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24 alternatives to You Have Too Much Shit

A SELF-HELP BOOK BY CHRIS THOMAS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. You Have Too Much Shit launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives▲62

   How can messiness lead to more creativity and new ideas?

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74

   The blueprint of an abundant future

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Get Shit Done Book▲79

   Book of startup quotes

   2014 · startupvitamins.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   If You Feel Too Much▲66

   Thoughts on things found and lost and hoped for

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Un-Crap Your Life▲57

   Have you wondered how to get out of life's craptraps?

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Why We Fail▲76

   Learn from other people's failures.

   2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck▲81

   A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't▲56

   Perhaps a better corporate motto than "Don't be evil"

   2015 · gsb.stanford.edu · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Happiness Equation▲70

   Want nothing + do anything = Have everything

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    "Don't Tell Dick Jokes at Work" Book▲109

    How you can confidently support women at work.

    2019 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Scarcity▲71

    Why having too little means so much

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Shitty Notebook▲61

    Shitty notebooks for all your shitty ideas.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Everything Is Obvious*▲73

    How common sense fails us

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Black Box Thinking▲66

    Why most people never learn from their mistakes--but some do

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mindless Eating▲93

    The “hidden persuaders” that make us overeat.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    On Books - Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson▲61

    A weekly podcast about life-changing books

    2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    How to Make Sense of Any Mess▲65

    Info architecture for everybody

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    Burn This Book▲54

    Building self-esteem to be successful.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family▲61

    From someone who rethought the whole notion of having it all

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Book of Bad Arguments▲88

    Beautifully illustrated and free to read online!

    2014 · bookofbadarguments.com · its alternatives →

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    #DoItAll▲67

    Hack your productivity and get anything you want.

    2016 · mitchellharper.me · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Nonsense▲59

    The power of not knowing

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Don't Dumb Down Your Greatness▲66

    A young entrepreneur's guide to thinking & being great

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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