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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 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 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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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 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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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Beau Wise & Tom Sileo's Three Wise Men
Beau Wise opens his heart in telling how he and his brothers served their country after the 9/11 attacks--and how only he survived. Beau, the youngest brother, joined the Marines. Jeremy, the eldest, became a Navy SEAL and then a CIA contractor. Ben, the middle brother, was a Green Beret. Beau gives insight into the daily life of those in the military and their loved ones,...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Seth Rogen's Yearbook
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1) Growing up in Vancouver, Seth Rogen was lucky to have parents who were supportive of his dream of becoming a stand-up comedian. At age 12, he began enrolling in stand-up comedy workshops, where he'd perform nights at a local lesbian bar.
2) One of the first lessons Rogen learned about comedy was that it wasn't supposed to be about things that you liked. People wanted...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Adam Schiff's Midnight in Washington
In Midnight in Washington (2021), Adam Schiff reflects on the actions of Donald Trump that compromised the very nature of democracy in America. Narrating key moments of his life up to the point he became a congressman, Schiff gives the readers insights on his ideologies and upbringing. He argues that Trump committed unlawful acts against the nation, chronicles the first and...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jimmy Soni's The Founders
Jimmy Soni's The Founders (2022) is the remarkable success story of one of the world's largest online payment systems and the entrepreneurs who turned what seemed like an overambitious vision into reality. Sonic chronicles how PayPal's turbulent start threatened the company's whole existence, amid heated competition and a ceaseless fight for power.
PayPal resulted from the historic...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture
What would you say if you could give one last talk before dying? What would you want to share with the world? In The Last Lecture (2008), Randy Pausch goes over his life and the key moments that left a mark on him. His last lecture, given at Carnegie Mellon University, was attended by around 400 people and has touched millions of others online. In the book version, which was co-written...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Michael C. Bender's Frankly, We Did Win This Election
In Frankly, We Did Win This Election (2021), journalist Michael C. Bender zooms in on Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election, exploring all the jaw-dropping events of his campaign and its aftermath, whether they happened in public view or on the internal, logistical level. Bender profiles the elements of Trump's downfall from the day he filed for re-election...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Frank Herbert's Dune
In his classic science-fiction novel Dune (1965), Frank Herbert immerses readers into a futuristic fictional world with Arrakis-known as Dune-at the heart of it. Paul Atreides and his family move to Arrakis as the new governing entity over melange, a spice that sustains and prolongs life. The Harkonnens were the ruling family before the Atreides, and they will not sit idly after losing access...
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Summary of Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove is a novel titled after its cranky but quietly heroic protagonist. A heart condition has forced Ove, a 59-year-old widower, into early retirement. Now lacking purpose and overwhelmed by grief for his late wife, Ove finds himself contemplating suicide.
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Summary of Steven Brill's Tailspin details the decline of government efficiency and equal opportunity in the United States in the latter half of the twentieth century. Journalist and lawyer Steven Brill examines how a national focus on merit as a means of achieving success led to the creation of an aristocratic caste whose children are buoyed not by inheritance, but by their access to superior training and education...
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Summary of Sandra Aamodt's Why Diets Make Us Fat debunks the fallacy that individuals can sustain significant weight loss through dieting and willpower.
Although people tend to view diets as a matter of willpower, the true determinant in weight loss is not steely resolve to eat less, but the brain's regulation of a target weight, which is different for each individual. Dramatic weight loss is not a realistic, sustainable goal because the brain is...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Shefali Tsabary's A Radical Awakening
We all have a yearning for freedom, yet we feel encaged in our everyday lives, succumbing to feelings of fear and not being worthy enough. Shefali Tsabary offers a path out of that cage and toward a new vision of yourself and your future – a radical awakening.
In A Radical Awakening (2021), the acclaimed clinical psychologist and bestselling author shows women how to overcome...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jason Schreier's Press Reset
For many of us, video games offer entertainment and leisure away from the worries of life and its obligations. But what happens behind the scenes of the video game industry? It's not all fun and games. Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry (2021) offers a deep dive into the world of the video game industry and the people of who work in it.
Jason Schreier, a veteran...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Ethan M. Rasiel's The McKinsey Way
McKinsey & Co. is one of the leading consulting firms in the world. Its internal functionalities are often kept secret. What lessons could one of its previous employees teach the world about running a firm? In The McKinsey Way (1999), Ethan M. Rasiel offers insight on what makes McKinsey & Co. such a successful enterprise. It's a mix of a perfected problem-solving process, thorough...