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name: Learning with creativity: Let the game begin!
description: By School Education Gateway - Teacher Academy via Independent
topics: learning;play;games;education
links:
course|https://www.schooleducationgateway.eu/en/pub/teacher_academy/catalogue/detail.cfm?cbmid=6195144


iid: 7d6f7f5d-a768-4e70-88b5-f7cf18e28fae
name: Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom
description: By Columbia University via edX
topics: education;diversity
links:
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iid: d392a2cd-cdab-4a8a-bb2a-e27fbfb9dddd
name: Postgraduate Academic Literacy for Management and Business Students
description: By University of the Witwatersrand via edX
topics: academics;research
links:
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iid: ca6e3ac0-b28f-4f2c-baf6-b21b47162bf1
name: Case Studies in Continuous Educational Improvement
description: By University of Michigan via edX
topics: education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-case-studies-in-continuous-educational-improvement-7245


iid: 998588ac-a392-4e78-9646-73a696098fe3
name: Testing Times in the Classroom: Challenges of 21st Century Education
description: By University of Exeter via FutureLearn
topics: education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-testing-times-in-the-classroom-challenges-of-21st-century-education-12436


iid: 43605c91-24da-44c4-9eef-4c3f268e7f14
name: Academic Skills for University Success: Capstone
description: By The University of Sydney via Coursera
topics: academics;university
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/coursera-academic-skills-for-university-success-capstone-6692


iid: 0a356abd-e07d-46a1-950b-d8a7cb52c1ff
name: Using Technology in Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning
description: By Chartered College of Teaching via FutureLearn
topics: education;edtech
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-using-technology-in-evidence-based-teaching-and-learning-13064


iid: d413120b-6bd7-4d1a-9552-b335e6187c04
name: Kickstart Your Career: Getting Ahead at University
description: By Queensland University of Technology via FutureLearn
topics: university
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-kickstart-your-career-getting-ahead-at-university-7626


iid: 2ad8ccad-4e62-4474-b6af-756d5cfa9937
name: Blended Learning Essentials: Embedding Practice
description: By University of Leeds via FutureLearn
topics: learning;education
links:
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iid: be07e074-a729-4c4a-8fc4-269e482d4851
name: Our Solar System and Beyond: Teaching Primary Science
description: By Royal Observatory, Greenwich via FutureLearn
topics: solar-systen;science;teaching
links:
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iid: b9e6ac0a-4852-40dd-8c52-839a6ab9f4f4
name: Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment
description: By National STEM Learning Centre via FutureLearn
topics: learning
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-planning-for-learning-formative-assessment-11981


iid: 7137de30-07e9-4655-87c3-1a23e2435579
name: Introduction to Cybersecurity for Teachers
description: By Raspberry Pi Foundation via FutureLearn
topics: computer-security
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-introduction-to-cybersecurity-for-teachers-13709


iid: 80e85870-6ea7-40c7-9d99-df619be8deb6
name: The Online Educator: People and Pedagogy
description: By The Open University via FutureLearn
topics: education
links:
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iid: e191da07-8736-4810-b1a2-5e26fc301e5b
name: Introduction to Educational Design in Higher Education
description: By University of New South Wales via FutureLearn
topics: education;higher-education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-introduction-to-educational-design-in-higher-education-8190


iid: 59818e73-01f1-428c-9e94-168b664cf971
name: Understanding Maths and Logic in Computer Science
description: By Raspberry Pi Foundation via FutureLearn
topics: mathematics;logic;computer-science
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-understanding-maths-and-logic-in-computer-science-13237


iid: feef5518-411e-4068-9210-73c778f93085
name: Teaching Students Who Have Suffered Complex Trauma
description: By Queensland University of Technology via FutureLearn
topics: teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-teaching-students-who-have-suffered-complex-trauma-10581


iid: 5d7b1ff7-fb06-47f6-847c-1bf1d99f02f6
name: Designing learner-centric e-learning in STEM disciplines
description: By Indian Institute of Technology Bombay via Swayam
topics: education;science
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/swayam-designing-learner-centric-e-learning-in-stem-disciplines-13999


iid: 854f514d-394c-4738-af5a-92c49425eb93
name: Teaching And Learning in General Programs: TALG
description: By Indian Institute of Technology Bangalore via Swayam
topics: teaching;nations/india
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/swayam-teaching-and-learning-in-general-programs-talg-14321


iid: 17fa9462-1518-4947-abac-0b0d7fd30c4e
name: Intervention and Teaching Strategies for Visually Impaired
description: By CEC via Swayam
topics: teaching;disability
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/swayam-intervention-and-teaching-strategies-for-visually-impaired-14136


iid: 6a95458e-a40a-4e55-97af-3588eab648a4
name: Providing Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Special Education Services in School
description: By University of Colorado System via Coursera
topics: education;school
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/coursera-providing-social-emotional-behavioral-and-special-education-services-in-school-12825


iid: f536c3cf-2fda-43a0-867d-21a0a7703400
name: Information & Digital Literacy for University Success
description: By The University of Sydney via Coursera
topics: university;information-technology
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/coursera-information-digital-literacy-for-university-success-6690


iid: 5fba1584-a14b-44da-9a9d-a75a5d35491b
name: Learning Online: Learning and Collaborating
description: By University of Leeds via FutureLearn
topics: university;learning
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-learning-online-learning-and-collaborating-5015


iid: 546b4269-130f-4c7f-86dd-dac3e4218a02
name: Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam
description: By Google Cloud via Coursera
topics: google-cloud
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/coursera-preparing-for-the-google-cloud-professional-data-engineer-exam-12822


iid: 1e317b59-6d56-4787-8e9f-21fc69321a1c
name: Prepare for Your SAP Business ByDesign Certification – Application Associate
description: By via openSAP
topics: software-tools/sap
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/opensap-prepare-for-your-sap-business-bydesign-certification-application-associate-14430


iid: 529a3c4d-8ceb-4de0-a9ad-2c38f2e3cebd
name: Action Learning for Inclusion
description: By Politecnico di Milano via Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
topics: urban-planning;education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/polimi-open-knowledge-action-learning-for-inclusion-11790


iid: 7357fb72-402b-4214-970e-8ace1fdf9df5
name: New Assessment Strategies - The magic of feedback
description: By Politecnico di Milano via Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
topics: education;assessment
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/polimi-open-knowledge-new-assessment-strategies-the-magic-of-feedback-10149


iid: bd12b3eb-c1b8-4545-9766-a377d38a2321
name: Engaging Students in Active Learning
description: By via Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
topics: education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/polimi-open-knowledge-engaging-students-in-active-learning-9299


iid: 4354919b-5d9a-4977-a2df-bd7f2bc3391e
name: DTransform101 - D-TRANSFORM: University Strategies in the Digital Age
description: By Politecnico di Milano via Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
topics: university;education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/polimi-open-knowledge-dtransform101-d-transform-university-strategies-in-the-digital-age-8815


iid: 52cb0379-2c63-4648-a2de-39126a0a2399
name: Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching (HE)
description: By Swinburne University of Technology via Canvas Network
topics: university;teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-contemporary-approaches-to-university-teaching-he-9948


iid: 9e2d3f76-43b7-4318-a205-0423662bb21c
name: Professional Development for Early Career Teachers
description: By University of East Anglia via FutureLearn
topics: teaching;careers
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-professional-development-for-early-career-teachers-9975


iid: 18fdb576-e934-4a83-85f5-3fdbe0df517d
name: Curriculum, Adaptation & Teaching Strategies for Visual Impaired
description: By CEC via Swayam
topics: education;disability
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/swayam-curriculum-adaptation-teaching-strategies-for-visual-impaired-13976


iid: 3f536974-8a7c-4b34-b4fc-bcd83f857330
name: How to survive the first weeks at ATGM (Avans)
description: By Avans University of Applied Sciences via Canvas Network
topics: education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-how-to-survive-the-first-weeks-at-atgm-avans-9151


