Shortform Books

Career or Love? How to Choose Your Best Future

Do you have to choose between following your career or your heart? How do you know which is the right choice: career or love? Sometimes the stars align and you’re blessed with two of your life’s goals at once, a promotion and the man of your dreams. But wait. Your promotion would require you to move away. Suddenly it doesn’t feel like a blessing anymore and you’re forced to give one up. Which do you choose, career or love? Continue on for Steve Harvey’s advice on whether you should choose career or love.

The Top 5 Fever 1793 Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

Looking for Fever 1793 quotes from the book? How can these quotes help you understand the characters in the book better? Fever 1793 is a historical fiction book about the yellow fever epidemic that happened in Philadelphia. The book is from the point of view of a teenage girl and gives you insight into what that fearsome time may have been like. Continue below for five Fever 1793 quotes.

Find Your Passion—Then Commit to Pursuing It

How do you find your passion in life? Does everyone has a passion? And if so, how does one discover it? Everybody has a passion for something. According to Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project, to find your passion, you must let go of the image of yourself you’re trying to project to others and consider what you actually like to do with your time. In this article, we’ll discuss how to find your passion, and then explore different ways to grow in your passion.

Group Madness Theory: Why Crowds Go Crazy

Who invented the group madness theory? Why do people behave irrationally—even violently—when in a crowd? Group madness is the idea that people lose their free will, reasoning, and restraint when in a crowd—everyone goes mad all at once and there’s no ideological motivation or justification involved. Group madness theory was invented by nineteenth-century French polymath Gustave LeBon. Keep reading to learn about Gustagrve LeBon’s group madness theory.

Plant-Based Eating: Why All the Hype?

What’s all the hype about plant-based eating? Are diets consisting primarily of plant-derived foods really better for you? What are the main benefits of plant-based eating? There are numerous health benefits to eating a plant-based diet. To name a few, plant-based foods contain more antioxidants (compounds that fight free radicals) and fewer calories. They are also lower in toxins. Learn about the benefits of plant-based eating.

Effective Feedback: Learning Just Got Easier

Why is feedback so important to the learning process? What are the different types of feedback? What four methods can help you improve the feedback you receive? One crucial component of ultralearning is feedback. Learning ability is improved when feedback is intense, immediate, and free of bias. However, there are types of feedback that can impede your learning that you should filter out. Keep reading to learn about the different types of learning feedback.

Groupthink in the Workplace Hurts Creativity

What is the problem with groupthink in the workplace? What are some ways groupthink can affect an organization? Groupthink suppresses dissenting opinions for the sake of social harmony and conformity. In the workplace, groupthink can become especially toxic because it discourages people to voice their ideas out of fear of disrupting social harmony. New ideas should always surface, regardless of what a fraction of people believe in and how threatening it can be to any portion of the company. Keep reading to learn about the causes and consequences of groupthink in the workplace.

Stop Waiting for Confirmation: Take a Leap of Faith

Do you want to take a big chance in life but you’re waiting for confirmation that it’s okay? How can you know if you’re acting in accordance with God’s plan? In his book Everyone, Always, Bob Goff shares a story about a time he stopped waiting for green lights, and the risk paid off. Goff says that God has a plan for you and that your life and faith are the only green lights you need to move forward. Keep reading to hear what Bob Goff has to say about waiting for confirmation.

Matthew McConaughey: College at UT Austin

Where did Matthew McConaughey go to college? How did he make the most of his college experience? For Matthew McConaughey, going to college had always meant one thing—getting a law degree and going on to be a defense attorney. But by his sophomore year, McConaughey knew he wanted to work in film. Read more about Matthew McConaughey and his college experience below.

Everybody, Always: Bob Goff’s Book on Love

What is Everybody, Always by Bob Goff about? What lessons can you learn from Bob Goff’s book about Christian love? Everybody, Always, Bob Goff’s book about loving others, teaches the importance of loving everybody, even your enemies. Goff says that there is no perfect time or place to start showing love, and you should start loving everyone right now if you want to become love as God intended. Continue on to read about Everybody, Always by Bob Goff.