Extracts
Extract: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
30 January 2023
At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: the key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. Habits aren't destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by...
Extract: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
30 January 2023
Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent? The answer lies in the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter...
Extract: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr Julie Smith
27 January 2023
Discover how to stay motivated in accomplishing your goals this year with an extract from clinical psychologist Dr Julie Smith’s book, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
“Something that can zap motivation is the prospect of failure. But that depends on the relationship we have with failure. If slipping up and going...
Extract: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
27 January 2023
Practical advice and techniques for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. Carnegie’s advice will teach you how to make friends quickly and easily; increase your popularity; persuade people to follow your way of thinking; enable you to win new clients and customers; become a better speaker; and boost enthusiasm among...
Extract: Still Me by Jojo Moyes
27 January 2023
Lou Clark knows too many things ... She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend Sam in London. She knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him. What Lou doesn’t know is she’s about to meet someone who’s going to turn her whole life upside down....
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