iid: 5fb909b7-5833-47a0-84e9-7eaa284b6df3
name: Designing an Exemplary Course
description: By via Open Education by Blackboard
topics: education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/open-education-by-blackboard-designing-an-exemplary-course-784


iid: 7d013801-7c76-4bf9-828c-022432b8e1fe
name: Overcoming Barriers of Technology Adoption
description: By via Open Education by Blackboard
topics: edtech
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/open-education-by-blackboard-overcoming-barriers-of-technology-adoption-1289


iid: 5e56e385-f6fe-4841-aef2-a4f0fb40412a
name: International Learning Designs Challenge
description: By Institute of Education, University of London via Open Education by Blackboard
topics: education
links:
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iid: 5a99eeb3-0a75-4b0b-9b72-35ddbb67e4f1
name: Multicultural Resources for Diverse Populations
description: By Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics via Open Education by Blackboard
topics: education;diversity
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/open-education-by-blackboard-multicultural-resources-for-diverse-populations-1801


iid: 85e99a74-a71c-4f9e-bde3-c88fd02b04eb
name: Scaling up Excellence - How to run a world class MOOC
description: By Taylor's University via OpenLearning
topics: mooc;education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/openlearning-scaling-up-excellence-how-to-run-a-world-class-mooc-2334


iid: 4fb26d40-e009-4c0f-ac83-e330f4fefd16
description: By Stanford University via NovoEd
topics: education;assessment
name:
Learning from Your Students: A Lab Course in Formative Assessment Practice in the Era of the Common Core State Standards

links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/novoed-learning-from-your-students-a-lab-course-in-formative-assessment-practice-in-the-era-of-the-common-core-state-standards-2037


iid: 9b4d19a7-bd27-4a12-a4e5-13d3b68382de
name: OpenKnowledge: Changing the global course of learning
description: By Stanford University via Stanford OpenEdx
topics: learning;culture
links:
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iid: e646b12a-4d37-4852-92e7-d4f6eda1089d
name: Supporting English Language Learners under New Standards
description: By Stanford University via NovoEd
topics: languages/english;teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/novoed-supporting-english-language-learners-under-new-standards-2457


iid: 6e6a6045-393a-4252-85e8-31d74806bcdb
description: By Stanford University via NovoEd
topics: teaching
name:
Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for College and Career Readiness (Secondary)

links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/novoed-constructive-classroom-conversations-mastering-language-for-college-and-career-readiness-secondary-1854


iid: 46492d46-555d-4378-8c38-b1a1a84c2775
description: By Stanford University via NovoEd
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topics: teaching
name:
Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for College and Career Readiness (Elementary)


iid: 84163f1c-6174-44bd-994a-8a2cd681df48
name: 7 Steps to Building a Great Online Course
description: By via Canvas Network
topics: education
links:
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iid: 71d0383e-dd03-46a5-aad5-6c82628b8984
name: Introduction to Learning Technologies
description: By University of Saskatchewan via Canvas Network
topics: edtech
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-introduction-to-learning-technologies-2887


iid: 473881d3-5afc-4c13-b971-05e13f718072
name: Reading for Understanding: Literacy for Learning in the 21st Century
description: By WestEd via Canvas Network
topics: reading;learning;teaching
links:
course|https://www.canvas.net/courses/reading-for-understanding-literacy-for-learning-in-the-21st-century-2


iid: 4277cc08-988c-4d59-8e87-aa04a86e3e06
name: Reflective Practice for Adult Educators
description: By Institute for Adult Learning via Canvas Network
topics: education
links:
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iid: cc450e8d-7800-49ce-9d46-05262f17a01c
name: Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities in the Writing Classroom
description: By Beacon College via Canvas Network
topics: writing;disability;education
links:
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iid: 045da503-8ae5-4ab1-8bbf-cb91cbbee107
name: Sharing Promising Practices: Supporting Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing
description: By Dalhousie University via Canvas Network
topics: mental-health;children
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-sharing-promising-practices-supporting-youth-mental-health-wellbeing-3381


iid: 6d7e1c27-d1ad-4106-9252-97606ad6507e
name: Inquiry Through Science & Engineering Practices
description: By Montana State University via Desire2Learn
topics: science;engineering;education
links:
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iid: dd373bc0-a580-4a4b-9c49-74a9dc187980
name: Personalized and Student-Centered Learning
description: By via Canvas Network
topics: education
links:
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iid: f6e08a44-8441-46d4-811a-1bf43e416fb1
name: Differentiation: A strategy for all students
description: By Knox Grammar School via Canvas Network
topics: education
links:
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iid: 1f00c623-54d7-44b4-b27f-5d3ed9a972da
name: Study Skills for Academic Success
description: By University of Northampton via Open Education by Blackboard
topics: academics;learning
links:
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name: Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators
description: By Portland Community College via Desire2Learn
topics: web;accessibility;education
links:
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name: Force and Motion: Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Physics
description: By Boston University via edX
topics: physics;teaching
links:
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iid: c469a481-4903-439f-b526-6fb00c335a36
name: How to Navigate Paying for College
description: By Elgin Community College via Desire2Learn
topics: university
links:
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iid: 9695e2cf-5088-4302-884c-3b8089407a21
name: LUCS.2x: Preparing for the AP* Computer Science A Exam — Level Up! Part 2
description: By University of California, Berkeley via edX
topics: computer-science
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-lucs-2x-preparing-for-the-ap-computer-science-a-exam-level-up-part-2-2541


iid: 9679d579-7411-4643-a6ce-43d8fcf97e30
name: Building Middle School Computational STEM and PBL NASA Activities
description: By University of North Texas via Canvas Network
topics: tinkering;science
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-building-middle-school-computational-stem-and-pbl-nasa-activities-5172


iid: 125aa4bd-f90b-42a0-b7b0-4c57b63b239f
name: Bringing STEM to Light: Teaching about Light and Optics
description: By LASER Classroom via Canvas Network
topics: optics;teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-bringing-stem-to-light-teaching-about-light-and-optics-3676


iid: 2ff0e35d-aed9-4607-8fc8-f5229647e47b
name: LUCS.3x: Preparing for the AP* Computer Science A Exam — Level Up! Part 3
description: By University of California, Berkeley via edX
topics: computer-science
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-lucs-3x-preparing-for-the-ap-computer-science-a-exam-level-up-part-3-2545


iid: 5f9f86cc-a666-4020-b76e-bc1b6bf25585
name: Classroom Management: Designing Routines and Procedures (Project-Centered Course)
description: By Relay Graduate School of Education via Coursera
topics: teaching;classroom-management
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/coursera-classroom-management-designing-routines-and-procedures-project-centered-course-5714


iid: 30f07a9d-4602-48f4-9168-505e507d8421
name: What is a Learning Ecosystem, and Why Does It Matter?
description: By Metropolitan Community College via Canvas Network
topics: learning
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-what-is-a-learning-ecosystem-and-why-does-it-matter-5781


iid: cfeb7a8d-3f3a-4fca-9741-cee5d07bd5e3
name: LUCS.4x: Preparing for the AP* Computer Science A Exam — Level Up! Part 4
description: By University of California, Berkeley via edX
topics: computer-science
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-lucs-4x-preparing-for-the-ap-computer-science-a-exam-level-up-part-4-2547


iid: 120c7f07-af1f-4918-9a1b-2b3e62dcccbd
name: Teachers Without Borders: Educating Girls
description: By Teachers Without Borders via Canvas Network
topics: education;women
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-teachers-without-borders-educating-girls-2396


iid: f7040ac0-2a3b-4c4c-8c18-2d466d170618
name: Foundations of Teaching for Learning Capstone: The Reflective Practitioner
description: By Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera
topics: teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/coursera-foundations-of-teaching-for-learning-capstone-the-reflective-practitioner-3175


iid: 2cb6db4d-dd20-4a9d-b647-3dadc8aa8ef6
name: Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
description: By Vanderbilt University via Coursera
topics: science;teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/coursera-advancing-learning-through-evidence-based-stem-teaching-5912


