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  The Four-Hour Work Week

  Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

  by Timothy Ferriss

  What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer: “I race motorcycles in Europe.” “I ski in the Andes.” “I scuba dive in Panama.” “I dance tango in Buenos Aires.” He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the “deferred-life... (more)
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  What You Can Change . . . and What You Can't*: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement

  by Martin E. P. Seligman

  In the climate of self-improvement that pervades our culture, there is an overwhelming amount of information about treatments for everything from alcohol abuse to sexual dysfunction. Much of this information is exaggerated if not wholly inaccurate. As a result, people who try to change their own troubling conditions often experience the frustration of mixed success, success followed by a relapse, or outright... (more)
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  Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

  by Martin E. P. Seligman

  In this national bestseller -- Martin Seligman's most stimulating, persuasive book to date -- the acclaimed author of Learned Optimism introduces yet another revolutionary idea. Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, Seligman shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession's paradigm away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness to positive emotion and mental... (more)
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  Meditations (Penguin Classics)

  by A. S. L. Farquharson, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Gregory Hays, R. B. Rutherford, Marcus Aurelius, George Long, Aurelius Marcus, G. M. A. Grube

  A new translation of the philosophical journey that has inspired luminaries from Matthew Arnold to Bill Clinton Written by an intellectual Roman emperor, the Meditations offer a wide range of spiritual reflections developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and the universe. Marcus Aurelius covers topics as diverse as the question of virtue, human rationality, the nature of the gods,... (more)
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  Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

  by John Wood

  John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work&#8212not at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s&#8212but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands of his job, he took a vacation trekking in Nepal because a friend had... (more)
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  Philosophy and the Good Life: Reason and the Passions in Greek, Cartesian and Psychoanalytic Ethics

  by John Cottingham

  Can philosophy enable us to lead better lives through a systematic understanding of our human nature? John Cottingham's thought-provoking study examines three major philosophical approaches to this problem. Starting with the attempts of Classical philosophers to cope with the recalcitrant forces of the passions, he moves on to examine the moral psychology of Descartes, and concludes by analyzing the insights of... (more)
• Man s Search for Meaning : An Introduction to LogotherapyViktor E. Frankl

  

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  Man s Search for Meaning : An Introduction to Logotherapy

  by Viktor E. Frankl

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  Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast

  by Robert Holden

  Happiness NOW! is a truly powerful and radical exploration of one of life’s most treasured goals. Packed with rich insights and practical wisdom, It offers a message of profound hope and healing for a generation that is often too busy chasing happiness to be truly happy. Robert Holden, Ph.D., presents a personal, warm, and entertaining account of how he developed his pioneering work with The Happiness... (more)
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  Escape 101: The Four Secrets to Taking a Sabbatical or Career Break Without Losing Your Money or Your Mind

  by Dan Clements

  What's your dream escape? Relaxing on a palm-studded beach? A year off to write your novel? Missionary work with the needy? Exploring ancient ruins or saving the rainforest? Whether you're an adventurer, a poet, a volunteer or you just need a break, Escape 101 provides you with a step-by-step system to take as much time as you need from your job, career or business, without losing ground.
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  Haben oder Sein

  by Erich Fromm, Rainer Funk

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  Epistulae morales ad Lucilium. (English)

  by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

  A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65) that the Stoics found their most eloquent advocate. Stoicism, as expressed in the Letters, helped... (more)
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  by Robert Holden

  What is success? We're so busy chasing it that we've lost sight of what it actually means to us. With today's ever-accelerating pace, the expectation of delivering more, faster, has become the norm and we've begun to equate success with busyness. But does busyness really make us successful? More importantly, does it make us happy? Top corporate speaker and founder of the Happiness Project, Robert Holden, explains... (more)