5 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: As he suggests in the subtitle, in “The Happiness Hypothesis”, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt tries to find modern truth in ancient wisdom. He examines the worldviews of the greatest thinkers in history (Plato, Jesus, Buddha, Democritus, Pythagoras…) and devises a scientific formula for happiness and fulfillment. Finding Modern Truth in […]
Category: Health & Happiness
First Things First Summary
5 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: “First Things First”, a collaborative work by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill, is a book about priorities. Its main idea is that with the correct time management techniques, you can easily move from a sense of chaos and urgency to a state of peace and […]
The Power of Full Engagement Summary
5 min read ⌚ Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal Read our summary of Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz’s book “The Power of Full Engagement”, in which we offer the fundamentals of their significant, logical, and good sense advice. A new paradigm rules this world. Balance your mind, body, emotions, […]
Life Strategies Summary
5 min read ⌚ The no-nonsense approach to turning your life around Do you know that the United States alone has 15 million adults suffering from depression, and not just the U.S. but the entire planet is experiencing an epidemic of unhappiness and anxiety? To add insult to injury and to make things more alarming, the […]
Moneyball Summary
6 min read ⌚ The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Are you a baseball fan? Do you want to know the secret of success in this sport, told through a gripping true story? It sounds promising, doesn’t it? Well, get ready to get trapped into the 2002 baseball draft’s hidden procedures explained by Michael […]
Being Mortal Summary
Mindfulness Summary
11 min read ⌚ A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World Have you ever heard of Mindfulness? You probably have. After all, blogs, the media, and people do not stop talking about it, don’t they? So we chose a super popular title on the subject to bring to 12 Minutes. Mindfulness, the book […]
