The World's Best Book Summaries
Does your brand have a strong voice? Does it appeal to your target customers? Should it include humor? To write good marketing material, you must hone and convey your brand’s voice. A strong brand voice offers an identity for the customer to align with, and it can be the deciding factor when customers are choosing between you and your competitors. Read more to learn how to create a brand voice.
Why do people hate the rich? Are the rich truly to blame for the world’s poverty? Some people hate the rich because they believe that all rich people are inherently corrupt and selfish and that they prevent regular people from accessing money-making opportunities. This belief isn’t just untrue, it’s also limiting because it keeps you in the victim mentality. Here’s how hating the rich prevent you from becoming rich yourself.
How can entrepreneurs cope with the mental health struggles of business ownership? What are some tips for managing burnout or imposter syndrome? In Reboot, Jodie Fox describes building her start-up business, Shoes of Prey, and how being an entrepreneur affected her mental health. Fox shares the lessons she learned about coping with mental health struggles as a business owner. Keep reading for advice on managing mental health as an entrepreneur, according to Fox.
Why do we need salt? What is salt’s impact on technological and scientific innovation? In Salt, Mark Kurlansky argues that salt played a major role in developing new innovations. To understand this, we have to look at the way salt is harvested and where to find it on Earth. Continue reading to learn why we need salt for societal development.
Did you lose someone’s trust at work? How do you regain that trust? Losing someone’s trust is one of the hardest things imaginable, but it’s even harder to gain it back. In Conversational Intelligence, Judith Glaser explains how to regain the trust at work that you lost. Continue reading to get back into someone’s good graces.
What are the effects of childhood neglect on adults? What relationship problems do emotionally neglected adults face? In Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Lindsey Gibson explores three challenges common among adult children whose parents neglected them emotionally. They harbor deep emotional loneliness, have emotionally disconnected relationships, and lack self-worth. Continue reading to learn more about the effects of childhood neglect on adults.
Do you want to understand your relationships with your family better? What are the best books about family relationships? Families can be complicated. And sometimes, the only way to improve the relationships within dysfunctional families is to read and learn more about them. The books listed below focus on various familial topics, from childhood trauma to practicing healthy communication with parents. Keep reading for the best books about family relationships that you should add to your reading list.
In giving up the myths of our ancestors, have we lost something vital to the human experience? Without myths, how can we frame our basic moral beliefs? In Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, Jordan Peterson contends that myths are vital to how humans confront and make sense of a chaotic world. He warns that, by turning a blind eye to the value of our mythological inheritance, we run the risk of denying our capacity for good and evil. Continue reading for an overview of this intriguing book.
When someone insults you, how should you respond? Should you be proud of your family? Epictetus and other Stoic philosophers had an opinion about things outside of yourself. They believed that those things aren’t important. So, external things shouldn’t cause you pain, pride, or any number of reactions you might be tempted to have. Keep reading to understand Epictetus’ view of external things and see how it might give you peace of mind.
How do you set goals for yourself? Where do you even start? How do you align your goals with your values and vision for your life? If you’re lucky, you know what you want from life and you have no doubt that this path is the right one. But if you aren’t sure, it’s never too early (or too late) to think about what goals you want to pursue in life. To help guide you, we’ve compiled a roundup of the best goal-setting books to add to your reading list.