Book summaries from the world’s best non-fiction books
People’s motives are unknowable. Let go of the need for a reason. Ignore their explanations. The only true facts are their actions Derek Sivers’ latest thought-provoking work, “Useful Not True,” is all about challenging your perception of “truth” and embracing…
Life isn’t linear, and yet we constantly try to mold it around linear goals: four-year college degrees, ten-year career plans, thirty-year mortgages. What if instead we approached life as a giant playground for experimentation? Based on ancestral philosophy and the…
The expansion of AI infrastructure has significant environmental costs. Training large models can consume vast amounts of energy; generating text can use as much energy as charging a smartphone nearly four times, and generating one thousand images is equivalent to…
One day in 2004, Gardiner Harris, early for a flight, sat down at an airport bar and started talking to the woman on the barstool beside him. She was a drug sales rep for Johnson & Johnson, and her horrific…
A pioneering professor of organizational behavior turns the concept of networking on its head, arguing that we must move beyond the standard mentorship model to embrace sponsorship, where we use our social networks and political capital on behalf of others.”It’s…
Are you working too much but feel like it’s never enough? Have you turned the act of pretending you’re “fine” into an art form? Does self-care feel like one more item on your already long to-do list? We’ve been taught…
Learn how to cleanse, protect yourself from, and transmute bad vibes, regardless of their size or origin. Devin Hunter provides the support you need to face any energetic problem, whether you’re a beginner or an experienced psychic. Each topic builds…
Mark Fabian, one of the most exhilarating thinkers working on wellbeing today, presents a revolutionary approach to understanding why there’s more to life than the pursuit of happiness. Beyond Happy explores how evolution has wired us to keep happiness just…
Correct the power imbalances in your work and life with a science-backed practice that combines the rigor of Stoic philosophy with the relational impact of empathy.Stoicism combined with empathy may sound like a contradiction in terms. But when these seemingly…
Do you feel you’re simply going through the motions? Succeeding at work, pulling your weight at home, living an active social life . . . yet deep down, you feel drained? If so, you may be experiencing High-Functioning Depression.In the…
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