The grand enigma of the cosmos was disclosed in 2006 by the ground-breaking feature film The Secret, and Rhonda Byrne soon after published a book that has become a global blockbuster. Over the years, fragments of a Great Secret have been discovered in literature, oral traditions, religions, and philosophical systems. The Secret’s components finally come together in an amazing revelation that will change everyone who experiences it for the better.
You’ll discover how to apply The Secret to every area of your life in this book, including finances, well-being, interpersonal relationships, happiness, and all of your interactions with other people. Your realization of the innate, untapped power you possess will help you live more joyfully in all areas of your life.
Modern teachers who have used it to gain wellness, wealth, and happiness have shared their knowledge in The Secret. By putting The Secret’s principles to use, they share inspiring tales of eliminating disease, amassing an enormous fortune, surmounting challenges, and accomplishing things that most people would consider impossible.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“There is no such thing as a hopeless situation. Every single circumstances of your life can change! ”
“There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer.”
“Your power is in your thoughts, so stay awake. In other words, remember to remember.”
“Your thoughts become things!”
“If you are feeling good , it is because you are thinking good thoughts .”
Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert’s account of growing up with two fathers – his biological father and his best friend’s father, his “rich dad,” and how both men affected his views on money and investing. The book debunks the notion that you need a high income to be wealthy, and it discusses the distinction between working for a living and letting your money work for you.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“In school, we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.”
“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
“You’re only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. You’ve done something.”
“If you’re the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes you. If you’re that kind of person, you’ll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, and saving yourself for something that never happens. Then, you die a boring old man.”
“The love of money is the root of all evil.”
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.”
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?”
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
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.”
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?
In the much-awaited, “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, Daniel Kahneman takes us on a revolutionary journey through the mind and elucidates the two systems that govern our thinking. While System 2 is slower, more deliberate, and more rational, System 1 is quick, intuitive, and emotive. Fast thinking has exceptional talents, but it also has flaws and biases, as Kahneman demonstrates, and he also demonstrates the widespread effect of gut perceptions on our thoughts and conduct.
Understanding how the two systems interact to influence our judgments and decisions is essential to understanding the effects of cognitive bias and complacency on corporate strategies, the challenges of forecasting what will make us satisfied in the future, the difficulties of framing risks appropriately at work and at home, and the profound impact of cognitive biases on everything from trading stocks to making travel plans.
In a vibrant discussion of how we think, Kahneman draws the reader in and explains when and how we should trust our intuitions as well as how to take advantage of sluggish thinking. He provides insightful advice on how to make decisions in both our professional and personal lives.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.”
“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it”
“Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.”
“If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.”
“Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.”
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.”
Malcolm Gladwell guides us intellectually through the world of “outliers”—the smartest and most accomplished people—in this breathtaking book. What differentiates exceptional achievers, he wonders?
His response is that we focus too much on what successful individuals are like and not enough on where they come from, which includes their culture, family, generation, and unique experiences growing up. Along the way, he explains how software billionaires get their money, what it needs to be a good soccer player, why Asians are brilliant at math, and why the Beatles are the best music band ever. Outliers is a remarkable work that is both brilliant and amusing and will delight and enlighten.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”
“Who we are cannot be separated from where we’re from.”
“Achievement is talent plus preparation”
“In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.”
“Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.”
Childhood for David Goggins was a nightmare filled with deprivation, discrimination, and physical abuse. However, Goggins changed himself from a hopeless, obese young man into one of the best endurance athletes in the world via self-control, mental fortitude, and hard training. He was the only man in history to successfully complete the rigorous training required to become a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller. He then broke records in a number of endurance competitions, earning him the title of “The Fittest (Real) Man in America” from Outside magazine.
He discusses his incredible life experience in Can’t Hurt Me and demonstrates that most people only use 40% of their potential. This is what Goggins refers to as The 40% Rule, and his life narrative shows how anyone can use it to overcome sorrow, face fear, and realize their full potential.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.”
“In the military we always say we don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training,”
“No one is going to come help you. No one’s coming to save you.”
“I thought I’d solved a problem when really I was creating new ones by taking the path of least resistance.”
