NYT - Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous

1) Atomic habits: tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones

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#1 on the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous list for 2024-05-05. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 230 week(s).

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James Clear, an expert on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. He draws on proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible.

2) The creative act: a way of being

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Rubin, Rick

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#3 on the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous list for 2024-05-05. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 66 week(s).

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"From the legendary music producer, a savant 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. "I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be." -Rick Rubin Many famed music producers, however brilliant, become known for a particular sound which...

3) Supercommunicators: how to unlock the secret language of connection

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Duhigg, Charles

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#4 on the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous list for 2024-05-05. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 9 week(s).

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Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden...

4) The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse

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Mackesy, Charlie

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#7 on the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous list for 2024-05-05. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 217 week(s).

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Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love. The shared adventures and important conversations between the four friends are full of life lessons that have connected with readers of all ages....

5) Make your bed: little things that can change your life...and maybe the world

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McRaven, William H

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#10 on the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous list for 2024-05-05. It has been on the list for 131 week(s).

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Recounts tales from the author's life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship with determination, compassion, honor, and courage.