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Rise of the Reader: Strategies For Mastering Your Reading Habits and Applying What You Learn

by Nick Hutchison (Goodreads Author)

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Lagom: What You Need to Know About the Swedish Art of Living a Balanced Life by Barbara Hayden

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With lagom, there are no extremes, we get just enough of everything that we want or need, and this leads to a happier and healthier life than ever before.

How to Become a People Magnet: 62 Life-Changing Tips to Attract Everyone You Meet

by Marc Reklau

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“Coming into contact with a good book and possessing it, is indeed an everlasting enrichment.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

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“Do what makes YOU happy. Focus on what brings YOU joy. Appreciate and do more things that make YOU smile. Live your life for yourself. You matter! You count! You’re deserving of true happiness! This is YOUR life. Live it to the fullest! Live life with no regrets.”
― Stephanie Lahart

“Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning

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“The three big ones in life are wealth, health, and happiness. We pursue them in that order, but their importance is reverse.”
― Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

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