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12 books with a reading profile close to Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman. Inward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

    Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

    by Joe Dispenza

    Also inward-looking and growth-minded · self help, personal growth

    Joe Dispenza argues that individuals are biologically tethered to their pasts through a loop of repetitive thoughts and chemical emotional responses.

  2. 2 The Inner Game of Tennis

    The Inner Game of Tennis

    by W. Timothy Gallwey

    Also inward-looking and growth-minded · self help, personal growth

    W.

  3. 3 Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

    Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

    by Jordan B. Peterson

    Also inward-looking and growth-minded · self help, personal growth

    While Peterson’s previous work focused on the dangers of chaos, this sequel argues that excessive order can lead to stagnation and tyranny.

  4. 4 Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

    Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

    by Brené Brown

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    Brené Brown focuses on the physics of vulnerability, specifically how to recover from failure, heartbreak, and professional setbacks.

  5. 5 The Laws of Human Nature

    The Laws of Human Nature

    by Robert Greene

    Also inward-looking · self help, personal growth

    Robert Greene examines the irrational impulses and biological drivers that dictate human social interaction.

  6. 6 The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

    The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

    by Harriet Lerner

    Also inward-looking and growth-minded · self help, personal growth

    Harriet Lerner identifies anger as a signal that the self is being compromised or silenced within a relationship.

  7. 7 Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change

    Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change

    by Robin Norwood

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    Robin Norwood identifies a specific pattern of behavioral addiction where women prioritize unstable partners over their own emotional safety.

  8. 8 Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

    Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

    by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Deepak Chopra

    Also inward-looking · self help, personal growth

    Marshall B.

  9. 9 Braving the Wilderness

    Braving the Wilderness

    by Brené Brown

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    Brené Brown argues that true belonging is not a social negotiation but a spiritual practice originating from self-acceptance.

  10. 10 The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

    The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

    by Elaine N. Aron

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    Elaine N.

  11. 11 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    by Carol S. Dweck

    Also growth-minded and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    Carol Dweck identifies two distinct frameworks for processing achievement: the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.

  12. 12 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

    12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

    by Jordan B. Peterson

    Also growth-minded · self help, personal growth

    Jordan Peterson argues that human well-being depends on balancing the structural predictability of order with the creative unpredictability of chaos.

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