The World's Best Book Summaries
What’s The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz about? Are you a struggling entrepreneur who’s exhausted and overwhelmed? In The Pumpkin Plan, Mike Michalowicz says that the key to being a good entrepreneur is to change your mindset from quantity to quality. He further discusses the components of the quality mindset and how you can implement them. Read below for a brief overview of The Pumpkin Plan.
Is AI a cornucopia that could free the human race from drudgery? Or will AI bring about the end of the world as we know it? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize every aspect of the way we live. AI’s future applications could be enormous—but only if we can develop machine intelligence that can accurately and reliably carry out its tasks. Read on for an overview of Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust by Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis.
How is creativity defined? What are the most common creative characteristics? What can you do to boost your creativity? According to Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire in Wired to Create, creativity isn’t a characteristic itself, but rather the effect of a collection of different characteristics. By encompassing the 10 characteristics, you can maximize your creative potential. Keep reading to learn what the 10 characteristics are in our overview of Wired to Create.
What’s Onward by Howard Schultz about? How did Schultz turn Starbucks around during the 2007-2008 financial crisis? In Onward, Howard Schultz highlights the obstacles he faced as the CEO of Starbucks at a time of worldwide instability. He further explains how he managed to save the company while preserving its unique value. Read below for a brief overview of Onward.
Do you laugh at your mistakes? Even more important, do you leverage your mistakes? Kathryn Schulz’s book Being Wrong encourages readers to view errors as opportunities for growth rather than sources of shame. The book examines how perceptions of reality become distorted and offers strategies for gracefully accepting your fallibility. Continue reading for an overview of this book that will help you enjoy, as Schulz puts it, “adventures in the margin of error.”
How do political leaders come to power? How do they maintain it? What makes someone a dictator rather than a democrat? People often discuss political leaders in terms of their ideologies, their dedication to their people, or their backgrounds. To understand the choices leaders make, though, you need to consider only one thing: their desire for power. Continue reading for an overview of the eye-opening book The Dictator’s Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.
Do you ever think you can do things differently than those in charge? Do you have great ideas but feel like you’re not high enough on the career ladder to act on them? In How to Lead When You’re Not In Charge, business speaker and former evangelical pastor Clay Scroggins explains that you can be a leader even without holding a position of authority. You can still inspire others to strive toward a shared goal of a better future, regardless of your position. Read below for a How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge book overview.
Do you put off work that needs to get done? What’s the book Solving the Procrastination Puzzle about? In Solving the Procrastination Puzzle, psychologist Timothy A. Pychyl contends that you aren’t procrastinating because you’re bad at managing your time. Instead, you’re procrastinating because you haven’t learned how to handle your emotions. Read below for a brief Solving the Procrastination Puzzle book overview.
How do autistic brains differ from allistic brains? Why isn’t Asperger’s syndrome a legitimate diagnosis anymore? What is the only cure for autism? Every day, people with autism are forced to exist in a world that’s not designed for their brains. In the book NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman, he explores the history, characterization, and evolving societal perception of autism. Whether you or someone you know is autistic or you’re simply curious about autism, here’s an overview of NeuroTribes.
What drives ordinary people to commit extraordinary evil? Can the most horrific acts stem from mundane motivations? The groundbreaking book Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt challenges our understanding of evil. The book examines Adolf Eichmann, a key figure in the Holocaust, through a surprising lens. Arendt’s analysis reveals unexpected insights about the nature of evil itself. Read on for an overview of this work that lays out Arendt’s controversial perspective on one of history’s most infamous criminals.