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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor.
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1) The definition of an investment is clear: it's an operation which, after careful analysis, promises safety of principal and adequate returns.
2) There are three parts to the process of investing. First, before buying a stock, you must make a thorough analysis of a company and the soundness of its underlying businesses. Second, you need to protect...
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Buy now to get the Key Takeaways from Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking.
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1) We all experience feelings of inferiority which we carry with us from childhood into adulthood. The first thing you need to do to get over this inferiority complex is figure out where it stems from, perhaps with the aid of a counselor.
2) Always remember that God is on your side. With him, everything is possible, even if you don't...
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Summary of Michael Lewis's The Fifth Risk is a journalistic account of how broad swaths of the US government are being ignored or dismantled under Donald Trump's administration. After shunning the conventions of a presidential transition, Trump and his tiny team assumed stewardship of the government without ever bothering to learn how it works...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein
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1) Nowadays, we are relentlessly and endlessly bombarded with new information. There's always much to remember, yet our brains capture so little of that information. Even the stuff that's worth remembering often makes only a short-lived impression on us before disappearing forever.
2) Education has been tainted by the boring tradition of rote learning....
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jon Gordon's The Energy Bus
Positive people and positive teams manifest positive outcomes. The key ingredient? Positive energy.
In The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy (2007), Jon Gordon explains how to cultivate positive energy in your life and career, which you then can share with your coworkers, customers, organization, team, friends, and family. Gordon uses the...
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Summary of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit is a thorough examination of several case studies about how habit formation and habit change impact daily life. It details the experiences of individuals, corporations, and organizations to illustrate how habits are made and why, how they can be changed, how habits of all kinds are used in businesses to attract customers or manage employees, and the devastating results of a poorly managed habit…
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Summary of Gregory Berns's How Dogs Love Us chronicles the early days of his efforts to use brain imaging scans for the first time to study how dogs think and feel emotions including love. Berns argues that many dog owners and trainers limit their understanding of dog psychology to behavior, or how dogs physically react to different situations…
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Summary of Patrick J. Kennedy's A Common Struggle is a memoir chronicling his struggles with mental illness and addiction. Patrick uses himself and his family as an example of the stigma and confusion surrounding mental illness in the US and explains the history of mental illness and mental health policy in that context…
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Summary of Lundy Bancroft's Why Does He Do That? is a non-fiction book for those who have experienced or are experiencing intimate partner violence and abuse. Why Does He Do That? outlines types of abuse, including physical, emotional, financial, verbal, and sexual abuse, and provides insight to shed light on the underlying reasons for abusive behaviors...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed
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1) "You'll Never Walk Alone" is a song written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. It is a song that inspires hope, and although cheesy it has been adopted as the official anthem of the English soccer club Liverpool, with the title etched on the iron gate of its official stadium.
2) Each species on earth has a temporal range, which is the length...
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Martin Pistorius, who lost all his memories after a childhood illness, tells the story of his miraculous reawakening in his memoir, Ghost Boy.
Martin was a sweet, but shy boy. He was a wizard with computers and electronics. He loved his Legos and his dog, Pookie. Martin learned from overheard conversations that his illness began when he came home from school with a sore throat. His condition rapidly deteriorated and he soon could not walk. Within...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from John Eisenberg's The League
In The League (2018), John Eisenberg traces the tumultuous path of the National Football League, focusing on its first five owners. Pro football became a multibillion-dollar business through the efforts of these five visionaries who believed the game had a bright future and would change American sports forever. Starting from the 1920s, Eisenberg studies their backgrounds and highlights...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Elena Chirkova's The Warren Buffett Philosophy of Investment
Warren Buffett is widely known as the most successful investor in modern times. The Warren Buffett Philosophy of Investment (2015) explores how he has achieved and maintained his incredible success. Russian academic and investor Elena Chirkova argues that Buffett has built his fortune on a deep knowledge of financial theories, along with a stellar...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Edward Bernays's Propaganda
People talk about "propaganda" all the time. Although the word seems to have negative connotations, whether it is good or bad depends entirely on the cause behind it and the correctness of the information it carries.
In Propaganda (1928), Edward Bernays explores the structure of systems that control the public mind and public opinion, and examines how propaganda affects all political...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Philip Houston, Michael Floyd & Susan Carnicero's Spy the Lie
What if you could learn to root out lies like the CIA? In Spy the Lie (2012), former CIA polygraph examiners Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, Susan Carnicero, and co-writer Don Tennant detail a system anyone can use to detect deception and spot lies. It's based on the deception-detection method that was developed in the CIA, chiefly by Houston.
To discover...
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Summary of Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power is a self-help book offering advice on how to gain and maintain power, using lessons drawn from parables and the experiences of historical figures.
Power depends on the relationship between a person and those he or she seeks to control.
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Ed Mylett's The Power of One More
Everyone is born with the ability to do something great with their life. Most times, people are one step away from reaching their goals; all it takes is one more. In The Power of One More (2022), Ed Mylett explains that through focused thoughts and actions, it is possible to unlock and maximize your abilities, as well as reach the goals you have always dreamed of achieving....
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Summary of Karyl McBride's Will I Ever Be Good Enough?, Karyl McBride uses her extensive experience as a family therapist to offer a guide to recovery for adult daughters of narcissistic mothers. The program is designed to help these women overcome a vicious cycle of dysfunctional parenting patterns, banish the haunting emptiness that results from feeling unlovable, and quell anxiety resulting from feeling they were never good enough for their mothers…...