Understand your mindset and emotions, build resilience, and spot the biases that shape decisions.
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Two foundations on mindset and emotional intelligence.
Contrasts a fixed mindset, which treats ability as set, with a growth mindset, which sees ability as something developed through effort and learning. Carol Dweck explains how these beliefs affect achievement, relationships and leadership. Useful for managers, teachers and parents.
Argues that emotional skills such as self-awareness, self-control and empathy strongly influence success at work and in life, alongside conventional intelligence. Daniel Goleman draws on psychology and brain research. Relevant to leaders and managers.
Perseverance, working as an introvert, and finding meaning through difficulty.
Argues that sustained passion and perseverance towards long-term goals can matter as much as natural talent in achieving success. Angela Duckworth draws on her research and on examples from many fields. Of interest to leaders, educators and anyone building a career.
Examines the strengths of introverts and argues that workplaces and schools often favour extroverted styles. Susan Cain draws on research and stories to show how quieter people contribute. Valuable for managers, leaders and introverts themselves.
Combines the author's account of surviving Nazi concentration camps with an introduction to logotherapy, his approach to psychotherapy. He argues that finding a sense of purpose helps people endure suffering. Reflective reading for leaders considering meaning in work and life.
Courses on resilience, mindfulness and managing stress.
Browse Resilience & mindfulness coursesCourses on communication and confidence at work.
Browse Confidence & communication coursesHow people really decide: behavioural economics and clearer thinking.
Experiments from behavioural economics show how people's irrational choices follow predictable patterns, from the pull of free offers to the influence of arbitrary reference points. Dan Ariely's book helps readers understand how pricing, context and emotion shape everyday decisions.
Thaler and Sunstein introduce choice architecture, the idea that how options are presented shapes what people pick. They argue that sensible defaults and well-designed choices can steer people towards better outcomes while preserving freedom, with lessons for policymakers, employers and designers.
Julia Galef contrasts the soldier mindset, which defends existing beliefs, with the scout mindset, which aims to see things as they are. The book offers practical habits for judging evidence honestly, admitting mistakes and updating views, useful for anyone making consequential decisions.
Courses on speaking and presenting with confidence.
Browse Public speaking coursesUse one idea as a reflection prompt or a small behavioural experiment.
This week: Use one idea as a reflection prompt, behavioural experiment or conversation starter.
