12 Books That Will Transform the Way You Think

"1. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman “Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.” “We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world.” “A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition.” “Losses loom larger than gains.” “What you see is all there is.” 2. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb “The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history.” “We like stories, we like to summarize, and we like to simplify, i.e., to reduce the dimension of matters.” “The fooled-by-randomness problem is chronic.” “History does not crawl, it jumps.” “What we call ‘knowledge’ is often only opinion reinforced by habit.” "

"3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell “Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.” “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” “No one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses—ever makes it alone.” “Cultural legacies matter.” “The 10,000-Hour Rule is a definite key to success.” 4. The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt “Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.” “Morality binds and blinds.” “We're not just selfish, but groupish.” “You can’t make someone believe through reason alone.” “Understanding others starts with acknowledging our own biases.”"

"5. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari “We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.” “The imagined order is the seed of all social structures.” “Homo sapiens rule the world because we are the only animal that can believe in things that exist purely in our own imagination.” “Money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised.” “Culture is not a single monolithic entity. It is a collection of ideas, practices, and values that constantly evolve.” 6. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini “People prefer to say yes to those they like.” “We are more likely to comply with a request if it comes from someone in authority.” “The more uncertain we are, the more we look to others for cues.” “People will do what they see other people doing.” “The principle of reciprocation governs much of our behavior.”"

"7. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck* by Mark Manson “You can’t be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others.” “Not giving a f*ck does not mean being indifferent; it means being comfortable with being different.” “Happiness comes from solving problems.” “The desire for a more positive experience is itself a negative experience.” “You are not special.” 8. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield “Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. It will perjure, fabricate; it will seduce you.” “The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” “Resistance will never go away. It will never be overcome once and for all.” “The professional loves it so much he dedicates his life to it.” “Creative work is not a selfish act.”"

"9. Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb “Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors.” “The opposite of fragile is not robust, but antifragile.” “Trial and error is freedom.” “What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.” “Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire.” 10. Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono “Rightness is what matters in vertical thinking. Richness is what matters in lateral thinking.” “The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.” “Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces.” “Without creativity, logic can be dry and rigid.” “To think outside the box, first admit you're in one.” 11. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz “Be impeccable with your word.” “Don’t take anything personally.” “Don’t make assumptions.” “Always do your best.” “You can only transform yourself when you’re aware of your agreements.” 12. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert “We are the only animals that think about the future.” “People often mispredict what will make them happy.” “Imagination is the brain’s preview function.” “Happiness is less about events than about how we interpret them.” “What we remember about an experience is not always what we felt during it.”"