The World's Best Book Summaries
What is the Getting Things Done method? How can David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology help you organize your life? The Getting Things Done (GTD) method is a system that allows you to optimize organization, and apply better planning skills. With the Getting Things Done method, you’ll be able to organize your tasks so you don’t get overwhelmed.
Where was Newsome Park, and who lived there? What were residents of Newsome Park Known for? Newsome Park was a community in Hampton Roads, Virginia, where many black NASA employees settled during World War II and the post-war period. In the middle of a segregated city, the residents of Newsome Park formed a tight-knit community, which is highlighted in the book Hidden Figures.
A common change in many people’s lives involves their jobs. Jobs and careers aren’t static. If your job is redefined or eliminated, applying the principles in Who Moved My Cheese can help you with dealing with change at work successfully. We’ll cover the seven steps of successfully dealing with change in the workplace, including examples of each of the steps. Learning how to deal with change at work can be hard, but it’s an essential skill to develop, and these strategies from Who Moved My Cheese are the secret.
How do you handle change? Do you ignore it? Do you complain about it? Do you expect everything to go back to normal soon? We’ll cover the lessons on how to handle change from the parable Who Moved My Cheese. Use the dos and don’ts expressed in this story to find the best way to handle change in your own life.
Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for almost 100 years, killing 40% of Americans and leading to 3,000 heart attacks in America every day. What are the best strategies for heart disease prevention? Research indicates that you can prevent heart disease by eating more plant-based foods and fewer animal foods. We’ll cover an impressive study of how to prevent heart disease and discuss why doctors don’t share this information.
Heart disease kills 40% of Americans. What are the best heart disease treatments? And is there an effective diet for heart disease management? Although we’ve made huge technological advances in heart disease treatment, the most effective cure might still be what’s on your plate. We’ll cover the research exploring heart disease treatments, discuss why surgery may not be the safest (or most effective) treatment option, and learn the elements of the recommended diet for heart disease treatment.
What are the risk factors for heart disease? And which heart disease cause is the most influential: smoking, eating animal products, or your genes? We’ll look at the research that covers what heart disease is, what causes it, and which risk factors are the most important to be aware of. Learn why heart disease is largely preventable.
Perhaps one of the best-known Mormon survivalist families is the Westovers, made famous in daughter Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. What was it like to be a child in the Westover family? We’ll cover the parts of the book that best demonstrate what growing up in a Mormon survivalist family was like for Tara.
Can money buy happiness? Some might say it depends on who you ask, but social scientists might say it depends on how much you have. Learn how money affects your levels of happiness, why more isn’t necessarily better, and why more might actually be worse.
Want to live a meaningful life? Many of us do. But it’s not always clear what a meaningful life is, and how to achieve it.
Learn the steps to creating a meaningful live for yourself here.