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Books like Peak Performance
Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg is about performance, stress and recovery, purpose. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Deep Work
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Deep Work is Cal Newport's case that the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is becoming both rarer and more valuable, and that people who cultivate it will thrive while everyone else stays stuck in shallow busywork.
Read the summary → - Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth · Psychology
Duckworth's central claim is that talent is overrated.
Read the summary → - Can't Hurt Me
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David Goggins · Memoir
Can't Hurt Me is David Goggins's memoir of escaping an abusive childhood, failing military entrance requirements, becoming a Navy SEAL, and then becoming one of the most accomplished endurance athletes in the world — not through talent or privilege but through a deliberate, painful process of forcing himself past every limit he had.
Read the summary → - Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · Psychology
Flow is Csikszentmihalyi's landmark study of optimal experience — those moments when people are so deeply absorbed in an activity that time warps, self-consciousness disappears, and effort feels effortless.
Read the summary → - Bigger Leaner Stronger
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Michael Matthews · Health
Bigger Leaner Stronger is Michael Matthews's practical guide to building a lean, muscular physique through evidence-based strength training and flexible dieting.
Read the summary → - 80/20 Running
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Matt Fitzgerald · Health
80/20 Running is Matt Fitzgerald's evidence-based argument that the most common mistake recreational runners make is training too hard, too often.
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