9 min read ⌚ The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary Want to find out what “circumlocution” and “perspicacious” mean? And want to be sure to never forget their meanings. Then Norman Lewis’ Word Power Made Easy is the book you’ve been looking for. Who Should Read “Word Power Made Easy”? And Why? As it […]
Category: Personal Development
The Happiness Advantage Summary
5 min read ⌚ The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor describes how happiness represents an advantage in every major aspect of our lives. According to psychology studies, positive brains have a biological advantage over brains that are neutral or negative.
Nudge Summary
5 min read ⌚ Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness MicroSummary: We make decisions all the time, big and small. What to have for breakfast, what to wear, whether to buy a new TV or car, whether to change careers or commit to someone for life. Unfortunately, as Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein argue in Nudge, […]
Mastermind Dinners Summary
5 min read ⌚ Build Lifelong Relationships by Connecting Experts, Influencers, and Linchpins If you’re the smartest person in the room you’re in the wrong room. Mastermind Dinners is a no-nonsense, no BS, tried-and-tested, experience-based book. And I loved it. Jayson Gaignard wrote it in an honest, friendly tone and gave away the blueprint for how […]
The Success Principles Summary
8 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: In “The Success Principles,” Jack Canfield leads his readers from the place they are to the place they want to be in 60+ few-pages-long lessons, categorized in six larger chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of success, ranging from the fundamentals of success, to money and success in the […]
Why Fail? Summary
The Four Agreements Summary
8 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: Published in 1997, “The Four Agreements Summary: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom” is a modern Toltec spiritual classic by Don Miguel Ruiz. It encourages personal freedom, by posting four tenets: being impeccable with your words, taking nothing personally, making no assumptions, and always doing your best. If you had to […]
Braving the Wilderness Summary
9 min read ⌚ The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone It’s Brené Brown once again! Meaning: we don’t have to introduce her at all. Ever since her TED Talk on vulnerability became one of the Top 5 Talks of all time, Brené Brown has basically become a cultural icon! You know […]
Drive Summary
5 min read ⌚ Thought you knew how to motivate yourself and those around you? Think again. As Daniel Pink explains in Drive, the old-school notion of motivation – offering rewards – is no longer relevant in today’s world. The secret to high performance lies in our innate desire to be autonomous, to discover and create, and […]
The 4-Hour Workweek Summary
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 […]
