and tragedy. She and Dr. Perry discuss understanding people, behavior, and ourselves throughout the entire book. It’s a tiny but significant change in how we think about trauma, one that paves the way for resilience and healing in a tried-and-true manner by enabling us to comprehend our pasts and open the door to our future.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“We elicit from the world what we project into the world; but what you project is based upon what happened to you as a child.”
“Because what I know for sure is that everything that has happened to you was also happening for you. And all that time, in all of those moments, you were building strength. Strength times strength times strength equals power. What happened to you can be your power. — Oprah”
“Our major finding is that your history of relational health—your connectedness to family, community, and culture—is more predictive of your mental health than your history of adversity (see Figure 8). This is similar to the findings of other researchers looking at the power of positive relationships on health. Connectedness has the power to counterbalance adversity.”
“The experiences in the first years of life are disproportionately powerful in shaping how your brain organizes.”
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
This book was written by Napoleon Hill in 1938, shortly after the release of his best-selling book Think and Grow Rich. Because his family and friends believed it to be too contentious, this stirring story has never been published.
Napoleon Hill explores the main challenges we encounter in achieving our own goals, identifying them as the devil’s tools of fear, procrastination, anger, and envy. Napoleon Hill is renowned for his ability to get to the heart of human potential. Hill shows the seven excellent principles that will enable us to overcome these covert tactics of control and succeed. Without them, we risk ruin.
This book is insightful, compelling, evocative, and packed with wisdom. Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Three Feet from Gold co-author Sharon Lechter annotated and edited it for a modern readership.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Remember that your dominating thoughts attract,
through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most
convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful what
your thoughts dwell upon.”
“You are entitled to know that two entities occupy your body. One of these entities is motivated by and responds to the impulse of fear. The other is motivated by and responds to the impulse of faith. Will you be guided by faith or will you allow fear to overtake you?”
“The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.”
“Failure is man-made circumstance. It is never real until accepted by man as permanent.”
“Your only limitation is the one which you set up in your own mind.”
No tricks. No exaggeration. No magic solution. The Compound Effect is founded on the idea that choices affect how your life turns out. Your small, everyday choices will either lead you to the life you want or, by default, to tragedy. The Compound Effect is a distillation of the essential concepts that have underpinned the most extraordinary successes in business, relationships, and beyond, presented by Darren Hardy, founder of Success Magazine. With the help of this simple, step-by-step operating system, you may increase your success, track your advancement, and fulfill any dream. If you’re committed to leading a remarkable life, harness The Compound Effect’s power to achieve your goals.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”
“Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”
“You alone are responsible for what you do, don’t do, or how you respond to what’s done to you.”
“Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE”
“It’s not the big things that add up in the end; it’s the hundreds, thousands, or millions of little things that separate the ordinary from the extraordinary.”
A book with a stunning design that is packed with motivational sayings and tried-and-true advice on utilizing optimism to build a life you love How can you genuinely learn to love yourself? How do you change a bad feeling into a good one? Is it possible to experience lasting joy?
Instagram expert Vex King provides comprehensive answers to all of these queries in this book. Vex overcame hardship to become an inspiration to thousands of young people, and he now uses his own experience and intuitive knowledge to motivate you to:
* cultivate healthy lifestyle habits, such as mindfulness and meditation
* practice self-care
* get rid of toxic energy
* prioritize your wellbeing
* change your beliefs to attract wonderful opportunities into your life
* use tried-and-true methods to manifest your goals
* conquer fear
* flow with the universe
* discover your higher purpose and turn into a shining light for others.
With the help of this book, Vex will demonstrate to you how you may start to change the world by altering the way you think, feel, say, and act.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Stop trying to impress people.
Impress yourself.
Stretch yourself.
Test yourself.
Be the best version of you that you can be.”
― Vex King, Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness
“Self-love is the balance between accepting yourself as you are while knowing you deserve better and then working towards it.”
― Vex King, Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness
“Ultimately, self-love and raising the level of your vibration go hand in hand. When you make an effort to raise your vibration, you show yourself the love and care you deserve. You’ll feel good and attract good. By taking positive actions and changing your mindset, you’ll manifest greater things. By loving yourself, you’ll live a life you love.”
― Vex King, Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness
“Sometimes you have to unplug
yourself from the world for a
moment, so you can reset yourself.”
― Vex King, Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness
“It’s important to recognize that it’s not unjust to let go of those who show no concern for you.”
― Vex King, Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness
Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have condensed three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws in the book that People magazine called “beguiling” and “fascinating” by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz as well as from the lives of individuals ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.
