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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 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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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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Summary of Irene Pepperberg's Alex & Me is an account of Irene Pepperberg's relationship with her African grey parrot, Alex, whom she studied in order to demonstrate that birds have sophisticated cognitive abilities. Pepperberg traces her childhood and the many hurdles she scaled in the scientific community...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Allum Bokhari's #DELETED.
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1) In this day and age, censorship is taking over all forms of media. So much so that it even silences the ones it is meant to protect, with artificial intelligence (AI) systems failing to detect speech that is harming minorities.
2) Silicon Valley in California, the original hub of technology, is the originator of AI systems that clearly do not understand context...
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Summary of Michael A. Singer's The Surrender Experiment is a spiritual memoir that chronicles Singer's quest to embrace whatever the universe presented to him at any given moment. Singer's experiment with surrender began in 1970, when he was enrolled in a graduate-level economics program at the University of Florida and realized that there was a voice inside his head, often critical and judgmental...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from C.S. Lewis's The Problem of Pain
Throughout history, humanity has assumed that if God indeed was good and merciful, he would eradicate pain. In The Problem of Pain (1940), C.S. Lewis aims to disprove this belief and explain that evil, wars, and hunger do not refute the existence of a good, loving God.
The Problem of Pain is a mix of religion, wisdom, spirituality, and compassion. It tackles arguments most commonly...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Walker Deibel's Buy Then Build
In Buy Then Build (2018), Walker Deibel uses his exceptional experience as an investor and entrepreneur to provide a step-by-step guide for buying a profit-generating company. Deibel says that almost all startups end in failure, and acquisition is the better way to reach success as an entrepreneur. Buy Then Build details how to acquire a profitable and sustainable company, and...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Benjamin Lorr's The Secret Life of Groceries.
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1) After hours at a Whole Foods supermarket in New York City, the night workers begin their shift and restock the shelves, fridges, and freezers. They also ensure the hygiene of the space so the products are in a safe environment.
2) Grocery stores are the entry point to understanding how and why food gets to us in the form it does. The supply...
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So much has been written about the late Steve Jobs that Brent Schlender and his co-author, Rick Tetzeli, wisely begin their biography with a prologue that explains why they wrote yet another biography of the Apple co-founder. Schlender, a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Fortune, became close to Jobs over twenty-five years of interviews, and was one of the few journalists Jobs trusted.
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Summary of Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise considers the common shortcomings statisticians face when attempting to make predictions. While bad predictions can lead to setbacks and false beliefs, accurate predictions can advance scientific knowledge, government efficiency, the quality of education, and other social projects and goals…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mel Robbins's The High 5 Habit
You're already high fiving everyone else in your life. Now is the time to high five yourself.
After all, you are the person you're going to spend your life with, before any family member or even soulmate. Therefore, you need to put yourself first and build a strong relationship with yourself. Mel Robbins teaches you how to do exactly that in The High 5 Habit (2021).
This habit...
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Summary of Julia Ross's The Mood Cure offers a nutritional cure for an array of psychological problems including depression, anxiety, and stress. Ross's plan suggests targeted use of amino acids, along with supplements and a healthy diet, to boost brain function and restore emotional balance...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mark Dice's The True Story of Fake News
The "age of information" is a paradox that has drowned most people in misinformation, which has become so prevalent that some believe the world is currently going through a "post-truth" era.
In The True Story of Fake News (2017), conservative pundit Mark Dice immerses readers in the twisted world of mainstream media. By analyzing the influence of major companies - Facebook,...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Caroline Leaf's Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess.
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1) Letting fear take control of you raises your anxiety levels, causing a myriad of health and mental issues.
2) Practicing mind management helps control your thoughts and rids you of fear's control over your mind.
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Michael Newton's Journey of Souls.
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1) Humans are the only creatures on Earth who cannot lead normal lives if their fear of death is not controlled. Whether you are religious or not, this fear is usually reinforced with age, as the nothingness of the afterlife makes our lives in the present appear meaningless.
2) We have envisioned an afterlife which poses questions about its appearance,...
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Summary of E.J. Dionne's Why the Right Went Wrong is a history and analysis of the conservative movement from the early 1960s to 2015. Conservative polarization and radicalization did not happen in response to the election of President Barack Obama in 2008. Instead, the roots of the radical conservative Tea Party movement of 2010, and the violently nativist 2016 campaign of Donald Trump, stretch back to Barry Goldwater's unsuccessful 1964 Republican...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Eric Jorgenson's The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
In The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (2020), Eric Jorgenson gathers significant ideas from Twitter, blog posts, and podcasts to share the wisdom of a Silicon Valley icon: Naval Ravikant. Naval is an entrepreneur, a self-taught investor, and a philosopher, and a lot can be learned from him.
Wealth and happiness are two main life objectives that can be elusive. However,...