16 min read ⌚ A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade Just think of this scenario. A salesman comes to your house, selling encyclopedias. It’s the age of Wikipedia, so you don’t really need one. But, after half an hour, for some reason, you buy an expensive, lavishly illustrated Britannica published in the 1980s. Now, […]
5 min read ⌚ How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy Sometimes, we are blind to our weaknesses. Such is the case in life – and in business. In our summary of “Red Team,” we will offer you a way to solve this problem. The title is self-explanatory: the solution lies in employing red teams […]
6 min read ⌚ Knowing What You Want – and Getting It! How would you feel if we told you that being there’s a scientifically-proven way to boost your chances of succeeding in life, and that you already know the gist of it? Spoiler alert: The title of today’s book, “Write It Down, Make It […]
5 min read ⌚ How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and Be More Productive Remember that time we talked about the differences between short-term and long-term memory? Sure, you don’t. We had to check too! And we wrote that article! “Unlimited Memory” is written by someone who remembers not only […]
5 min read ⌚ Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy There comes a time in life, when you or someone you know suffers from a devastating loss. What do you say? How do you offer your support? How do you move on with your life if that person is you? In our summary of “Option […]
11 min read ⌚ Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Sometimes it is not easy being a woman. This is especially true when it comes to the workplace. We are all aware that many women do not get the same treatment as men, although they are doing the same jobs. In our summary of “Lean […]
12 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: The pencil, the toilet flush, the battery. Have you stopped to think where all these good ideas come from? In what kind of environment are they born? What sparks these disruptions? Steven Johnson explores this in the book “Where Good Ideas Come From” and identifies seven patterns that drive real innovation. […]
5 min read ⌚ Olympic-winning Strategies for Everyday Success Nowadays, it’s all about winning. Life is a competition and you’re nobody if you don’t win once in a while. Now, who would you rather have educating you how to win: a regular teacher or an Olympic gold medalist? “Will It Make the Boat Go Faster” […]
5 min read ⌚ Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite If you’ve ever read Orwell’s “1984,” you’ve probably raged more than once at the Orwellian nature of today’s world. Just wait till you hear a thing or two about North Korea! After reading the summary of “Without You There Is No Us”, instead […]
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 […]
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