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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Christopher Leonard's The Lords of Easy Money
In The Lords of Easy Money (2022), journalist Christopher Leonard analyzes the decisions and policies of one of the most mysterious American institutions: the Federal Reserve. Leonard explains how the Fed managed the US economic system before, during, and after the financial crash of 2008, and highlights its powers to control interest rates and push banks and investors...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Will Bulsiewicz's Fiber Fueled
Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome (2020) is a self-help health book about restoring balance to our gut microbiome, which is essentially a diverse community of microorganisms that coexist inside our body and serve a very important purpose – to keep us healthy. Dr. Will Bulsiewicz explains that...
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Summary of Kevin Kelly's The Inevitable is Kevin Kelly's in-depth exploration of the imminent changes on the technological horizon that will ultimately impact all of humanity.
Inevitability, in this context, is defined as a pattern that is unquestionably trending forward due to the ways in which technological developments favor certain functions and behaviors.
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Summary of Chris Voss & Tahl Raz's Never Split the Difference is a guide to using hostage negotiation techniques in business and personal negotiations.
Modern negotiation strategies taught in business school usually center on classic texts that describe negotiation without factoring in emotions or irrational behavior. In reality, all negotiations involve emotional factors and illogical reactions. And in hostage scenarios, "splitting the difference"...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Elton John's Love is the Cure
In Love Is the Cure (2012), pop superstar Elton John recounts his life in parallel with his AIDS activism, starting from the beginning of the epidemic in 1981. He tells about people who have fought against AIDS, those he has lost to the disease, and his foundation's effort to bring an end to it. The keys are education, research, fund-raising, and above all, compassion.
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Summary of Richard P. Feynman's Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! is an unconventional memoir by a decidedly unconventional theoretical physicist. Feynman was a brilliant and eccentric thinker who was present for some of the key scientific developments of the twentieth century.
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Summary of Eric Goodman's True to Form is a self-help book designed to show people, especially those experiencing muscle and joint pain, how easy it is to return the body to its natural state of health and well being. Dr. Goodman is a chiropractor and personal trainer who experienced debilitating pain and found a surgery-free method for treating it using an extremely simple movement methodology. Foundation Training, his protocol, gives people the...
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Summary of Ryan Levesque's Ask details the Ask Formula, including the Survey Funnel Formula, that teaches businesses the best way to connect with current and potential customers by cleverly asking them what they want and creating products and marketing to suit those needs. These formulas are repeatable and may provide predictable outcomes, but it is also dynamic, flexible, and evolves with its implementation for each type of business and market…...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Irvin D. Yalom's The Gift of Therapy
In The Gift of Therapy (2013), Irvin D. Yalom shares his extensive personal knowledge and perspective in the field of psychotherapy. Irvin offers important notes, tips, and tools for both established therapists and upcoming students in the field. He aims to help them achieve better results for their patients, while improving themselves, their process, and their profession...
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Summary of Gay Hendricks's The Big Leap reveals one of the most common barriers to an individual's success: the Upper Limit Problem (ULP), a self-imposed, subconscious limit for how much happiness and positivity someone can feel. Using research, case studies, and personal experience, Hendricks explores how the ULP can prevent someone from taking The Big Leap, or reaching his or her highest potential...
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Summary of David Perlmutter & Kristin Loberg's Brain Maker details the complex microbiome that lives in the human gut and how it affects the brain. Rising rates of Alzheimer's disease, mood disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), multiple sclerosis, autism, and other conditions are linked to imbalances in the thousands of microorganisms that colonize the gut, primarily bacteria. Disruptions to this microbiome can begin at birth for...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Laura Dave's The Last Thing He Told Me
Owen Michaels, father and husband, mysteriously disappears in Laura Dave's The Last Thing He Told Me (2021). His wife, Hannah, finds only a note asking her to protect his teenage daughter Bailey, whom he leaves $600,000 in cash before vanishing without a trace. Now Hannah must try to find her husband while managing to comfort her stubborn new stepdaughter, who lost her...
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Summary of John Elder Robison's Switched On, describes the emotional awakening John underwent after his experience with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a highly experimental procedure that zaps the brain with electricity. Much of his story focuses on a life-changing study he joined in 2008. John details the neuroscience he learned and provides a thorough analysis of the positive and negative effects that TMS has had on his life and, to a...
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David Axelrod was the son of Joseph Axelrod, who left Eastern Europe at the age of eleven, and his wife, Myril Davidson, also a daughter of Jewish immigrants. Joseph became a psychologist with a small practice that insisted on charging patients a minimal fee. He also occasionally administered psychological tests at settlement houses. Myril, on the other hand, rose to the top on Madison Avenue as an advertising executive. Their marriage ended by the...