Shortform Books

Brené Brown: The Importance of Creativity, Play, & Rest

Why are creativity, play, and rest important to wholehearted living? Why should you stop using exhaustion as a status symbol? What are some of Brené Brown’s methods to release stress? According to Brené Brown, creativity, play, and rest are wholehearted behaviors that will promote a healthy mind and body. Society has led people to believe that these behaviors are childish and after a certain age, these abilities are scoffed at or degraded. Keep reading to learn why adults should re-embrace their creative sides.

Tony Robbins: Personal Rules for Empowerment

What are Tony Robbins’ personal rules? How can having effective personal rules improve your life? According to Tony Robbins, personal rules are the guidelines that decide if you’ve reached your values. For example, you may have a rule that you need a certain amount of money in the bank to feel that you’ve fulfilled your value of security. Creating effective and powerful empowering personal rules will allow you to feel more positive emotions in your daily life. Keep reading for more on Tony Robbins’ personal rules.

Marketing Yourself: How to Sell Your Services Effectively

What are the secrets to marketing yourself effectively? How will you recognize the new improvements in how you market yourself? You can improve how you are marketing yourself by improving the quality and quantity of the services you offer. You must also boost the spirit of your business interactions by being pleasant with everyone you work with. Yearly self-analysis will help you track how well you are improving as a marketer. Read on to learn more about the secrets of marketing yourself effectively.

The Complete Guide to Organizational Goals

Why do you need goals for your organization? What are the best tips and strategies for setting and achieving organizational goals? Every organization wants to succeed, and organizational goals define what success means for you. Many business books cover how to set goals and objectives and this comprehensive guide brings together all of the best advice from these books. Keep reading for our complete guide to organizational goals.

Intent Versus Impact: Understanding Microaggressions

What are microaggressions? Why do authors Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff believe that excessive focus on perceived microaggressions can lead to a negative feedback loop? In their book The Coddling of the American Mind, co-authors Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff say that the focus on microaggressions is unhealthy because oftentimes, the aggressive behavior is perceived when no intentional slight was actually made. The authors claim that many reactions to perceived insults are taken too far, especially when they lead to de-platforming. Keep reading to learn what Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff have to say about the intent versus impact of

The Healthiest Spices and Herbs to Use in Your Cooking

Do herbs and spices have benefits beyond their culinary use? What are some of the healthiest herbs and spices to use? Herbs and spices have been hailed for their healing properties well before their culinary use. Further, their health benefits have been corroborated by dozens of scientific studies. Here are some of the healthiest spices and herbs to use in your cooking.

Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work: Book Overview

What is the book Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work about? Why doesn’t motivation based on financial incentives work anymore? How can employers make employees feel motivated to do their best work? In the book Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work, Paul Marciano argues that engagement stems from respect and that employees don’t want to feel like a cog in a chain. That’s why Marciano suggests that managers use the RESPECT model to motivate their employees. Continue reading for an overview of Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work and the RESPECT model.

Arkad: The Story of the Richest Man in Babylon

Who is Arkad from The Richest Man in Babylon? What is his role in the story? How did Arkad go from a poor scribe to a wealthy merchant? Arkad is a fictional character from George S. Clason’s 1926 compilation of pamphlets titled The Richest Man in Babylon. He is the medium through which Clason imparts his advice on acquiring wealth. In the book, Arkad, who started his wealth journey as a poor scribe and ended up becoming a successful merchant, teaches the secrets of wealth to locals who come to him to learn how to stop struggling financially and become

Ego Is the Enemy: Book Review (Ryan Holiday)

Is Ryan Holiday’s Ego Is the Enemy worth reading? Why does Holiday argue that ego kills success notwithstanding the fact that many successful people are famously egotistical? In Ego Is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday defines ego as an unhealthy belief in one’s own importance that goes beyond mere confidence He notes that many successful people are famously egotistical, and he contends that as a result, society tends to think that ego is an important ingredient in success as if ego leads to accomplishment. However, Holiday argues that ego leads far more often to failure and that people find success only

Effective Team Communication: Make It Brief & Early

What is effective team communication in the leader-leader model? How can leaders communicate without controlling? Submarine captain David Marquet found that brief and early conversations with his crew at all levels were the key to effective team communication. Ultimately these conversations saved time, prevented mistakes, and focused efforts on the right objectives. Read more to learn this method of effective team communication.