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10 Books Like Grit That Hit the Same Nerve

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You finished Grit by Angela Duckworth and want the same energy: Talent × effort = skill. Skill × effort = achievement. Effort counts twice - and grit, not genius, predicts wh… Here are 10 more that scratch the same itch, each with a free chapter-by-chapter breakdown, key lessons and action steps on this shelf.

  • Outliers book cover Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell · 2008 · Psychology & People · free summary No one makes it alone. Success = talent + 10,000 hours + hidden opportunity + cultural legacy + being born at the right time. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • The Second Mountain book cover The Second Mountain by David Brooks · 2019 · Psychology & People · free summary Brooks' argument that life has two mountains - the first of achievement and status, the second of commitment, relationships and moral purpose. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Being Indian book cover Being Indian by Pavan K. Varma · 2004 · Psychology & People · free summary Indians juggle paradoxes - family duty and personal ambition, deep faith and hard pragmatism - and that juggling is the national skill. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Blink book cover Blink by Malcolm Gladwell · 2005 · Psychology & People · free summary Gladwell's exploration of thin-slicing: the instant judgments your unconscious makes in two seconds are often brilliant - and sometimes dangerously wrong. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Emotional Intelligence book cover Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman · 1995 · Psychology & People · free summary IQ gets you hired; EQ gets you promoted, married well, and mentally free. And unlike IQ, it's trainable for life. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Give and Take book cover Give and Take by Adam Grant · 2013 · Psychology & People · free summary The most successful people are givers - generous with help, knowledge and credit - who protect themselves from being exploited. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • How to Talk to Anyone book cover How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes · 2003 · Psychology & People · free summary People decide who you are in seconds - and every second is coachable: the smile, the eyes, the posture, the first words. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Ikigai book cover Ikigai by Héctor García & Francesc Miralles · 2016 · Psychology & People · free summary Your ikigai - the reason you get up in the morning - sits where passion, mission, vocation, and profession overlap. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Meditations book cover Meditations by Marcus Aurelius · 180 · Psychology & People · free summary You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Mindset book cover Mindset by Carol S. Dweck · 2006 · Psychology & People · free summary In a fixed mindset, failure defines you. In a growth mindset, failure informs you. The belief itself changes what you become. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
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