These books on psychology were all personally read by myself. I considered them to be very helpful – that’s why I would like to recommend them.
Future reviews about its content will be added so that you can get a better understanding whether this book might also be something for you or not. If you think I’m missing important titles which you think are great, please let me know. I will definitely take a look at them and maybe post them here as well. No list of books on a particular subject is ever complete, but I hope I can pull together as many great titles as possible that will make a solid collection.
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Ryan Holiday: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Portfolio (18. Oktober 2016), Softcover, 416 p.
Box set (book + journal) click here
The Daily Stoic offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year you’ll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations, as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms.
By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come) you’ll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.
Robert Greene: Mastery
Penguin Books; Reprint Edition (29. Oktober 2013), Softcover, 368 pages.
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Description: Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge past competitors to surpass them in brilliance, and explode established patterns from within. Study the behaviors of Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Leonardo da Vinci and the nine contemporary Masters interviewed for this book
Robert Greene: The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, ...
Viking: 2021, Hardcover, 464 p.
Hardcover here
Includes entries that are drawn from his five books, plus never-before-published works. The Daily Laws offers a page of refined and concise wisdom for each day of the year, in an easy-to-digest lesson that will only take a few minutes to absorb. Each day features a Daily Law as well—a prescription that readers cannot afford to ignore in the battle of life. Each month centers around a major theme: power, seduction, persuasion, strategy, human nature, toxic people, self-control, mastery, psychology, leadership, adversity, or creativity.
Robert Greene: The Laws of Human Nature
Penguin Books; Reprint Edition (1. Oktober 2019)
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We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people’s masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose.
Robert Greene: The 48 Laws Of Power
Penguin Books; 1st Edition (1. September 2000), 452 p.
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In the book, Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.
Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.
Robert Greene: The Art of Seduction
Gardners Books; Main Edition (31. März 2004), Softcover, 468 p.
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Every seduction has two elements that you must analyze and understand: first, yourself and what is seductive about you; and second, your target and the actions that will penetrate their defenses and create surrender.
Robert Greene: War
Penguin Books; Reprint Edition (14. Dezember 2007), Softcover, 512 p.
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Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, each of the thirty-three chapters outlines a strategy that will help you win life’s wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and negotiate from a position of strength, or the defensive strategies designed to help you respond to dangerous situations and avoid unwinnable wars.
Michael A. Singer: The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
New Harbinger Publications/ Noetic Books; 1. Edition (3. Oktober 2007), Softcover, 200 p.
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What would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can you do each day to discover inner peace and serenity? The Untethered Soul offers simple yet profound answers to these questions.
Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, author and spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.
Michael A. Singer: The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection
Harmony/Rodale; Illustrated Edition (2. Juni 2015), Softcover, 272 p.
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Singer tells the extraordinary story of what happened when, after a deep spiritual awakening, he decided to let go of his personal preferences and simply let life call the shots. As Singer takes you on this great experiment and journey into life’s perfection, the events that transpire will both challenge your deepest assumptions about life and inspire you to look at your own life in a radically different way.
Michael A. Singer: Living Untethered. Beyond the Human Predicament.
New Harbinger Publications; 1st edition (May 10, 2022), 216 p.
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For the Journal (additional) click here
If you are familiar with his teachings this book is a no-brainer to add to your collections. It goes a bit deeper on each subject about your (spiritual) journey and what is going on (both physically and emotionally) when the outside world meets your internal world.
How to overcome this constant shaping of your personal reality and respect reality as it is will also be discussed at the end.
I HIGHLY recommend the journal!