Try to kill the dream; invest in whoever survives.

Mike Repole on Next Up with Adam Breneman (full episode) · Next Up with Adam Breneman

Build genuine friendships with customers—friendships are immune to competition and price negotiation

The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource · Jeffrey Gitomer

Shared goals dissolve intergroup hostility that contact alone cannot fix

Influence: Science and Practice · Robert B. Cialdini

Before blaming the loudest variable, control for known drivers and see if the effect survives.

The Surprising Science of Adolescent Brains · Jennifer Pfeifer

Connect with someone by entering the activity they love instead of pulling them into yours.

How Video Games Can Power Up Your Parenting · Hannah Boquet

Relationships are built or broken through thousands of tiny bids for connection and how they are answered

The Relationship Cure - John Gottman · John Gottman

Relationships are built or broken through thousands of tiny bids for connection and how they are answered

The Relationship Cure (Gottman) · John Gottman

Relationships are built or broken through thousands of tiny bids for connection and how they are answered

The Relationship Cure by John Gottman · John Gottman

Relationships are built or broken through thousands of tiny bids for connection and how they are answered

The Relationship Cure · John Gottman

Stop chasing instant chemistry and start building lasting connection

The Only Dating Advice You'll Ever Need · Logan Ury

Redesign your physical and social environment to make meaningful connection the default rather than the exception

Best Of: The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing in Our Social Lives · Ezra Klein

Know where you end and others begin to protect your wellbeing and build healthier relationships

Boundaries · Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Build lasting happiness through faith, family, friendship, and meaningful work

The Happiness Professor: THIS Will ACTUALLY Make You Happier · Arthur Brooks

Build lasting happiness through faith, family, friends, and work that serves others

How to Get the Life I Want | Arthur Brooks (Oprah's co-author) | Ten Percent Happier w Dan Harris · Arthur Brooks

Build rapport using the four elements that create natural attraction

The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over · Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins

Stop hiding your emotions and start expressing yourself without inhibition to build genuine human connection.

Vulnerability - The Key to Close Relationships · Mark Manson

Ten daily principles from the world's longest-living people for a purposeful life

Ikigai · Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles

Name the invisible enemy that blocks your best creative work

The War of Art · Steven Pressfield

Create a shared culture of rituals, roles, goals, and symbols in your relationship

Unknown · John Gottman

A common vocabulary for what is right with people

Strengths finder 2.0 · Tom Rath

Read people accurately and navigate politics to protect your work

Mastery Side Material - Robert Greene · Robert Greene

Make yourself indispensable by becoming the resource others cannot replace

Brainpicking Robert Greene: His Key Ideas About Power · The Sapiens Network

Recognize and deflect the hidden destructive force of comparison and envy

The Laws of Human Nature · Robert Greene

Identify the excuses you have constructed to avoid life's tasks, and recognize them as chosen self-deceptions rather than objective truths.

The Courage to Be Disliked · Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

Choose friends who provide benefits

Evolutionary Psychology The New Science of the Mind, · David M Buss

Building deep connections with others

Machines, Creativity & Love | Dr. Lex Fridman · Andrew Huberman

Connecting I, You, and Us

Dr. Paul Conti: How to Build and Maintain Healthy Relationships | Huberman Lab Guest Series · Andrew Huberman

Look beyond the surface

Dr. Paul Conti: How to Build and Maintain Healthy Relationships | Huberman Lab Guest Series · Andrew Huberman

Happiness requires both deep bonds and brief daily face encounters

Science-Based Tools for Increasing Happiness · Andrew Huberman

Invest in trust, delight, and connection to rebuild the stress-damaged brain.

Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety · Andrew Huberman

Use heart-racing activities and structured self-disclosure to accelerate romantic connection

59 Seconds · Richard Wiseman

Share your personality and personal interests to forge human connections with your audience

Superfans · Pat Flynn

Defeat the cognitive traps of Personalization, Pervasiveness, and Permanence

Option B · Sheryl Sandberg

Visionaries need builders: pair those who dream with those who can make the dream operational.

Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action · Simon Sinek

People prefer to say yes to individuals they know and like. Five key factors drive liking: physical

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion · Robert Cialdini