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Book summaries, excerpts, and key takeaways from great reads.
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Book Summaries
153
The Most Important Thing Illuminated - Highlights
December 5, 2022
Investing
Richer, Wiser, Happier -- Summary
August 6, 2022
Investing
Lessons from - The Ultimate Trading Psychology Guide
December 19, 2021
Liftoff -- Highlights
September 18, 2021
Biographies, Business, Technology
The Optimal Dose -- Summary
August 1, 2021
Health
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine -- Highlights
August 1, 2021
Biographies, Investing
One Up on Wall Street -- Summary
May 4, 2021
Investing
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit -- Summary
April 14, 2021
Psychology
The Infinite Machine -- Summary
March 28, 2021
Technology
Learn to Earn -- Summary
January 21, 2021
Business, Investing
Plants, Performance and the Endocannabinoid System -- Summary
December 14, 2020
Thank You Economy -- Summary
November 2, 2020
Business
When I say no, I feel guilty -- Summary
May 16, 2020
Culture, Psychology
Black Privilege -- Summary
May 3, 2020
Biographies,
What It Takes -- Summary
April 5, 2020
Biographies, Business, Education, Investing
The Self-made Billionaire Effect -- Summary
February 29, 2020
Business, Investing, Self-Improvement
Trillion Dollar Coach -- Summary
January 24, 2020
Biographies, Business, Technology
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead -- Summary
January 6, 2020
Biographies, Culture, Self-Improvement
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built -- Summary
December 26, 2019
Biographies, Investing, Self-Improvement, Technology
Remote : Office Not Required -- Summary
December 12, 2019
Self-Improvement, Technology
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson -- Summary
November 22, 2019
Biographies,
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire -- Summary
October 14, 2019
Biographies,
Business at the Speed of Thought -- Summary
September 15, 2019
Lessons from SuperBetter
September 8, 2019
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur -- Summary
June 6, 2019
Biographies,
Lessons from -- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
May 30, 2019
Self-Improvement
A few lessons from -- The Oxygen Advantage
May 26, 2019
Atomic Habits -- Summary
May 11, 2019
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Lessons from -- What Doesn't Kill Us & The Wim Hoff Method
April 28, 2019
Lessons from -- Delivering Happiness
April 16, 2019
Lessons from -- The third Door
April 8, 2019
Rework Summary
February 21, 2019
How to Win at the Sport of Business -- Summary
February 3, 2019
Business
Learned Optimism
January 15, 2019
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Lessons from Dreaming of Stanford
December 24, 2018
Mindsight
November 6, 2018
Psychology
Lessons from Mindfulness
September 16, 2018
Meditation
Lessons from Buddha's Brain
August 31, 2018
Meditation
Lessons from The Happiness Advantage
April 21, 2018
Meditation
Lessons from Self Esteem Mastery
February 22, 2018
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Lessons from University of Berkshire Hathaway
January 11, 2018
Lessons from Arnold's Total Recall
December 10, 2017
Biographies,
The meditation transformation -- Summary
December 6, 2017
Meditation
Stick with it -- Summary
November 27, 2017
60 seconds and you're hired -- Summary
November 23, 2017
Self-Improvement
Becoming Steve Jobs - Summary
November 21, 2017
Biographies,
Pitch anything -- Summary
November 11, 2017
Culture, Psychology
Mastery by George Leonard -- Summary
November 10, 2017
Physics of the impossible -- Summary
November 7, 2017
Physics of the future -- Summary
October 29, 2017
Science
The gifts of imperfection -- Summary
October 13, 2017
Culture, Psychology
The happiness project -- Summary
October 10, 2017
Meditation
Mi percepción de las cosas cambió
October 6, 2017
The Blue Zones -- Book Summary
September 2, 2017
Health
5 levels of leadership -- Book Summary
August 29, 2017
Failing forward -- Book Summary
August 27, 2017
Sam Walton: Made in America
August 13, 2017
Business
Feel the fear and do it anyway -- Synthesis
July 13, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
People over profit -- key concepts
July 6, 2017
Business, Investing, Self-Improvement
Mastery -- Summary
July 1, 2017
Self-Improvement
10% Happier -- key concepts
June 27, 2017
Meditation
A mind for numbers -- Summary
June 10, 2017
Education, Science, Self-Improvement
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude -- Summary
May 19, 2017
Business, Self-Improvement
Good to great -- Summary
May 8, 2017
Business, Self-Improvement
Positivity -- Summary
May 2, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Reality is Plastic -- Summary
April 6, 2017
Creativity Inc. -- Summary
April 3, 2017
Self-Improvement
Essentialism -- Summary
March 30, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
The everything store -- Summary
March 21, 2017
Biographies, Business, Self-Improvement
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ -- Summary
March 18, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Growth Hacker Marketing -- Summary
