Clip Transurfing
"The Transurfing Clip" is a continuation of Vadim Zeland’s extensive series on Transurfing of Reality—his original concept of “reality management,” which he has been developing since the early 2000s. While the previous five volumes of the series were extensive philosophical treatises, this seventh published text is deliberately more concise and practical. The main idea is that people live in a state of “clip-like perception”—fragmentarily, reacting to stimuli rather than consciously managing their choices and state of mind.
Self-Development
Psychology
Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
In 2016–2017, the Swedish way of organizing daily life suddenly became a global trend. Following in the footsteps of the Danish concept of “hygge” came the Swedish concept of “lagom”—the idea of the golden mean, which involves neither excess nor deficiency. The word literally translates as “just enough” and is so deeply ingrained in the Swedish mindset that Swedes themselves consider it untranslatable.
Self-Development
Psychology
We Are Our Brains
"We Are Our Brains" is the culminating scientific work of Dick Swaab, one of the Netherlands’ most distinguished neuroscientists, who has spent more than forty years researching the human brain. The book covers the entire life cycle of the brain: from the formation of neural structures in the womb to dementia and death.
Psychology
Self-Development
How to Win Friends and Influence People
*How to Win Friends and Influence People* was published in 1936 and has been in print ever since. Dale Carnegie wrote it based on the courses in public speaking and interpersonal communication that he had been teaching in New York since 1912. The book is a practical compilation of principles for effective communication, drawn from twenty years of working with thousands of students—ranging from salespeople and managers to politicians and military officers.
Self-Development
Psychology
You Are the Placebo
"A Placebo for Yourself" is a book that sparks sharply polarized opinions. Some readers consider it a revelation that changed their lives. Others—including many scientists and doctors—point to serious exaggerations and a loose handling of scientific data. An honest review must acknowledge both sides, because the book is neither an unqualified revelation nor pure quackery. It occupies a complex position between the two.
Psychology
Self-Development
The Psychology of Money
"The Psychology of Money" was published in 2020 and has become perhaps the most widely read book on personal finance and investing in the last ten years. Morgan Housel didn’t write it as a textbook or a step-by-step plan for building wealth. He wrote a collection of essays—twenty short chapters, each of which explores a single idea about how people actually think about money and why that mindset often undermines their financial well-being.
Psychology
Business
Trading in the Zone
"Trading in the Zone" is the book that traders recommend to one another more often than any other book on market psychology. Mark Douglas wrote it in 2000 after ten years of working as a trading psychology coach and following his previous book, "The Disciplined Trader." While the first book identified the problem, *Trading in the Zone* offers a specific mental model—a way of thinking that allows you to trade without fear, without self-sabotage, and without the need to be right on every trade.
Trading
Psychology
The Power of Habit
"The Power of Habit" was published in 2012 and became one of the most widely read books of the decade on human behavior. Charles Duhigg—a journalist, not a scientist—approached the topic as an investigation: he spent several years interviewing neuroscientists, psychologists, and organizational researchers, and compiled their insights into an accessible and engaging text. The result is a book that explains the mechanics of habits on three levels—individual, organizational, and societal.
Psychology
Self-Development
The 48 Laws of Power
"The 48 Laws of Power" is one of the most controversial books in the business and psychology genres. Robert Greene spent three years studying biographies and texts ranging from Machiavelli and Sun Tzu to Bismarck and Talleyrand, and used this material to compile a catalog of principles governing how power is gained, maintained, and lost.
Psychology
Business
The Black Swan
"The Black Swan" was published in April 2007. A year later, in September 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed, and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression began. What Taleb had described as a theoretical possibility—a catastrophic event that no one had foreseen and that changed everything—became a reality before readers’ very eyes.
Psychology
Business