iid: f85547ce-6e7c-486f-a973-5ea1c3fb017c
name: College Readiness Math MOOC
description: By University of Wisconsin–La Crosse via Desire2Learn
topics: mathematics;algebra;geometry
links:
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name: (K-12) Teaching Math Through Problem-Solving K-12
description: By New Teacher Center via Canvas Network
topics: mathematics;problem-solving;teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-k-12-teaching-math-through-problem-solving-k-12-6712


iid: 0a5e7d21-1b05-4e07-8ad3-ca7bc552bfaa
name: (K-12) Integrating Technology in the K-12 Classroom
description: By New Teacher Center via Canvas Network
topics: edtech
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-k-12-integrating-technology-in-the-k-12-classroom-6722


iid: 2027a113-41c8-4fd7-9f11-f1625e24c245
name: (K-12) Communicating in Mathematics in the K-12 Classroom
description: By New Teacher Center via Canvas Network
topics: mathematics;teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-k-12-communicating-in-mathematics-in-the-k-12-classroom-6725


iid: 0ee9ac9c-c705-4d20-848b-92f1bb53cbe3
name: Summer School in Sociologies of Education (SUSEES)
description: By via EMMA
topics: education;sociology
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/emma-summer-school-in-sociologies-of-education-susees-6052


iid: ce9956de-91a1-4eb8-8e2d-84dc5c211729
name: He Named Me Malala: Inspiring Girls in STEM
description: By via Canvas Network
topics: women;science
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-he-named-me-malala-inspiring-girls-in-stem-6959


iid: bef4a69d-ea22-428b-a4d6-e8683c186fa0
name: Providing Students with Useful Feedback
description: By via Canvas Network
topics: teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-providing-students-with-useful-feedback-7129


iid: 5f42b648-29a9-43c8-8c6f-0dd634dcdcaf
name: Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for College and Career Readiness
description: By Stanford University via NovoEd
topics: teaching;classroom-management;communication
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/novoed-constructive-classroom-conversations-mastering-language-for-college-and-career-readiness-3272


iid: 6966b27a-f894-485c-a623-a3c84fec75a1
name: Teaching for Change: An African Philosophical Approach
description: By Stellenbosch University via FutureLearn
topics: education;africa
links:
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name: Integrating Technology in the K-12 Classroom
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name: (HE) BlendKit 2017: Becoming a Blended Learning Designer
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links:
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name: Teaching Online: Reflections on Practice
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links:
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links:
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name: College Readiness (FL17) – Reading, Writing and Math
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links:
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links:
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name: Discover Your Value: Turning Experience into College Credit
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iid: 179c2098-a31a-4cf3-ac2c-ed7990d4802a
name: Supporting Student Argumentation in English Language Arts and History/Social Studies
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topics: teaching;languages/english;language;communication;argumentation
links:
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iid: 2bba9725-a106-4437-b9b0-79f009a1b422
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iid: c2a2acc0-677f-4bec-8b8f-396bd18fcd24
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iid: e978fa42-1399-46d1-9b96-79eb04abd000
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topics: edtech;education
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name: Inclusive Learning and Teaching Environments
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name: (HE) Exploring the Student Affairs in Higher Education Profession
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topics: education
links:
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name: Professional Development for Teacher Trainers
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topics: teaching;careers
links:
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iid: b8a7cac8-b689-4b93-beb5-64af1bc1e6cd
name: Problem-Based Learning and Learning Analytics: How to combine?
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iid: 9d8ee3e1-adc3-4512-a539-c1e026c94295
name: (K-12) Teaching Principles for Language-Based Learning Disabilities
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links:
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iid: c0fd4323-3b3c-468d-b3a7-5701d6795529
name: Managing Intellectual Property in Universities
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links:
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iid: 46e1bb07-1f49-4f54-8ba4-31a06c4692b2
name: Becoming a Better Teacher: Exploring Professional Development
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topics: teaching
links:
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iid: 44800c10-92d2-49b1-a546-a2913f7bba41
name: Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
description: By Boston University via edX
topics: teaching
links:
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iid: 7770bd25-32c1-43a9-9098-246f04b258dc
name: E-Learning Environments and E-learning Design (HE)
description: By Vrije Universiteit Brussel via Canvas Network
topics: education
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-e-learning-environments-and-e-learning-design-he-5785


iid: fdc00822-c618-4a39-b93d-eb11ef6ae437
name: A Beginner's Guide to Writing in English for University Study
description: By University of Reading via FutureLearn
topics: writing;languages/english
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-a-beginner-s-guide-to-writing-in-english-for-university-study-1449


iid: 5956ea70-92ae-461e-824a-d54079961c39
name: Teaching STEM Subjects: Differentiation for Learning
description: By National STEM Learning Centre via FutureLearn
topics: education;teaching
links:
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iid: 01b6f0b7-6151-4f00-bf56-09567ab9a1b1
name: University Governance and Academic Leadership (HE)
description: By Vrije Universiteit Brussel via Canvas Network
topics: university;management;leadership;academics
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-university-governance-and-academic-leadership-he-13082


iid: 683089f2-a5a5-4a73-90bf-8134ae05d300
name: Teaching Grammar Communicatively (K-12/HE)
description: By fhi360 via Canvas Network
topics: grammar;teaching
links:
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iid: bb8e6303-7986-4ce2-9dc9-28f9a1f086f9
name: Migrants and Refugees in Education: A toolkit for teachers
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topics: education;refugees;immigration
links:
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iid: 89386f13-50d3-4b7c-86ab-a593050f0f34
name: An Introduction to Recreational Math: Fun, Games and Puzzles
description: By Weizmann Institute of Science via FutureLearn
topics: mathematics;games;recreational-math
links:
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iid: 1b15b4ee-b74e-43aa-9298-5f67d77d031a
name: Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters
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links:
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name: eCore Introductory Business Law CLEP Prep
description: By University System of Georgia via Desire2Learn
topics: business-law;law
links:
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iid: fb5e4d5c-5ffc-4296-9bdb-af2fad70a4ed
name: Bullying in Schools: How Should Teachers Respond?
description: By Queensland University of Technology via FutureLearn
topics: bullying;school;teaching
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-bullying-in-schools-how-should-teachers-respond-13362


iid: 70c48ca0-2fb7-4bed-bc52-b59e33ee22b5
name: Digital Skills for Teachers: Making Technology Work for You
description: By Girls' Day School Trust via FutureLearn
topics: edtech;teaching
links:
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iid: bca88038-aaef-4429-a524-2c19b83f3c91
name: World Class Maths: Asian Teaching Methods
description: By Macmillan Education via FutureLearn
topics: mathematics;teaching;asia
links:
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iid: 718bc587-301c-40f1-aefc-d98bb6b1984d
name: TESOL Strategies: Supporting ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms
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topics: teaching;language;languages/english
links:
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iid: 64e4a892-b669-411a-99ce-5f898730d4c8
name: Flexagons and the Math Behind Twisted Paper
description: By Weizmann Institute of Science via FutureLearn
topics: mathematics;games;recreational-math
links:
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iid: 13b9e698-97f3-42a4-b96a-df1e9611ef09
name: Transforming Education in Challenging Environments
description: By University College London via FutureLearn
topics: teaching;children
links:
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iid: 498240dd-9d2a-4210-8074-d4cc109844d8
name: Teaching Biology: Inspiring Students with Plant Science
description: By National STEM Learning Centre via FutureLearn
topics: biology;teaching;plants
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-teaching-biology-inspiring-students-with-plant-science-13641


iid: 80a93aef-3b35-4d07-8270-6934c613dc07
name: Maths Subject Knowledge: Proportional Reasoning
description: By National STEM Learning Centre via FutureLearn
topics: mathematics
links:
course|https://www.classcentral.com/course/futurelearn-maths-subject-knowledge-proportional-reasoning-12132


iid: 1b4a6bfb-cc57-43e7-bb34-f9abba361b29
name: The Rails 5 Way
topics: software-tools/rails
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Rails-Way-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Ruby/dp/0134657675/ref=sr_1_1?crid=M672Y1J8LHTN&keywords=the+rails+6+way&qid=1580764137&s=books&sprefix=the+rails+%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C400&sr=1-1&tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 7fbc0108-5151-4e60-b9c3-57ea28caa2a7
name: Atomic Habits
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8260535-L.jpg
topics: productivity;habits
creators: James Clear
year: 2018
tags: oer
description:
The New York Times bestseller

Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40121378-atomic-habits;summary|https://sivers.org/book/AtomicHabits;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/atomic-habits-summary/;summary|https://medium.com/@priyankinfinnov/learnings-from-reading-atomic-habits-48a1a60c645f;summary|https://sipreads.com/atomic-habits/


iid: 5dbd1058-8a20-482a-a48f-c4ebbb13c7aa
name: The Power of Habit - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/12609433.jpg
topics: learning;habits;productivity
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
description:
OVER 60 WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LISTWith a new Afterword by the authorÂ In The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prizeâwinning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. As Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢ NPR BESTSELLER â¢ WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER â¢ LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER â¢ USA TODAY BESTSELLER â¢ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Â NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
  The Wall Street Journal â¢ Financial Times
 Â  âSharp, provocative, and useful.ââJim Collins Â  âFew [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception. Charles Duhigg not only explains how habits are formed but how to kick bad ones and hang on to the good.ââFinancial Times Â  âA flat-out great read.ââDavid Allen, bestselling author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
  Â 
 âYouâll never look at yourself, your organization, or your world quite the same way.ââDaniel H. Pink, bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New MindÂ  âEntertaining . . . enjoyable . . . fascinating . . . a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.ââThe New York Times Book ReviewâCue: see cover. Routine: read book. Reward: fully comprehend the art of manipulation.ââBloomberg BusinessweekÂ âAbsolutely fascinating.ââWiredâA fresh examination of how routine behaviors take hold and whether they are susceptible to change . . . The stories that Duhigg has knitted together are all fascinating in their own right, but take on an added dimension when wedded to his examination of habits.ââ Associated PressÂ  âThereâs been a lot of research over the past several years about how our habits shape us, and this work is beautifully described in the new book The Power of Habit.ââDavid Brooks, The New York Times
  Â 
 âA first-rate bookâbased on an impressive mass of research, written in a lively style and providing just the right balance of intellectual seriousness with practical advice on how to break our bad habits.ââThe Economist
  Â 
 âI have been spinning like a top since reading The Power of Habit, New York Times journalist Charles Duhiggâs fascinating best-seller about how people, businesses and organizations develop the positive routines that make them productiveâand happy.ââThe Washington Post

links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/the-power-of-habit-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/PowerOfHabit;book|https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/081298160X?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 043958f5-e982-4aa0-b0a8-518bbfac7a4d
name: Peak
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8138393-L.jpg
links: book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26312997-peak
topics: learning;psychology
description:
A survey of the psychology of expertise, providing techniques for developing mastery of any skill, drawn from the authors' extensive, pathfinding research.


iid: 72365a0d-6b25-4891-bdf3-004ab93daf84
name: Make It Stick - Summary by FasterToMaster.com
topics: learning
year: 2014
tags: oer
links:
summary|https://fastertomaster.com/make-it-stick-peter-brown-henry-roediger-mark-mcdaniel/;summary|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQsIlnuAB9E;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18770267-make-it-stick


iid: d3f3b1a2-6590-4bd2-bad5-9686a0b58d16
name: The War of Art - Summary by sipreads.com
topics: creativity;arts
links:
summary|https://sipreads.com/war-of-art/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1319.The_War_of_Art


iid: 4f588806-1a52-47eb-b317-0f0f6c1ff9f4
name: Bring Up Genius!
topics: learning;parenting
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20877035-bring-up-genius;summary|https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/07/31/book-review-raise-a-genius/


iid: d479b068-eb5f-4d62-a7d0-cfcfe0795fe0
name: Duolingo
links: website|https://www.duolingo.com/
rating: 5.0
topics:
languages/japanese;languages/spanish;languages/french;languages/german;languages/italian;languages/korean;languages/chinese;languages/russian;languages/hindi;languages/irish;languages/norwegian;languages/welsh;languages/esperanto;languages/english


iid: 0acba9fc-e749-41ef-8331-66ac91dd90e3
name: Rosetta Stone® - Language Learning - Learn a new language
links: website|https://www.rosettastone.com/
topics:
languages/spanish;languages/french;languages/italian;languages/english;languages/german;languages/chinese;languages/hindi;languages/irish;languages/japanese;languages/korean;languages/russian


iid: 203869ac-ee51-4ac2-9dcb-91252fab8a1f
name: Dissent on Aadhaar
description: Edited by Reetika Khera
links: book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43450398-dissent-on-aadhaar
topics: aadhaar
image:
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iid: 29586222-b1dd-4e6f-9484-d731b996e9b2
name: The Aadhaar Effect: Why the World's Largest Identity Project Matters
links: book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42302997-the-aadhaar-effect
topics: aadhaar
description:
by N.S.Ramnath and Charles Assisi

Identification vs profiling; state welfare vs state surveillance; privacy vs transparency -- the idea of Aadhaar has bitterly polarized India since its launch eight years ago. No other project has captured the imagination of the people-or inspired such awe and anxiety-in recent memory.

Aadhaar began life with a singular mandate: offer an identity to those Indian residents who didn't have any. Along the way, it evolved into the welfare state's flagship technology and altered forever how government, business, and society interact.

The Aadhaar Effect is the story of the visionaries-bureaucrats, technologists, activists-who created or challenged India's biggest juggernaut. It is equally the story of humans conflicted about complex choices that may make the world a better place.

Award-winning journalists N.S. Ramnath and Charles Assisi dive deep into the 12-digit number that has touched 1.2 billion lives and counting-and in the bargain, made the world sit up and take note of India's ambition.

image:
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iid: 988e0ea6-1ff4-48a7-a382-cc726b2c45f4
name: Aadhaar: A Biometric History of India's 12-Digit Revolution
links: book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35712946-aadhaar
topics: aadhaar
description:
by Shankkar Aiyar

A complex tale of idealism, negotiation and realpolitik records how a revolution was engineered

Aadhaar was born in July 2009, yoking modern technology and management expertise to political will. The biometric-based unique identification system, built by tech czar Nandan Nilekani and his team of innovators, was designed to enable subsidies and social spends reach their true destination, plug institutional corruption and save trillions of tax-rupees. In July 2017, Aadhaar is 1.15 billion identities and growing.

In Aadhaar: A Biometric History of India’s 12-digit Revolution, senior journalist Shankkar Aiyar traces the history of this ambitious, controversial undertaking. He speaks with President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, Rahul Gandhi and others to document how politicians with diametrically opposed ideologies were equally determined to propel Aadhaar.

Aiyar maps how Aadhaar’s application expanded beyond its original intent. He researches its ups, downs and turnarounds; discusses the concerns of activists and bureaucrats on potential misuse of the database for state surveillance; raises the urgent need for a data-protection and privacy law and spells out the solutions.