Law 1: “Never Outshine the Master” and Law 28: “Enter Action with Boldness” are examples of rules that emphasize the need for caution. Law 15: “Crush Your Enemy Totally” is another that urges complete self-preservation. Every rule, though, has one thing in common: an interest in ultimate dominance. The 48 Laws of Power is the perfect resource whether your goal is conquest, self-defense, or simply to comprehend the game’s rules. It comes in a bold and appealing two-color package.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity… you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others”
“If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.”
“Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent”
“Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life’s artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.”
“Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.”
The art of minimalism is understanding how much is enough. This concept is applied to our personal electronics via digital minimalism. It’s essential to lead a concentrated life in a world that is getting noisier.
The bestselling author of Deep Work proposes a philosophy for technology usage that has already enhanced countless lives in this current and instructive book. Digital minimalism is pervasive today. They are serene, content individuals who can carry on lengthy discussions without glancing at their phones. They have the option to lose themselves in a good book, a woodworking project, or a morning run. They can enjoy themselves with friends and family without feeling compelled to record every moment. They remain up to date on current events, but they don’t let them overwhelm them. Because they are already aware of the things that provide them purpose and satisfaction, they don’t feel a “fear of missing out.”
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I propose and defend the perhaps controversial claim that your relationships will strengthen if you stop clicking “Like” or leaving comments on social media posts, and become harder to reach by text messages.”
“Addiction is a condition in which a person engages in the use of a substance or in a behavior for which the rewarding effects provide a compelling incentive to repeatedly pursue the behavior despite detrimental consequences.”
“There are many ways to portray this change. I think the social critic Laurence Scott does so quite effectively when he describes the modern hyper-connected existence as one in which “a moment can feel strangely flat if it exists solely in itself.”
“Perhaps, as the final step in this optimization, you discover through trial and error that you’re best able to absorb complex articles when you clip them throughout the week and then sit down to read through them all on Saturday morning on a tablet over coffee at a local café.”
“We enter solitude, in which also we lose loneliness.”
How was the CIA deceived for a generation by Fidel Castro? Why did Neville Chamberlain believe that Adolf Hitler was trustworthy? Why are there more sexual assaults on college campuses? Do sitcoms on television provide any false knowledge about how people interact with one another?
Malcolm Gladwell was not only creating a book for the page while addressing these issues. Additionally, he was creating for the ear. You may hear the voices of the persons he spoke with during his interviews with scientists, criminologists, and military psychologists in the Talking to Strangers audiobook. Reenactments bring the court transcripts to life. By the side of the road in Texas, you can literally hear the contentious arrest of Sandra Bland.
You hear from many of the participants in these true tragedies as Gladwell revisits the scams of Bernie Madoff, the Amanda Knox trial, and Sylvia Plath’s suicide. The theme tune is “Hell You Talmbout” by Janelle Monae.
Gladwell contends that there is a serious problem with the methods and techniques we employ to understand strangers. And because we lack social skills, we open the door to conflict and miscommunication in ways that have a significant impact on our lives and the world.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You believe someone not because you have no doubts about them. Belief is not the absence of doubt. You believe someone because you don’t have enough doubts about them.”
“To assume the best about another is the trait that has created modern society. Those occasions when our trusting nature gets violated are tragic. But the alternative – to abandon trust as a defense against predation and deception – is worse.”
“The right way to talk to strangers is with caution and humility.”
“The Holy Fool is a truth-teller because he is an outcast. Those who are not part of existing social hierarchies are free to blurt out inconvenient truths or question things the rest of us take for granted.”
“The thing we want to learn about a stranger is fragile. If we tread carelessly it will crumple under our feet… The right way to talk to strangers is with caution and humility.”
You can pursue the job you want and succeed in getting it. You can make improvements to the job you now have! Any circumstance you find yourself in can be made to work in your favor. More than 15 million copies of How to Win Friends and Influence People have been sold since its 1936 publication. The first book by Dale Carnegie is a classic bestseller that has helped thousands of now-famous people climb the success ladder in both their personal and professional life. It is jam-packed with sound advice.
Dale Carnegie’s teachings are still applicable today and will aid you in realizing your full potential in the challenging and competitive modern world. Learn the six ways to win people around to your point of view, the twelve ways to convert people, and the nine ways to influence people without offending them.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
“Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”
“Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.”
