https://pithybooks.com/tags/self-help/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “self help”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:09 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/ https://pithybooks.com/books/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Marie Kondo teaches the KonMari method: keep only what sparks joy, tidied by category for a lasting home reset. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-power-of-now/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-power-of-now/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tolle argues pain comes from mind chatter and peace from full attention to now. https://pithybooks.com/books/think-and-grow-rich/ https://pithybooks.com/books/think-and-grow-rich/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success. https://pithybooks.com/books/quiet/ https://pithybooks.com/books/quiet/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cain traces the Extrovert Ideal from Harvard Business School to open offices and defends the power of quiet. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-five-love-languages/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-five-love-languages/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chapman maps words, time, gifts, service, and touch through counseling stories and the empty love-tank idea. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-four-agreements/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-four-agreements/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Don Miguel Ruiz offers four Toltec agreements for personal freedom: impeccable word, detachment, curiosity, and effort. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-secret/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-secret/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Byrne argues like attracts like and teaches ask, believe, and receive for money, health, and love. https://pithybooks.com/books/untamed/ https://pithybooks.com/books/untamed/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Glennon Doyle leaves a strained marriage, falls for Abby Wambach, and rebuilds life around honesty and desire. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-power-of-habit/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-power-of-habit/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Covey's famous framework for living by principle: seven habits that move from private victory to working well with others. https://pithybooks.com/books/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/ https://pithybooks.com/books/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Carnegie's 1936 guide to getting along offers plain habits for listening, praise, and persuasion. This summary walks through its parts, stories, limits, and best uses today. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fuck/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fuck/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Blogger Mark Manson argues for fewer cares held better, through suffering, values, failure and saying no, with raw stories. https://pithybooks.com/books/eat-pray-love/ https://pithybooks.com/books/eat-pray-love/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eat, Pray, Love retold: divorce, Italy for pleasure, India for practice, Bali for balance.