An unusual contemporary dramatization, this book is a breathless ride through recent changes in India’s political and economic landscape.

image:
https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1500580322l/35712946._SY475_.jpg


iid: afe31fe6-02a7-426f-a40f-4989fd677b9a
name: LearnAwesome - The Book Project
topics: learning
description:
We are reading, summarizing and testing the ideas from the following books:

https://learnawesome.org/items/8057d51a-5e86-4a7f-a858-55b2eeecf3de-learning-a-very-short-introduction

https://learnawesome.org/items/ec8e3a9a-4cce-4c79-b53f-9a9c3af7dc8b-how-people-learn-brain-mind-experience-and-school

https://learnawesome.org/items/1f42ca53-fb94-4a18-85c4-c1dd8779eb4e-the-art-of-learning

https://learnawesome.org/items/282ab02b-79a9-4c23-906b-06c897ee8d44-learning-how-to-learn

https://learnawesome.org/items/5e2f235b-ad3c-45c6-b9a9-e775c2de6110-mastery-by-robert-greene

https://learnawesome.org/items/c3dcdf3f-eaad-4f39-80b3-759bb43a0a47-pragmatic-thinking-and-learning

https://learnawesome.org/items/36dc7686-1a91-4d33-a899-0b0e9ac6a989-ultralearning

https://learnawesome.org/items/4955e2f3-d311-45e5-b5bb-deae9957af95-the-4-hour-chef

https://learnawesome.org/items/5c731d15-6a53-432e-82e4-a4de9fecb2d1-the-first-20-hours

https://learnawesome.org/items/97752823-5409-4628-b604-b9d7150c12ee-the-power-of-habit

https://learnawesome.org/items/1c1aa1c5-7244-4149-a4f2-7306d878a13b-peak

https://learnawesome.org/items/0c1744e3-5aff-4ce9-9dcd-161581df9415-make-it-stick

https://learnawesome.org/items/720c7ae5-8c05-403c-b695-85df2d84cfa1-teach-yourself-how-to-learn

https://learnawesome.org/items/0bfdb9e5-0f1d-4c26-9172-80cfb228e431-bring-up-genius


iid: 3c1da8b1-f9c9-4726-9923-01e694d7cd35
name: The Joy of Game Theory
topics: game-theory
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19342361-the-joy-of-game-theory?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lGbHCmRyAB&rank=1


iid: 90c3ea5d-7efe-4f5b-b886-7e569fa68c68
name: 16 fun applications of the pigeonhole principle – Mind Your Decisions
topics: pigeonhole-principle
links:
article|https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/11/25/16-fun-applications-of-the-pigeonhole-principle/


iid: 274ad2ff-4f4f-41ca-a5e9-ff4f74446df5
name: Top 3 ways in which Big Data will redefine sustainable development | Cloudaeon
topics: big-data;software-tools/integrated-development-environments
links:
website|https://www.cloudaeon.co.uk/top-3-ways-in-which-big-data-will-redefine-sustainable-development/


iid: f0affa16-8ff1-42cd-9acb-48ceb00c715b
name: Einstein and Hilbert’s Race to Generalize Relativity
topics: general-relativity
tags: oer
links:
article|https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/einstein-and-hilberts-race-to-generalize-relativity-6885f44e3cbe


iid: 2ea8b461-9af1-47a2-a251-5952a7773a60
links: article|https://github.com/VGraupera/1on1-questions
topics: management
tags: oer
name:
GitHub - VGraupera/1on1-questions: Mega list of 1 on 1 meeting questions compiled from a variety to sources


iid: e7881294-b2ca-44fc-937f-09e2e2ad8c58
links: website|https://github.com/binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability
topics: software-engineering
tags: oer
name:
GitHub - binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability: The Patterns of Scalable, Reliable, and Performant Large-Scale Systems


iid: ba340ec7-8ea8-47da-88d7-0f660dd0e007
name: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis
links: book|http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-1-4939-6676-9
topics: electron-microscopy;x-ray
description:
By Joseph I. Goldstein, Dale E. Newbury, Joseph R. Michael, Nicholas W.M. Ritchie, John Henry J. Scott, David C. Joy


iid: 24e6c270-910f-419f-8bcc-33ebadeaadb8
name: Gist.io
links: app|https://gist.io/
topics: writing
description:
Sometimes, we want to share a bit of writing that is neither. Maybe we want to write for a specific audience, but don’t want to address the people who usually read our blogs. Maybe it’s just something that doesn’t fit into 140 characters.

Gist.io is a solution for that, inspired by Mike Bostock’s delightful bl.ocks.org

# Usage
- Create a gist on GitHub with a single Markdown-syntax file.
- In the URL bar, replace
- gist.github.com/youruser/abc123… with
- gist.io/@youruser/abc123….
- Enjoy your beautifully-presented writing.


iid: e67fa4a9-baf4-446b-b579-6377d0fbd71d
name: Syllabus: Scratch programming for kids
topics: programming-languages/scratch
description:
I noticed that these days, a lot of parents are being pressured by edtech industry to buy paid courses on "programming for kids" which are all simply using Scratch with bad instructions. Worse, many of them are using industrial languages like Javascript or Python which are completely unsuitable for the purpose of pedagogy. So, I have put together this syllabus/sequence of high-quality learning resources (apps/free courses/articles/videos) that I followed for my own daughter with spectacular success.

We have a peer group of parents and children learning Scratch programming using this syllabus. If you'd like to join, come to [our Slack group](https://learnawesome.org/join_slack).

## Why learn Scratch programming?

Computational thinking skills may have a lot of practical value. It helps kids understand how computers work, and how to make new things with them. But [if you think programming is all about computers, you're wrong](https://twitter.com/nileshtrivedi/status/1261600393382883329). The core idea of programming is that a tiny set of simple instructions can be combined to produce immensely complex structures. We see this in cooking, knitting, chess, mathematics and much more. Your DNA, for example, is a series of instructions or a  "program".

But more importantly, programming is the only skill that lets you create "interactive" art. Other creators have "readers", "audience", "spectators" etc, but only programmers have "users". [If you haven't felt the joy of programming, you're really missing out](https://twitter.com/nileshtrivedi/status/1261601737854472192).

This joy is what should be the main motivation for teaching programming to kids. Not career success. We don't know what careers will be in vogue 15 years from now, but the joy of creation is an eternal human blessing.

Scratch is a visual programming language, built at MIT, that is used by children all over the globe. This visual language is in the shape of blocks (like Lego), and it allows its users to create online projects, games, apps, and many other things. The blocks eliminate the major source of frustration which comes from syntax errors. Scratch has a very active online community which makes this experience very engaging for kids, and they also learn collaboration and teamwork - besides figuring out how programs work.

Scratch, which is completely free, is what's being used by many edtech platforms. You don't need to pay a lot of money for paid courses because I have collected the best quality resources here for you and put them in a sequence that is not rushed.

In my opinion, it would be a mistake to start too soon with industrial languages like Python, Javascript because the child would be intimidated with a lot of details that only distract. Motivation is the #1 resource with the shortest supply. Do whatever you can to preserve it. I'd actually explore computer games like Age of Empires which provoke questions in their minds: "I wonder how they wrote code for this game!".

## Preparedness:

Can the child count things correctly? It's NOT easy. Suppose your boss wants you to work from 8am to 11am, and mop floors 8 to 11. Simple - it's one floor per hour, right?

Nope! There are 4 floors to mop (8, 9, 10 and 11) but only 3 hours to work (8-9, 9-10, and 10-11).

Whoa -- we count floors and hours differently? You bet. And somehow, if the boss said "Mop floors 8 to 11 on April 8th to 11th" everything would be ok.

To understand this, read [this article](https://learnawesome.org/items/b269d560-c519-4242-91d5-66ad547cc43b-learning-how-to-count-avoiding-the-fencepost-problem-betterexplained) under [Counting](https://learnawesome.org/topics/b49bc6fd-b9bc-46c9-a6d3-ebcef2f01b07-counting)

Does the child have some exposure to 2D coordinate systems? It's not a prerequisite, but will have to be discussed during the practice stage.
When you reach that stage, use resources from our [co-ordinate plane topic](https://learnawesome.org/topics/9d1d4677-7ebd-4077-9f1f-218806a340e9-coordinate-plane).

Is any one of the parents experienced with [computational thinking](https://learnawesome.org/topics/13b5f596-e6e4-4a45-81f1-843ff7b42d82-computational-thinking)? If not, they too should go through this Scratch course. Following along with the child is also fine.

Do you have a computing device at home (a desktop / laptop / tablet)?

Parents should read [this](https://scratch.mit.edu/parents/) and [follow the Scratch team on Twitter](https://learnawesome.org/items/7a92e34a-982d-4d02-8c58-17de1de7f5db-scratch-team-scratch-twitter)

## Motivation and priming:

A lot of difficulty in programming is how it requires you to be very precise with language and instructions. Bringing this sensitivity is important. You can watch the ["Exact Instructions Challenge" videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDA3_5982h8).

