Best Psychology Books

> This book Teaches How to turn everyday experience into a moment by moment opportunity for joy and self-fulfillment.

> Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi explains how to:

• Use flow to release yourself from anxiety and boredom
• Redirect your energy and take control
• Set clear goals
• Harmonize all the elements of your life.. Find out more about this book >>

Internationally renowned psychiatrist, Viktor E. Frankl, endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. During, and partly because of, his suffering, Dr. Frankl developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logotherapy. At the core of his theory is the belief that man's primary motivational force is his search for meaning. Find out more about this book >>

> In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical, and how these systems shape our judgments and decisions... Find out more about this book >>

​- ​In this book Charles Duhigg explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. He presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential. 

- You will find in The Power of Habit that the key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive, and achieving success is understanding how habits work.

> As Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives. 

> Charles Duhigg not only explains how habits are formed but how to kick bad ones and hang on to the good... Find out more about this book >>

> ​In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.”... Find out more about this book >>

> Six ways to make people like you.

> Twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking.

> Nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.

>> Simply, this book is a recipe book for relationships! Everyone needs to read it for more effective communication.

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> In this book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?.. Find out more about this book >>

> ​Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem.

> Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work-in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? ... Find out more about this book >>

> In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change.

> Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline...Find out more about this book >>

> Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow.

> But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around... Find out more about this book >>

> Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose... Find out more about this book >>

> Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"―and how to apply these understandings.

> You'll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader―and how to defend yourself against them... Find out more about this book >>

> Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why?

> As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some basic and consistent mistakes. 

> Just as memory plays tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so does imagination play tricks when we try to look forward... Find out more about this book >>

> Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas?

> In Made to Stick, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the "human scale principle", using the "Velcro Theory of Memory", and creating "curiosity gaps"...Find out more about this book >>

> Drawing on cutting-edge neurology and firsthand research gathered on journeys to nine of the world's talent hotbeds - from the baseball fields of the Caribbean to a classical-music academy in upstate New York - Daniel Coyle identifies the three key elements that will allow you to develop your gifts and optimize your performance in sports, art, music, math, or just about anything... Find out more about this book >>

> Why is it so hard to say “I made a mistake”—and really believe it? Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-justification—how it works, the damage it can cause, and how we can overcome it... Find out more about this book >>

> Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions.

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> And why can a 50p aspirin do what a 5p aspirin can't? If an item is "free" it must be a bargain, right? Why is everything relative, even when it shouldn't be? How do our expectations influence our actual opinions and decisions?.. Find out more about this book >>

> The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate... Find out more about this book >>

> Research in psychology has revealed that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities: We’re overconfident. We seek out information that supports us and downplay information that doesn’t. We get distracted by short-term emotions... Find out more about this book >>

> You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK- delusions keep us sane. ​

> You Are Not So Smart collects more than 46 of the lies we tell ourselves everyday, including: Dunbar's Number, Hindsight bias, Confirmation bias, Brand loyalty... Find out more about this book >>

> The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity... Find out more about this book >>

> Why is it so difficult to sell a plummeting stock or end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone “important”? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there’s danger involved? In Sway, renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer all these questions and more... Find out more about this book >>