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Incremental change is better than ambitious failure . . . success feeds on itself.

By Tal Ben-Shahar
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Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, is an American and Israeli author and speaker, specializing in the areas of happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, mindfulness, leadership, education, and ethics. He is the author of numerous international bestsellers on these subjects.

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The Power of Accountability: 10 Steps to Achieve Any Goal

Heart, intelligence and courage are all valuable traits, but they pale in comparison to what each of us needs most in the quest to total life success: Personal accountability is No. 1.

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Roger Connors
2019
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Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide

Creating Your Best Life is the only research-based book on the topic of goals and happiness, and it has found receptive audiences worldwide.

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Caroline Adams Miller, Michael B. Frisch
2011
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The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good.Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile.

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Brianna Wiest
2025
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How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned from Things Going Wrong

Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How to Fail is Elizabeth Day’s brilliantly funny, painfully honest and insightful celebration of things going wrong. This is a book for anyone who has ever failed. Which means it’s a book for everyone.

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Elizabeth Day
2019
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The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a New York Times–bestselling author, a Walmart executive, a father, a husband.

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Neil Pasricha
2016
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You Are a Badass Every Day: How to Keep Your Motivation Strong, Your Vibe High, and Your Quest for Transformation Unstoppable

You Are a Badass Every Day is the accountability buddy you can keep in your back pocket to power through obstacles, overcome the doubts that hold you back from greatness, and keep the fires of determination roaring while you reach your goals.

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Jen Sincero
2018
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Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong.

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Brené Brown
2025
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The Failure Factor: Joe Cross on How to Cultivate Luck

To anyone out there who feels like they’re failing, it’s OK—that’s what we call ‘Life.’ —Joe Cross

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Megan Bruneau
2016
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How to Reach Your Goals | Angela Duckworth

Who succeeds in life? In this talk, Angela Duckworth presents her influential work on grit-the tendency to pursue long-term goals with perseverance and passion. She describes the predictive power of grit for performance in a variety of fascinating contexts.

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Angela Duckworth
2018
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Epictetus: How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions (Stoicism)

In this video we will be talking about The 10 ways to keep our New Year’s Resolutions from the writings of Epictetus. Epictetus was one of the most influential teachers of the later years of the school of Stoicism.

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Epictetus
2020
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