101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
2018
- self-help
- self-improvement
- body, mind & spirit / meditation
- essays
- literary collections
- emotions and cognition
- self-actualization (psychology)
- change (psychology)
- thought and thinking
- philosophy
The story
> "101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, the global bestseller and social media phenomenon, is a collection of author Brianna Wiest's most beloved pieces of writing. Her meditations include why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: this idea changed my life."
What it’s like
Short, self-contained essays in a plain, earnest, conversational voice, each one a few pages long, so the book opens easily at any point and suits being dipped into rather than read straight through. Its texture is that of a well-worn notebook more than a literary object: direct second-person address, bolded ideas, pragmatic sentences that feel like a friend leaning across a café table and saying "try this." The mood is warm, reflective and quietly hopeful, with a low-stakes, bracing honesty about anxiety, routine, and the mind's habits of self-deception. It is a good fit for a slow weekday morning with coffee, a notebook open beside it, or a few minutes before bed when you want one small idea to turn over. Nothing is graphic or frightening; the intensity is emotional rather than physical, a gentle prodding toward self-examination. Readers who want reassurance, practical framing for everyday struggles, and short pieces they can return to, rather than narrative immersion or lyrical prose, will find it most at home here.
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