There are moments when we achieve peak performance: an athlete plays a perfect game; a business has a quarter with once-in-a-lifetime profits. But these moments are often fleeting, and for every amazing day, we may have a hundred ordinary and even unsatisfying ones. Fulfillment doesn’t come from isolated peak experiences, or elusive ‘flow’ states, but rather from many consiste
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A heart-rending work of autofiction from one of Norway's most prominent literary writers
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Embrace the Present, Create Your Future: Ancient Teachings for Health, Success, and Lasting Happiness
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CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME AND BECOME IMMORTAL
Discover the secrets of timeless living from a Himalayan monk's journey to enlightenment. In this transformative guide, spiritual leader Ishan Shivanand reveals ancient wisdom for modern see
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Now widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovelli's first book: the thrilling story of a little-known man who created one of the greatest intellectual revolutions
Over two thousand years ago, one man chang
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As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion tha
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An urgent and insightful investigation into the collapse in youth mental health, from the influential social psychologist and international bestselling author
Jonathan Haidt has spent his career speaking wisdom and truth in some of the most the most difficult spaces - communities polarized by po