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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence By Anna Lembke – Book Summary & Reflections
The Woman Behind the Book Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she runs the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She spent…
Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behaviour (and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business and in Life) By Thomas Erikson – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Thomas Erikson is a Swedish lecturer and writer who spent years training people in communication before he wrote anything at all. Omgiven av idioter appeared…
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Robert Greene was born in Los Angeles in 1959 and spent almost two decades doing very little that looked like a career. He studied classical…
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney – Book Summary & Reflections
The Men Behind the Book Roy Baumeister is one of the most cited social psychologists alive. For three decades he has run laboratory studies on self-control, aggression, belonging and the…
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst By Robert Sapolsky – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Robert Sapolsky is a neuroscientist and primatologist, Professor of Biology, Neurology and Neurosurgery at Stanford University, and a recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant. As…
The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level By Gay Hendricks – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Gay Hendricks is an American psychologist who earned his doctorate in counselling psychology at Stanford and spent more than two decades as a professor at…
Greenlights By Matthew McConaughey – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Matthew McConaughey is an American actor from Uvalde, Texas, born in 1969, best known for a career that swung from lightweight romantic comedies to the…
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos By Jordan Peterson – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and, for most of his career, a professor at the University of Toronto. Before he was famous, he…
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson — Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Mark Manson began as a blogger writing bluntly about dating, relationships, and the messier sides of being human. Over years he built a large audience…
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion By Robert Cialdini – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Robert Cialdini is an American social psychologist who spent decades studying a single question: why do people say yes? Frustrated that the textbooks of his…
Ego Is the Enemy By Ryan Holiday – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book Ryan Holiday left college at nineteen to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, and soon became director of marketing at…
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones By James Clear – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book James Clear is an American writer who built a large following through a weekly newsletter on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. Atomic Habits, published in…
Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds By David Goggins – Book Summary & Reflections
The Man Behind the Book David Goggins is a retired US Navy SEAL, ultra-endurance athlete, and one of the few people to have completed SEAL training, Army Ranger School, and…
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success By Carol S. Dweck – Book Summary & Reflections
The Core Idea Carol Dweck, a Stanford psychologist, spent decades studying why some people crumble under failure while others grow stronger. Her answer was not talent, IQ, or confidence —…
The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest – Book Summary & Reflections
Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery Author & Book Overview Brianna Wiest is an international bestselling author and thought leader in emotional intelligence and personal development. Her work has been featured in…
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
Explanations That Transform the World Author & Book Overview David Deutsch is a British physicist at the University of Oxford, where he works at the Department of Atomic and Molecular…
Rebuild: the Economy, Leadership, and You by Graham Boyd & Jack Reardon (2020)
Author & Book Overview Graham Boyd, PhD has lived three careers in one lifetime — particle physicist, manager at Procter & Gamble, and serial startup founder. He is the founder…
The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
About the Authors and Book The Courage to Be Disliked is the work of two Japanese authors: Ichiro Kishimi, a philosopher and certified counsellor based in Kyoto who has spent…
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
About the Author and Book Michael A. Singer is an American spiritual teacher, meditator, and entrepreneur — a combination that gives his work an unusual credibility across both contemplative and…
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less By Greg McKeown
Greg McKeown was born in London in 1977 and went on to earn an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business — an institution whose influence permeates his thinking throughout…