15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management
Kevin Kruse
Discover the time management secrets of billionaires, Olympic athletes, straight-A students, and successful entrepreneurs. Learn how to prioritize, eliminate distractions, and achieve extreme productivity to transform your career and life.
How to Do It Now
Leslie Josel
A guide for teens and college students to understand why they procrastinate and provides support, guidance, and real advice so they can develop and implement strategies to manage it. It includes user-friendly tips and strategies to help students overcome procrastination and improve their time management skills.
Sell or Be Sold
Grant Cardone
Unlock the secrets to success in business and life with 'Sell or Be Sold' by Grant Cardone. This book reveals how mastering the art of selling, persuasion, and negotiation can transform your career, relationships, and overall well-being. Learn to get your way, achieve your dreams, and thrive in any situation by understanding the fundamental principles of selling.
Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick
"Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play" by Mitchel Resnick, with a foreword by Sir Ken Robinson, explores a new approach to learning that fosters creativity in individuals of all ages. The book champions the "Creative Learning Spiral" – imagining, creating, playing, sharing, and reflecting – as a framework for developing innovative thinkers. It advocates for a shift from traditional instruction to "learning through making," drawing inspiration from the Maker Movement and constructionist learning theories. Readers will discover the importance of projects, passion, peers, and play in cultivating a creative mindset. The book delves into how engaging with personal interests, collaborating with others, and embracing open-ended exploration can lead to profound learning experiences. It contrasts effective and ineffective learning environments, highlighting the value of personalization, collaboration, and a willingness to experiment and learn from mistakes. Ultimately, "Lifelong Kindergarten" envisions a "creative society" where individuals are empowered to express themselves and contribute meaningfully to a rapidly changing world. The book provides actionable tips for learners, parents, teachers, and designers to foster creative learning and break down educational barriers. A comprehensive list of further readings and resources is included, providing a guide for readers interested in exploring the foundational ideas and ongoing research that inspired the author's work.
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
This edition of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" presents a profound exploration of ancient Chinese philosophy, focusing on the core concepts of Tao (the Way) and Te (Integrity). Divided into two main sections, "Tao Ching" and "Te Ching", the text delves into the nature of existence, the ideal characteristics of a sage, and the principles of effective governance through non-action and humility. Readers will encounter recurring themes of presence and absence, the importance of aligning with natural processes, and the power of embodying the Way in personal conduct. Through 81 chapters, the "Tao Te Ching" offers guidance on understanding the world and one's place within it. This edition further enhances comprehension with a dedicated section on Key Terms, outlining Lao Tzu's central philosophical ideas such as Yu (Presence), Wu (Absence), Tzu-jan (Occurrence appearing of itself), and Wu-wei (Nothing's own doing). These definitions provide context and deeper insight into the text's complex concepts. The book also includes illustrations that reflect the themes and imagery discussed in the Introduction.
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein
"Range" is a compelling counter-argument to the "10,000-hour rule" and the modern obsession with early hyperspecialization. Science writer David Epstein presents a rigorous case that in most fields—especially complex and unpredictable ones—it is the generalist, not the specialist, who is primed to excel. Epstein opens with the contrasting stories of Tiger Woods (who specialized as a toddler) and Roger Federer (who sampled many sports before focusing on tennis). He argues that while narrow focus works in "kind" learning environments with clear rules (like chess or golf), the real world is largely a "wicked" environment, where patterns are unclear and feedback is delayed. In these chaotic spaces, relying on rigid, specialized experience can actually be a liability. The book champions the value of a "sampling period"—experimenting with various interests early on to find better "match quality" between one's skills and career. Epstein demonstrates that "late bloomers" often overtake early starters because their diverse experiences allow them to apply lateral thinking and connect disparate ideas. Range is a powerful validation for those with winding career paths, proving that wandering is not lost time, but essential preparation for innovation.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Richard P. Feynman
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is an exuberant and iconic memoir that captures the life of Richard P. Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the most colorful minds of the 20th century. Transcribed from taped conversations with Ralph Leighton, this collection of anecdotes reveals a man whose insatiable curiosity extended far beyond the realm of theoretical physics. The book takes readers on a wild ride through Feynman’s eclectic life. We follow him from his childhood experiments fixing radios to his critical work on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos—where he amused himself by cracking top-secret safes. The narrative swings effortlessly between high science (debating with Einstein and Bohr) and eccentric hobbies, such as playing bongo drums for a ballet, learning to draw, and learning Portuguese to lecture in Brazil. Beneath the humor and pranks lies a profound message about intellectual honesty. Feynman rails against "Cargo Cult Science"—pseudo-intellectualism and pretension—and champions the pure joy of "finding things out." It is a celebration of looking at the world with a fresh, unpretentious eye and a reminder that science is an attitude of inquiry, not just a body of knowledge.
Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett
"Designing Your Life" brings the innovative principles of Design Thinking—the same methodology used to create the iPhone and other breakthrough technologies—to the most important project of all: your life. Written by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, silicon valley veterans and founders of the Stanford Life Design Lab, this book translates their popular university course into a practical manual for everyone. The authors reject the dysfunctional belief that you should simply "find your passion." Instead, they argue that a well-lived life is a creative work in progress, built through experimentation. They introduce tools like the "Odyssey Plan", which asks readers to map out three completely different five-year futures to visualize possibilities beyond their current trajectory. Central to their philosophy is "Prototyping"—the art of trying small, low-risk experiments (like informational interviews or shadowing) to test a career path before committing to it. By reframing failure as part of the process and focusing on "building your way forward," Designing Your Life provides a structured, optimistic framework for navigating transition at any age, regardless of where you’ve been or where you hope to go.