In this stunning audiobook, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous, and the most successful. He asks the question: What makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: That is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing.

Scopri i segreti dei ricchi con il classico bestseller sulla crescita personale con più di 100 milioni di copie vendute! Napoleon Hill, il fondatore della filosofia del successo personale, per più di vent'anni ha esplorato le somiglianze che collegano le persone di successo. Nelle conversazioni con 500 milionari ha elaborato i metodi che portano al successo e ha mostrato che chiunque può arricchirsi se diventa padrone dei propri pensieri e del proprio stato mentale.

Siamo stati abituati a ritenere che all'uomo, in quanto essere dotato di razionalità, sia sufficiente tenere a freno l'istinto e l'emotività per essere in grado di valutare in modo obiettivo le situazioni che deve affrontare e di scegliere, tra varie alternative, quella per sé più vantaggiosa.

Il bestseller giapponese da 4 milioni di copie di Ichiro Kishimi, e Fumitake Koga. Una guida verso se stessi e la felicità interiore. In parole semplici e chiare gli autori pongono domande e danno risposte esaustive. Il mondo sembra "un groviglio caotico di contraddizioni"? Porre continuamente le domande al mondo e non ricevere mai le risposte? Sei rimasto sbalordito dal chaos del mondo moderno che sembra non finire mai? Hai perso o non hai mai avuto fiducia in te stesso, nelle tue capacità? Vuoi cambiare te stesso e la tua vita e non sai da dove cominciare?

Fin dall'infanzia, i nostri genitori prima, poi la scuola, e talvolta anche l'università, ci insegnano a percorrere la strada che segue il 90 per cento delle persone: lavorare per soldi e accontentarsi di quello che abbiamo, perché lo fanno tutti. Ci viene detto che prima bisogna fare bene a scuola e studiare duro per entrare all'università. Dopo anni di studio e accumulo di debiti, ci spingiamo a trovare un lavoro per saldare i nostri debiti e risparmiare denaro per la pensione.

For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple New York Times best-selling author Brendon Burchard delivers the six habits of personal growth that will help you create the life of your dreams. Forged from Brendon Burchard’s personal experiences, data from his GrowthDay app, and his many years as a high-performance coach, The 6 Habits of Growth presents the tools you need to construct the life of your dreams.

By cutting out the noise and providing a clear and proven plan, this road map helps even brand-new entrepreneurs make decisions quickly, get their product up for sale, and launch it to a crowd that is ready and waiting to buy. This one-year plan will guide you through the three stages to your first $1 million: the Grind (months 0-4), the Growth (months 5-8), and the Gold (months 9-12). If your goal is to be a full-time entrepreneur, get ready for one chaotic, stressful, and rewarding year. If you have the guts to complete it, you will be the proud owner of a million-dollar business.

Meditation makes you more productive because it lets you earn back time. For each minute you spend meditating, you'll earn around nine minutes back, as Chris Bailey - author of The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus - will show in this candid and counter-intuitive guide to the productivity benefits of meditation.

Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations.

A lack of quality sleep can hinder your alertness and quality of life while awake, as anyone with sleeping issues already knows. Suffering through sleepless nights does not have to be your reality. Instead you can fall asleep fast and get quality sleep tonight and every night. Hypnosis has been used for centuries to cure many ailments, including the inability to get better sleep. You can help yourself improve the quality of your life with hypnotherapy.

The ancient Toltecs believed that life, as we perceive it, is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and these come together to form the dream of the planet, or the world in which we live. Problems arise when our perception of the dream becomes clouded with negativity, drama, and judgment (of ourselves and others), because it's in these moments of suffering that we have forgotten that we are the architects of our own reality and we have the power to change our dream if we choose.

One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose of­fice she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take for granted that they’re here at our disposal whenever we need them. But if you’ve ever wished you could communicate more effectively, words are the place to start. It’s incumbent upon you to choose the best words to accomplish your goals, because how you choose to communicate influences—well, everything! The power of communication shapes our professional goals, our relationships, and our lives—so the words we choose to use carry a great deal of power.