The World's Best Book Summaries
What is Roxie Nafousi’s Manifest about? What’s the key message to take away from the book? In Manifest, Roxie Nafousi presents her method for adopting the mindset necessary to manifest anything you want in life. According to Nafousi, there’s more to manifestation than simply picturing the thing you desire. Below is a brief overview of Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life by Roxie Nafousi.
Are your thoughts leading you in directions that you truly want to go? What do you wish you could replace your fears with? Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich is a classic guide to success. First published in 1937, following the Great Depression, the book was immediately welcomed as an antidote to hard times and remained a bestseller for decades. Continue reading to find several Think and Grow Rich exercises that will help you understand and apply the book’s ideas.
Is the state of climate science worse than the state of the climate itself? How could it be made more useful? According to Steven Koonin, climate science is in big trouble. He argues that climate science is frequently misconstrued, and he attempts to diagnose the root of this problem and propose a remedy. Continue reading to learn Koonin’s suggestions for repairing climate science.
Are you addicted to social media or your phone? What is a dopamine detox? Social media, television, and video games are all fun to have, but too much of them can steer us away from what’s important. Thibaut Meurisse’s book Dopamine Detox warns us that if we don’t get our dopamine levels under control, we’ll never get meaningful work done. Continue reading to get an idea of the dopamine detox and how it can help you.
Is language innate, or do we learn it from our environment? Is grammar universal? What clues do certain medical conditions give us? Steven Pinker argues in favor of the innatist theory, arguing that language is an innate, biological ability in humans. He contends that, just like the chameleon’s ability to camouflage itself or the falcon’s high-speed flight, the ability to produce and interpret complex language is an evolved human superpower. Read more to learn why Pinker believes that language is not just an element of human culture that gets passed from person to person.
What’s the Law of the Mirror? How can it help you grow as a person? The Law of the Mirror, John Maxwell says, is that you can’t add value to yourself until you see value in yourself. In other words, self-worth can help you achieve personal growth. He provides advice on how you can learn to see value in yourself more. Keep reading to learn about the Law of the Mirror and how it can help you grow.
What is the importance of social gatherings? Why do you need a reason to have gatherings? Before you plan your gathering, whether it’s a formal meeting or party, you need to understand why it’s important to have one. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker contends that the first thing you should do when planning your gathering is to identify the reason, or “purpose,” for which you’re gathering. Continue reading if you want to learn the importance of your social gathering.
Why is a growth mindset important? How can you take ownership of your circumstances? If you fixate on the past and its problems, you’ll never take the initiative to move forward. Be Your Future Self Now by Benjamin Hardy illustrates this by showing how a growth mindset helps you inspire change in the future. Check out why a growth mindset is important for people stuck in the past.
Why is emotional safety a human need? How do people achieve emotional safety? Based on Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman created a new hierarchy of needs in his book Transcend. According to him, neuroscience and psychological research reveal that we all have security needs, and he notes that emotional safety is one of them. Read on to learn why emotional safety is so important to humans, according to Kaufman.
Would you like to be more open-minded and objective? Do you value truth above all? In The Second Mountain, David Brooks argues that the relationalist approach (the “second mountain” he endorses) requires a commitment to the intellectual life. It’s the pathway, he says, to our highest desires. Continue reading to learn how intellectual pursuits lead you upward and onward.