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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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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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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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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Steven Kotler's The Rise of Superman
The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance (2014) is a psychology and self-help book about realizing our true potential through the power of flow – a state of consciousness characterized by total immersion in an activity. American author Steven Kotler explains how flow has enabled extreme athletes to push the boundaries of human potential. He...
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Summary of Anne Lamott's Almost Everything is a collection of essays on finding glimmers of optimism even amid great turbulence. Just before her sixty-first birthday, Lamott wrote these essays to share the wisdom she has gleaned from her many decades of living with her grandson and niece...
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Summary of Allen Carr's The Easy Way to Stop Smoking is a self-help book designed to help smokers kick the habit and find freedom from the tyranny of their addiction. To date, Carr's unique method has helped millions of people stop using cigarettes, tobacco, and other forms of nicotine…
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Summary of Allan Pease and Barbara Pease's The Definitive Book of Body Language is a comprehensive guide to non-verbal communication. An expanded version of Allen Pease's Body Language (1981), The Definitive Book of Body Language outlines the basics of body language, including expressions, gestures, and physical movements, and offers supporting scientific data to explain what body language telegraphs in everyday exchanges...
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Summary of Chip Gaines's Capital Gaines is a collection of life lessons that Gaines gathered from his experiences as a business owner, husband, father, and television personality.
Gaines realized at an early age that he was not a gifted student, but he was still talented in other ways.
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Summary of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic is a book of motivational passages, anecdotes, and quotes meant to inspire readers to embrace creativity in whatever form is most natural for them. By exploring creativity through real life experiences and words of encouragement, readers learn to face what holds them back from embracing inspiration and activating their creative nature, also known as finding Big Magic…
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Andy Stanley's Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets.
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1) Life's all about making choices, every day. We all have moments when we aren't sure what to do. Some of us make quick decisions, while others can never have enough information before making a decision. But, in the end, we are where we are as a result of our choices.
2) Your decisions, along with your responses to other people's actions,...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Brad Stulberg's The Practice of Groundedness
Success frequently comes at a cost. A fixation on outward performance can cause anxiety, restlessness, strained relationships, tiredness, and even substance abuse. Riding the high of a few successes can keep you going for only so long. The always-on, never-enough hustle mentality eventually takes its toll.
In The Practice of Groundedness (2021), Brad Stulberg presents...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Katy Milkman's How to Change
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1) The stubborn persistence of unhealthy or unproductive behavior is common today. This includes habits such as smoking, lack of physical activity, and terrible diets. Simply telling people that change is easy, cheap, and beneficial will not work. Effectively promoting behavior change requires understanding when to begin.
2) People get discouraged when adopting...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Michael Easter's The Comfort Crisis
In The Comfort Crisis (2021), Michal Easter explains why it's so important to shut down the outside world and reconnect with nature, for all the benefits it provides for our relationships and our physical and mental health.
The world we live in today is embedded in comfort, routine, and fake pleasures. It tries to shift our priorities and alter them, by keeping us focused...
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Summary of Louise Hay's You Can Heal Your Life explains how people's thoughts and beliefs about themselves can become the cause of longstanding physical and emotional problems. This twentieth anniversary edition (2004) includes an afterword that describes the book's huge success since its initial publication…
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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 Stephen Covey's First Things First is a time-management book that asks readers to examine their most deeply held values. When people center the things in life that are most important, whatever those may be, triaging a busy schedule becomes an easy exercise instead of an ongoing nightmare...
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