March 17, 2017
Business, Self-Improvement
Payoff -- Summary
March 15, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Eat that frog -- Summary
March 11, 2017
Self-Improvement
The desire map -- Summary
March 10, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
The 22 immutable laws of marketing -- Summary
March 7, 2017
Business, Self-Improvement
The lean startup -- Summary
March 6, 2017
Business
How we learn -- Summary
March 6, 2017
Education, Self-Improvement
Made to stick -- Summary
March 3, 2017
Business, Education, Psychology, Self-Improvement
Predictably Irrational -- Summary
March 2, 2017
Psychology
Mindware -- Summary
March 2, 2017
Psychology
Nudge -- Summary
February 26, 2017
Psychology
How Google works -- Summary
February 25, 2017
Business, Technology
A whole new mind -- Summary
February 24, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Switch -- Summary
February 23, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Flow -- Summary
February 22, 2017
Drive -- Summary
February 22, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
The future of the mind -- Summary
February 21, 2017
Science
Elon Musk -- Summary
February 19, 2017
Biographies,
Machine Learning -- Summary
February 18, 2017
Technology
The tipping point -- Summary
February 16, 2017
The art of thinking clearly -- Summary
February 15, 2017
Psychology
Manage Yourself -- Summary
February 14, 2017
Self-Improvement
Follow your gut — Summary
February 6, 2017
Health
Mistakes were made, how we justify bad decisions -- Summary
January 30, 2017
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Bad Science -- Summary
January 29, 2017
Science
Think and grow rich — Summary
January 27, 2017
Business, Self-Improvement
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth — Summary
January 27, 2017
Biographies, Science, Self-Improvement
Small Giants — Summary
January 23, 2017
Business, Investing
The long tail — Summary
January 23, 2017
Business
Purple cow — Summary
January 22, 2017
Business
Permission Marketing — Summary
January 21, 2017
Business
The lessons of history — Summary
January 21, 2017
Culture
Salt Sugar Fat — Summary
January 18, 2017
Health
Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down — Summary
January 17, 2017
Invisible Influence — Summary
January 16, 2017
Culture, Psychology
Never eat alone — Summary
January 15, 2017
Culture, Psychology, Self-Improvement
The Big Fat surprise — Summary
January 13, 2017
Health
The ONE thing — Summary
January 12, 2017
Self-Improvement
The magic of thinking big — Summary
January 11, 2017
Self-Improvement
The Fast Diet — Summary
January 11, 2017
Health
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind — Summary
January 10, 2017
Eat to live — Summary
January 9, 2017
Health
Why we get fat — Summary
January 9, 2017
Health
It starts with food — Summary
January 8, 2017
Health
The Omnivore’s Dilemma — Summary
January 8, 2017
Health
The China Study — Summary
January 8, 2017
Health
HOW TO READ A BOOK — Summary
January 7, 2017
Education
Thinking Fast and Slow — Summary
January 6, 2017
Psychology
Freakonomics — Summary
January 5, 2017
Investing, Psychology
The 4 Hour Work Week — Summary
January 4, 2017
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity — Summary
January 4, 2017
Rich Dad poor Dad — Summary
January 4, 2017
Business, Investing
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Summary
January 2, 2017
Culture, Self-Improvement
The 80/20 Principle — Summary
January 1, 2017
Education, Psychology, Self-Improvement
The Talent Code — Summary
December 31, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Your Brain at Work — Summary
December 30, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Bounce — Summary
December 30, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
You Can Negotiate Anything — Summary
December 29, 2016
Business, Culture, Psychology, Self-Improvement
Influence — Summary
December 28, 2016
Culture, Psychology, Self-Improvement
Where good Ideas come from — Summary
December 28, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Zero to One — Summary
December 26, 2016
Business, Investing, Self-Improvement
Mindset — Summary
December 24, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do — Summary
December 23, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
The Checklist Manifesto — Summary
December 22, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Grit : The Power of Passion and Perseverance — Summary
December 21, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Outliers — Summary
December 20, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
How to Win Friends & Influence People — Summary
December 16, 2016
Culture, Self-Improvement
Rewire — Summary
December 15, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Willpower — Summary
December 15, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
The power of Habit — Summary
December 14, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
Smarter Faster Better — Summary
December 13, 2016
Psychology, Self-Improvement
As a Man Thinketh — Summary
December 12, 2016
Self-Improvement
Attached — Summary
December 12, 2016
Culture, Psychology
