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Books like The Dip

The Dip by Seth Godin is about quitting, persistence, mastery. 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.

  1. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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    Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    Greg McKeown · Self-help

    Essentialism is Greg McKeown's argument that the way most people approach work and life — saying yes to almost everything — is a slow form of defeat.

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  2. Atomic Habits
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    Atomic Habits

    James Clear · Self-help

    Atomic Habits is James Clear's framework for how very small changes — habits so minor they seem to make no difference on any given day — compound into remarkable results over months and years.

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  3. The One Thing
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    The One Thing

    Gary Keller and Jay Papasan · Self-help

    The One Thing is Gary Keller's argument that extraordinary results come not from doing more things but from doing fewer things better — specifically, from identifying the single most important thing at any given time and doing that before anything else.

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  4. Deep Work
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    Deep Work

    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.

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  5. 12 Rules for Life
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    12 Rules for Life

    Jordan Peterson · Self-help

    12 Rules for Life is Jordan Peterson's attempt to distill what clinical psychology, comparative mythology, the Bible, and evolutionary biology say about how to live.

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  6. A Mind for Numbers
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    A Mind for Numbers

    Barbara Oakley · Self-help

    A Mind for Numbers is Barbara Oakley's guide to learning hard subjects effectively, written primarily for students struggling with mathematics and science but drawing on cognitive science principles that apply to any demanding field.

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