Shortform Books

Affirmations to Keep Going When You Feel Like Quitting

Looking for some positive affirmations to keep going? Which affirmations should you use when you feel like quitting on your goals? According to Gary John Bishop’s book Unfu*k Yourself, you can achieve great things if you develop the resilience to stick with your goals when you feel like quitting. In his book, he provides positive affirmations to keep going and embrace uncertainty as you pursue your dreams. Read on to discover Bishop’s affirmations to help you reshape your thoughts and keep going towards your goals.

50 Cent’s Rule for Overcoming Fear & Living Your Dreams

What is 50 Cent’s rule for overcoming your fears in life? How did he overcome his own fears and become so successful? According to The 50th Law by rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) and author Robert Greene, the fear of what others think of us, what we’ll lose, the future, and so on, is the biggest factor holding us back in life. In the book, 50 Cent shares his most influential rule for facing your fears to gain power and success. Read on to learn 50 Cent’s rule for overcoming fears and living your dreams, according to The 50th Law.

How to Develop a Resilient Mindset: The 3 Steps

What does it take to have a resilient mindset? How does resilience conquer overthinking? In Stop Overthinking, Nick Trenton explains that, in many cases, an overthinking habit is perpetuated by negative thought patterns. To combat these patterns, you need to identify these habits, challenge them, and replace them with positive thoughts. Let’s look at how you can create a resilient mindset that will protect you from negativity.

Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn: Overview

What is Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn about? What are the main takeaways of the book? Many people struggle to get started with mindfulness or need a new routine. In Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn provides a guide for anyone who’s interested in exploring mindfulness further, from the tentative beginner to the seasoned practitioner. Read below for a brief overview of Kabat-Zinn’s book.

How & Why America’s Media Elite Stole Power From the People

How did the emergence of radio and television affect the political scene in America? Is the internet a solution to the problem—or just more of the problem? Over time, the American people have lost political power. C. Wright Mills identifies the media as one of the three institutions that control the relationship between the people and their political circumstances. He explains how and why the media elite gradually took power away from the people. Continue reading to understand the connection between the media and political power.

Mapping Innovation: How to Use a Two-Factor Cluster Map

What’s the importance of mapping innovation? How can you use maps to discover what you need to work on in your company? One of Vijay Kumar’s favorite innovation tools he describes in his book 101 Design Methods is the two-factor cluster map. The map may reveal important relationships or opportunities if you find that the dots cluster together in some areas while other regions of the plot are empty. Let’s look at how mapping innovation works, using the seven tasks of innovation that Kumar highly recommends following.

How a Lack of Money Impacts Economic Decision-Making

How does a lack of money affect economic decision-making? Why are poor people more rational decision-makers? According to behavioral science researchers Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir, financial scarcity forces people to become experts at making a dollar stretch further. As a result, poor people tend to make more rational economic decisions. Here’s how a lack of money affects economic decision-making.

Six Thinking Hats: Exercises to Help You Put Your Thinking Caps On

Would you like to make decisions faster? Is your internal critic way too loud? In Six Thinking Hats, Edward de Bono takes the phrase “put your thinking cap on” to a new level. Our normal thinking process is a hopeless tangle of six types of thinking. We can improve the quality and efficiency of our decisions by untangling these six types and deploying them more consciously. Continue reading for Six Thinking Hats exercises that will help you implement the ideas in the book.

4 Ways Attitudes Toward Work Are Changing in the U.S.

What are people’s attitudes toward work in the U.S.? How are job attitudes changing? The pandemic and the recent wave of tech industry layoffs have been changing Americans’ attitudes toward work. The pandemic has prompted many workers to crave a better work-life balance, leading them to search for new careers and in some cases opt for part-time work. Keep reading to discover the four ways Americans’ attitudes toward work are changing.

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Are we individual beings, or is that a false sense of identity? Is everything relative? What’s wrong with reductive science? Many Westerners internalize the idea that each of us is an individual—separate from others and our surroundings. However, in The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, British philosopher Alan Watts argues that the concept of humans as separate beings is an illusion: the ego trick. Read more for an overview of this thought-provoking book.