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The Courage to be Disliked! How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness (Courage To series)

Author: Ichiro Kishmi and Fumitake Koga Publication Date: January 2019

2025-09-25 2 min read Sincheenz

Books that claim in their title to give you the answer to real happiness or say it is that one book that will change your life are the last ones I pick up. It sounds inflated and like a marketing gag trying to entice a very desperate audience. I heard the Courage to series at an Alfred Adler seminar. In recent years, I have developed an interest in different schools of psychology and human behavior in general. Continue reading

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The Molecule of More - How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

Author: Daniel Z. Lieberman MD, Michael E. Long, et al. Publication Date: September 2019

2025-09-11 1 min read Sincheenz

There is a lot of information in this book and a lot to process. The gist of it is that dopamine is the molecule that drives our decisions and action, and that many times we have little control over it. I liked how the author uses many real life examples from everyday life and politics. The book helps with self-introspection, encouraging you to analyze where your dissatisfaction or unhappiness stems from, and whether you can do something about it. Continue reading

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10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People: A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation―And Making Your Own Life Easier

Author: David Yeager Publication Date: August 2024

2025-08-30 1 min read Sincheenz

It was an ok book. There were interesting facts that I had never considered, and it was refreshing to acknowledge them. I liked the examples, such as the campaigns to stop smoking and stop drugs, why they are often ineffective, and how a different approach could be more beneficial. The adolescent mindset, “I am in control of my body now and don’t need telling what to do with it,” made sense. Continue reading

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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders and the Rise of Social Engineering

Author: Malcom Gladwell Publication Date: October 2024

2025-05-02 2 min read Sincheenz

Another informative and thought-provoking book by Malcolm Gladwell. He talks about how locations and communities can introduce patterns of similarity, and how a person’s beliefs and behaviors can shift completely when trying to integrate or fit in. It only takes a few people, sometimes just one or two—to cause massive change. They can shape movements, tilt perceptions, or even turn society upside down. The stories in this book were very interesting. Continue reading

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Determined - The Science of Life without Free Will

Author: Robert M. Sapolsky Publication Date: October 2023

2025-04-21 4 min read Sincheenz

Where does your aversion to things, animals, or even certain people come from? Why do you behave in a particular way and avoid behaving in another? Are you responsible for all your actions and the choices you make? Or is it all biology? This is the main topic of this book Determined – Is there free will? And if there is NO free will, are we just machines driven by our physiology? Continue reading

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