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Each month, we select five books about themes such as mindful productivity, mental health, creativity and curiosity. Explore our selection of best books about psychology and personal development. To suggest a book, please contact us.

The speed reading fallacy: the case for slow reading

May 5, 2020September 11, 2019

About 2 million books get published every year in the world. The indexed web contains at least 5.75 billion pages. So much to read, so little time. In a world obsessed with speed and productivity at all costs, it’s no surprise that someone came up with a solution. It’s called speed reading, and its promise … Read More

Categories ⛰️ Continuous Learning Tags Best Books, learning, reading

5 books to understand how your brain works

May 26, 2020August 5, 2019

I love reading. I read a couple of books a month. And, as you know, I’m fascinated with the weird ways our brain works and the biology of the mind. This is a short list of great books about the human brain which anyone can read. No need for a neuroscience degree, just a lot … Read More

Categories 🧠 Wonderful Brain Tags Best Books, brain

7 books to increase your creativity

May 7, 2020July 10, 2019

We all possess creativity. However, sometimes, it feels like our muse is gone. We just can’t seem to find an idea worth working on. Making things is hard. Here is a list of books to inspire you and stimulate your imagination. If there’s a good book missing from this list, it’s because I haven’t read … Read More

Categories 🎨 Purposeful Creativity Tags Best Books, creativity
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