1-Sentence-Summary: Wa — The Art of Balance is a beautifully illustrated guide to improving your health and wellbeing in four areas—eating, moving, resting, and socializing—with small, manageable tweaks based on the author’s experience of growing up in both Japan and the US.
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1-Sentence-Summary: 2-Minute Pep Talks is a collection of 67 jolts of inspiration for more hope, comfort, and love in any situation, providing more than two months of daily encouragement in short bursts, free from the usual self-help rah-rah and instead focused on delivering soothing, calm but empowering messages to rekindle your inner spirit.
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1-Sentence-Summary: The Way of Nagomi explains a unique Japanese concept that can help us find and practice a relaxed, effortless form of balance in various areas of life, from food and health to relationships, creativity, and even with ourselves.
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1-Sentence-Summary: The Little Book of Ikigai explains the popular Japanese concept of ikigai, a way of finding joy and meaning in life, based on 5 simple pillars and the experience of a Japanese neuroscientist for an authentic, original take on this idea.
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1-Sentence-Summary: Shy by Design is a collection of 12 principles you can use to stand out as a quiet person in a loud world, gathered by Michael Thompson, who went from stuttering salesman to thriving communication coach, to help you stay curious, form meaningful connections, and develop a still but strong belief in yourself.
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1-Sentence-Summary: Striking Thoughts is a compendium of over 800 aphorisms, sayings, and private notes recorded by Bruce Lee throughout his life, detailing his perspectives on over 70 topics, including martial arts, philosophy, and life.
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1-Sentence-Summary: Clear Thinking is a guide to making better decisions built on recognizing crossroad moments in everyday life, finding the best path forward with a 4-step framework, and then applying it all to what matters most in life.
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1-Sentence-Summary: Build the Life You Want is a practical instruction manual on becoming happier in two parts, first offering several science-backed tools for emotional self-management, followed by actionable advice on how you can start improving the 4 big pillars of happiness: family, friendships, work, and faith.
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1-Sentence-Summary: Areté is the ultimate guide to personal development, providing 451 short ideas across 7 disciplines, combined from ancient philosophy, modern science, and the world’s best books, in order to help you become the hero of your own story and achieve your full potential.
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1-Sentence-Summary: How to Live offers 27 vastly differing but always entertaining and insightful answers to the question of how we should live our lives, showing us that life is not black and white, that it’s okay to change, and that there’s a perfect life philosophy for each season, just none that lasts forever.
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