The World's Best Book Summaries
Are you hyper-focused on having the perfect body? How can you love your body the way it is? The relentless pressure from societal expectations can turn eating into a struggle for many people. That’s why Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch tells you to accept your unique body and ditch the diets that are causing you to hate it. Continue reading to learn how to love your body.
What are you really good at? What do you enjoy so much that it can make you lose track of time? If you have ADHD, you can achieve incredible things when you take on challenges that align with your strengths and passions. Edward Hallowell and John Ratey explain how and why this works in their encouraging book ADHD 2.0. Keep reading to learn how to thrive with ADHD by leveraging your natural interests.
How well do you know the basic rules of logic? How often do you break them? Can you tell when others use flawed thinking? Steven Pinker argues that people often act irrationally even when they think they’re not. He examines how you can be more rational and make better decisions by improving your critical thinking skills and by understanding—and thus avoiding—the logical fallacies that people often fall victim to. Continue reading for Pinker’s explanation of formal and informal fallacies.
Is your mind burdened by self-doubt in front of others? How can you have presence? According to Amy Cuddy, “presence” is having faith in your abilities and feeling comfortable in your own skin, which naturally leads to an easy, confident mindset. She adds in her book Presence that when you embody presence, you exhibit agency over your self-expression. Find out how to have presence and remove a negative mindset.
What if you could make better decisions because you’re able to make better predictions? How can an eighteenth-century statistician help you? People often miscalculate the probability of an event occurring and then make poor decisions based on that miscalculation. Steven Pinker explains how you can use Bayesian reasoning to make more accurate assessments of evidence and, in turn, make more accurate predictions about the future. Read more to learn how to use Bayesian reasoning to make decisions that are based on a better understanding of what’s going on.
How does Carolyn Elliott define fear? What does she think comprises an effective ethical compass? In Existential Kink, Carolyn Elliott explains what existential kink is and how it emerged from Jungian psychology. She also provides activities to help you incorporate existential kink into your life. Below are three Existential Kink quotes that illustrate Elliott’s main ideas in the book.
Why should you prioritize appealing food? What’s the difference between food satisfaction and food morality? An essential way to tune into your body’s needs is to prioritize food satisfaction over food morality. This includes rejecting judgments and biases associated with food, focusing on how different foods make your body feel, and giving yourself unconditional permission to eat what you want. Below is advice on how to love food without feeling guilty about eating.
Are you superstitious at all? Can you tell when data is meaningful and when it’s just random? According to Steven Pinker, an important aspect of rationality is getting a good handle on probability and randomness in order to make more accurate assessments and, in turn, better decisions. He looks at two ways that people misunderstand probability and shares a handy tool to counter these flaws in thinking. Keep reading to get a better grasp on how probability works and how randomness comes into play.
Are your fears getting in the way of you living up to your fullest potential? How can you take control of your fears? According to Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott, fear and desire cannot exist without each other. But, in order to accept and manifest desires, you must confront what you’re afraid of. Keep reading to learn how to control your fears.
Is exercise a boring chore you have to push through? How can you enjoy working out? Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch explores how exercise, and finding joy in moving your body, can enhance your relationship with food. The number one strategy they recommend is changing your attitude about exercise. Read below to learn how to enjoy working out so you can improve your relationship with your body and food.