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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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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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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 Gabor Maté's In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (2007) offers a powerful look into the reality of addiction. Dr. Gabor Maté begins by introducing many of his patients, all suffering mentally and physically because of addiction. He paints a raw picture of addiction's effects on the human body and psyche. He then dives into the root causes of addiction, offering a biological and psychological...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Daniel Howell's You Will Get Through This Night
It's the middle of the night, the world falls away, and you're left alone with your thoughts. Things can get dark, scary, and sometimes even hopeless.
If you've ever experienced this or do so regularly, and don't know how to get out of it, You Will Get Through This Night (2021) can help you get out of this dark place and usher you into a better tomorrow.
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Summary of Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a heavily autobiographical novel about the author's cross-country motorcycle ride with his 11-year-old son, Chris. Haunted by his own history of mental illness, and worried about Chris, who recently received a similar diagnosis, the unnamed narrator plots a route from Minnesota to California…
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Ethan Kross's Chatter.
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1) Andrew Irving, a British anthropologist and professor at the University of Manchester, recorded about 100 New Yorkers in 2010, all of whom were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, on their thoughts and feelings on death. Unsurprisingly, these recordings were riddled with emotional pain, anxiety, and fear caused by the subjects' diagnoses.
2) Irving conducted the same interview...
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1) In stressful situations, always remind yourself of the phrase "All is well." If you know that God is by your side, and He is all-knowing about the path you're on, no matter what happens, you must know that it's for your good.
2) Think of problems and hardships as steps that bring you closer to your goals and dreams. Do not let setbacks throw you off your track.
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Tim Grover's Winning
There is a common thread between the world's greatest athletes and most successful business moguls, and that is their desire to win.
In Tim Grover's Winning (2021), the world-renowned sports trainer gives his insights on how to develop a winning mentality. Every single person has the desire to win, but most are too self-conscious about how others may view them, or are too afraid to fully...
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Summary of Richard Rhodes's The Making of the Atomic Bomb narrates the years preceding the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. It focuses on how a group of international physicists uncovered nature's potential for destruction through advances in nuclear physics and quantum theory. They harnessed the power of physics to develop the first atomic bombs...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Moises Naim's The End of Power.
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1) Power is simply defined as the ability to make others do or stop doing something. Power as we know it today is undergoing a huge transformation, one which has potential to change history and the world.
2) Power is changing because it is no longer solely in the hands of the big players in the world, as in large institutions or organizations. It's slowly...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Loretta Graziano Breuning's Habits of a Happy Brain
Did you ever wonder if you can change your bad habits? Loretta Graziano Breuning's Habits of a Happy Brain (2015) says you can, and it's possible to build good habits in just forty-five days. Breuning first looks at the different brain chemicals that cause humans to be happy or miserable. She examines how they operate and why they're vital. Then she explains...
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Summary of Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail chronicles Rinker and his brother's experiences reliving the journey taken by the original nineteenth-century travelers of the Oregon Trail. At the same time, the author goes through his own mental and emotional journey and comes to grips with a variety of issues, such as being a pack rat and his relationship with his father…
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Summary of David Brooks's The Social Animal explores the role the unconscious mind plays in shaping the course of an individual's life. Author David Brooks uses a narrative construct borrowed from eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau to summarize and analyze humanity's working understanding of cognitive and social development.
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Summary of Bob Burg & John David Mann's The Go-Giver is an allegorical narrative that argues that individuals and businesses alike can prosper by practicing generosity. The book follows the fictional journey of an ambitious but underperforming employee, Joe, who turns to a wise and wealthy man for career advice when he realizes that he's in danger of not meeting his company's quarterly quota...