It is also important to create the REASON/MOTIVATION to learn Scratch such as to create your own games. So, first you should explore games made on [Scratch website](https://learnawesome.org/items/3e9de8b8-ef9f-4a61-a091-6608d264b1a4-scratch-homepage). See what is possible with Scratch. Remember, kids want to DO interesting things, and not LEARN something.

## Experience:

Cooking is not very different from algorithms. You can start in the kitchen. Parent and child can enact any of the  ["Exact Instructions Challenges"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDA3_5982h8) on their own. You might want to record a video, but no need to publish it anywhere.

After this, I recommend playing at least the first two levels of the programming puzzle game [Lightbot](https://learnawesome.org/items/2d6e8e6d-0e95-46d6-a4b8-0cf8d83c1634-lightbot). It's a free app which gives a highly-constrained and playful environment for algorithmic thinking that feels like playing a game instead of "learning". Remember, kids want to be able to "do" interesting stuff, not "learn" something.

Avoid [Scratch Junior](https://learnawesome.org/items/9d0fe359-b80a-4446-bdd5-c7e62afbbccc-scratchjr-home). It's better to stop after Lightbot and wait for them to be ready for main Scratch.

## Instruction and Practice:

Scratch is available both as a website and as an [app that works offline](https://scratch.mit.edu/download).

First try the [interactive online tutorial](https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted).

More tutorials are available [here](https://scratch.mit.edu/ideas).

Now we are ready for a "course".  [The best one is this free course on edX](https://learnawesome.org/items/a2dbab26-0c93-49b7-ae52-105f312c075a-programming-in-scratch) which will explain all the concepts in detail. Complete it as far as you can. Remember to try things out. Coding, like swimming, can only be learnt by doing.

You can join other parents going through this syllabus in [our Slack group](https://learnawesome.org/join_slack). :-)

## Getting help:

Instead of helping you once, we will teach you how to find help yourself on the Internet:

- Try these [strategies for getting unstuck](https://learnawesome.org/items/8cb38a52-03a2-4587-8f20-efc404291590-getting-unstuck-strategies) here.
- Check on [Scratch wiki](https://learnawesome.org/items/a7b45674-d23e-4d65-bc57-f80c07cf1ed9-scratch-wiki).
- And the [Scratch forum](https://learnawesome.org/items/08fdd0dc-792d-49b2-a24d-a0b16050cedc-discuss-scratch).
- There's a [Facebook group](https://learnawesome.org/items/6afac218-ee56-4539-b9f8-24d8d83125d9-teaching-with-scratch-public-group-facebook).
- Tweet to [Scratch team](https://learnawesome.org/items/7a92e34a-982d-4d02-8c58-17de1de7f5db-scratch-team-scratch-twitter) or [Scratch Junior team](https://twitter.com/ScratchJr)
- Ask fellow Scratch learners in [our Slack group](https://learnawesome.org/join_slack)

## Performance:

- Basic: The student should be able to Create a game with her own idea and publish it on scratch website.
- Advanced: Complete this [series of Scratch challenges](https://learnawesome.org/items/0db431c8-f480-4a96-8907-85fef9eb6a4a-creative-computing-lab-at-the-harvard-graduate-school-of-education).

## Learn from the experts

- Let the kid play games on Scratch. They should know what "apps" are, before they get interested in how apps get made. Occasionally, they will get curious and click on the "See Inside" button to bypass a difficult game level. At that point, they are hacking in its true spirit. Count yourself as a successful parent at this point! 😄

- Watch Scratch tutorials on YouTube, such as how to create their own platformer game in Scratch. Be patient at this point though. Let them make simpler games, stories etc before reaching this slightly difficult level.

- Learn how to create custom blocks. This is a rough simulation of how functions work in industrial programming languages.

## Teach:

Your child should now teach Scratch to a friend or sibling. Teaching is one of the best ways to consolidate your [learning](https://learnawesome.org/topics/4e9769cb-5233-44fe-91d4-c49d601f6dbe-learning).

## What next after Scratch?

Frankly, there is no need to rush. Scratch alone can expose them to a wide variety of programming techniques, but if you do want to go forward, try these topics:

- [Snap!](https://learnawesome.org/topics/efde49a5-47bf-4689-88b1-303a7bca5f4b-programming-languages-snap) This adds two key features to Scratch: Lists as a first-class object (so you can introduce data-structures like tree, stack, queue etc) and higher-order functions. But it doesn't have a great UI or an active community like Scratch does.

- [Processing](https://learnawesome.org/topics/4cfd43da-19d7-40d4-b3d6-95297b1a31da-programming-languages-processing) is a textual language that still makes it easy to generate concrete, visual things like animations or games. It is important to work on concrete things because it shortens the feedback loop which is crucial for formation of concepts.

- [Computational Thinking](https://learnawesome.org/topics/13b5f596-e6e4-4a45-81f1-843ff7b42d82-computational-thinking)

## Help us spread the word.

We are building a community of lifelong learners. If you have landed here, you probably have an immense love for learning like us. We would love to have you join [our Slack group](https://learnawesome.org/join_slack).


iid: 66318b4f-7bdb-4a53-b237-b0a100b65db3
name: Syllabus: Machine Learning for Managers
topics: machine-learning
rating: 5.0
description:
![Machine learning v/s Classical programming](https://web.archive.org/web/20200728133730if_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECQDlFOWkAEJzlY?format=jpg&name=small)

[This picture](https://learnawesome.org/items/4755bf41-11ec-42b4-a696-cd57851e18bb-machine-learning-v-s-classical-programming) explains the difference between machine learning and classical program. Instead of figuring out the underlying mechanism of any phenomena (such as what causes cancer and what makes it show up in X-ray), the machine-learning approach just requires us to label the data (which x-rays came from cancer patients, and which ones came from healthy people). In this picture, this labeling is what is called "Answers".
Computer is very good at number-crunching.  If we provide sufficient data, it can detect all kind of correlations and patterns (i.e. "Rules"). Those rules can then be used in classical programming way to look at unlabeled data, and make a fairly-accurate prediction.

We'll start with training basic regression models in Excel. Did you know that [most of us suck at Excel](https://learnawesome.org/items/ee3f3b19-849f-45c9-b2ad-fddd105d4bc7-you-suck-at-excel)? This is almost an hour-long video but worth a watch for anybody who spends significant amount of time in Excel.

Let's train our first machine-learning model, using nothing but Excel. [Here's a good article](https://learnawesome.org/items/a599ce44-88ae-4263-b0d2-f40f1fe01c23-regression-basics-for-business-analysis) that touches only a little bit of math.

That's right! Linear regression is an ML technique! If you'd like to go deeper into it, there are some resources on our [Linear Regression](https://learnawesome.org/topics/afb2268e-8386-43a9-8528-b6db6349d06a-linear-regression) topic.

Linear Regression is a simple model: It will only work in situations where the output variable is directly proportional to all input variables separately. No squares, or sines, or even reciprocals. This is why its utility is quite limited.
So, if you have y as the output variable that you suspect that it depends on 3 input variables, x1, x2, and x3, the model you are training is y = a*x1 + b*x2 + c*x3 + d. Excel will help you find the values of a, b, c, and d that represents the straight line that best fits the given data.

As long as the relationship is linear, the same technique will work - even for hundreds, thousands or even millions of variables. You'll just a more powerful machine to do the regression though. 

If you've done your first regression model in Excel, you should download [RapidMiner Studio](https://learnawesome.org/items/0144711f-6169-42bd-a65e-893642920a48-predictive-analytics-software-rapidminer-studio) 

This is a free tool that will let you visually build data pipelines for reading, cleaning, re-structuring data and training plus testing your models. The free version has a limit of 10,000 rows but we're recommending this because our goal is to understand ML, not get lost in the whole programming rabbithole.

You should now try to create a "Decision Tree" model in RapidMiner. They have a [catalog of video lessons here](https://learnawesome.org/items/c690fb51-0436-457f-ad45-c268f6afa14c-machine-learning-and-rapidminer-tutorials-rapidminer-academy/edit?item_id=c690fb51-0436-457f-ad45-c268f6afa14c).