A Curious Mind — Summary
December 9, 2016
Education, Self-Improvement
Deep work — Summary
December 9, 2016
Self-Improvement
10 days to faster reading — Summary
December 7, 2016
Self-Improvement
La fuerza de voluntad (‘Willpower’)
December 6, 2016
La revolución del sueño (Resumen del libro)
December 5, 2016
The sleep revolution — Summary
December 5, 2016
Self-Improvement
‘Mindfulness en la vida cotidiana’
November 29, 2016
Redefine el éxito
November 27, 2016
“Quien se ha llevado mi ??” Cómo enfrentar a la incertidumbre
November 25, 2016
Nuestro cerebro trabajando -- Resumen
November 20, 2016
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Book Excerpts
64
“I’m the Richest Guy in the World” -- Excerpt from Richer, Wiser, Happier
December 29, 2021
Business, Investing
One Up on Wall Street -- Summary
May 4, 2021
Investing
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit -- Summary
April 14, 2021
Psychology
The Infinite Machine -- Summary
March 28, 2021
Technology
The Blackstone way of Investing
March 11, 2020
Investing
CYCLES: INVESTING THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS
March 9, 2020
Investing
THE HARDER THE PROBLEM, THE MORE LIMITED THE COMPETITION
March 6, 2020
Business
The Superpowers of a third-person perspective -- Exerpt from SuperBetter
May 18, 2019
Self-Improvement
Every Skill You Acquire Doubles Your Odds of Success -- Excerpt from Scott Adam's book
May 12, 2019
Self-Improvement
Lessons from -- What Doesn't Kill Us & The Wim Hoff Method
April 28, 2019
Patient Urgency -- Excerpt from The Self-made Billionaire Effect
April 23, 2019
Biographies, Business, Investing
Be willing to be lucky
April 18, 2019
Tony Hsieh's earlier Business experiences
April 2, 2019
Rewire your brain through games
March 26, 2019
The Power of Games
March 12, 2019
Assertivity in Public Speaking
March 9, 2019
Learn to have control over your autonomous nervous system
March 4, 2019
Empathetic Imagination -- Excerpt from The Self-made Billionaire Effect
March 3, 2019
Business, Investing
In learning, embrace difficulties
March 2, 2019
Assertively Dealing with Manipulation, an Example
February 28, 2019
The Accountability Mirror
February 27, 2019
Dual mindsets of Billionaires -- Book Excerpt from The Self-made Billionaire Effect
February 24, 2019
If you want to be a successful CEO, listen to your customers
January 27, 2019
The Broken Record, a skill to stop manipulation attempts
January 26, 2019
Political systems can instill Hope or Despair in a population
December 26, 2018
A beautiful example of how mindfulness can change the mind -- Book excerpt from Mindsight
May 17, 2018
Using the path of least resistance to build new habits -- Excerpt from The Happiness Advantage
April 30, 2018
Psychology
Warren Buffett explains the ideal business
January 28, 2018
Investing
Why a trade deficit is bad
January 28, 2018
La enfermedad coronaria empieza en la infancia
January 27, 2018
Investing rule number one, don't lose money
January 23, 2018
Investing
Como no morir de enfermedad coronaria
January 21, 2018
Derivatives explained
January 15, 2018
The three lessons Warren Buffet learned about investing as a child
December 13, 2017
Investing
Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger vs modern portfolio theory
December 4, 2017
Investing
Arnold Schwarzenegger about motivating kids - Excerpt
November 25, 2017
Meditation: How to set the right expectations - Excerpt
November 21, 2017
Meditation
La soja vs el cáncer de mama
October 30, 2017
PERIODIZATION: How to train more efficiently
October 21, 2017
Health
Why some people don't get value out of self-help books
October 19, 2017
Blog,
Kevin Mitnick: The making of a Hacker -- Excerpt
October 15, 2017
Hacer retroceder a la diabetes con una dieta basada en plantas
October 15, 2017
Research: How to tell fact from fiction -- Excerpt
October 11, 2017
Health
Stress impacts motivation
October 9, 2017
What is inner contentment ? -- Book Excerpt
October 8, 2017
The Laws of Love and the Laws of Life -- Book Exerpt
October 7, 2017
Do the best you can and you will feel good even if you fail -- Total Recall Book Excerpt
September 1, 2017
How a plant based diet lead him to run for hours without tiring -- Finding Ultra Book Excerpt
August 31, 2017
The Power in Plants -- Finding Ultra Book Excerpt
August 30, 2017
The food industry vs public health -- Book Excerpt from The healthiest Diet on the Planet
August 24, 2017
Ground flaxseed vs high blood pressure -- Book Excerpt
August 21, 2017
Superalimentos: Legumbres
August 20, 2017
Plantas vs Depresión
August 15, 2017
Perder peso comiendo más legumbres
July 27, 2017
A one minute mindfulness meditation
July 14, 2017
Meditation
"La caballería aún no ha llegado..."
July 12, 2017
How Buddhism relates to Science
July 2, 2017
The everything store -- Summary
March 21, 2017
Biographies, Business, Self-Improvement
Charlie Munger's favorite Books
March 12, 2017
Bill Gate's favorite Books
March 12, 2017
Warren Buffett's favorite Books
March 12, 2017
Elon Musk's favorite Books
March 12, 2017
How to SMART read
February 15, 2017
Blog, Education
HOW TO READ A BOOK — Summary
January 7, 2017
Education
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