The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.

"One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship....

"You'll see it when you believe it" demonstrates that through belief you can; make your most impossible dreams come true, turn obstacles into opportunities, rid yourself of guilt and inner turmoil, spend every day doing the things you love to do.

The author, a teacher at the Wharton School of Business, has written a book on achieving success. In it he posits the basic premise of his presentation: there is no foolproof system that always leads to success. That said, he nevertheless goes on to unfold a program that rests on two factors: Goal clarification (which means, of course, that a personal definition of success must be arrived at), and resources and initiatives needed to achieve success....

"In this unflinching and compelling book, learning expert Dr. Kimberly Nix Berens reveals the "blind spots" that perpetuate ineffective teaching practices -- leading to mediocrity and failure for a majority of students. For more than 20 years, she has been developing an educational method that uses behavioral science to rapidly accelerate the core academic and cognitive skills of kids. As a result, thousands of students have achieved high levels of...

In this climax to his series of landmark boys books, including Wonder of Boys and Minds of Boys, Michael Gurian presents parents with a new way of looking at their sons by Realizing how important PURPOSE is for the success and happiness of their boys. Understanding how a boy's core personality, nature, and genetic predisposition functions to create both strengths and weaknesses in their developmental journey towards maturity. Learning how to help...

Offering a spiritual approach to affluence, the author lists seven laws to be incorporated into consciousness to provide an understanding of money's nature and create wealth.

Robert Greene's bestselling 48 Laws of Power (1988) distilled ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding, and mastery. Now he turns to understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess. Drawing from the...

The newly revised edition presents a diagnostic test and five full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained, test-taking tactics for the exam as a whole, special strategies for each part of the test, and more.

"[Explores] how athletes, scientists, therapists, companies, and musicians around the world are learning to break through their plateaus--to turn off the forces that cause people to 'get used to' things--and turn on human potential and happiness in ways that seemed impossible"--