6 min read ⌚ The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets First time when I’ve heard about Nassim Taleb’s books, I couldn’t help asking: why is this author so followed, read, and admired? Looking for the answer helped me discover amazing things about him: his books draw a lot of attention. Plenty […]
5 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: Dave McKinsey’s Strategic Storytelling: How to Create Persuasive Business Presentations focuses on delivering great presentations to smaller audiences. You’ll find the 87 tips presented in the book very useful if you need to pitch an idea to a partner, deliver a speech in front of your colleagues or run a business […]
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. Emir ZecovicEmir is […]
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, […]
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 […]
16 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: At the moment, “The Everything Store” is the closest thing we have to a biography of the richest person in the world, Jeff Bezos. Based on hundreds of interviews with him and the closest members of his family, the book details the rise and rise of Amazon.com, the online retailer of […]
3 min read ⌚ Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design Richard Dawkins’ The Blind Watchmaker is considered the most influential work on evolution in the last hundred years. Charles Darwin challenged creationists with his theories. Dawkins takes it one step further, making an eloquent and comprehensible argument for the ultimate question: Why do […]
16 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: Silicon Valley legend Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things is a no-nonsense peek into the challenging world of startups. When you intend to start a startup, you pass through a lot of emotional stages. The “idea moment” comes with joy, pride, and excitement. Emir ZecovicEmir is the Head of […]
16 min read ⌚ The New Psychology of Success Renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, spent years studying the way people think and how some persons manage to achieve success. She then discovered the power of our mental attitude. In Mental Attitudes, she explains why success does not depend only on our abilities or talents, […]
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