“It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”
The first non-fiction book by New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner and University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt is titled Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. The book, which was released on April 12 by William Morrow, has been characterized as fusing pop culture and economics.
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? Freakonomics will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
The classic book on persuasion, Influence, explores the psychology behind why people say “yes” and how to use this knowledge. The father of the rapidly developing science of persuasion and influence is Dr. Robert Cialdini. This widely praised book is the culmination of his 35 years of meticulous, evidence-based research and a three-year program of study on what motivates people to alter behavior.
You’ll discover the six universal rules, how to apply them to become a persuasive speaker, and how to counter them. The Influence concepts are ideal for people from all walks of life and will propel you toward significant personal change and achievement.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”
“Embarrassment is a villain to be crushed.”
“we all fool ourselves from time to time in order to keep our thoughts and beliefs consistent with what we have already done or decided”
“Often we don’t realize that our attitude toward something has been influenced by the number of times we have been exposed to it in the past.”
“persons who go through a great deal of trouble or pain to attain something tend to value it more highly than persons who attain the same thing with a minimum of effort.”
Composed by Brazilian creator Paulo Coelho in 1988. The story is about a Shepherd kid from Spain whose name is Santiago. He continues to get the very dream about treasures that are covered in the Pyramids of Egypt. He sets out on an excursion to follow his fantasy in the wake of meeting an old lord who offers him enchantment stones and counsel. Santiago crosses the Mediterranean and Sahara to track down his fortunes in Egypt and furthermore achieve his own legend, which is his motivation throughout everyday life. The book subtleties his excursion and the different experiences that he has encountered while following his fantasy. All through the excursion, Santiago meets many new individuals and has a ton of challenges, which at last assist him with learning and developing the whole way.
The Alchemist is a phenomenal book and the narrating is lovely. The selection of words is faultless, brimming with insight and reasoning. I completely cherished it. The story is exceptionally charming and overflows with confidence which I believe is vital in our lives. The book shows that the excursion to your fate is all around as significant as the actual predetermination. I love the way the book underscores the significance of confidence, trust, and otherworldliness through the tale of a conventional kid. I think this book requests to everybody since we as a whole have dreams and once in a while we simply believe somebody should let us know that they might work out. Overall,”The Alchemist” is an exceptionally interesting fiction novel and it merits space on everybody’s shelf.
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”
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.”
At least six different human species lived on the planet 100,000 years ago. There is only one now. Us. Human species. How did our species prevail in the struggle for supremacy? Why did our nomadic foragers get together to build towns and kingdoms? How did we come to trust money, literature, and laws; to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; and to be ruled by bureaucracy, deadlines, and consumerism? What will the future millennia bring for our world?
Dr. Yuval Noah Harari covers the entirety of human history in Sapiens, from the very first creatures to walk the planet through the revolutionary – and occasionally life-changing – discoveries of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions.
He investigates how the currents of history have influenced our human societies, the plants and animals surrounding us, and even our personalities. He draws on concepts from biology, anthropology, paleontology, and economics. Has history made us happy as a result? Can we ever break away from the influences of our ancestors on how we act? And if anything, what can we do to shape the future of the centuries? Sapiens challenge everything we believed to be true about being human, including our thoughts, deeds, power, and future. It is audacious, all-encompassing, and controversial.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.”
“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.”
“Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behaviour, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition.”
“One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations.”
“History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets.”
This famous work on military strategy by Sun Tzu, based on Chinese battle and military doctrine, was written 250 years ago. Since then, all ranks of the military have applied Sun Tzu’s precepts to battle, and civilization has modified these teachings for application in business, politics, and daily life. One should use The Art of War to their advantage both on the battlefield and in business meetings.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
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.”
You must trust in secrets if you want to create a better future. There are still unknown territories to discover and novel inventions to develop, which is our era’s great secret. Peter Thiel, a renowned investor, and entrepreneur demonstrates in his book Zero to One how we might come up with unique strategies to produce those new items.
Thiel starts off with the contrarian notion that, despite being preoccupied with flashy mobile devices, we are living in a time of technological stasis. Although information technology has advanced quickly, Silicon Valley and computers are by no means the only areas of development. In any sector of business or industry, advancement is possible.
