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24 alternatives to Brain Rules

12 principles for surviving and thriving at work

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Brain Rules launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long▲63

   What neuroscience knows about your productive life.

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Deep Work ▲71

   Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Work Rules! ▲82

   Talent management and attraction ideas from inside Google

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Deep Work▲69

   Rules for focused success in a distracted world

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The 46 Rules of Genius▲65

   An innovator's guide to creativity

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Great Workplace▲75

   How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Smarter Faster Better▲83

   The secrets of being productive in life and business

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Science of Practice▲119

   How to rewire your brain for performance, from Hardbound

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Greatness Guide▲55

   101 Lessons for making what's good at work & in life better

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Decisive▲62

    How to make better choices in life and work

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Happiness▲69

    A guide to developing life's most important skill

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World▲69

    Could be most important productivity book this year.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Activate Your Brain▲66

    How understanding your brain can improve your work, and you

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Stretch▲62

    How to future-proof yourself for tomorrow's workplace

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Left Brain, Right Stuff▲70

    How leaders make winning decisions

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Unbeatable Mind▲75

    Forge resiliency & mental toughness

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Success Principles▲56

    How to get from where you are to where you want to be

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Reclaim Your Brain▲67

    How to calm your thoughts, heal your mind

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Effective Thinking▲127

    Become more successful through better thinking

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do▲68

    Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention▲59

    Essential survival skills for any economy

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Brain Fog Fix▲73

    Reclaim your focus

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    12 Rules for Life▲4

    An Antidote to Chaos

    2018 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →