A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

[Spirituality] {#356} #BriefAudioBook - 17 March 2021

A New Earth

Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Eckhart Tolle

17 min read

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In “A New Earth,” Eckhart Tolle expands on some powerful ideas to show how transcending your ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to your personal happiness but also the key to ending the conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.

[Spirituality] {#356} #BriefAudioBook - 17 March 2021

A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel

[Money,Investments] {#355} #BriefAudioBook - 16 March 2021

A Random Walk Down Wall Street

The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

Burton G. Malkiel

17 min read

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Is there a sure-fire approach to investing? If such an approach exists, can a layperson practice it? Is there proof of the viability of this approach? Burton G. Malkiel is an American economist and writer. In “A Random Walk Down Wall Street”, Malkiel provides detailed analyses of the different approaches to investment and portfolio management. Weighing the pros and cons of different theories and providing a historical backdrop to each theory, he recommends avoidance of extremes that practitioners and academics tend to tilt toward. With practical steps, he shows how a layperson can go about investing on their own with minimal risks.

[Money,Investments] {#355} #BriefAudioBook - 16 March 2021

Dare by Barry McDonagh

[Happiness] {#319} #BriefAudioBook - 8 February 2021

Dare

The New Way To End Anxiety And Panic Attacks

Barry McDonagh

15 min read

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Do you sometimes wish you could escape yourself? Do you constantly find yourself caught in the worries of life with no obvious exit? This tidbit is geared towards alleviating the discomfort you feel by changing your mindset positively using the DARE response. Best-selling author and pioneer of the Panic Away program — a program that aids treatment of anxiety — shares how a daily application of the DARE response will hasten your recovery from anxiety.

[Happiness] {#319} #BriefAudioBook - 8 February 2021

Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

[Leadership] {#318} #BriefAudioBook - 7 February 2021

Dare to Lead

Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

Brené Brown, Ph.D.

16 min read

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Are you trying to become a great leader? Do you struggle with your emotions? If so, this book will teach you that your emotions are actually a sign of the fantastic leader you’re going to be! Embrace those emotions and allow yourself to be vulnerable and you will not only be the best leader you can be, but you’ll also inspire those around you to do the same. All too often we shy away from failure, and we focus towards perfectionism instead. This is where you have been going wrong. This book will teach you that perfectionism is a disease and that listening to yourself, allowing yourself to be brave and feel vulnerable is the single fast-track way towards ridding yourself of the shackles and achieving greatness.

[Leadership] {#318} #BriefAudioBook - 7 February 2021

Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

[Leadership] {#317} #BriefAudioBook - 6 February 2021

Daring Greatly

How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Brené Brown, Ph.D.

18 min read

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We don’t want to be vulnerable because culture sees any vulnerable person as weak and open to attacks of all sorts; which is not a good thing. So, we put up a false front of strength by masking our vulnerabilities; at great cost to us. For example, we fail in leading teams or corporations assigned to us, or in providing spiritual leadership, or in raising our children to be the model citizens we dream for them to be; because we mask our vulnerabilities. In “Daring Greatly”, Dr. Brown makes a case for being proudly vulnerable and seeing it as a strength instead of a weakness. In her opinion, daring greatly will keep us from falling for the pressure of scarcity our society exerts constantly on us. We would see no need to try to keep up with our society’s expectations. We would just enjoy being our authentic selves, warts and all.

[Leadership] {#317} #BriefAudioBook - 6 February 2021

David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell

[Society & Technology] {#316} #BriefAudioBook - 5 February 2021

David and Goliath

Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Malcolm Gladwell

17 min read

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When faced by challenges, how do you respond? Do you play by the rules or follow your instincts? In the face of difficulties, what do you do? Do you persevere or give up? In the face of pain, do you strike back or forgive? This bite-sized book contains many different stories of underdogs who were pitted against seemingly unbeatable opponents and ended up victorious, the most famous being the story of David and Goliath. It explores the idea that being an underdog changes people in ways they can not see or appreciate. The author, Malcolm Gladwell, is a Canadian journalist, writer, and renowned public speaker. He has been a staff writer for “The New Yorker” since 1996 and was formerly a business and science reporter at the “Washington Post”.

[Society & Technology] {#316} #BriefAudioBook - 5 February 2021

Declutter Your Mind by S. J. Scott, Barrie Davenport

[Happiness] {#315} #BriefAudioBook - 4 February 2021

Declutter Your Mind

How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, And Eliminate Negative Thinking

S. J. Scott, Barrie Davenport

17 min read

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Are you guilty of constant overthinking which regularly ruins your day? Do you find yourself on a hamster wheel of thoughts, dictating your actions and causing you to frown more than you smile? Does everything seem overwhelming and just too much? If so, the answer is about to come your way! Bestselling authors S J Scott and Barrie Davenport give you all the answers, and much more! By following the advice and exercises in “Declutter Your Mind”, you will be on the fast track towards peace and serenity, and with a sure smile on your face.

[Happiness] {#315} #BriefAudioBook - 4 February 2021

Deep Work by Cal Newport

[Productivity] {#314} #BriefAudioBook - 3 February 2021

Deep Work

Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

13 min read

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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. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide a sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a superpower in our increasingly competitive 21-century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way. In this book, professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. He makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. And then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four “rules,” for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.

[Productivity] {#314} #BriefAudioBook - 3 February 2021

Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek

[Society & Technology,Business & Career] {#313} #BriefAudioBook - 2 February 2021

Design for the Real World

Human Ecology and Social Change

Victor Papanek

14 min read

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Victor Papanek was a renowned designer and instructor. Until his death, he was a strong advocate of good designs, in contrast to socially irresponsible and harmful designs. This book — now a classic that has been translated into 23 languages — was born out of his desire to see that designs meet the actual needs of society. You can think of it as the designer's manual. In it you'll learn:

• The fundamentals of good design

• The influence designers have over societal change, plus how designers in our world today are failing to live up to their responsibilities, and

• Strategies to help us return to the true purpose of design

[Society & Technology,Business & Career] {#313} #BriefAudioBook - 2 February 2021

Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Fisher

[Negotiation] {#312} #BriefAudioBook - 1 February 2021

Difficult Conversations

How to Discuss What Matters Most

Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Fisher

18 min read

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Have you ever experienced cold feet while discussing a touchy subject, especially the ones that could expose your emotional frailties? If this sounds like you, then this bite-sized book is for you. Here, you will learn the art of navigating the pitfalls of difficult conversations.

[Negotiation] {#312} #BriefAudioBook - 1 February 2021