The 50 Greatest Books in Psychology
Problem: many are old, long, or just hard to read
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Here's 9 personal favorites from the 50:
Problem: many are old, long, or just hard to read
I wrote the bestselling "50 Psychology Classics" to do the work for you
100k+ sold in 16 languages
Here's 9 personal favorites from the 50:
Understanding Human Nature (1927) by Alfred Adler:
What we think we lack determines what we will become in life.
"It is the feeling of inferiority, inadequacy & insecurity that determines the goal of an individual's existence."
What we think we lack determines what we will become in life.
"It is the feeling of inferiority, inadequacy & insecurity that determines the goal of an individual's existence."
A Guide To Rational Living (1961) by Albert Ellis & Robert A Harper:
"Man is a uniquely language-creating animal."
Emotions arise from particular thoughts, especially irrational ones.
Watch those thoughts and you have the secret to never being desperately unhappy again.
"Man is a uniquely language-creating animal."
Emotions arise from particular thoughts, especially irrational ones.
Watch those thoughts and you have the secret to never being desperately unhappy again.
My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton Erickson (1982) by Sidney Rosen:
The unconscious mind is a well of wise solutions and forgotten personal power.
Change can happen in an instant.
"It is amazing what people can do, only they don't know what they can do."
The unconscious mind is a well of wise solutions and forgotten personal power.
Change can happen in an instant.
"It is amazing what people can do, only they don't know what they can do."
Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History (1958) by Erik Erikson:
The question “Who am I” will arise many times throughout your lifetime.
Crises of identity eg. Martin Luther's - are painful at the time, but necessary to forge a stronger, more commanding self.
The question “Who am I” will arise many times throughout your lifetime.
Crises of identity eg. Martin Luther's - are painful at the time, but necessary to forge a stronger, more commanding self.
The Ego and Mechanisms of Defense (1936) by Anna Freud:
The ego's always on the alert against being overthrown by unconscious drives like sex & aggression.
We do anything to avoid pain & preserve a sense of self.
This results in psychological defense mechanisms. Know yours.
The ego's always on the alert against being overthrown by unconscious drives like sex & aggression.
We do anything to avoid pain & preserve a sense of self.
This results in psychological defense mechanisms. Know yours.
The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) by Sigmund Freud:
Dreams reveal the desires of the unconscious mind, and its great intelligence.
Dreams are always about the self.
"The dream never wastes time on trifles...the dream 'wasn't born yesterday'".
Dreams reveal the desires of the unconscious mind, and its great intelligence.
Dreams are always about the self.
"The dream never wastes time on trifles...the dream 'wasn't born yesterday'".
The True Believer (1951) by Eric Hoffer.
People allow themselves to be swept up in larger causes (religion, politics, terrorism) to be freed of responsibility for their lives, and to escape the banality or misery of the present.
"Purity of intent allows them to do anything."
People allow themselves to be swept up in larger causes (religion, politics, terrorism) to be freed of responsibility for their lives, and to escape the banality or misery of the present.
"Purity of intent allows them to do anything."
The Archetypes & the Collective Unconscious (1968) by Carl Jung:
We are connected to a deeper layer of consciousness that speaks in imagery and myth.
"A social order that cuts man off from the primordial images of life is not only no culture...but is a prison or stable."
We are connected to a deeper layer of consciousness that speaks in imagery and myth.
"A social order that cuts man off from the primordial images of life is not only no culture...but is a prison or stable."
The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (1971) by Abraham Maslow:
"The highest possibilities of human nature have always been underrated."
Human nature must expand to incorporate the features of the most advanced human beings.
“Self-actualized” people point the way for all of us.
"The highest possibilities of human nature have always been underrated."
Human nature must expand to incorporate the features of the most advanced human beings.
“Self-actualized” people point the way for all of us.
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I often find great value in obscure books.
I’ve collected my Favorite Underrated #Psychology Books in an e-book.
To receive it for FREE, simply like + RT + comment “Psyched”
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