The World's Best Book Summaries
How can you effectively communicate your idea by including an appeal to emotion? How can you get people to care about your message? If you want people to hear your message and do something about it, you have to get them to care. An appeal to emotion—making people feel something—is key to making messages stick. Keep reading to learn effective ways to make an appeal to emotion.
Do you cycle through losing and gaining weight endlessly? How can you keep the weight off for good? In his book The Hacker’s Diet, John Walker says that most people who go on diets tend to gain back all of the weight they lost and sometimes more. Walker proposed two methods for keeping weight off: daily weight tracking and meal planning. Keep reading for Walker’s advice on how to maintain weight loss.
What are cognitive shortcuts? What role do they play in survival? What are the dangers inherent in shortcut thinking? Our brains have developed shortcuts of thinking that allow us to react quickly and decisively to threats. Unfortunately, these shortcuts often lead us to believe many things without fully thinking them through. As a result, our views of the world are often based on misunderstandings and biases we unwittingly hold. We’ll consider a few of these misunderstandings and biases below.
What are ETFs in stocks? Are exchange-traded funds worth investing in? ETFs in stocks are similar to mutual funds but are instead traded on the market like common stock. These types of funds are beneficial as they can sometimes offer tax advantages. Understanding the pros and cons of ETFs in stocks will help you decide whether they are right for you. So, what are ETFs in stocks? Keep reading to find out.
How do you embrace grace? What happens when you do? Psychiatrist M. Scott Peck, in his book The Road Less Traveled, explains that it is important to embrace grace along the path of your spiritual evolution. Grace isn’t something you can search for, but it’s something you should prepare yourself to receive. When it arrives, it brings meaning to every part of your life. Keep reading to learn how to embrace grace.
When love is real, how do you know? What is it like? Often we throw around the word “love” too easily. Sometimes we use it with all seriousness—yet our definition is seriously wrong. It’s important to know what genuine love is, as it is a huge aspect of life. Keep reading to learn how to know when love is real.
What gets in the way of spiritual evolution? How can you overcome these obstacles? According to psychiatrist M. Scott Peck, the purpose of life is spiritual evolution. In The Road Less Traveled, he identifies three forces that get in the way: laziness, evil, and the suffering of awareness. An understanding of these obstacles can help you overcome them. Keep reading to learn about these roadblocks to spiritual evolution.
What does building a strong brand entail? Why do you need a strong brand to succeed in your target market? Building a strong brand involves grouping together products that share the same inherent capabilities under one brand, and developing competitive advantages that help that brand stand out in the marketplace. You need a strong brand if you want to distinguish yourself from your competitors. Read on to fully discover the process of building a strong brand.
What is the Reproducibility Project? How does it illustrate decision-making under risk? We don’t always think in terms of risk, and maybe that’s why we’re prone to making irrational decisions. But what if we worked on keeping risk at the forefront of our minds? That’s what Thinking in Bets is all about. Author Annie Duke uses the Reproducibility Project as an example of decision-making under risk, showing how thinking in bets can produce more effective decisions. Keep reading to learn about decision-making under risk.
What is the book Make It Stick about? How can applying the book’s lessons help become more effective at learning? In their book Make It Stick, co-authors Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel, and Peter C. Brown teach you the strategies that help you achieve the two primary goals of learning: to understand and remember what you learn so you can use your knowledge in future situations. Drawing from a vast number of research studies, they discuss the most effective learning strategies and caution against learning techniques that turn out to be counterproductive. Read all about the key concepts