Are you an introvert who struggles to make friends and connect with others? Do you feel like your personality is holding you back from achieving success in your personal and professional life? If so, you’re not alone. Many introverts face these challenges, but the good news is that there are proven methods to overcome them. …
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When you’re already managing the usual stresses and pressures at work, the last thing you want to deal with is a difficult colleague who makes everything harder. Unfortunately, every workplace has a few assholes — they’re impossible to avoid. No matter what kind of jerk you must face at work, this book summary will give …
Your best self knows how to take advantage of what the world has to offer — and it has the most to offer the world. If you aren’t guided by passion or living according to your highest values, then you haven’t even begun to access the best self that lies within you. “Best Self” is …
Social changes over the last several decades have conditioned men to repress who they are. It has taught them to be agreeable, approval-seeking “nice guys” who believe that they have to be understanding, generous, and kind in order to be accepted. But Dr. Robert Glover, a certified marriage and family therapist, disagrees. In this book …
Many people go through life on autopilot, making decisions based on who they think they are but never stopping to assess and discover their true selves. In this summary, you’ll gain insights from the Enneagram — an ancient personality type system — about how you and the people around you are wired. With this self-discovery …
Love Sense (2013) is an exploration of the science of love. These summaries suggest that humans instinctively desire to connect with each other, and that relationship problems arise when lovers no longer feel secure. They also offer practical strategies for how to develop your love sense – that is, your ability to create fulfilling and …
Platonic (2022) is an actionable guide to making and keeping friends as an adult. It combines true stories of friendship with psychological research to give you clear, actionable, and practical advice on building better friendships. Introduction: Improve your ability to make (and keep) friends. Why do you want to have friends? For the company? For …
Despite sex education in schools, there are still plenty of misconceptions about sex out there, especially when it comes to female sexuality. Just take the idea that penetration is essential for female sexual pleasure. In fact, if you want to give a woman multiple orgasms, you can forget about the, erm, ins and outs of …
It’s not your actual competence that counts. It’s how people perceive your competence that makes the difference. In this reading recommendation, mentalist and business professor Jack Nasher offers tips to help you appear more competent, attractive, intelligent, and important. What’s inside? Mentalist Jack Nasher offers tips for judging other people’s competence and for helping other …
Dale Carnegie wrote the definitive guide to charisma, but most social guidebooks spend their time discussing the theory of magnetism and precious little time describing how to put those theories into action. His next book rectifies this problem. In this book review, you’ll find 92 rock-solid techniques to put theories into practice and get the …
