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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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#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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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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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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#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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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 Highly sensitive people are often overwhelmed by stress. They are easily upset by noise and bright lights, and they are often unable to tolerate harsh and aggressive voices.
#2 HSPs are a minority of the population, and they are adversely affected by our fast-paced and aggressive modern industrialized society. They are easily overwhelmed by noise, crowds, and time...
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Book Preview: #1 The best way to avoid making a mistake is to understand what makes you tick and why you choose certain women. Without this knowledge, you are the most uncertain variable in your romantic life.
#2 The task of self-mastery is to create order out of the chaos within. We are all born with insecurities and needs, and we eventually learn to deal with them. People tend to...
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#1 The Parable of the New Pastures is a sequel to the Tragedy of the Commons. It illustrates the problem of cooperation. When individual and collective interest are neither perfectly aligned nor perfectly opposed, as in Hardin's parable, any one of the herders is better off adding more animals to her herd, but this leads to collective ruin, which is not in anyone's...
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#1 Everyone, including you, has to deal with crazy every day. Crazy is irrational, and it refers to the inability of someone to see the world clearly, say or think things that make no sense, make decisions and take actions that aren't in their best interest, or become impossible when you try to guide them back to reason.
#2 The same rule applies to dealing with irrational...
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Get the Summary of Jenny Odell's Saving Time in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: This dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book offers us different ways to experience time-inspired by pre-industrial cultures, ecological cues, and geological timescales-that can bring within reach a more humane, responsive way of living. As planet-bound animals, we live inside shortening and lengthening...
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Book Preview: #1 The book shows you how to put your back in if you have been unfortunate enough to have put it out, and it also shows you what steps you need to take to avoid a recurrence.
#2 The majority of people who have back pain will experience recurring or chronic back problems. Once you learn self-management, you will be willing to take responsibility for your own care.
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Get the Summary of David Brooks's How to Know a Person in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know...
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Book Preview: #1 Fatigue you can't shake isn't a sign of aging or being busy. It's not a natural part of the human experience, and it doesn't have to be lived with.
#2 Fatigue is a very common symptom among modern patients. It is the result of a lack of energy, and it can dull the mind and dampen the mood. It is often accompanied by other symptoms, such as malaise, that are also common...
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#1 I had planned for months to buy a house, and I had found the perfect one. It had everything I wanted, and it was ready for me and my family to move in. But I had to cancel the open house at the last minute because of a snowstorm.
#2 If you're too hot or too cold, it's hard to think about anything else, and you feel uncomfortable. Even the most comfortable houses lose...
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#1 To be able to be assertive, it is important to first understand who you are and where you think you fit in the social hierarchy. Understanding these things is important because they affect your ability to communicate assertively.
#2 When you lack assertiveness, you do not live life on your own terms. Instead, you let others take advantage of you and run your life....
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Book Preview:#1 Grief is a process that never ends. It is a journey that you must take, and it will change your life. You must allow yourself to grieve and understand that healing is possible.
#2 When someone you love dies, you are forced to change. You can't return to the old you, because the old you was broken by the loss. Grief and loss are inevitable parts of life, and we must...
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