BATB score: 7.89/10 How to Self-Zen for Idiots #Legit #Practical Best for: nervous Nelly who panics for no obvious reason because you will do well anyways but you are still anxious that you'll fail #yesyou #thatme #sweatypalms Best as: 1-2-3 Self-Zen guidebook for worrywart with an acceptable amount of cheesy self-help repetition Best to: "Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." - Dale Carnegie

BATB score: 8.9/10 #legit 🤘 Best as: a book that summarizes other books' highlights from (1) Grit by Angela Duckworth, (2) Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, to (3) Mindset by Carol Dweck Best to: "One BOOK to rule them all, One BOOK to find them, One BOOK to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them" - said BATB Gandalf 🧙‍♂️ Best for: you who said you will read more but haven't read any and claim that you are so behind but you haven't really started on any one book;

BATB score: 6.78/10 🌎 the world is my oyster 🌍 Best to: hands down the best introduction to geo-politics and the major subcontinental dynamics books for dummies trying to understand the world Best for: wanderer of the great planet or candidates for the United Nations Organization (UN) - you better read this book before the interviews; or blind date conversation starters 'so what's your thought on the disputed borders in the Middle East?' Best as: high school geo-politics co

BATB score: 8/10 💛 some chapters were exceptionally awesome while other chapter were just like okay okay la - I personally love love chapter 7 "Give Face" and chapter 8 "Check Your Weirdness" #veryimportantindeed Best to: the book is about how to be the bigger person in dealing with everyday conflicts from listening more, to the right way to say sorry, to how to save their face as well as your face #legit Best for: if your role and responsibility includes stakeholders manage

BATB score: 9/10 💚 *disclaimer* I love Daniel H. Pink. He writes about such interesting behavioural psychological topics: drive, when, regrets - his research fascinates me about how everything can be so constructively explained and optimize for the better 👏 #dayum #socool #loveyou Best to: it's a thorough research on the role of, the types of, the ways to handle, and the ways to optimize regrets; #legit learnt a lot! Fun fact: did you know that 3rd place winners ['at least'

BATB score: 7/10 🆕 Greg McKeown's 3rd book (2021) after his huge global success with BATB's fav "Essentialism" (2014) and, though less famous, yet another one of BATB's fav "Multipliers" (2010); a true example of less (with the right few) is more 👏 Best to: read Greg McKeown's "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" (2014) first and foremost; no questions ask Best for: anyone who can relate to this statement, “we are conditioned over the course of our lifetimes to b

BATB score 10/10 🎤🤩👏 extremely important read covering the critical 9 tips and techniques to "ideas worth spreading" talks; I am so sorry that I was too arrogant to give this a read since 8 years ago 🙏 #mybad Best to: it doesn't get any clearer than this; literally 9 things on what you need to do, why, and how 💯 to be a memorable superstar speaker 👏 Best for: amateur speakers who needs the how-to and professional speakers who needs a refresher (since it's been so long s

BATB score: 6/10 🤓 BATB reading level: advance max You need both IQ and EQ to read this serious research book. Best to: it’s a heavy research book about all the behavioral studies surrounding emotional intelligence (EI) from loser loners and bullies, marriage counseling, PTSD, to eating disorders #legit Best for: a nerd who didn’t have many friend back in school #thatsme Best as: “the hippocampus is crucial in recognizing a face as that of your cousin. But it is the amygdala

BATB score: 8/10 👍 Best as: culture marketing playbook #legit Best to: everything in life is marketing - religion, music, global warming, everything Best for: marketers - “start with the soul and end with the sale” because “We were looking for fans when we should have been looking for believers.” BATB lingering thought: “If Thanksgiving is the day that we reflect on all that we have, then Black Friday is the day that we realize we don’t have enough.” damn, imagine a marketin