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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 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 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 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 Jeff Olson's The Slight Edge explains how motivated individuals can reap tremendous benefits from cultivating simple, positive habits. Although good fortune can appear to manifest overnight, success is usually the result of years spent consistently making the right choices...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Stephan Labossiere's The Man God Has For You.
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1) In order to receive the man God has for you, you must be a woman that God can trust, and entrust His man to.
2) You need to discover who you are first if you wish to find the man of your dreams. One of the core components to self-discovery is healing from your past. When you have
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Scott H. Young's Ultralearning
Ultralearning (2019) by Scott H. Young offers a new approach to intensive learning. Young elaborates nine principles of what he calls ultralearning and highlights the most efficient learning methods. He also discusses procrastination, focus, distraction, and directness, and finally suggests key factors for raising a generation of ultralearners.
The most successful careers require...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Simon Singh's The Code Book
As the value of information increases by the second and new methods of communication alter societies, the process of securing messages and data, which is called encryption, will be playing an increasingly significant part in our daily life.
In The Code Book (1999), Simon Singh traces the history of secret codes and their crucial role in deciding the outcomes of wars and dynasties....
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Summary of Kim Scott's Radical Candor is a step-by-step guide to being a strong leader who is able to communicate effectively with a team. To be successful, a radically candid boss must balance two actions: caring about employees while at the same time challenging them with direct and specific feedback…
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Andy Ngo's Unmasked.
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1) Due to America's race sensitivities, police shootings of African Americans have been used by radical left-wing groups such as antifa to further the false narrative of "bloodthirsty" police against "innocent" black bystanders. George Floyd's death presented the greatest opportunity for this narrative to spark uprisings against the state.
2) The riots and looting that...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Chip Heath & Karla Starr's Making Numbers Count
Whether you are doing large business transactions or counting apples, numbers are an inescapable part of everyday life. But numbers are not easily digested by the human brain. In Making Numbers Count (2022), Chip Heath and Karla Starr offer helpful tips for translating numbers and making them accessible to everyone. They explore key principles, such as the emotional...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mike Ritland's Navy SEAL Dogs
In Navy SEAL Dogs (2013), Mike Ritland shines a light on the importance of military working dogs, especially the more advanced Special Operations Forces dogs and the role they play in the Navy SEAL military special force. He explains what differentiates SEAL dogs from household pets and details how they are trained so that they can be deployed in battlefields. Ritland also narrates...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank's diary was discovered in the attic where she spent her last days before being sent to a concentration camp. The Diary of a Young Girl (1947) reminds the world of the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust through the eyes of a teenager hiding in a confined space in Amsterdam. Anne wrote in her diary to take her mind off the war, constant hunger, boredom,...
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Summary of Bill O'Reilly & David Fisher's Legends and Lies, each chapter is a standalone account of the life of an individual who was in some way notorious or iconic and lived their life during what is known as the Wild West, a period of the American frontier that spans from 1783 to 1920.
Daniel Boone was a survivalist outdoorsman. In 1778, Boone was charged with treason for negotiating a truce between British forces and a Native American tribe Boone...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Sonke Ahrens's How To Take Smart Notes
Efficient and excellent writing relies on one crucial pillar: note-taking. This skill is often underdeveloped or totally missing in writers, whether they are professionals or students. In How to Take Smart Notes (2017), Sönke Ahrens details the slip-box note-taking method known as the Zettelkasten. This technique, adapted to both written and digital notes, shifts the focus...
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Summary of Napoleon Hill's Outwitting the Devil describes the circumstances surrounding the self-help author's rise to fame and fortune. After overcoming many personal and professional trials, including financial ruin, Hill had the opportunity to question the Devil about the ways in which he ensnares humanity...
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Summary of Clayton Christensen's How Will You Measure Your Life? explores how a range of business theories can help build not only successful companies, but also happy lives.
Those who obtain their MBAs at Harvard Business School or other prestigious universities and go on to high-profile careers are expected to lead charmed lives of prosperity and happiness…
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Summary of James Clear's Atomic Habits is a self-help book designed to drive behavior change over the long term. Built on the notion that small changes can spark powerful transformations, this practical volume explains what motivates human behavior with the goal of showing people how to improve their lives…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Andreas M. Antonopoulos & Gavin Wood's Mastering Ethereum
Do you keep seeing words like cryptocurrency, Ethereum, DApps, and NFTs, and wonder what they mean? Well, there aren't many better options than learning from one of the creators of Ethereum himself, Gavin Wood.
In Mastering Ethereum (2018), Wood and his co-writer, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, will teach you everything you need to know about one of the world's...