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24 alternatives to The Science of Practice

How to rewire your brain for performance, from Hardbound

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Science of Practice launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   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 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Performing Under Pressure▲61

   The science of doing your best when it matters most

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Practicing Mind▲62

   Developing focus and discipline in your life

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Art of Learning▲91

   An inner journey to optimal performance

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Reclaim Your Brain▲67

   How to calm your thoughts, heal your mind

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Smarter Faster Better▲72

   Use the science of productivity to get better at life

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Mindset▲75

   The New Psychology of Success

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Activate Your Brain▲66

   How understanding your brain can improve your work, and you

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Organize Tomorrow Today▲67

   8 Ways to retrain your mind to optimize performance

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Brain Fog Fix▲73

    Reclaim your focus

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Brain Rules▲69

    12 principles for surviving and thriving at work

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Branded Mind▲57

    What neuroscience really tells us about the brain

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Iconoclast▲60

    A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    This Is Your Brain on Music▲63

    Exploring the connection between music and the human brain

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Memory Book▲68

    The classic guide to improving your memory

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance▲65

    Incredible framework on learning any skill

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Effective Thinking▲127

    Become more successful through better thinking

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Transform Your Habits (3rd Edition)▲68

    The science of how to stick w/ good habits + break bad ones.

    2015 · jamesclear.com · its alternatives →

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    Smarter Faster Better▲83

    The secrets of being productive in life and business

    2016 · hudsonbooksellers.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot▲62

    How to go about improving our mental apparatus

    2017 · fs.blog · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Jobs-to-be-Done: Theory to Practice▲100

    Turn innovation into a science.

    2017 · anthonyulwick.com · its alternatives →

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    Maps of the Mind▲62

    Charts and concepts of the mind and its labyrinths

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Reading with the Right Brain▲62

    Read Faster by Reading Ideas Instead of Just Words

    2016 · amazon.com · 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 →