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Influence is Your Superpower
How to Get What You Want Without Compromising Who You Are
2023 || Paperback || Zoe Chance || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Get what you want without compromising who you are: the new rules of persuasion to influence others for good
We're all nice. In fact, we're told we're too nice and we have to change to succeed: 'Play the game!'; 'Beat them down!'; 'Toughen up!'. Do we have to choose between betraying our own values and being left behind without a voice? Absolutely not. We can naturally be persuasive and successful every day without making enemies of ourselves or other people.
Influence is a science and renown...
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The Daily Laws
366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
2023 || Paperback || Robert Greene || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE 48 LAWS OF POWER BRINGS YOU 365 MORE
Over the last 25 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human: whether that be getting what you want, understanding others' motivations, mastering your impulses, or recognising strengths and weaknesses. The Daily Laws distills that wisdom into easy-to-digest daily entries whose content spans power, seduction, war, strategy, politics, productivity, psychology, leadership, and adver...
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The Second Mountain
The Quest for a Moral Life
2024 || Paperback || David Brooks || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Are you on your first or second mountain?
Is life about you - or others?
About success - or something deeper?
The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest: career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting.
This is the second mountain.
What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral...
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Emotional Ignorance
Misadventures in the Science of Emotion
2024 || Paperback || Dean Burnett || Veltman Distributie Import Books
After losing his dad, a neuroscientist goes on a journey of discovery into where our emotions come from, what purpose they serve, and why they make us feel the way they do.
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Get it Done
Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation
2023 || Paperback || Ayelet Fishbach || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The perfect guide to mastering your motivations and achieving your ambitions, from renowned psychologist and behavioural scientist Ayelet Fishbach, PhD.
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That Little Voice In Your Head
Adjust the Code that Runs Your Brain
2023 || Paperback || Mo Gawdat || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Achieve happiness through compassion and generosity towards the world and people around you.
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The Creative Act
A Way of Being
2023 || Hardcover || Rick Rubin || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us
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Surrounded by Setbacks
Or, How to Succeed When Everything's Gone Bad
2021 || Paperback || Thomas Erikson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
So how do you handle everything life throws your way when you'd really prefer to tell everyone to get stuffed?Thomas Erikson will help you turn adversity into success with the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots.
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A Therapeutic Journey
Lessons from the School of Life
2023 || Paperback || Alain de Botton || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of Life
This is a book about getting unwell. About losing direction and hope. About imagining that we have let ourselves and everyone down.
But it is also a book about getting better. About regaining the thread, rediscovering meaning and finding a way back to connection and joy.
Here, Alain de Botton follows the arc of a mental health journey, from crisis to recuperation; the moments we realize we cannot cope; the ...
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Supercommunicators
How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
2024 || Paperback || Charles Duhigg || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share what they think. They're brilliant facilitators and decision-guiders. How do they do it?
In this groundbreaking new book, Charles Duhigg unravels the secrets of the supercommunicators to reveal the art - and the science - of successful communication. He unpicks t...