1. The Way , The Enemy , The Key -by Ryan Holiday
A trilogy of the extraordinary bestsellers The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday. This boxed set offers the insights and exercises from all three books featuring a vast array of stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history.
The Book will help you find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need for living.
2. Deep Work : Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – by Cal Newport
Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time.
In Deep Work, Cal Newport, Divided this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four “rules,” for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.
3. Everything is F*cked : A Book About Hope -by Mark Manson
In Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. He openly defies our definitions of faith, happiness, freedom and even of hope itself.
4. The Power of Habit: Why We Do, What We Do In Life & Business – by Charles Duhigg
In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.
5. Atomic Habits : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones – by James Clear :
If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.
6. How to make Disease Disappear – by Dr. Rangan Chatterjee
Dr. Chatterjee passionately advocates and follows a philosophy that lifestyle and nutrition are first-line medicine and the cornerstone of good health. Drawing on cutting edge research and his own experiences as a doctor, he argues that the secret to preventing disease and achieving wellness revolves around four critical pillars: food, relaxation, sleep, and movement. By making small changes in each of these key areas, you can create and maintain good health and prevent illness.
7. Tame The Primitive Brain : 28 Ways in 28 Days to Manage the Most Impulsive Behaviours at Work – by Mark Bowden
Bowden’s fresh approach is the fastest and most effective way to understand why someone acts towards you the way they do; why you react to their behavior in the way you do and shares the latest evolutionary behavioral theory, neuroscientific evidence, and tried and tested tools.This simple model of how we humans can and do relate to each other brings increased depth of understanding and expands your toolset to better manage yourself and others to achieve anything.
8. Superintelligence : Paths, Dangers, Strategies – by Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful, possibly beyond our control.
9. Declutter Your Mind – by S. J. Scott & Barrie Davenport
Declutter Your Mind is full of exercises that will have an immediate, positive impact on your mindset.
10. The Mystery of Consciousness -by John R. Searle :
John Searle evaluates the positions on consciousness of well-known scientists and philosophers. He challenges claims that the mind works like a computer, and that brain functions can be reproduced by computer programs. With a sharp eye for confusion and contradiction, he points out which avenues of current research are most likely to come up with a biological examination of how conscious states are caused by the brain. Only when we understand how the brain works will we solve the mystery of consciousness, and only then will we begin to understand issues ranging from artificial intelligence to our very nature as human beings.
