This is not your usual “self-help” title. It’s full of science and it’s eminently practical. I will level with you, there’s probably not going to be a better book featured in our discount section all year. Susan David’s Emotional Agility is a powerful work designed to help you better manage your emotions. There’s no positive thinking nonsense – this stuff works and won’t drive you insane. The Harvard Business Review awarded this concept the “ground breaking idea of the year” and I can’t agree …
Self-Help
Brain Hacks
Lara Honos-Webb’s book Brain Hacks is concerned with how you can help yourself get out of stressful situations with your sanity intact and, more importantly, by getting as much of what you want from the situation as possible. It’s crammed full of practical observations and exercises rather than dull theory. My life’s not that stressful but I have managed to give a few of these techniques a test run and they really work! I recommend this for anyone facing any stress in their lives at all and …
We Need To Talk
Have you ever struggled to communicate or hold the perfect conversation? Then you may find that We Need To Talk by Celeste Headlee is the right book for you. Celeste gave a talk on the TED Talks website and it went viral and now she’s refined her advice into a book. Celeste has had plenty of time to hone her conversational skills as a public radio journalist and her tips are energizing and valuable. I think we’ve all had a moment in our lives when we wish we knew what to say – this book will …
Your Best Age Is Now
This is a wonderful book that I think every person in the world should have a copy of. Your Best Age is Now by Robi Ludwig is all about embracing the present rather than living in the past or in the future. It’s about enjoying your time on earth and making the most of it too. However, it’s not a bunch of spiritualist hooey with no actual content, it’s carefully backed with tons of juicy science and that turns this into a book that is genuinely worth everybody’s effort. Better still it’s …