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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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#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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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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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 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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Book Preview: #1 Women are fed up with traditional gender roles and societal power structures that restrict their ability to express the full range of who they are. They are allowed to be soft and nurturing, but if they are too fierce or angry, people call them names.
#2 The Marvel Comics writer Jack Kirby was so amazed by a car accident he saw and a mother's effort to lift a three-thousand-pound...
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#1 The history of Alcoholics Anonymous is a fascinating study of successful social movements and organizations. Despite the rapid cultural changes that we have experienced since 1935, A. A. has survived and grown.
#2 The 12 steps of A. A. or any other 12-step group do a few simple things well. They offer a simple program of living that will, over the long haul, help...
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#1 Step Six is the step that separates the men from the boys. It requires us to stop struggling and become entirely ready to become willing. We must relax and turn to our Higher Power with confidence. We must believe that God will remove our defects.
#2 Step Six is to ask ourselves if we want to give up our defects. We must surrender our ideas of which defects stand...
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Get the Summary of David Goggins's Can't Hurt Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and...
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Book Preview: #1 The advice to distract yourself from a tragedy is only offered when a tragedy has occurred. It is designed to distract you from the tragedy, but it can be negative. Instead of addressing and solving a problem, we try to close our minds to it and hope it will solve itself.
#2 I do not believe in a god, but I do believe that whatever intelligence created me, you, and...
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Get the Summary of don Miguel Ruiz & don Jose Ruiz with Janet Mills's The Fifth Agreement in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: In The Fifth Agreement, don Miguel Ruiz joins his son, don Jose Ruiz, to offer a fresh perspective on The Four Agreements, and a powerful new agreement for transforming our lives into our personal heaven. The Fifth Agreement takes us to a deeper level of awareness...
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#1 There is a myth of singleness, which is the belief that being single is bad and unhealthy. However, there is no problem with being single. The problem is with the definition society has given to it, which is influenced by the god of this world.
#2 Adam was not alone because he had God as his companion. The implication is that Adam was so unique and whole that he did...
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Get the Summary of Mark Manson's Models in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Models is the first men's dating book ever written on seduction as a purely emotional process rather than a logical one, a process of connecting with women rather than impressing them, a process of self-expression rather than manipulation. It's the most mature and honest guide on how a man can attract women without...
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Book Preview: #1 We can learn a lot about women by understanding the things that our brains were designed to do. Each one of us is the result of an unbroken chain of successful survival and reproduction that has gone on now for millions of years.
#2 The size of a woman's gametes determines whether she is female. Women have larger, more expensive gametes than men, which means that...
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Get the Summary of Philip Houston, Michael Floyd & Susan Carnicero's “Spy the Lie” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Imagine how different your life would be if you could tell whether someone was lying or telling you the truth. Be it hiring a new employee, investing in a financial interest, speaking with your child about drugs, confronting your significant other about suspected infidelity,...
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Get the Summary of Benny Lewis' “Fluent in 3 Months” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages-all self-taught-runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, “Fluent In 3 Months”. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. “Fluent...
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Get the Summary of Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney's Willpower in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: In Willpower, the pioneering researcher Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with renowned New York Times science writer John Tierney to revolutionize our understanding of the most coveted human virtue: self-control.
In what became one of the most cited papers in social science literature, Baumeister...
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