16 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: “The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich” by entrepreneur and educationalist Timothy Ferriss is a self-help book which purports to be a lifestyle gamechanger. Inspired by the Pareto 80/20 principle, the book suggests that working more means living less, and that happiness means doing the exact […]
Category: Health & Happiness
Girl, Wash Your Face Summary
9 min read ⌚ Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Ever felt like your self is constantly struggling against a vision of who you ought to be? Tired of doing that? Well, Rachel Hollis says: it’s time to get that dirt of other people’s […]
Year of Yes Summary
9 min read ⌚ How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person Are you saying “no” to too many things in your life? Well, it’s time to change that. Let Shonda Rhimes help you to kickstart your life-changing “Year of Yes.” Who Should Read “Year of Yes”? And Why? Do […]
This Is Going to Hurt Summary
10 min read ⌚ Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor Your doctor made a mistake? And you have something angry to say to him? What about him saying an angry thing to you? Trust us: “This Is Going to Hurt.” Twice. Because it’s both painful and painfully funny. Who Should Read “This Is Going to Hurt”? […]
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers Summary
7 min read ⌚ The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping This is not just another book about stress. In fact, it’s probably the only one you should read. Since it’s written by a renowned scientist and a brilliant science writer and since it will not only expose many of the other stress-related books […]
Stealing Fire Summary
7 min read ⌚ How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work Steve Jobs once said that taking LSD was not merely “a profound experience,” but also “one of the two or three most important things” he had done in his life. “Stealing Fire” may hold the answer […]
Designing Your Life Summary
7 min read ⌚ How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life Everything you see around you has been designed to match somebody’s original vision. Bill Burnett and Dave Evans have an idea: why not do the same with your life as well? They have a manual to help you get started: “Designing Your Life.” Who Should […]
Feeling Good Summary
6 min read ⌚ The New Mood Therapy: The Clinically Proven Drug-Free Treatment for Depression If you suffer from some mild form of depression – or even anxiety, PTSD and substance abuse – “Feeling Good” can help you possibly even more than medications. But even if you suffer from major depressive disorder, please read this book […]
Love & Respect Summary
6 min read ⌚ The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs Do you speak the language of love? Or, let us rephrase that: do you know that in the dictionary of women, relationship is spelled C-O-U-P-L-E and in the dictionary of men, it is spelled C-H-A-I-R-S? Wait… what? Read our summary of “Love […]
Barking Up the Wrong Tree Summary
5 min read ⌚ The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong Achieving success is both much more complex and simpler thing than people say it is. At least that’s what Eric Barker believes. And he has a book-length apology of his belief: “Barking Up the Wrong Tree.” Who Should Read […]
