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Summary of Robert Cialdini's Pre-suasion is a research-driven examination of the ways that framing a persuasive argument can influence its effectiveness. Extensive research finds that certain ways of setting up a persuasion can be more effective than a well-planned persuasive argument on its own.
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Summary of Bruce Lipton's The Biology of Belief by cell biologist Bruce Lipton explores the power of the mind to influence health and well being. The Biology of Belief provides scientific proof that debunks the notion of fixed genetic inheritance, or that genes create reality...
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Summary of Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund's Factfulness is a work of nonfiction that systematically debunks common misunderstandings about the world. The sweeping scope of human history is, by and large, a story of incremental progress, but most people fail to see it that way…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Neal Barnard's Your Body in Balance
The Westernized diet has spread all across the world, bringing along acne, diabetes, infertility, and cancer. It is time we change our diets for the better.
Neal Barnard's Your Body in Balance explains how the typical meat-reliant, processed food diet is affecting our health. While there are always new medications to help treat physical and emotional ailments, there is growing...
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In December of 1991, Steve Eisman was working for Oppenheimer and Co. as an analyst and became known for his knack for ignoring consensus, an analysis of a stock's future sales and earnings.
In the early 1990s, the Salomon Brothers trading floor began a whole new bond market by packaging mortgages into bonds. In this way, they began to tap the unused equity many people had in their homes, driving the interest rates of mortgages so low that even those...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild
Chris McCandless is a name that resonates with those looking to find the answers to everyday life in the boundless beauty and mystique of nature. And yet, his unfortunate death at age 24 proves that nature can never fully grant you everything you want.
Jon Krakauer looks into the strange yet inspiring existence of McCandless in Into the Wild (1996), from his comfortable, upper middle-class...
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Summary of Gary Keller & Jay Papasan's The ONE Thing is a business-centered, self-help book about finding a more narrow focus in life. Keller's business life was busy and cluttered until he came to the realization that, by stepping down from his position as chief executive officer and focusing on building the company through a concentrated task, he could facilitate stronger growth than what he created by being involved in many different tasks. Just...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Thick Nhat Hanh's The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
In The Heart of Buddha's Teaching (1998), Thich Nhat Hanh dives deeply into the teachings of Buddhism, bringing forth its accessibility and application in our daily lives. He covers the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, and much more, providing the fundamentals of Buddhist thought.
With eloquence and spirituality,...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mike Duncan's Hero of Two Worlds
In Hero of Two Worlds (2021), Mike Duncan takes readers on a ride down history to discover the life of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat and general who became an American hero. In his historical biography, Duncan highlights the political events that traced Lafayette's heroic life and how he profoundly contributed to the evolution of French and American society...
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Summary of Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor is a gritty and compelling narrative that recounts what happened when four
United States Navy's Sea, Air, Land Teams (SEALs) fought against a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. Only one of them survived the ordeal.
Marcus Luttrell and the other members of his Navy SEAL team were sent to the mountains of the Hindu Kush between Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were on a reconnaissance mission to locate and kill...
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Summary of Robert O'Neill's The Operator is Robert O'Neill's memoir about his service as a Navy SEAL from 1996 to 2012. O'Neill describes the years of grueling training, high-stakes missions, and dramatic rescues that led up to his team's top-secret raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart (2021) by Michelle Zauner is a memoir about her upbringing as a Korean American struggling with her identity and dealing with the untimely death of her mother from cancer.
H Mart is an Asian supermarket chain that provides Zauner and other transplanted Asian-Americans the tastes, smells, and products of their home countries and families. For Zauner, food was...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Michele Borba's Thrivers.
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1) Italian pedagogue Loris Malaguzzi founded the Reggio Emilia approach, which was inspired by the collaborative effort among children who helped rebuild that city after World War II. Malaguzzi developed a primary education curriculum that focuses first on growing children's talents and unique strengths before teaching them academic subjects.
2) The Reggio Emilia...
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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 main key ideas from Thich Nhat Hanh's The Art of Communicating
In The Art of Communicating (2013), Thich Nhat Hanh explores the long path towards mastering self-communication, building a strong community, and confronting deeply engraved wounds. He highlights the importance of mindful awareness and details the fundamentals of a healthy, successful communication that builds personalities as well as societies.
The Art of Communicating...
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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 Mo Rocca's Mobituaries
Mo Rocca immortalizes a selection of people, concepts, and even objects in Mobituaries (2019). Rocca creates the send-off that he believes the subjects deserve, whatever was said about them when they died or faded away, and helps readers fully understand their impact. Some things are meant to be remembered, so Rocca has provided these humorous yet informative retellings.
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Tiffany Aliche's Get Good with Money.
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1) Ten financial areas in your life need to be worked on in order to achieve financial wholeness, giving you a strong foundation that will provide you with benefits and richness in life.
2) There are ten steps to becoming financially whole. The first five are building a budget, planning savings, managing debt, getting a high credit score, and increasing...