A famous blogger cuts through the BS in this generation-defining self-help book to teach us how to quit striving to be “positive” all the time so that we may actually improve and be happier. Positive thinking is the secret to leading a happy, fulfilling life, we’ve been told for decades. Mark Manson says, “F**k positivity.” Let’s face it, sh*t is f**ked, and we must accept that. Manson doesn’t mince words or use ambiguity in his enormously well-read Internet blog. He says it like it is, giving today’s world a much-needed dose of unvarnished, energizing honesty.
His response to the coddling, make everyone feel good mentality that has invaded American society and spoilt a generation by giving them gold medals merely for showing up is The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k. Manson makes the case that enhancing our lives depends less on our capacity to convert lemons into lemonade and more on developing a better stomach for lemons, a claim supported by both academic data and well-timed poop humor. Because of their flaws and limitations, humans cannot be perfect; there are victors and losers in society, and sometimes it’s your responsibility. Manson counsels us to recognize and accept our limitations.
We can start to develop the courage, persistence, honesty, obligation, curiosity, and reconciliation we seek once we embrace our fears, flaws, and doubts, once we stop fleeing from and avoiding hard facts, and instead start facing them head-on. Manson makes it plain that there are only many things we can care about, so we need to decide which ones actually important. Money is good, but it’s preferable to care about what you do with your life because real wealth comes from experience. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a welcome slap for a generation to help them lead happy, grounded lives. It is a much-needed moment of real discussion that will grab you by the shoulders and look you in the eye.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.”
“You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a limited amount of fucks to give. Very few, in fact. And if you go around giving a fuck about everything and everyone without conscious thought or choice—well, then you’re going to get fucked.”
“Unhealthy love is based on two people trying to escape their problems through their emotions for each other—in other words, they’re using each other as an escape. Healthy love is based on two people acknowledging and addressing their own problems with each other’s support.”
“Being wrong opens us up to the possibility of change. Being wrong brings the opportunity for growth.”
“Because when we give too many fucks, when we choose to give a fuck about everything, then we feel as though we are perpetually entitled to feel comfortable and happy at all times, that’s when life fucks us.”
Measure What Matters is about making difficult business decisions by using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), an innovative approach to goal-setting. In 1999, John Doerr, a famed venture capitalist, spent over $12 million in a startup with incredible technology, entrepreneurial spirit, and sky-high ambitions, but no actual business model. Doerr reintroduced the founders to OKRs, and with them as the core of their management, the firm went from forty to more than 70,000 people, with a market cap of over $600 billion. Google was the startup.
Doerr has since introduced OKRs to over fifty companies, assisting tech titans and nonprofits to exceed all expectations. The OKR model defines objectives as what we want to achieve, and key outcomes as how those top prioritized goals will be met. OKRs help to focus effort, promote coordination, and boost worker happiness. They highlight an organization’s most critical work because everyone’s goals, from entry-level to CEO, are visible to the entire organization.
Doerr provides a wide range of first-person, behind-the-scenes case studies in Measure What Matters, with narrators including Bono and Bill Gates, to highlight the focus, agility, and rapid development that OKRs have spurred at so many great businesses. This book will teach you how to collect timely, relevant data in order to track progress and measure what is important. It will assist any company or team in aiming high, moving quickly, and excelling.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.”
“We don’t hire smart people to tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. —Steve Jobs”
“When people have conflicting priorities or unclear, meaningless, or arbitrarily shifting goals, they become frustrated, cynical, and demotivated.”
“Leaders must get across the why as well as the what. Their people need more than milestones for motivation. They are thirsting for meaning, to understand how their goals relate to the mission.”
“An effective goal-setting system starts with disciplined thinking at the top, with leaders who invest the time and energy to choose what counts.”
According to our “thirty-is-the-new-twenty” mentality, the years spent in your 20s are unimportant. Some people describe them as protracted adolescence. Others refer to them as young adults. The new twenty is not thirty, though. Dr. Meg Jay demonstrates in this insightful book how many twentysomethings have been caught in a whirlwind of hype and disinformation that has trivialized what are truly the most formative years of life. Dr. Jay interweaves the science of the twentysomething years with engrossing, behind-the-scenes experiences from twentysomethings themselves, drawing on more than 10 years of work with hundreds of twenty-something customers and students. She discusses what experts in psychology, sociology, neurology, reproductive science, human resources management, and economics know about the distinctive influence of our twenties and how they affect how our lives change. The end result is a thought-provoking and occasionally moving read that demonstrates why our twenties do matter. The decisions we make in our twenties will have a significant impact on the years and possibly even future generations.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that’s an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Twentysomethings who don’t feel anxious and incompetent at work are usually overconfident or underemployed.”
