5 min read ⌚ The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph The way we perceive difficulties and failures can predict how things are going to work for us at least for the next few years. It’s up to us to design our own future by developing a healthy mindset and embracing obstacles as interim steps on our way […]
Category: Health & Happiness
Start Where You Are Summary
9 min read ⌚ No matter who you are, you can achieve nirvana and peace. The only thing you need to do is just initiate the journey. Pema Chödrön is here to lead you. And she doesn’t care about your starting point. In the title of one of her most important books, she says straightforwardly: Start […]
Making Your Case Summary
4 min read ⌚ How to Advocate for Yourself in Work and Life You don’t have to be a lawyer to work with advocacy. You have to make your case even if you’re talking with your kid, your mate or your boss. And that means to challenge yourself. Search for a better you and for a […]
Brain Rules Summary
11 min read ⌚ 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School Do you know how your brain works? Let us burst your bubble: you don’t. Which is why it’s more than necessary that you take some time to learn the 12 most essential Brain Rules. Who Should Read “Brain Rules”? And Why? […]
The Promise of a Pencil Summary
6 min read ⌚ How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change In The Promise of a Pencil, we learn about Adam Braun’s struggles to establish his NGO, Pencils of Promise.
What I Know for Sure Summary
9 min read ⌚ Oprah Winfrey is a living legend. And her columns for the O, The Oprah Magazine have certainly contributed to that status. In What I Know for Sure Oprah has collected the best of them, revised them, and updated some of them. And we have the summary. Who Should Read “What I Know […]
The Alchemist Summary
12 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: The Alchemist Summary by Paulo Coelho is proving to be one of those books you wouldn’t want to end. As a bestseller, it already has a huge fan base of readers, who reported miracles and inner changes as a result of the tips included in it. We give our […]
Influence Summary
6 min read ⌚ Do you want to find out which are the most effective techniques that create compliance? Or what are the factors that makes a person say yes to another person? What stands behind the persuasion mechanism? Which are its triggers? Jump from curiosity to knowledge and start reading Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. We’ve pulled […]
Predictably Irrational Summary
9 min read ⌚ Rational thoughts. Rational decision. Rational involvements. Rational statements. Rational, reasonable, sound, sensible, rationalistic, judicious… We “invented” plenty of words and syntagmas to define ourselves especially when it comes about our social image. Because when you have to play, day by day, on the social stage, you can’t afford to lose control, to make mistakes, […]
Keys to Success for Kids Summary
7 min read ⌚ Yes. This is a book written by a kid. A young teenager, in fact. Caleb Maddix is only 13 years old, but he decided that he’s ready to write a book, Keys to Success for Kids. When I found out about it, I was expecting to read the book with a permanent amused-parent […]
