Topic outline

  • Some books that I personally  found interesting and relevant for the topics that we discuss in the Good Life Engine course:     

    • Hintsa Aki, Saari Oskari, The core. Better life, better performance, translated from Finnish original “Aki Hintsa – voittamisen anatomia”, 2015
    • Martela Frank, A wonderful life. Insights on finding a meaningful existence, Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2020
    • Swart Dr Tara, The Source. Open your mind. Change your life, Vermilion, London, 2020
    • Watts Alan W., Wisdom Of Insecurity, Kindle Edition, 1951
    • Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, Anne Helen Petersen
    • Michalko, Michael. Thinkertoys. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed.
    • Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life: GarcíaHéctorMirallesFrancesc
    • Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
    • Burnett, Bill, Dave Evans, Designing Your Life, How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
    • Zhuo, Julie. The Making of a Manager. Ebury Publishing
    • Aaker, Jennifer; Bagdonas, Naomi. Humour, Seriously. Penguin Books Ltd.
    • Thinking, Fast and Slow, psychologist Daniel Kahneman, 2011
    • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, William Braxton Irvine
    • HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen)
    • Carnegie D., How to Win Friends and Influence People. Digital Fire.
    • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari
    • Scott Kelly, Endurance, The extraordinary true story of my year in space
    • Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Tyranny of the Moment: Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age