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Logic is a terrific problem-solving tool, but it rarely fixes matters of the heart. If you need to improve your romantic relationship, radical honesty is the best bet.... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.  

What is consciousness? Much as the ocean is an enormous compendium of individual raindrops, human consciousness is made up of billions of individual minds.

What does it take to become a dazzling public speaker? It’s a question that business professionals ask themselves all the time. And the answers are simpler than you might think....

What if the secret to accomplishing more has nothing to do with managing time? What if cultivating energy, instead, is the secret to living a fuller, more satisfying life....

When one of the richest men in the world offers you free advice, it pays to listen. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (1997), edited by Lawrence A. Cunningham, consists of edited excerpts from Buffett’s annual letters to investors at Berkshire Hathaway Inc., his holding company, dating from 1984 to 1996....

Bargaining is a part of daily life. But what makes a skilled negotiator? In the third edition of Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People, professor and author G. Richard Shell outlines a systematic and thoughtful framework for successful negotiation strategies based on insights into human psychology.

Buy now to get key insights from Glennon Doyle’s Untamed. At age 10, we learn how to be good girls and real boys. Ten is when children begin to hide who they are in order to become what the world expects them to be. All of the things that make a woman human are a good girl’s dirty secret. But Glennon was a caged girl made for wide-open skies.

In The Mamba Mentality: How I Play (2018), Kobe Bryant reveals insights into how he built his stellar basketball career....

What would you do with the power of irresistible persuasion? Jordan Belfort, a banker whose wild lifestyle was immortalized in the 2013 Hollywood film The Wolf of Wall Street, believes that anyone can lead a more empowered life by mastering the art of persuasion.... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more. 

Buy now to get the insights from Mike Michalowicz's Profit First. Profit First is a foolproof system for profitability for businesses in any phase. Businesses with no profit are in constant danger of going out of business. This book teaches you how to manage your financials to avoid bankruptcy and continue growing your business.

Do you suffer from stage fright? It’s time to get over it. In The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking (1962), self-help expert Dale Carnegie says there’s no such thing as a natural-born public speaker.... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more. 

It’s dangerous to talk to strangers. But the reasons why might surprise you. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell is a meditation on the difficulties of understanding other people. Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more about this book.

There’s not just one secret to happiness, says author Neil Pasricha. There are many. The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything (2016) is a handbook for people who seek lasting contentment.... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more. Please note: This is a summary of The Happiness Equation, not the original book.

Love can be difficult, but it’s not mysterious. No matter who you are, your capacity to love can be developed in the same way as learning to cook or play the violin: with practice.

In the late 1970s, no one in their right mind would have picked the San Francisco 49ers to take home a championship. The team, which had experienced frequent leadership change in recent years, was considered one of the worst in the league...Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Buy now to get key insights from Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test. Sample insights include: 1) A group of researchers received a mysterious book from an anonymous author, which seemed to contain an unsolvable riddle. They started discussing online ways to solve it. 2) One of the researchers, Deborah, decided to contact Joe Ronson in order to help them solve the case. 

Everything in life is a game. Your first task is to make sure that you know what game you’re trying to play.... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.  

In The Bulletproof Diet: Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life (2014), entrepreneur and health guru Dave Asprey explains how he shed 100 pounds, increased his muscle mass, and improved his mental performance by developing a diet that’s high in healthy fats and low in carbohydrates and sugars. Asprey’s diet boosts health by avoiding common toxins found in foods; these include mycotoxins, which are found in mold....

You’ve tried threats, time-outs, and lectures. You’ve counted to 10 and repeatedly explained your expectations. Still, the kids just don’t seem to listen....

Buy now to get key insights from Reed Hastings and Erin Meyers’ No Rules Rules. Sample insight: When you fire the people who aren’t doing their best, you’ll notice that the atmosphere will become positive and inspirational for the remaining workers. That’s because the entire office will feel like it’s filled with people who are madly in love with their work.