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The Trick to Money Is Having Some by Stuart Wilde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this book, Stuart Wilde shows you that money is merely a form of energy, and that the difference between having it and not having it is merely a small but subtle shift in consciousness (in fact, one woman claims she won $1.7 million in the lottery using the techniques presented within these pages)... -
![Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential by Brian Johnson]()
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential by Brian Johnson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“This book will change your life. And, if enough of us commit, it will change the world.” — Phil Stutz, MD, bestselling author of The Tools, featured in the Netflix documentary StutzIn Areté, Brian Johnson integrates ancient wisdom, modern science, and practical tools to, as per the subtitle of the book, help you win the ultimate game of life and fulfill your destiny... -
![The Holy Book of Luck by A. Saed Alzein]()
The Holy Book of Luck by A. Saed Alzein
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHave you ever wondered about luck? What is luck? Is it blind force that hits randomly and changes people’s lives for the better or worse? Is it rational energy with conscious purpose? Why hard work is a myth and why 90% of all new businesses fail despite rentless hard work by the owners ? Why only 1 person win the lottery while millions lose ? The Holy Book of Luck is ‘’fascinating’’ The first... -
![The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob Fitzpatrick]()
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob Fitzpatrick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little... -
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![The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff, Christopher Germer]()
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff, Christopher Germer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAre you kinder to others than you are to yourself? More than a thousand research studies show the benefits of being a supportive friend to yourself, especially in times of need. This science-based workbook offers a step-by-step approach to breaking free of harsh self-judgments and impossible standards in order to cultivate emotional well-being... -
![High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove]()
High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this legendary business book and Silicon Valley staple, the former chairman and CEO of Intel shares his perspective on how to build and run a company. A practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work... -
![No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer]()
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA New York Times Bestseller and Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There's never before been a company like Netflix... -
![Awakening Loving-Kindness by Pema Chödrön]()
Awakening Loving-Kindness by Pema Chödrön
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis new, redesigned edition of Awakening Loving-Kindness shares inspiration and encouragement for cultivating kindness--by embracing the joy, suffering, confusion, and brilliance of our everyday lives... -
![Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation by Sanaya Roman]()
Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation by Sanaya Roman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn Internationally Bestselling Orin BookWith the guidance of this bestselling classic, you can learn to grow through joy rather than through struggle and pain... -
![Becoming the One: Heal Your Past, Transform Your Relationship Patterns, and Come Home to Yourself by sheleana aiyana]()
Becoming the One: Heal Your Past, Transform Your Relationship Patterns, and Come Home to Yourself by sheleana aiyana
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTELLERSpiritual writer and Rising Woman founder Sheleana Aiyana takes you on a transformational inner-work journey to heal lifelong relationship patterns and reclaim power over your life.Romantic relationships can infuse our lives with the magic of intimacy and connection... -
![The Think and Grow Rich Workbook: The Practical Steps to Transforming Your Desires into Riches by Napoleon Hill]()
The Think and Grow Rich Workbook: The Practical Steps to Transforming Your Desires into Riches by Napoleon Hill
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor the millions of people who have read and loved Think and Grow Rich, here- for the first time-is a workbook and companion to the classic bestseller.With its life-changing thirteen-step process, Think and Grow Rich has been a blueprint for countless many on their road to riches... -
![Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon]()
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKeep Working. Keep Playing. Keep Creating.In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! , both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and showed them how to become known. Now he offers his most inspiring work yet, with ten simple rules for how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself—for life... -
![Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki, Edward Espe Brown]()
Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki, Edward Espe Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPractising the true spirit of Zen. Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off–centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives his thoughts an urgency and focus even sharper than in the earlier book... -
![Abundant Ever After: Tools for Creating a Life of Prosperity and Ease by Cathy Heller]()
Abundant Ever After: Tools for Creating a Life of Prosperity and Ease by Cathy Heller
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn enlightening, must-have guide to start building your dream future today from the host of the mega-hit podcast Don’t Keep Your Day Job , spiritual and business coach, and bestselling author, Cathy Heller.It’s time to start living your dream life today. Cathy Heller believes life is way too short to waste time living anything but your dream... -
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![Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan]()
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very different from how most companies create products. The goal of the book is to share the techniques of the best companies. This book is aimed primarily at Product Managers working on technology-powered products... -
![The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World by Steve Pemberton]()
The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World by Steve Pemberton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this stirring follow-up to his memoir, Steve Pemberton gives practical encouragement for how you can be a "human lighthouse" for others and through these inspiring stories will renew your hope for humanity. Our polarized, divisive culture seems to be without heroes and role models... -
