Master Your Mind

Ever wonder why your brain acts like a toddler throwing a tantrum? This journey's your cheat code to figuring out that weird wiring, grabbing some mental models, and finally bossing your decisions instead of letting them boss you around.

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Top 50 Books for Master Your Mind

Our top recommendations for this topic.

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DailyShelf The Denial of Death cover

The Denial of Death

Why You Do What You Do

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DailyShelf The War on Sensemaking cover

The War on Sensemaking

Understand the Modern World

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DailyShelf Letters from a Stoic cover

Letters from a Stoic

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life

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DailyShelf A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose cover

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Find Your True Life Purpose

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DailyShelf Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief cover

Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

Decode Your Brain's Operating System

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DailyShelf Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality cover

Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality

Stop Sleeping Through Your Life!

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DailyShelf Come Alive: The Power in You cover

Come Alive: The Power in You

Unleash Your Inner Superpower Now!

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DailyShelf Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters cover

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Level Up Your Thinking Skills

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DailyShelf The Courage to Be Happy cover

The Courage to Be Happy

Unlock Your Happiest Life

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DailyShelf Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Unlock Your Mind's Secrets

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DailyShelf The Hero with a Thousand Faces cover

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Unlock Your Inner Main Character

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DailyShelf The Extended Phenotype cover

The Extended Phenotype

Your Genes Are Mind-Blowing

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DailyShelf Metaphors We Live By cover

Metaphors We Live By

Language Shapes Your Entire Reality

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DailyShelf The Art of Strategic Thinking cover

The Art of Strategic Thinking

Master Your Mind, Win Everything

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DailyShelf The True Self: How the Brain Creates Our Identity cover

The True Self: How the Brain Creates Our Identity

Who Are You Really?

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DailyShelf Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison cover

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Power Controls Your Every Move

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DailyShelf The Power of Decision: A Guide to Confident Choices cover

The Power of Decision: A Guide to Confident Choices

Unlock Your Ultimate Decision-Making Power!

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DailyShelf Status Anxiety cover

Status Anxiety

Stop Stressing What Others Think

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DailyShelf Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets cover

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Luck or Skill? Find Out.

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DailyShelf The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World cover

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

Your Brain Is Lying To You

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DailyShelf Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Big Questions of Consciousness cover

Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Big Questions of Consciousness

Unlock Your Brain's Wildest Secrets

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DailyShelf Finite and Infinite Games cover

Finite and Infinite Games

Redefine Success, Live Forever?

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DailyShelf The Republic cover

The Republic

Build Your Perfect Society!

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DailyShelf Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope cover

Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

Find Hope In A Mess

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DailyShelf The Psychology of Stupidity cover

The Psychology of Stupidity

Why Smart People Do Dumb

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DailyShelf The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now cover

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now

Your Twenties Aren't Just Practice.

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DailyShelf Man's Search for Meaning cover

Man's Search for Meaning

Find Your Purpose, Change Everything

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DailyShelf The Almanack of Naval Ravikant cover

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Get Rich, Be Happy

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DailyShelf Poor Charlie's Almanack cover

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Stop Making Dumb Life Choices

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DailyShelf The Gulag Archipelago cover

The Gulag Archipelago

Uncover Hidden Human Resilience

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DailyShelf Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion cover

Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion

Unlock Your Ultimate Persuasion Superpower

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DailyShelf The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts cover

The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts

Upgrade your brain, think smarter!

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DailyShelf The Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study cover

The Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

The Secret to a Good Life

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DailyShelf Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character cover

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character

Think Like a Genius, Live Wild

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DailyShelf Tribe of Mentors: An Uncommon Guide to Skill Acquisition, Life Hacking, and Wishing cover

Tribe of Mentors: An Uncommon Guide to Skill Acquisition, Life Hacking, and Wishing

Level Up Your Life Now!

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DailyShelf Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst cover

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Why We Do That

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DailyShelf Feel Good Productivity: How to Achieve More of What Matters to You cover

Feel Good Productivity: How to Achieve More of What Matters to You

Unlock Your Ultimate Productive Self!

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DailyShelf The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles cover

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Unlock Your Creative Genius Now

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DailyShelf Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy cover

Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

Hack Your Brain For Happiness Now

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DailyShelf The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture cover

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Why You're Not Normal

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DailyShelf The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life cover

The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life

Ditch The Grind, Find Your Way

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DailyShelf Limitless cover

Limitless

Unlock your brain's hidden power.

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DailyShelf Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance cover

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Unlock your potential with passion and perseverance!

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DailyShelf The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself cover

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

Stop Overthinking, Find Inner Peace.

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DailyShelf Predictably Irrational, The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

Predictably Irrational, The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Why you make bad decisions.

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DailyShelf The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Things Done cover

The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Things Done

Crush procrastination, unleash your potential!

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DailyShelf Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World cover

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Be Original, Change World

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DailyShelf Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder cover

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Thrive in Chaos, Not Just Survive

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DailyShelf Psycho-Cybernetics cover

Psycho-Cybernetics

Rewrite Your Own Success Script

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DailyShelf Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day cover

Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day

Unlock Your Monk Mode Life

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