“It’s the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically”
“The future isn’t written in the stars. There are no guarantees. So claim your adulthood. Be intentional. Get to work. Pick your family. Do the math. Make your own certainty. Don’t be defined by what you didn’t know or didn’t do. You are deciding your life right now.”
“I wasn’t scared of losing my past. i was scared of losing my future.”
Leadership is not about labels, status, or control over others. Leaders are persons who hold themselves answerable for seeing and developing the potential in others and ideas. This is a book for anyone who wants to have an impact and lead by choosing courage above comfort.
When we dare to lead, we don’t claim to have all the answers; instead, we remain curious and ask probing questions. We don’t regard power as finite and hoard it; we recognize that when we distribute it and seek to connect authority and accountability, power becomes infinite. We don’t dodge unpleasant talks or situations; instead, we embrace the vulnerability required to accomplish an effective job.
Dare to Lead provides answers to these issues as well as effective tactics and real-world examples from her new research-based courage-building program. ‘One of the most important discoveries of my career has been that courage can be taught, developed, and assessed,’ writes Brené. Courage is made up of four skill sets and twenty-eight behaviors. All it takes is a commitment to performing risky work, having difficult conversations, and showing up with all of our hearts. Easy? No. It is difficult to choose courage over comfort. Is it worthwhile? Always. We want to be courageous in our lives and in our job. That is why we are here.’
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.”
“At the end of the day, at the end of the week, at the end of my life, I want to say I contributed more than I criticized.”
“The courage to be vulnerable is not about winning or losing, it’s about the courage to show up when you can’t predict or control the outcome.”
“Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.”
“People are opting out of vital conversations about diversity and inclusivity because they fear looking wrong, saying something wrong, or being wrong. Choosing our own comfort over hard conversations is the epitome of privilege, and it corrodes trust and moves us away from meaningful and lasting change.”
Wreck This Notebook is an illustrated book with a subversive set of prompts for anyone who has ever wanted to keep a journal or sketchbook but struggled to start, keep, or finish one. Readers are asked to gather their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the book’s pages (and destroy them). Famous illustrator Keri Smith advises journalers to perform “destructive” behaviors like painting with coffee, adding images and defacing them, poking holes through pages, and more to fully experience the creative process. Readers learn new techniques for creating art and journals as well as new approaches to getting over the dread of the blank page and actively participating in the creative process.
Your parents, coaches, instructors, friends, and mentors have all encouraged you to rise above your justifications and conquer your fears throughout your life. What if understanding how to push yourself is all it takes to have the bravery and confidence to improve your life and work?
Mel Robbins will illustrate the power of a “push moment” using the science of habits, captivating tales, and unexpected details from some of the most renowned moments in history, art, and business. She will then provide you with one straightforward technique you may utilize to develop into your best self. Using this program only takes five seconds, and each time you do, you’ll have wonderful company. Mel’s TEDx Talk has had more than 8 million views, and executives from the biggest brands in the world are adopting the tool to boost engagement, productivity, and teamwork.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Hesitation is the kiss of death. You might hesitate for a just nanosecond, but that’s all it takes. That one small hesitation triggers a mental system that’s designed to stop you. And it happens in less than—you guessed it—five seconds.”
“Your feelings don’t matter. The only thing that matters is what you DO.”
“You have been assigned this mountain so that you can show others it can be moved.”
“There’s one thing that is guaranteed to increase your feelings of control over your life: a bias toward action.”
“I was the problem and in five seconds, I could push myself and become the solution.”
We must leave our intelligent mind and its fabricated self, the ego, behind in order to travel into the Now. We quickly go to a much higher altitude where the air is lighter as soon as we turn the first page of Eckhart Tolle’s wonderful book. The unbreakable core of who we are, “The eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the various life forms that are subject to birth and death,” becomes a part of us. Eckhart Tolle employs straightforward language and a straightforward question-and-answer structure to lead us even when the path is difficult. The Power of Now is one of those uncommon books having the capacity to inspire readers to have an experience that can profoundly alter their life for the better. It has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon since its initial release.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Form is emptiness, emptiness is form” states the Heart Sutra, one of the best known ancient Buddhist texts. The essence of all things is emptiness.”
“The moment you realize you are not present, you are present. Whenever you are able to observe your mind, you are no longer trapped in it. Another factor has come in, something that is not of the mind: the witnessing presence.”
“The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness.”
“You attract and manifest whatever corresponds to your inner state.”
“Emotions arise in the place where your mind and body meet”