18 books like Outliers

What to read after Outliers — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel · 2020 · ★ 4.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. How to manage money, invest it, and make business decisions are typically considered to involve a lot of mathematical calculations, where data and formulae tell us exactly what to do. But in the real… Shares: Psychology, Business

Grit Angela Duckworth · 2016 · ★ 4.5 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” Shares: Erfolg, Leadership, Success, Psychology

Drive Daniel H. Pink · 2009 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm-changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is through external rewards like money—the… Shares: Achievement, Leadership, Success, Psychology

Lean In Sheryl Sandberg · 1799 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root… Shares: Leadership, Psychology, Business

The Power Rhonda Byrne · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This is the handbook to the greatest power in the universe - The Power to have everything you want. Without The Power, you would not have been born. Without The Power, there wouldn't be a single.human being in the planet. Every discovery, invention and human creation comes from The Power. Perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness and the money you… Shares: Erfolg, Success

Barking Up the Wrong Tree Eric Barker · 2017 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Wall Street Journal BestsellerMuch of the advice we’ve been told about achievement and personal development is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary behavioral science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You’ll learn:• Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your… Shares: Success, Business

The Power of Nice Linda Kaplan Thaler & Robin Koval · 2006 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Explains how to build a successful business and career through kindness, trust, and fair play, using real-life examples to demonstrate such benefits as lower recruitment costs, higher productivity, and lower employee turnover. Shares: Leadership, Success, Business

Difficult personalities Helen McGrath · 2009 · ★ 3.5 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate An approachable guide to dealing with the difficult personalities we encounter at work and in the home, as well as our own sometimes hurtful personality patterns. It offers strategies such as anger and conflict management, and helps readers make decisions about difficult relationships. Shares: Social interaction, Interpersonal relations, Psychology

Real Magic Wayne W. Dyer · 1992 · ★ 4.2 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate | birth_date = Shares: Achievement, Success, Psychology

Games People Play Eric Berne · 1964 · ★ 3.7 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Games People Play (1964) explores the fascinating and bizarre world of psychological games, where players unconsciously manipulate each other into acting in alienating and self-destructive ways. Shares: Social interaction, Interpersonal relations, Psychology

Surviving Your Serengeti Stefan Swanepoel · 2011 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate When a brutal business environment meets a soft economy, you need sources of inspiration and wisdom for survival. This compelling fable offers a riveting tale of life in Africa’s Serengeti and lessons for today’s beleaguered business people and struggling society. Every year, more than two million animals make a thousand-mile journey across the harsh, beautiful Serengeti, a journey full of… Shares: Leadership, Success, Business

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey · 1989 · ★ 4.3 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate New York Times bestseller—over 40 million copies sold The #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators and parents—millions of people of all ages and occupations. Now, this… Shares: Achievement, Success, Psychology, Business

Goals! How to Get Everything You Want--Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible Brian Tracy · 2003 · ★ 3.9 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The performance difference between the top salespeople in the world and the rest is smaller than you may think. Learn where you can elevate your game today and reach unprecedented new heights.Did you know that the 80/20 rule applies to the world of sales too? Eighty percent of all sales are made by only twenty percent of salespeople. How are they raking in so much money though, and how can others… Shares: Achievement, Success, Business

How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie · 1936 · ★ 4.1 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Available for the first time ever in trade paperback, Dale Carnegie's enduring classic, the inspirational personal development guide that shows how to achieve lifelong success. One of the top-selling books of all time, "How to Win Friends & Influence People" has sold more than 15 million copies in all its editions. Shares: Leadership, Success, Interpersonal relations, Psychology

The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the… Shares: Erfolg, Psychology, Business

Sales Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library) Brian Tracy · 2015 · 152p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The pressure surrounding the sales manager is intense. Given the task of recruiting, managing, and motivating a top team of high-performing sales professions, so much of the sales manager’s success is dependent on others. Or is it?Sales expert Brian Tracy has spent decades studying the most successful sales managers and professionals in every industry. In this indispensable pocket-sized resource,… Shares: Leadership, Business

The 33 Strategies of War Robert Greene · 1998 · ★ 4.2 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate New in the bestselling amoral series—a brilliant distillation of the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern worldRobert Greene's groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power and The Art of Seduction, espouse profound, timeless less Shares: Leadership, Success, Psychology, Business

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Deepak Chopra · 1994 · ★ 4.2 · 125p · ≈ 4h · Moderate In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra distills the essence of his teachings into seven simple, yet powerful principles that can easily be applied to create success in all areas of your life. Based on natural laws that govern all of creation, this book shatters the myth that success is the result of hard work, exacting plans, or driving ambition. Instead, Chopra offers a… Shares: Achievement, Success, Psychology

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