It stems from the most crucial ability that each and every leader must develop: the capacity for independent thought. The world goes from 1 to n when we do what someone else currently knows how to do, adding more of what is familiar. However, when you take a new action, you go from 0 to 1. Operating systems won’t be created by the next Bill Gates. A search engine won’t be created by the next Larry Page or Sergey Brin. The winners of tomorrow will not be those who engage in fierce competition in today’s market. They will completely avoid competition because their companies are special.
A new perspective about innovation is presented in Zero to One, which begins by teaching readers how to ask the questions that lead to the discovery of value in unexpected places. It simultaneously offers an upbeat outlook on the future of progress in America.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“ZERO TO ONE EVERY MOMENT IN BUSINESS happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them.”
“The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator.”
“What important truth do very few people agree with you on?”
“Tolstoy opens Anna Karenina by observing: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Business is the opposite. All happy companies are different: each one earns a monopoly by solving a unique problem. All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.”
“Elite students climb confidently until they reach a level of competition sufficiently intense to beat their dreams out of them. Higher education is the place where people who had big plans in high school get stuck in fierce rivalries with equally smart peers over conventional careers like management consulting and investment banking. For the privilege of being turned into conformists, students (or their families) pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in skyrocketing tuition that continues to outpace inflation. Why are we doing this to ourselves?”
Three eBooks—A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life—are now bundled together. A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night have sold more than a million copies in the US, reached the top of all the major bestseller lists, received raving reviews, and enchanted legions of devoted admirers.
The number one New York Times bestselling series comes to a satisfying conclusion with The Book of Life, and we are now happy to offer all three novels in a beautifully designed boxed set that is ideal for both fans and newbies.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Magic was nothing more than desire made real, after all.”
“He’s still a wanker,’ Gallowglass muttered.”
“Even the darkest places need to be brought into the light of day, or else they’ll grow until they swallow a man whole.”
“This family was more fun when we had fewer medical degrees”
“The winds do not always blow as the ship desires,”
A mother recounts her unwell little daughter, the perilous accident she survived, her trip to Heaven, and the sudden departure of the symptoms of her chronic illness in a wonderful true story of faith and blessings.
Because of a rare and incurable digestive condition that prohibited her from ever leading a regular, healthy life, Annabel Beam spent the majority of her childhood in and out of hospitals. She fell three floors headfirst inside an old, hollowed-out tree one sunny day when she was able to play outside with her sisters; this fall may have resulted in death or disability. She miraculously made it out unscathed.
She visited heaven while she was asleep inside the tree and rescuers were attempting to reach her. She defied science after leaving the hospital and miraculously recovered from her long-term illness. Our perspective on the world will be altered by MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, which will also strengthen our faith in God and the afterlife.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You need to let go of everything you can’t control. Anything that’s already happened, anything you’re afraid might or might not happen—you can’t control any of that. You can only control how you react to it. And how you’re reacting right now,”
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming, ‘WOO HOO, what a ride!’” Mimi’s”
“It seems that a fully lived life is going to be a bit of a roller coaster, not a flat go-cart track that just takes you around and around in a safe little circle.”
“When life brings hardships beyond our understanding, it’s not up to us to look for the silver lining. We are the silver lining. We become God’s well-tuned instruments of peace, His gift to one another, each of us a miracle, according to His strange and wonderful plan.”
“I stepped into the arms of this man I love, the only home I’d ever need.”
Matthew Walker, a neuroscientist and sleep specialist, offers a ground-breaking analysis of sleep, looking at how it impacts every facet of our mental and physical well-being. Walker explains how we can use sleep to improve learning, mood, and energy levels, restrict hormones, prevent cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes, slow the effects of aging, and lengthen our lives by outlining the most recent scientific advances and drawing on his decades of research and clinical experience. Additionally, he offers doable suggestions for improving each night’s sleep.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.”
“Practice does not make perfect. It is practice, followed by a night of sleep, that leads to perfection.”
“Inadequate sleep—even moderate reductions for just one week—disrupts blood sugar levels so profoundly that you would be classified as pre-diabetic.”
