Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street. What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why d…
Dale Carnegie telah berbuat lebih banyak daripada siapa pun dalam mengubah bidang human relations dan pengembangan pribadi. Programnya yang terkenal di seluruh dunia—The Dale Carnegie Course—telah membantu jutaan orang. Sekarang, pembaca buku ini, seperti jutaan orang lainnya, akan memperoleh manfaat dari penelitian selama sembilan dasawarsa tentang relasi antarmanusia yang dilakukan ole…
hen the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's mirac…
Find Your Why menunjukkan cara menerapkan gagasan Simon Sinek yang sangat kuat itu, supaya Anda bisa menemukan lebih banyak inspirasi di tempat kerja dan pada gilirannya juga menginspirasi orang-orang yang ada di sekitar Anda
"Inilah salah satu buku sains terpenting yang ditulis oleh satu di antara para ilmuwan besar zaman kita, Stephen Hawking. Dalam buku ini Hawking membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan besar seperti: Bagaimana alam semesta bermula—dan apa yang memulainya? Apakah waktu itu, dan apakah ia selalu bergerak maju? Adakah ujung alam semesta, dalam ruang maupun waktu? Adakah dimensi lain dalam alam semesta? A…
Gretchen Rubin's answer: through habits. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives. So if habits are a key to change, then what we really need to know is: How do we change our habits? Better than Before answers that question. It p…
Economics is all around us, crucial to every aspect of our lives. But how many of us know what an absolute advantage or a zero-sum game really is? Step forward the economics, written with the clarity and wit for which the newspaper is renowned, and featuring bite-sized overviews of the most important economics ideas, concepts and terms.
How can an art expert differentiate between a fake and an original piece of art within seconds? How can a marriage analyst know within minutes whether the couple will stay together or not? Some ideas like this and much more gain a true resolution in Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Gladwell. The best selling author dissects and discusses the art of human intuition and elabora…
'A feel-good extravaganza, nourishing both heart and mind ... What unites the stories are the twin ideas that an advantage can sometimes be a disadvantage and that a disadvantage can sometimes be an advantage. Yet there is something more powerful and more uplifting that links them' Kate Kellaway, Financial Times 'I devoured in a single reading' Richard E. Grant 'When you read it, you feel…
What is it about male aloneness that makes it so desirable while female aloneness is seen as less so? What is it about male aloneness that is often seen as a heroic and poetic choice, while female aloneness is generally seen to have come from a lack of options? I am My Own Home is a documentation of what it means to be a 30-something Indonesian woman who lives alone, along with the contentme…