Category Archives: Self-Help

Think Like a Monk Review: Gentle Advice, Borrowed Authority

Shetty packages meditation, gratitude and service into an approachable beginner's guide, but the ideas are [...]

Never Split the Difference Review: Hostage Tactics for Everyday Deals

Voss offers the most usable negotiation techniques in any popular book, though his evidence is [...]

The War of Art Review: A Kick in the Pants With Blind Spots

Pressfield's short, fierce book gives procrastination a name and a fix, but it lumps illness [...]

How to Win Friends and Influence People Review: The Classic Art of Winning People Over

Nearly a century old and still quoted in every office, Dale Carnegie's classic is a [...]

Think and Grow Rich Review: Useful Grit, Dubious Claims

Hill's Depression-era bestseller has a few durable lessons on goals and persistence, buried under magical [...]

The Secret Review: Pretty Packaging, No Science

Byrne's law-of-attraction bestseller hides a little useful gratitude advice under a core claim that is [...]

Tiny Habits Review: Start So Small You Can’t Fail

A genuinely useful method for building habits by starting absurdly small, grounded in Fogg's behavior [...]

Four Thousand Weeks Review: Stop Trying to Do It All

The best time-management book in years precisely because it rejects the fantasy of getting everything [...]

The Obstacle Is the Way Review: Stoicism for Doers

An energetic, accessible introduction to Stoic resilience, driven by historical stories, though it simplifies both [...]

Who Moved My Cheese? Review: Simple Parable, Mixed Legacy

A quick parable about adapting to change that has helped many readers, but its oversimplification [...]

Atomic Habits Review: The Most Usable Manual for Better Systems

The most practical habit book on the shelf: clear, well organized and easy to apply, [...]

The Comfort Crisis Review: A Strong Case for Doing Hard Things

Michael Easter makes a persuasive, entertaining case that modern comfort is making us less healthy, [...]