“Humans are not sleeping the way nature intended. The number of sleep bouts, the duration of sleep, and when sleep occurs have all been comprehensively distorted by modernity.”
“Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day — Mother Nature’s best effort yet at contra-death.”
Originally published in 1951, the book’s enormous popularity has resulted in multiple reprints. “What is not in it, is nowhere,” the Mahabharata was said centuries ago. But we can still say the same thing about it now. He who does not know it does not know the altitudes and depth of the soul; he loses the trials and tragedy, as well as the beauty and grandeur of life. The Mahabharata is a romance that tells the story of heroic men and women, as well as some who were heavenly. It is a complete work of literature in and of itself, comprising a life code a theory of ethical and social relations, and theoretical thought on human problems.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“What is the greatest wonder in the world?
That, every single day, people die,
Yet the living thinks they are immortal.”
“Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at first, but it is bitter as poison in the end.”
“When everything in this world is temporary, why do you grieve for that which is lost?”
“Scriptural knowledge is successful when it results in humility and good conduct, wealth is successful when it is both enjoyed and given away in charity, and marriage is successful when the wife is enjoyed and bears offspring.”
“free of the five evils which assail men: excessive sleep, fear, anger, weakness of mind, and procrastination.”
We consistently get the answers wrong when given simple questions regarding global trends, such as what percentage of the world’s population lives in poverty, why the world’s population is expanding, and how many girls complete high school. So incorrect that a monkey answering questions at random will routinely outperform professors, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.
In Factfulness, Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon, and his two long-time partners, Anna and Ola, give a startling new explanation for why this occurs. They expose the ten inclinations that distort our perspective, ranging from our proclivity to divide the world into two camps (typically some form of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear reigns supreme) to how we perceive progress.
Our issue is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and our best predictions are influenced by unconscious and foreseeable biases. Factfulness is an urgent and necessary book that will alter the way you can see the world and equip you to respond to future crises and opportunities. It is inspiring and revelatory, full of entertaining anecdotes and emotional stories.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“There’s no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear.”
“Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot.”
“The world cannot be understood without numbers. But the world cannot be understood with numbers alone.”
“Remember: things can be bad, and getting better.”
“Look for systems, not heroes.”
The Book of Mormon is actually the word of God, a companion book to the Bible that includes the everlasting gospel, according to the twelve million church members of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world (six million in the United States). By special arrangement with the Church, Doubleday is happy to release this first official trade edition of The Book of Mormon, which is one of the fastest-growing religions in the nation.
The Book of Mormon was allegedly written on golden plates by a succession of prophets, cited and condensed by the messenger of god Mormon, and buried by Mormon’s son, Moroni. The plates were buried in a mountainside in upstate New York in 1823, fourteen centuries later, thanks to the guidance of the angel Moroni. Smith used the supernatural revelation to transform the old tongue into English.
The historical, theological, political, and military occurrences that influenced and still influence the Church’s doctrine are described in the Book of Mormon. The release of this version presents the chance to learn more about one of the biggest religions in modern America.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Man is, that he may have Joy.”
“The Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.”
“The Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on this Earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than any other book.”
“25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.”
“they were treated as though they were angels sent from God to save them from everlasting destruction—therefore,”
The majority of startups fail. However, many of these failures are avoidable. The Lean Startup is a revolutionary method that is transforming the way companies are developed and new products are introduced around the world. A startup, according to Eric Ries, is an organization dedicated to producing something new in the face of severe uncertainty. This is true for a single person in a garage as it is for a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they all have in common is a desire to break through the shroud of uncertainty in order to find a viable path to a long-term business.
The Lean Startup methodology creates organizations that are both more capital efficient and more successful at leveraging human innovation. It is based on “validated learning,” quick scientific experimentation, and a number of counter-intuitive approaches that shorten product development cycles, assess actual progress without turning to vanity metrics and discover what customers truly want. It enables a corporation to change course quickly, changing plans inch by inch, minute by minute.
Rather than wasting time developing extensive business plans, The Lean Startup provides entrepreneurs of all sizes with a mechanism to continuously test their vision, adapt, and adjust before it’s too late. In an age when companies need to innovate more than ever, Ries offers a scientific approach to building and managing successful firms.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.”
