Best Books of 2016 according to Layfhakera
Books / / December 19, 2019
1. "Why did not you tell me it's 20?", Tina Seelig
Book Tina Seelig - is one of the best courses at Stanford on self-development and creativity. Examples from personal experience Seelig says about non-standard approach to solving business problems, breakthrough thinking and innovation.
This book is about how to find your way, do not depend on the opinion of others, find and use features. And most importantly - always to believe in themselves and not be afraid of failure. So read, try and reach new heights!
Each chapter of this book, I would have called "Let Me". Give yourself permission to challenge assumptions, to experiment, to fail, to pave their own way, and check the boundaries of their abilities.
Tina Seelig
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2. "Protect yourself by the methods of special services," Jason Hanson
Former CIA agent Jason Hanson tells what spyware tricks you can use in everyday life. No, it is not about beautiful thing, like five hours of video cameras, and a very useful skill that can save your life.
Break free from the handcuffs, pick the lock, to avoid robberies and assaults, a weapon for self-defense, to determine whether the interviewee is lying, and prepare for any eventuality. Of these things you need to know anyone in order to survive in this world full of dangers.
After the crash of the aircraft to survive those who, unfastened the belt move. They do not freeze in terror, they seek to escape as soon as possible, to get out of the burning plane. You have to remember that in any dangerous situation: the movement - that's life.
Jason Hanson
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3. "On the limit. Week without self-pity, "Erik Bertrand Larssen
Book Larssen - a clear guide to action, a seven-day intensive course for those who want to reach their potential. Think about how you would be able to live every day, if you do not interfere with laziness, fear, nesobrannost, bad mood, unsuitable weather ...
Larssen offers to spend a week as productively as possible - at the very limit of their capabilities.
Get used to set high standards. Give yourself. Proceed with a full immersion. Be sure to believe in themselves. Do what you love. Do not give up. Ambitious goals - your credo.
Erik Bertrand Larssen
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4. "Magic in the morning," Hal Elrod
The first hour after waking up can make a happy and bright, not only the day, but also for life. Hal Elrod tells how a few simple morning rituals can help relieve stress, lose weight, make more money and find their vocation.
As would be naive as it may sound, the correct morning schedule greatly affects whether you will achieve success in different spheres of life.
Nobody ever taught us that, consciously attuned to wake up every morning with a sincere desire to live, even with enthusiasm, you can radically change your life.
Hal Elrod
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5. "The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets" Simon Singh
In the book "The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets" complicated theorems and laws turn into very funny jokes. And Simon Singh explains all the salt to those who from the first time did not understand all the charm of references found in the most popular animated series in history.
The only reason not to read this book - it is a complete lack of sense of humor and interest in science.
For more than two decades we have cunning forced to watch an animated introduction to a completely different field mathematics from mathematical analysis to geometry, the number of π to the theory of games, from the infinitely small to the infinitely large values.
Simon Singh
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6. "New life of old things," Wolfgang Heckl
We have become accustomed to throw everything broke down, and immediately run for the new. Or buy new things even when old and work fine. We have almost forgotten how to work with your hands.
Wolfgang Heckl proposes to revise their attitude to repair the repair is cheaper, it makes you think and helps save the planet from waste. In addition, you can test your wits and ingenuity. Maybe give old things a second chance?
Learning how to repair - so helpless to resist, to have faith in their own strength, which in the end will bring the feeling of happiness.
Wolfgang Heckl
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7. "Roma rides. Around the world without a penny in his pocket, "Roman Svechnikov
Roman Svechnikov spent almost two years on the road on foot, hitchhiking, sleeping in a tent, in casual acquaintances, and even on the street, surviving on odd jobs or walking without a penny in his pocket.
Travel helped Roma to learn a lot about the world and about themselves. His experiences have resulted in a remarkable book about the people of different countries, the feeling of freedom and amazing discoveries.
No place in the world of the ideal. Not in New York or Bangkok, or in Tegucigalpa, you will not be great if inside lit warehouse of ammunition. Harmony begins with yourself. And if you're okay, then whatever falls from the sky - snow, rocket or pigeon shit - you'll be fine.
Roman Svechnikov
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8. "You can more than you think," Thomas Armstrong
IQ-tests are not perfect. There are many qualities that they are unable to assess.
Thomas Armstrong described one kind of intelligence alone, answer a simple question: what is it is than useful, how to recognize this kind of intelligence in themselves and how to develop their ability. Armstrong argues that all men are wise by nature, but each of us has developed certain facets of the mind.
According to the theory of multiple intelligences, there may be other types of intelligence - they just still has not classified. This means that you have left even more ways to be smarter than you think!
Thomas Armstrong
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9. "On the Internet, someone is wrong!" Asya Kazantsev
Asya Kazantsev exciting writes about issues that cause the most heated debate on the Internet. But the content of this book is much broader and more interesting. After reading you will be attentive to any new information.
You learn a lot about research and experiments in various fields: medicine, psychology, sociology, biology.
Simply, we are so constituted that we automatically raspoznaom error only in well-known to us. Biologist evident nonsense in the texts of biology, mathematics - errors in formulas editor or corrector zvereet of entangled -tsya and -tsya, especially when he wrote, "I want your publikovatsya magazine. "
Asya Kazantsev
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10. "Literary Marathon. How to write a book in 30 days, "Chris Batey
"Literary Marathon" - an easy, enjoyable and inspiring book that will eliminate the procrastination and help in the past month to prepare a working draft of a novel.
Chris Batey, the founder of the literary marathon National Novel Writing Month, in which hundreds of thousands of participants write their stories in the past month, shares his secrets and strategies, allows you to write a good story in a short time.
Creating novel becomes a kind of flight to the trapeze need to blindly believe that your imagination and intuition will be in the right place to catch you and throw farther under the big top.
Chris Batey
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