By the time you reach the Create a model -> Apply a model -> Test a model -> Validate a model, you would have finished your first non-trivial machine learning problem.

[This article](https://learnawesome.org/items/c6000899-c51e-433c-83db-d264d73df2ea-machine-learning-is-fun-adam-geitgey-medium) will give you a very nice high-level, but not vague overview of machine learning.

Once you've completed the Decision Tree model in RapidMiner, you can try the other [built-in samples exercises](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/getting-started/studio-samples.html) it has which cover a wide range of techniques. [MadeWithML](https://learnawesome.org/items/bcfa7ea8-1aa1-4752-9ad3-6fab43d0d775-made-with-ml) has good introductions to many of these topics.

Here are some other [interesting datasets](https://rs.io/100-interesting-data-sets-for-statistics/) to play with.

Now you're ready to get introduced to neural networks - which are all the rage these days. Here's an [interactive playground](https://learnawesome.org/items/bdc17d5c-771c-4b4c-95b3-6c2b80627aa7-neural-network-playground) to start with.

[3Blue1Brown has a nice 20-minute video about how neural networks actually work](https://learnawesome.org/items/59ffea74-ece9-43f4-a701-b323c095ae51-but-what-is-a-neural-network-deep-learning-chapter-1). Must watch!


iid: ef6926b1-aa11-4216-88b6-a8a535c16bfb
name: Syllabus: Fiction Writing for Beginners
topics: fiction-writing
description:
## Preparedness

### Books to read for creative writing inspiration:
[Bird by Bird](https://www.amazon.in/Bird-Some-Instructions-Writing-Life/dp/0385480016)
[The Artist’s Way](https://www.amazon.in/Artists-Way-Spiritual-Higher-Creativity/dp/1585421464)

### Books that help you write well
[On Writing Well](https://www.amazon.in/Writing-Wel-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548)
[Elements of Style](https://www.amazon.in/Elements-Style-William-Strunk-Jr/dp/020530902X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=II3CN8JKWYZZ&dchild=1&keywords=elements+of+style&qid=1589554987&s=books&sprefix=elements+of+style%2Cstripbooks%2C311&sr=1-1)

### Inspiring reads
[Ten Rules for Writing Fiction](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one)


#Genre Writing

### Sci-Fi
[MIT Sci-fi Writing Syllabus](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-759-writing-science-fiction-spring-2016/syllabus/)

[How to write a great science fiction novel](https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-to-write-a-great-science-fiction-novel-in-7-easy-st-1565393502)

### Crime
[Writing Suspense](https://www.amazon.in/Plotting-Writing-Suspense-Patricia-Highsmith/dp/0751565970)
[Crime Fiction Tips](https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/article/crime-fiction-tips/)

### Romance
[Tips for writing your first romance novel](https://nybookeditors.com/2016/10/tips-writing-first-romance-novel/)

### Historical fiction
[Writing Historical Fiction](https://www.amazon.in/Started-Writing-Historical-Fiction-Yourself-ebook/dp/B00X61MZVM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Get+Started+in+Writing+Historical+Fiction&qid=1589989391&sr=8-1)


#Priming with Prompts

Inspiration to create your own fiction

[Prompts are everywhere](https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/)


# Understanding Elements of Fiction
Listen to [Brandon Sanderson’s course](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH3mK1NZn9QqOSj3ObrP3xL8tEJQ12-vL) on the various aspects of writing fiction

### Writing a novel
[Some Resources](https://www.thecreativepenn.com/write-novel-resources/)


### Characterization:
[Creating Character](https://www.nownovel.com/blog/creating-character/)
[MasterClass: How to develop fictional characters](https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-develop-fictional-characters#8-tips-for-character-development)
[Character Traits](https://www.amazon.in/Writers-Guide-Character-Traits/dp/1582973903)

### Setting
- [Discover the basic elements of setting in a story](https://www.writersdigest.com/improve-my-writing/discover-the-basic-elements-of-setting-in-a-story)
- [Importance of setting in your story](https://blog.bookbaby.com/2018/02/importance-of-setting-in-your-story/)
- Beyond the backdrop: Mastering setting in fiction - The Writer

### Plot Arc
- [MasterClass: Everything You Need To Know About Writing Plot](https://www.masterclass.com/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-writing-plot)


# Short Story or Novel?
- [How to write a short story](https://jerryjenkins.com/how-to-write-short-stories/)
- [How to write a novel using the snowflake method](https://bubblecow.com/blog/see-how-easily-you-can-write-a-novel-using-the-snowflake-method)
- [How to write a book in 30 days](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/20/writing-your-novel-30-days-method)

# Write your own work

- [30 days method](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/20/writing-your-novel-30-days-method)
- [Write your first novel](https://www.coursera.org/learn/write-your-first-novel)


iid: 27d527b9-e0f9-40d8-b896-5ad8e5b317bd
name: Regression Basics for Business Analysis
topics: linear-regression;machine-learning
rating: 5.0
links:
article|https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/09/regression-analysis-basics-business.asp


iid: dc9a7577-b0f6-46d0-a68d-b720c0f00262
name: calculating and displaying regression statistics in excel
topics: linear-regression;software-tools/excel
tags: oer
links:
article|https://www.rwu.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/fcas/mns/calculating_and_displaying_regression_statistics_in_excel.pdf


iid: 165e4691-62a4-4ffb-9190-213ade37b275
name: A Complete 4-Year Course Plan for an Artificial Intelligence Undergraduate Degree - Mihail Eric
topics: artificial-intelligence
links:
learning_plan|https://www.mihaileric.com/posts/complete-artificial-intelligence-undergraduate-course-plan/


iid: 8b4ba65c-60f1-42a5-a860-d19868f35785
name: Machine Learning Summer School 2020
links: course|http://mlss.tuebingen.mpg.de/2020/
topics: machine-learning
description:
The Machine Learning Summer School (MLSS) Series
The machine learning summer school (MLSS) series was started in 2002 with the motivation to promulgate modern methods of statistical machine learning and inference. It was motivated by the observation that while many students are keen to learn about machine learning, and an increasing number of researchers want to apply machine learning methods to their research problems, only few machine learning courses are taught at universities. Machine learning summer schools present topics which are at the core of modern Machine Learning, from fundamentals to state-of-the-art practice. The speakers are leading experts in their field who talk with enthusiasm about their subjects.

MLSS 2020 in Tübingen, Germany
After having numerous discussions among the organizers, and gathering thoughts from our speakers and potential students, we concluded that holding the event this year in a virtual form is more beneficial than postponing it to next year, as there is no guarantee that holding it physically would be possible next summer. Therefore, the MLSS 2020 will be a virtual event between 28 June to 10 July 2020. Most of our lectures will be livestreamed on YouTube, depending on the speaker's agreement.


iid: f0d4c715-f8e6-4335-a6c6-8ca2fbd9aaff
name: Machine Learning and RapidMiner Tutorials | RapidMiner Academy
topics: software-tools/rapidminer;machine-learning
links:
video|https://academy.rapidminer.com/learning-paths/get-started-with-rapidminer-and-machine-learning


iid: 9f24c0b3-9cf7-4925-b164-90cf75c91f17
name: Six Strategic Pen-and-Paper Games (from a Strange and Bottomless Mind) – Math with Bad Drawings
topics: recreational-math
difficulty: childlike
links:
game|https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2020/04/22/six-strategic-games-from-a-strange-and-bottomless-mind/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5696163-100-strategic-games-for-pen-and-paper


iid: ec34b3fd-3770-4539-bce0-124d4eb340d9
name: Fixing Sleep
topics: sleep
description:
--BLURBDOC--

I and people around me have been struggling on-and-off with sleep deprivation. Over the next couple of weeks, I intend to learn about [sleep](https://learnawesome.org/topics/663d33c6-338d-4c16-8f45-67ae74b0b69b-sleep) - how it works and how to fix it - using these resources.

