Embrace the Suck (2020) teaches you how to embrace challenges and use them as a tool for personal growth. Through candid storytelling and actionable steps, Brent Gleeson empowers you to expand your comfort zone, build discipline, and transform your mindset to create a fulfilling life. Content Summary Recommendation Take-Aways Introduction Build resilience and unlock your …
T. Harv Eker was a struggling 20-something entrepreneur whose business attempts failed one after the other. Then he got some advice: Think the way rich people think. He studied the millionaire mentality and then tried a new business. Two and a half years later, he sold half its shares for $1.6 million. This book review …
In this book summary, Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal walk us through the process of finding our flow against all odds. Stealing Fire (2017) explores the controversial and exciting pursuit of altered states of consciousness. From tech entrepreneurs to BASE jumpers, meditators to festival-goers, it takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the revolutionary nonconformists …
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It (2020) is an uplifting and enlightening account of one man’s journey to reclaim his life and destiny. It shares hard-won wisdom and unwavering commitment to self-love through a powerful combination of personal stories, practical advice, and an accessible meditation practice.
Drive (2009) points out that many organizations still follow a “carrot and stick” approach, using external incentives to motivate people. It explains why this is a bad idea and introduces a more effective solution: sparking engagement by catering to the psychology of intrinsic motivation.
Over the last year, I’ve learned that goals mean nothing if you’re not in the mindset to make those goals a reality. At the start of every year, I spend a day thinking through big goals I want to achieve for the year, and then I write a plan detailing how I’ll make those goals …
The Light We Give (2022) lights a defiant flame of hope for troubled times. Drawing on a lifetime of navigating racism growing up as a Sikh in Texas, it offers simple, guiding principles and daily practices that can help anyone live a more fulfilling, joyful life – regardless of their circumstances.
Lighter (2022) guides anyone seeking self-improvement through the process of releasing the past and taking power over the future. It’s a combination of wisdom and proverbs as well as a practical guide for doing the inner work of self-healing.
Unlocking Potential (2014) provides practical coaching tools to empower leaders, managers, and supervisors to foster meaningful engagement with their teams and to promote positive organizational change. It serves as a comprehensive guide to becoming an exceptional coach. Achieving success is one thing. Achieving success as a leader is quite another. Here, you’ll learn how to take …
Wild Problems (2022) is an exploration of decision-making, particularly when it comes to the thornier issues of life that can have the deepest impact. Although the modern world offers algorithms and practical approaches to doing so, calculations are not always the best way to a life well lived.