psychology + self help

5 books tagged both “psychology” and “self help”.

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Lori Gottlieb · 2019

Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup.

2,234-word summary · 10 min read

Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill · 1937

Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.

2,458-word summary · 11 min read

Quiet

Susan Cain · 2012

Cain traces the Extrovert Ideal from Harvard Business School to open offices and defends the power of quiet.

2,898-word summary · 13 min read

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg · 2012

Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste to the bus boycott.

2,207-word summary · 10 min read

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson · 2016

Blogger Mark Manson argues for fewer cares held better, through suffering, values, failure and saying no, with raw stories.

2,020-word summary · 9 min read