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Get the Summary of Leonard Mlodinow's “Subliminal” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Leonard Mlodinow, the best-selling author of “The Drunkard's Walk” and coauthor of The Grand Design (with Stephen Hawking), gives us a startling and eye-opening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world and how, for instance, we often misperceive our relationships...
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Get the Summary of Prem Rawat's Hear Yourself in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The cacophony of modern life can be deafening, leaving us feeling frazzled and uneasy. In this warm, wise book, Prem Rawat teaches us how to turn down the noise to "hear ourselves"-to listen to the subtle song of peace that sings inside each of us. Once we learn to truly "hear ourselves" and the voice of...
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#1 The concept of intelligence is based on the traditional IQ test, which was invented by Alfred Binet to measure, objectively, comprehension, reasoning, and judgment. However, contemporary research shows that intelligence is not fixed at birth and can be developed throughout life.
#2 The brain is much more flexible and multidimensional than any supercomputer. It can...
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Get the Summary of Nick Trenton's Stop Overthinking in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Stop Overthinking is a book that understands where you've been through,the exhausting situation you've put yourself into, and how you lose your mind in the trap of anxiety and stress. Acclaimed author Nick Trenton will walk you through the obstacles with detailed and proven techniques to help you rewire...
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#1 Change causes fear, and fear causes panic. You can either resist change and do nothing, or you can make a rash decision and hope it solves everything. Neither option tends to work out well.
#2 If a panic happens, do something. Don't do nothing. Change causes fear, and fear causes panic. You can either resist change and do nothing, or you can make a rash decision and...
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Book Preview: #1 The gap is the space between where you are and where you want to be. Companies that close the gaps in business best, win.
#2 We all have gaps in life, between where we are and where we want to be. These gaps are human nature. Without them, we would have no hopes, dreams, or aspirations. But while there's nothing more human than dreaming of leaping a gap, there are...
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Get the Summary of Ron Lieber's The Price You Pay for College in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Sending a teenager to a flagship state university for four years of on-campus living costs more than $100,000 in many parts of the United States. Meanwhile, many families of freshmen attending selective private colleges will spend triple - over $300,000. With the same passion, smarts, and...
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Book Preview: #1 The importance of fathers is a love-hate relationship in our feminine-primary social order. On the one hand, many people lament the lack of fathers' involvement in their kids' lives, especially boys' lives. On the other hand, many people hate the buffoon, bumbling Dad who is always out of touch with the mainstream.
#2 When it comes to Father's Day, most men receive...
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Book Preview: #1 I received a call from CBS's The Doctors, a long-running medical talk show produced by Dr. Phil. They wanted to help Casey, a sixteen-year-old with chronic abdominal pain so severe that it would regularly cause him to pass out.
#2 I was in my mid-twenties and life was good. I was in graduate school for psychotherapy at USC. I was an outgoing, active guy. But then...
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#1 The first part of The Mindful Guide to Conflict Resolution focuses on why difficult conversations are so difficult. People often focus on themselves or on the other person, but neither of those approaches is ultimately successful. You will learn how to connect with both yourself and the other party.
#2 The chapter focuses on how to bring a mindful approach to handling...
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#1 Perfectionism is a term that is used commonly in everyday life. It is defined as the pursuit of excellence and perfection, and it can be present in every aspect of life. Someone may be a perfectionist in just one part of their life, for example work, but it is more common to have perfectionism across many areas of life.
#2 Perfectionism is the continual striving to...
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Get the Summary of Stephen Guise's Elastic Habits in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: These flexible habits are just as easy to form as a mini habit, but with 3x the results (or more). To explain how and why this is possible, here's a hypothetical scenario involving my greatest fear in the world... bears.
Imagine you're trail running in the woods, trying to set a new personal best time....
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Get the Summary of Dondré T. Whitfield's Male vs. Man in the Room in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Male vs. Man, Dondré Whitfield equips us to become men rather than simply "grown males." Men are healthy and productive servant-leaders who bring positive change to their communities. Males are self-serving and stuck in negative cycles that we hear and read about daily. They create...
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#1 The words listen and obey have the same root. In Latin, the word obey would not exist without the word listen. The distinction between listening and doing is the result of human beings tearing asunder what belongs together.
#2 Listening is also about obedience. When we hear a sound that commands our attention, we are forced to listen. Music has the ability to command...
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#1 I was in love with my wife, Giulia, when I first saw her at a party. We spent the whole night immersed in flirtatious conversation. We were a couple within a month. We were both blown away by how amazing it feels to love someone and be loved back.
#2 I had been planning to go to law school, but now in my college years, I wasn't doing a good job of convincing myself...
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Get the Summary of Lara Doherty's “The Mighty Book of Motivation Magic” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Your mighty magic guide to changing your life.
“The Mighty Book of Motivation Magic” is the companion for people who are stuck, lost, floundering at sea, or on the hamster wheel of life and don't know how to get off.
If that's you, what if you could change your life? What...
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Book Preview: #1 The Emotion Code is a simple and powerful method of finding and releasing trapped emotional energy. It can result in astonishing and sudden improvements in physical and emotional wellness.
#2 Emotions are vibrations of pure energy. They come from the body based on what we are experiencing in the present and what we have experienced in the past. They serve a purpose...
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Get the Summary of Joel Osteen's Peaceful on Purpose in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: The opposite of peace is worry and stress. Both are thieves that rob you of your sleep, joy, creativity, and good decisions. If you allow them into your mind, they can even keep you from your destiny. But, if you learn how to change your automatic responses to these struggles and give your problems...
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#1 One of the keys to success and inner peace is allowing yourself to be open to the infinite array of possibilities in your life. This is difficult, as we have been conditioned to believe otherwise.
#2 A closed mind prevents you from exploring and creating, while an open mind allows you to do so. Remember that progress would be impossible if we always did things...
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Get the Summary of Eric Maisel PhD's Redesign Your Mind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Your mind is like a room that is yours to redesign-a space that you can declutter, air out, furnish, decorate, and turn into a truly congenial place. Today, cognitive-behavioral therapy and CBT techniques are the tools that help us do this. In this book, Dr. Eric Maisel, Ph.D. moves cognitive change...
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