Collection: Self-Development

For readers of Sapiens and Homo Deus and viewers of The Social Dilemma, psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic tackles one of the biggest questions facing our species: Will we use artificial intelligence to improve the way we work and live, or will we allow it to alienate us?

It's no secret that AI is changing the way we live, work, love, and entertain ourselves. Dating apps are using AI to pick our potential partners. Retailers are using AI to predict our behavior and desires. Rogue actors are using AI to persuade us with bots and misinformation. Companies are using AI to hire us--or not.

In I, Human psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic takes readers on an enthralling and eye-opening journey across the AI landscape. Though AI has the potential to change our lives for the better, he argues, AI is also worsening our bad tendencies, making us more distracted, selfish, biased, narcissistic, entitled, predictable, and impatient.

It doesn't have to be this way. Filled with fascinating insights about human behavior and our complicated relationship with technology, I, Human will help us stand out and thrive when many of our decisions are being made for us. To do so, we'll need to double down on our curiosity, adaptability, and emotional intelligence while relying on the lost virtues of empathy, humility, and self-control.

This is just the beginning. As AI becomes smarter and more humanlike, our societies, our economies, and our humanity will undergo the most dramatic changes we've seen since the Industrial Revolution. Some of these changes will enhance our species. Others may dehumanize us and make us more machinelike in our interactions with people. It's up to us to adapt and determine how we want to live and work.

The choice is ours.
What will we decide?

Two startup company founders and angel investors go inside eighteen companies founded by Harvard Business School graduates, uncovering surprising lessons for success and unexpected pitfalls essential for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Conventional "wisdom" holds that the most successful entrepreneurs in the world are born with a genius for starting companies, experience one lightning-bolt moment of inspiration after another, follow a tried-and-true process to scale to a billion dollars, and attract deep-pocketed investors at every turn.

The real story is a bit more unconventional--and much more interesting.

Would-be-entrepreneurs Catalina Daniels and James Sherman, hungry to study and apply the best practices of startups to their own ventures, studied the nuts-and-bolts of entrepreneurship as classmates at Harvard Business School. Years later, after successfully founding and exiting several companies, and as angel investors in start-ups, they were surprised to realize that their experiences greatly differed from what they had been taught in school. HBS provided a world-class education in the basics. But there was so much they learned the hard way--working in the trenches--that, looking back, they wished they'd known before starting up.

Inspired, Daniels and Sherman interviewed eighteen HBS graduates and entrepreneurs about their experiences founding companies such as Blue Apron, Rent the Runway, Gilt, and AdoreMe, probing them about what they discovered along the way and what they wish they had known beforehand. The authors bring these insights to life by showcasing the founders in their own words and giving readers the experience of chatting with these remarkable entrepreneurs over a cup of coffee No other book has unearthed advice from so many HBS entrepreneurs. The result is wisdom that challenges assumptions, destroys preconceived notions, crystalizes hunches, and articulates perceptions with a depth possessed by few people in the world.

Starting a business is hard. Seventy percent of startups today fail after their seed round, and less than ten percent achieve success for founders and investors. Faced with such a daunting threshold, aspiring entrepreneurs need all the advice, wisdom, and inspiration they can get. Smart Startups is written for them--a timeless record of essential knowledge that can help them avoid failure and achieve success.

In 30 Days to Confident-a 30 Day Confidence Challenge for Female Athletes, Coach Christen Shefchunas guides you on a journey into how to build confidence, to trust that confidence, and then to use it to be successful in sport and in life. You will explore subjects like fear, comparison, perfectionism, body image, and other distractions that can hold you back from being your best and achieving your goals.

Each day over the course of a month, Coach Christen and 30 Days to Confident will give you:

- a short story or lesson

- questions for you to consider

- pages to journal your answers and thoughts

Take the challenge, dare to do the work, and find REAL CONFIDENCE-not just in sports, but in every area of your life. You are worth it.

"Molding Minds" is a powerful and inspiring book that tells the story of Ryan Eubank, a young boy who grew up with dyslexia and faced numerous challenges throughout his school years. Despite struggling to fit in and facing constant criticism, Ryan's determination and hard work allowed him to overcome these obstacles and eventually graduate. This book highlights how Ryan's perseverance, along with the support of good people around him, played a crucial role in his success. It showcases his journey from being called derogatory names like "little dummy" to becoming a respected lead director and instructor in the field of welding. Ryan's passion for helping others who face similar struggles in life or school is evident, as he not only trains young adults to become skilled welders but also instills in them high character values that contribute positively to society. As readers delve into the stories of Ryan's life, they will gain a deeper understanding of how passion and love can create lasting relationships and open up new paths for individuals.

This book serves as an inspiration for anyone facing adversity, showing that with determination, hard work, and the support of good people, it is possible to overcome challenges and achieve great things. Ryan's story is a testament to the power of resilience and the impact that one person can make in the lives of others.