
7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less
by Maria Popova
Aug 11, 2011
92,599 reads
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More Than Human: Striking Animal Portraits
by Maria Popova
Dec 18, 2012
63,451 reads
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Six Pillars of the Wholehearted Life
by Maria Popova
Nov 03, 2015
60,917 reads
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How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love
by Maria Popova
Apr 22, 2012
57,131 reads
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Bertrand Russell's 10 Commandments of Teaching
by Maria Popova
Dec 09, 2013
51,803 reads
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How We Grieve: Learning To Live With Loss
by Maria Popova
Aug 18, 2014
48,047 reads
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Where Children Sleep: James Mollison’s Poignant Photographs
by Maria Popova
Sep 09, 2011
45,624 reads
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Lessons from 7 Years of Brain Pickings
by Maria Popova
Mar 18, 2014
44,415 reads
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Material World: A Portrait of the World's Possessions
by Maria Popova
Dec 16, 2013
44,368 reads
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Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on Anger, Forgiveness and What Maturity Really Means
by Maria Popova
Feb 08, 2016
43,939 reads
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Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy": A Neuropsychology Reading
by Maria Popova
Dec 22, 2011
42,397 reads
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7 Must-Read Books On Education
by Maria Popova
Jul 06, 2011
42,069 reads
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Timeless Wisdom from the Late Nelson Mandela
by Maria Popova
Dec 06, 2013
41,751 reads
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7 Essential Books on Optimism
by Maria Popova
Jun 05, 2012
40,962 reads
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Why The Capacity For Boredom Is A Good Thing
by Maria Popova
Jul 09, 2014
40,213 reads
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Anne Lamott on Grief, Grace, and Gratitude
by Maria Popova
Dec 30, 2014
37,990 reads
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The Psychology of Choice: 5 Perspectives
by Maria Popova
Oct 10, 2011
36,901 reads
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A Final and Lovely Collaboration
by Maria Popova
Sep 21, 2013
36,653 reads
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This Will Make You Smarter
by Maria Popova
Jan 14, 2014
35,684 reads
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How Language Enabled Innovation and Evolution
by Maria Popova
Mar 11, 2012
34,915 reads
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Love After Love: Derek Walcott's Poetic Ode to Being at Home in Ourselves
by Maria Popova
Jun 16, 2015
33,253 reads
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David Whyte On the True Meaning of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak
by Maria Popova
May 12, 2015
31,475 reads
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The Spirit of Sauntering: Thoreau on the Art of Walking and the Perils of a Sedentary Lifestyle
by Maria Popova
Jan 02, 2015
31,100 reads
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The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease
by Maria Popova
Oct 08, 2017
30,805 reads
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Erich Fromm's Six Rules of Listening
by Maria Popova
Jan 09, 2020
30,783 reads
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The Nature of the Self
by Maria Popova
Mar 13, 2014
29,809 reads
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The Science of How Your Mind-Wandering Is Robbing You of Happiness
by Maria Popova
Apr 04, 2013
28,663 reads
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Wendell Berry on Solitude and Why Pride and Despair Are the Two Great Enemies of Creative Work
by Maria Popova
Feb 01, 2015
28,089 reads
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Maya Angelou On Identity & The Meaning of Life
by Maria Popova
Jul 22, 2014
28,055 reads
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Rethinking the Placebo Effect
by Maria Popova
Sep 13, 2014
27,839 reads
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Fixed vs Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives
by Maria Popova
Oct 09, 2015
27,655 reads
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Picasso On Intuition
by Maria Popova
Sep 29, 2014
27,352 reads
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