“We must learn what customers really want, not what they say they want or what we think they should want.”
“Reading is good, action is better.”
“if you cannot fail, you cannot learn.”
“As you consider building your own minimum viable product, let this simple rule suffice: remove any feature, process, or effort that does not contribute directly to the learning you seek.”
The Greatest Salesman in the World is a book that tells the tale of Hafid, an impoverished camel boy who leads an abundant life and acts as a manual for a salesmanship and success philosophy. To read the book in Mandino’s recommended reading order would take roughly ten months.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life. Your words are eloquent but they are mere words. True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.”
“No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.”
“Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.”
“Only a habit can subdue another habit.”
“I will greet this day with love in my heart.”
Every lady has had a childhood. Each little girl carries the most prized fantasies in her heart. She yearns to be drawn into a love tale, to have a crucial role in a grand adventure, and to “be” the story’s Beauty. How many women do you know who have ever found that life, though?
The majority of women believe that they must settle for a life of productivity and obligation, trying to be the woman they “ought” to be but frequently feeling disappointed. Sadly, there are way too many messages for Christian women that increase stress. You can become a godly woman if you follow these ten instructions. The impact on the feminine soul has not been favorable.
The song “Captivating” has the following message: Your heart counts more than everything else in the universe. Your childhood longings and current yearnings are signs of the life God intended for you to live. He makes the offer to save your heart and set you free to live as a woman who is both completely alive and feminine. a really captivating woman.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes a woman come alive.”
“A woman is a warrior too. But she is meant to be a warrior in a uniquely feminine way. Sometime before the sorrows of life did their best to kill it in us, most young women wanted to be a part of something grand, something important.”
The word ezer is used only twenty other places in the entire Old Testament. And in every other instance the person being described is God himself, when you need him to come through for you desperately.”
“Much of what we call our ‘personalities’ is actually the mosaic of our choices for self-protection plus our plan to get something out of the love we were created for.”
“Her soul is Alive. And we are drawn to her.”
Ever wonder whether we’re missing something? If you consider it, it’s absurd. The Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies, and E-minor, the God of the universe, loves us with a passionate, selfless, and radical love. And what is the average reaction from us? We attend church, sing hymns, and refrain from swearing.
We all know there’s a problem, whether you’ve said something or not. Do you secretly yearn to be set free from the constraints of the present situation? Are you seeking a true religion that offers practical, even radical, answers to the world’s problems? You are being called by God to an intensely loving relationship with Him. Because falling in love with God is the remedy for religious complacency rather than working more hours on a list of dos and don’ts. And as Francis says, once you experience His love, you’ll never be the same again. Because everything changes when you fall head over heels in love with someone.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.”
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.”
“God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.”
“Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.”
“”Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?”
Generations of readers have been intrigued by Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s memoir because of its tales of life in Nazi death camps and its teachings for spiritual survival. Frankl contends that while we cannot avoid suffering, we can choose how to deal with it, interpret information in it, and push forward with fresh purpose. He bases this claim on his own experience as well as the accounts of his patients. His logotherapy idea is based on the conviction that the quest for meaning rather than pleasure is what drives people most. One of the most well-known novels in America is Man’s Search for Meaning, which continues to motivate us all to discover meaning in life itself.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
“Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.”
“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”
“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”
London is the destination when strange passenger disappearances occur in midair on a Boeing 747. As strange events continue to take place, terror and turmoil gradually spread not only throughout the plane but also throughout the planet. The end of the world has only just begun for those who were left behind.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You have to admit, when people disappear, some rules go out the window.”
“Lady, I’m like, a kryptonite member.”
“He believed he had wasted his life before this, and he had only a short period to make up for lost time.”
“But we are to receive his gift, abide in Christ, and allow him to live through us.”
“Dear God, I admit that I’m a sinner. I am sorry for my sins. Please forgive me and save me. I ask this in the name of Jesus, who died for me. I trust in him right now. I believe that the sinless blood of Jesus is sufficient to pay the price for my salvation. Thank you for hearing me and receiving me. Thank you for saving my soul.”