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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein
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1) Nowadays, we are relentlessly and endlessly bombarded with new information. There's always much to remember, yet our brains capture so little of that information. Even the stuff that's worth remembering often makes only a short-lived impression on us before disappearing forever.
2) Education has been tainted by the boring tradition of rote learning....
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor.
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1) The definition of an investment is clear: it's an operation which, after careful analysis, promises safety of principal and adequate returns.
2) There are three parts to the process of investing. First, before buying a stock, you must make a thorough analysis of a company and the soundness of its underlying businesses. Second, you need to protect...
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Buy now to get the Key Takeaways from Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking.
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1) We all experience feelings of inferiority which we carry with us from childhood into adulthood. The first thing you need to do to get over this inferiority complex is figure out where it stems from, perhaps with the aid of a counselor.
2) Always remember that God is on your side. With him, everything is possible, even if you don't...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from J. L. Collin's The Simple Path to Wealth.
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1) Debt has become extremely normalized. However, if you intend to achieve financial freedom, you have to realize that debt is a huge barrier to building wealth.
2) If you are already in debt, paying it off should be your top priority. This will require you to drastically adjust your
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jon Gordon's The Energy Bus
Positive people and positive teams manifest positive outcomes. The key ingredient? Positive energy.
In The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy (2007), Jon Gordon explains how to cultivate positive energy in your life and career, which you then can share with your coworkers, customers, organization, team, friends, and family. Gordon uses the...
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Summary of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit is a thorough examination of several case studies about how habit formation and habit change impact daily life. It details the experiences of individuals, corporations, and organizations to illustrate how habits are made and why, how they can be changed, how habits of all kinds are used in businesses to attract customers or manage employees, and the devastating results of a poorly managed habit…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mike Michalowicz's The Pumpkin Plan
Pumpkins come in different sizes, shapes, colors, and conditions, but they all start to look the same when you take picky kids to a pumpkin patch - except for one. There's always one extraordinary, enormous, prize-winning pumpkin that draws all the attention. In The Pumpkin Plan (2012), Mike Michalowicz explains how just like in a pumpkin patch, among entrepreneurs, only the...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Ron Friedman's Decoding Greatness
We've been told for generations that there are two ways to succeed: talent or practice. In Decoding Greatness (2021), award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman reveals a powerful third path-reverse engineering-that has discreetly launched legends in a variety of industries, from artists, writers, and chefs to athletes, inventors, and entrepreneurs.
Friedman reveals the...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2021), Quentin Tarantino's debut novel, follows the characters Rick Dalton, an actor who feels like he is washed up; Cliff Booth, a stuntman who has never had a problem taking away someone else's life; Sharon Tate, who left Texas to become a movie star; and Charles Manson, the leader of a cult of hippies who wants nothing more than...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Suleika Jaouad's Between Two Kingdoms.
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1) Suleika Jaouad began experiencing a strong itchy feeling in her legs accompanied by feelings of exhaustion. As her exhaustion deepened, she started consuming great amounts of energy drinks and eventually cocaine.
2) After graduating from Princeton University, Suleika moved to New York City for a summer internship at the Center for Constitutional...
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Summary of Bessel van der Kolk MD's The Body Keeps the Score, explores the ways in which trauma rewires the brain and changes the way people experience the world.
Trauma affects the mind and body immensely and prevents those affected from living in the present. Van der Kolk, who has researched trauma since the 1970s, first became interested in trauma after meeting with Vietnam veterans who had a very hard time living their lives after returning from...
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Summary of David Perlmutter & Kristin Loberg's Brain Maker details the complex microbiome that lives in the human gut and how it affects the brain. Rising rates of Alzheimer's disease, mood disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), multiple sclerosis, autism, and other conditions are linked to imbalances in the thousands of microorganisms that colonize the gut, primarily bacteria. Disruptions to this microbiome can begin at birth for...
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Summary of Gay Hendricks's The Big Leap reveals one of the most common barriers to an individual's success: the Upper Limit Problem (ULP), a self-imposed, subconscious limit for how much happiness and positivity someone can feel. Using research, case studies, and personal experience, Hendricks explores how the ULP can prevent someone from taking The Big Leap, or reaching his or her highest potential...
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Summary of Joseph E. Stiglitz's The Price of Inequality examines the causes and damaging effects of growing inequality in the United States.
Income and wealth inequality has been on the rise in the United States since the early 1980s and was severely worsened by the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the ensuing Great Recession…
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Summary of Paula McLain's Circling the Sun is a novelized account of the life of Beryl Markham written by Paula McLain. Beryl broke all the rules for a proper young lady as she grew up in colonial Kenya, then broke ground for women everywhere, first as a horse trainer and then as an aviator. Her headstrong determination did not serve her as well, however, when it came to her personal life. She plunged into two youthful marriages that imploded and...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High
A Runner's High (2021) is an autobiography that tells the story of 58-year-old ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes and his return to the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run in 2018, after a 10-year break. Karnazes looks back on his adventures and reflects on his life as a runner. He describes his experience participating in the Bishop High Sierra 100K and then the big one itself...
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Summary of John E. Sarno's Healing Back Pain explores the topic of Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), a back-pain disorder from which many Americans suffer. The underlying cause of TMS is unresolved psychological tension, and the most effective treatment is to become aware of and treat that psychological problem…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Gay Hendricks's The Genius Zone
Too frequently, we lead unfulfilling lives, never realize our full potential, and fail to incorporate creativity into our everyday routines. Gay Hendricks's The Genius Zone (2021) shows you how to change that by tapping into your own inner creativity.
Making Genius Moves is a life-changing technique that encourages you to stop thinking negatively and grow authentically into your...
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Summary of Rogers Harms & Myra Wick's Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy is a comprehensive guide to navigating all aspects of pregnancy including pregnancy preparations, conception, week-by-week embryonic development, labor, and postpartum care. Pregnancy is exciting, but for most women there are also numerous accompanying financial and emotional stressors, not to mention hormone-induced emotional shifts…