18 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: Has attention become the scarcest resource these days? This is the fundamental theme of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, by author Daniel Goleman. The answer is simple. Yes, paying attention is a forgotten but increasingly valuable skill. As the world rapidly evolves, it becomes increasingly easy to distract, isolate, and […]
5 min read ⌚ Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance Do you wonder how some people, like the extreme athletes, do things that most humans would consider impossible? That is exactly what we talk about in our summary of Steven Kotler’s “The Rise of Superman.” Moreover, by using the presentation of their experience, you will learn […]
6 min read ⌚ How New Ideas Emerge, aka How Small Things Transform the World By now, you already know that evolution is how all life came to be on this planet. What you don’t know is that evolution may be responsible for everything else, whether it’s language or government. Don’t believe us? Why don’t […]
14 min read ⌚ How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Some say that significant changes don’t happen abruptly. For example, there are internal mechanisms which regulate if the name of a certain actress will become a popular choice among parents or not. However, Malcolm Gladwell is more a butterfly-effect kind of a sociologist. In […]
4 min read ⌚ Paths, Dangers, Strategies We have seen many movies about what could happen to the world if a superintelligent AI gets introduced. Is it all fiction? In our summary of “Superintelligence,” we give you all the reasons you should be hyped about the future, along with all the dangers that come with it. […]
6 min read ⌚ The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life What if you could think of your thoughts as movie projections happening inside your head? And what if there’s a possibility that these thoughts are not actually yours? Moreover, what if there’s a way you can […]
6 min read ⌚ Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective The Ancient Greeks had a saying: “wisdom arises from suffering.” Unlike them who debated its veracity, about the same time far on the East, Gautama Buddha was convinced that, behind it, a great truth about man’s existence lies hidden. So, he made this saying the key […]
6 min read ⌚ The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect your Brain – for Life You know what we, at GetNugget here, are simply tired of hearing? Snake oil salesmen. There are bunch of them all around. You can find most of them on your TV, but, unfortunately, there are many of […]
5 min read ⌚ The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind The features of an average human brain are a treatise for the modern age. Now, we briefly summarize all the essential aspects of the brain development, and how we came to various conclusions. Who Should Read “The Future of the Mind”? And […]
5 min read ⌚ Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Are you eager to learn about the brain’s ups and downs? In this short book summary, we’ll focus on how the brain affects our well-being for the better or worse, and how it absorbs all the power for such endeavors Who Should Read […]
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