Books like Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
12 books with a reading profile close to Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer. Growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, accessible
Gavin de Becker argues that true intuition is a biological survival mechanism rather than an irrational emotion.
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Imagine: How Creativity Works
by Jonah Lehrer
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Jonah Lehrer analyzes the biological and social mechanics behind the flash of insight.
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The Art of Thinking Clearly
by Rolf Dobelli
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, accessible
Rolf Dobelli identifies ninety-nine common cognitive biases that distort human judgment and decision-making.
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, narrative
Christopher McDougall begins with a simple question about his own chronic foot pain and ends up in Mexico’s Copper Canyons searching for the Tarahumara Indians.
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What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
by Joe Navarro
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, accessible
Joe Navarro utilizes his experience as an FBI counterintelligence officer to explain how the limbic system dictates involuntary physical responses.
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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Also clear-cut · practical, narrative
When American journalist Pamela Druckerman moves to Paris, she notices that French children sit quietly in restaurants, sleep through the night at two months old, and eat braised leeks without complaint.
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Supercommunicators
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, accessible
Charles Duhigg identifies three distinct types of conversations: practical decision-making, emotional connection, and social identity.
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Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
Also clear-cut · practical, narrative
Giulia Enders examines the digestive system as a sophisticated sensory organ that influences neurological and immune health.
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The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
Also clear-cut · practical, accessible
Psychologist Kevin Dutton and former SAS soldier Andy McNab argue that specific psychopathic traits—such as ruthlessness, charm, fearlessness, and focus—can be dialed up or down like sliders on a mixing desk to achieve…
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, narrative
Chip Heath and Dan Heath argue that memorable ideas share six specific traits, organized under the SUCCES acronym: simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility, emotions, and stories.
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
by Chris Voss
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, accessible
Chris Voss presents a methodology for high-stakes communication derived from his tenure as a lead international hostage negotiator for the FBI.
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Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
John Douglas details the origins of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit, documenting his career spent interviewing incarcerated serial murderers to understand their psychological drivers.
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