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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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#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 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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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 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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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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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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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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#1 The world as you see it is a reflection of what you are, a reflection not in glass but in three dimensional reality. The smallest blade of grass, or flower, is aware of this connection, and without reasoning comprehends its position, its uniqueness, and its source of vitality.
#2 You are the living picture of yourself. Your feelings, thoughts, and events all affect...
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#1 The term subconscious mind was coined by the 18th century German philosopher Sir Christopher Riegel, introduced into English by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and taken up by Sigmund Freud more than a century ago as the corner stone of his psychoanalytic theories.
#2 We often believe we know things about other people that they themselves can't see. We assume we have special...
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#1 I had promised myself that I would not binge eat in the second semester of my freshman year, but I did on my first day back at school. I had eaten everything in the kitchen, and then some.
#2 The beginning of a binge is often characterized by excitement, relief, and gratification. But as I continued to binge, the good feelings gradually faded, and I began to crave...
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Book Preview:#1 Goals are a powerful force that can be used to help you live your life. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. They give your life direction.
#2 Boundaries are crucial to recovery. They are connected to all phases of recovery: growing in self-esteem, dealing with feelings, and learning to love and value yourself. They...
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Book Preview: #1 I was lonely, and I wanted to be better friends with my local friends. I would contact them and set up get-togethers for tea, meals, or activities. It worked with a few people, but then Adrian started a business and all his time got sucked into it.
#2 Making friends as an adult is difficult, and many people have given up trying. The price we pay for giving up is too...
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#1 When we are selecting a dog or addressing specific behaviors with our existing canine partner, we must be sure that we are looking at the whole animal. We don't want to fall in love with a dog that is doomed to fail, and we don't want to give up prematurely when there may be a simple solution.
#2 The L. E. G. S. system is a framework for understanding the many factors...
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Get the Summary of Alice Sheldon's Why weren't we taught this at school? in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Alice Sheldon is the creator of Needs Understanding, a fresh and exciting approach for finding practical solutions to problems and building relationships that work. Alice graduated from Oxford University with an MA in Psychology and Neurophysiology. She's always had a strong interest...
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Book Preview:#1 If you have a history of being hurt or mistreated, you may be a Walking Wounded. You may think, I know this happened to me, but that was a long time ago, and I don't want to remember it anymore. But the pain is going to stay with you, trying to find a way to get you to acknowledge it.
#2 I used to unconsciously choose narcissistic, wounded people as friends. I didn't...
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Get the Summary of Nate Dallas's You're Too Good to Feel This Bad in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: What if anxiety isn't a disease? What if it's a product of a healthy system, signaling you that it's now time to make some changes? If you could pause your hectic life for a moment to listen to your inner voice, what would it say needs modification?
If there were a guide to assist in...
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#1 If a boy has felt rejection from you, he will believe that other women will reject him as well. He may become afraid of opening his heart to women for fear of being hurt again.
#2 When John was ten years old, his father died of pancreatic cancer. He immediately assumed the role of man of the house and took care of his mother and younger siblings. He was so afraid...
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Book Preview: #1 The power to have all the positive and good things in life is love. Love has been talked about and written about since the beginning of time, in every religion, and by every great thinker, philosopher, prophet, and leader.
#2 The force of love is far greater than any of nature's powers. It is the positive force of life, and without it, there would be no life....
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