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Short, honest overviews of well-known personal-growth books: what each argues and who it suits.
- 2 min read100 Ways to Improve Your Life: What List-Style Self-Help Gets RightA look at list-style self-help ebooks like Dragos Roua's 100 Ways to Improve Your Life: why short tips work, where they fall short and how to use them well.
- 2 min readCrush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk: Book OverviewAn overview of Gary Vaynerchuk's 2009 book Crush It!: its argument for building a personal brand online around your passion, what still holds up and what has dated.
- 2 min readLinchpin by Seth Godin: Book OverviewAn overview of Seth Godin's 2010 book Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?, its argument about emotional labour, art and 'the resistance', and who will find it useful.
- 2 min readSeth Godin's What Matters Now: The Free 2009 Ebook, RevisitedWhat Seth Godin's free 2009 ebook What Matters Now was, how it worked, the themes its contributors wrote about, and which ideas still feel relevant today.
- 2 min readSwitch by Chip and Dan Heath: Book OverviewAn overview of Switch (2010) by Chip and Dan Heath: the rider, the elephant and the path, three ideas for changing behaviour when change is hard, and how to use them.
- 3 min readThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: Book OverviewAn honest overview of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist: what the fable is about, the ideas it explores, why readers love or dislike it, and who will enjoy it.
- 2 min readThe Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin: Book OverviewAn overview of Gretchen Rubin's 2009 book The Happiness Project: her year of monthly resolutions, the ideas that make it work and how to design your own version.
- 2 min readThe Leap by Rick Smith: Book OverviewAn overview of Rick Smith's 2009 career book The Leap: its three-part argument about strengths, passion and risk, what holds up, and who will find it useful.