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June 20, 2016 by Dr Sven Hansen

Some of our favourite books:

What the Fat?: Fat’s IN; sugar’s OUT. Practical Guide and Recipes, Grant Schofield, 2015

What the Fat? Leaner, fitter, faster on low-carb healthy fat, Grant Schofield, 2015

Smarter, Faster, Better: the secrets of being productive, Charles Duhigg, 2016

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, Anders Ericsson, 2016

Humans are Underrated: What high achievers know that brilliant machines never will, Geoff Colvin, 2015

Presence: Bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenges, Amy Cuddy, 2015

The Real Meal Revolution: The Radical, Sustainable Approach to Healthy Eating Noakes et. al., 2013

The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance Steven Kotler, 2014

Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) Chade Meng Tan, 2013

Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World, Matthieu Ricard, 2015

Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World,

The New Leaders: Transforming the Art of Leadership

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being

Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate

Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time

Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live–and How You Can Change Them

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

The Science of Meditation, Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, 2017, Penguin – How to change your brain, mind and body

The Age of Empathy, Frans de Waal, 2016, Souvenir Press – Nature’s lessons for a kinder society

Radical Candor, Kim Scott, 2017, Pan Books – How to get what you want by saying what you mean

Why we Sleep, Matthew Walker, 2017, Penguin – The new science of sleep and dreams.

Coddling of the American Mind, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, 2018,
Penguin Press – How good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure

Perform Under Pressure, Ceri Evans, 2019, Harper Collins – Change the way you feel, think and act under pressure

Daily Vagus Nerve Exercise, Elizabeth Williams, 2019 – A self-help guide to stimulate vagal tone, relieve anxiety and prevent inflammation

Strange Order of Things, Antonio Damasio, 2018, Pantheon Books –  Life, feeling and the making of cultures

Lifespan, David Sinclair, 2019, Thorsons – Why we age- and why we don’t have to

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection, Deb Dana, 2020, Norton – A practical way to understand and master yourself. Moving from freeze, flight and fight to calm, trust, empathy and collaboration

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