![How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner]()
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert on megaprojects “This book is important, timely, instructive, and entertaining. What more could you ask for?”—Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow “Over-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability... -
![Cured: The Life-Changing Science of Spontaneous Healing by Jeffrey Rediger]()
Cured: The Life-Changing Science of Spontaneous Healing by Jeffrey Rediger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen it comes to spontaneous healing, skepticism abounds. Doctors are taught that "miraculous" recoveries are flukes, and as a result they don't study those cases or take them into account when treating patients.Enter Dr. Jeff Rediger, who has spent over 15 years studying spontaneous healing, pioneering the use of scientific tools to investigate recoveries from incurable illnesses. Dr... -
![More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations by Melody Beattie]()
More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations by Melody Beattie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDaily thoughts provide readers with ongoing insights into issues such as surrendering, the damaging effects of manipulation, and healthy communication.This new volume of meditations offers clients ongoing wisdom and guidance about relationship issues... -
![Ceremony by Brianna Wiest]()
Ceremony by Brianna Wiest
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOther people are not meant to love usin the exact way we think they shouldthey are meant to set up a healing ceremonyat which we learn to love ourselvesCeremony is a collection for those on the cusp of becoming. It is a reminder that we were not meant to fit into this world perfectly, but to live in such a way that might forge a path all our own... -
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Living Sober by Anonymous
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLiving Sober is an extremely informative book which does not offer a plan for getting sober but does offer us sound advice about how to stay sober.Living Sober is an extremely informative book which does not offer a plan for getting sober but does offer us sound advice about how to stay sober. Basic, essential information from Alcoholics Anonymous. As the book states, "Anyone can get sober. . -
![Discover Your Dharma: A Vedic Guide to Finding Your Purpose by Sahara Rose Ketabi, Deepak Chopra]()
Discover Your Dharma: A Vedic Guide to Finding Your Purpose by Sahara Rose Ketabi, Deepak Chopra
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Discover Your Dharma will give you clear direction on how to step into your purpose and say yes to your deepest desires." —GABBY BERNSTEINIt is no coincidence you have found this book. Your soul is calling you to step fully into your purpose, your truth, the reason why you are here: your dharma. This lifetime is about figuring out what your dharma is... -
![Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 by John C. Maxwell]()
Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 by John C. Maxwell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLearn how to develop the influence, character, service and vision that it takes to be a leader in every aspect of your life. First released in 1993, John C. Maxwell’s now-classic work revolutionized the way leaders are made... -
![Rich As F*ck: More Money Than You Know What to Do With by Amanda Frances, Cara Alwill]()
Rich As F*ck: More Money Than You Know What to Do With by Amanda Frances, Cara Alwill
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsREADY FOR MORE MONEY THAN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH? For too long, the subject of money has been shrouded in fear, secrecy, and anxiety. It’s time to look behind the curtain at money, while stepping into the empowered financial reality that is available to you. Reading Rich As F*ck is sure to ignite an avalanche of change in the most important areas of your life... -
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![Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais]()
Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEffective software teams are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and sustainably. But how do you build the best team organization for your specific goals, culture, and needs? Team Topologies is a practical, step-by-step, adaptive model for organizational design and team interaction based on four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns... -
![Winning With People : Discover the People Principles That Work for You Every Time by John C. Maxwell]()
Winning With People : Discover the People Principles That Work for You Every Time by John C. Maxwell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAsk the successful CEOs of major corporations, entrepreneurs, top salespeople, and pastors what characteristic is most needed for success in leadership positions, and they'll tell you-it's the ability to work with people. Some people are born with great relationship skills, but those who are not can learn to improve them... -
![The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work by Simone Stolzoff]()
The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work by Simone Stolzoff
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches.From the moment we ask children what they want to "be" when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life's ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success... -
![Master Your Beliefs : A Practical Guide to Stop Doubting Yourself and Build Unshakeable Confidence by Thibaut Meurisse]()
Master Your Beliefs : A Practical Guide to Stop Doubting Yourself and Build Unshakeable Confidence by Thibaut Meurisse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you sick of seeing less talented people powering ahead of you? Are you tired of doubting yourself every step along the way? Do you feel as though life is passing you by while you remain stuck and lacking in the confidence needed to pursue your dreams? If so, Master Your Beliefs is for you... -
![Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies by Richard Gerber, William A. Tiller]()
Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies by Richard Gerber, William A. Tiller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe original comprehensive guide to energetic healing with a new preface by the author and updated resources. More than 125,000 copies sold. Explores the actual science of etheric energies, replacing the Newtonian worldview with a new model based on Einstein's physics of energy... -
![The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest]()
The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the year you change your life.If you’re in a pivot period—if you’re still bridging the space between where you are and where you want to be—remember that the person you’re becoming is already within you. The journey is convincing your mind to act consistently on what your heart already knows it wants to do...
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