- Why We Sleep (Book by Matthew Walker): ([summary 1](https://learnawesome.org/items/65884cd9-ef88-474d-9444-b5b5a20c087d-why-we-sleep-unlocking-the-power-of-sleep-and-dreams-summary-at-blas-com), [summary 2](https://learnawesome.org/items/f3bfcbbb-064d-4ee5-a4f4-4134f3f328bc-why-we-sleep-unlocking-the-power-of-sleep-and-dreams-2017), [critique](https://learnawesome.org/items/2ec6df50-4565-4305-9eea-cb29e31e1664-matthew-walker-s-why-we-sleep-is-riddled-with-scientific-and-factual-errors-alexey-guzey), and if possible, [the full book](https://learnawesome.org/items/4b8563a3-6fb9-439f-854a-7c19b2c68bb9-why-we-sleep-unlocking-the-power-of-sleep-and-dreams-2017))

- [Why Sleep Matters (1 hr 45 mins video)](https://learnawesome.org/items/ba0e1adf-3735-414a-9e1c-220b0d023b32-why-sleep-matters)

A couple more book summaries to get alternate perspectives: 

- [Sleep Smarter](https://learnawesome.org/items/da6fea8b-4cfc-4157-8f58-6134993afd8d-sleep-smarter-summary-by-fourminutebooks)
- [The Sleep Revolution](https://learnawesome.org/items/5cacfc0e-5a9a-43e9-94b5-4fae19a81ed8-the-sleep-revolution-summary-by-fourminutebooks)

I will also start maintaining a [Sleep Diary](https://learnawesome.org/items/2f32e656-b597-49eb-baaa-a20c9aea3583-keeping-a-sleep-diary)

And a couple of research papers:

- [Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep](https://learnawesome.org/items/77b35cae-992c-40ad-b4ea-b65b65d8c094-brain-basics-understanding-sleep-national-institute-of-neurological-disorders-and-stroke) by NIH
- [Repaying your sleep debt](https://learnawesome.org/items/46a757a7-6886-41e9-986a-8005603701c7-repaying-your-sleep-debt-harvard-health) by Harvard Health

As I start applying these ideas to fix my sleep, I will add more resources to this topic. If you'd like to join me and discuss this, join the [LearnAwesome slack](https://learnawesome.org/join_slack)


iid: 6ac9544c-a573-4a83-8840-488c8de830d3
name: Introduction to the coordinate plane (video) | Khan Academy
topics: coordinate-plane
links:
video|https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geo-coord-plane/coordinate-plane-quad-1/v/introduction-to-the-coordinate-plane


iid: bade7b5a-bbb2-4347-a825-71b2cf7c69e4
name: Syllabus: Personal Finance
topics: personal-finance
year: 2020
rating: 5.0
description:
## Introduction
Albert Einstein supposedly said:

> *Compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world.*

We don’t know if he really said that but compound interest is indeed the most powerful force in the universe. And when it comes to money, investing, and personal finance, the most important lever that one needs to recognize and pull is the lever of compounding. 

## Step 1
[Watch this Khan Academy](https://learnawesome.org/items/4d4c31e1-f575-48da-969a-ad644ba7b50c-compound-interest-introduction-interest-and-debt-finance-capital-markets-khan-academy) video to refresh your  compound interest concepts. Pay special attention to the section where he talks about **how long does it take to double your money.**(The rule of 72) 

### Exercise
Compound interest is very counterintuitive for humans to wrap their head around. To get some intuitive understanding about compounding use this [compound interest calculator](https://financialmentor.com/calculator/compound-interest-calculator) and play by inserting some numbers. Observe the charts and table generated by the calculator. 

## Step 2
Join this Facebook group — [Asan Ideas for Wealth](https://learnawesome.org/items/de27a7be-0b90-443f-99ac-1bad5679e17a-asan-ideas-for-wealth-public-group-facebook) This is an active community. You can get answers to your personal finance/investing/money related questions here.

### Exercise
Browse through some of the discussions and comments. Don’t spend more than 15-20 minutes initially. The idea is to get access to this forum.

## Step 3
So, why are you interested in Personal Finance? Because you want to be a little more certain about availability of money in the future for your needs/wants. Right? So [watch this video](https://learnawesome.org/items/f60ffa9f-5dd2-49ce-82af-25cb43fc0352-a-e-assemble-step1-goals-dreams-nightmares-youtube).  (Start watching from 2:00 min onwards) 

### Exercise
Take as much time as needed to do the exercise suggested in it. The exercise could take a couple of hours or the whole weekend. At the end of the exercise you should have a fairly descriptive list of your goals, dreams, and nightmares. Describe the spreadsheet to your significant other or to someone you feel comfortable sharing your finances.

## Step 4
Remember, during the initial years compounding tests your patience and during the later years, your bewilderment. So, time to remind yourself about the miracle of compounding again. [Watch this video](https://learnawesome.org/items/a1350591-aa80-47ab-87d1-99fc5de51278-the-power-of-compound-interest-must-watch). Focus on the first 2min 40s — the story of the king and the chessboard.

### Exercise
Share the Chess Story with 3 of your friends. Then, crack open an excel spreadsheet, and do the math to come up with your own estimate of “the amount of grain on the chessboard.”

## Step 5
Simple doesn’t mean easy. It takes time to appreciate and develop good personal finance habits. Not days or months. It takes years. To ensure that your mind doesn’t forget the basics of good personal finance hygiene subscribe to these two blogs -

1. [Mr. Money Mustache](https://learnawesome.org/items/f731f093-dad6-4456-bbf2-90d722fe61fe-mr-money-mustache-early-retirement-through-badassity) 
2. [Get Rich Slowly](https://learnawesome.org/items/6776b6e1-fd61-4bdb-81a5-bccdac3e3de2-get-rich-slowly-personal-finance-that-makes-sense) 

## Assignment 1
Revisit the list that you created in Step 3. Now that you’re clear about your goals, to chart the path to your destination, you need to know where you stand today. To make an assessment of where you are today, [visit this link](https://learnawesome.org/items/72bc1636-f6b5-421e-9a6c-13e8451fb304-personal-financial-statement-for-excel) and follow the instructions to create an excel sheet which captures all your finances — your cash flows, assets, liabilities, etc. 

Capture every possible minute details. All your bank accounts, FDs, Mutual Funds, Insurance policies, Equity/Stocks, Real Estate, Loans, Income, Expenses — everything. If you’re doing this for the first time, it might be an overwhelming task but don’t cut corners. It’s important that you do it properly, even if it takes 2-3 days.

Remember, fixing your personal finances isn't a quick weekend activity. It will take time. 

Once you're done with this excel sheet, remove the numbers (or replace them with dummy figures) and share the excel template in the personal finance Slack group. This will help others in tweaking their own excel sheet and in the process you will also learn from others' templates.

## Step 6
Buy these two books and read them:

1. [Rich Dad Poor Dad](https://learnawesome.org/items/3c698e46-8577-4ea6-b056-f31b0a1e89a4-rich-dad-poor-dad)

2. [Richest Man in Babylon](https://learnawesome.org/items/cb8a617b-0d78-4644-b2e3-75b6d2d7756c-the-richest-man-in-babylon)

To begin, you could start with the book summaries:

1.  [Rich Dad Poor Dad book summary](https://learnawesome.org/items/2ac61164-9cfc-4d51-a80a-35e0d9c3f0d6-rich-dad-poor-dad-summary-by-fourminutebooks)

2.  [Richest Man in Babylon book summary](https://learnawesome.org/items/dc694591-26dc-498e-a832-8df5f9f2eccf-the-richest-man-in-babylon-summary-by-fourminutebooks)

Remember, the summary is just to get you started. It's important that you read the books also when you're done with the summaries. Don't worry if it takes time. Read the books slowly. There are no extra points for finishing the books fast. In fact, you may even have to read those books multiple times. Like compound interest, knowledge also builds slowly initially. Keep at it.

## Assignment 2

List down 10 most important lessons from each of the books. Share it in the Personal Finance Slack channel. 

The most effective (yet uncomfortable) way of learning anything is to teach it. So share your lessons on social media (WhatsApp, FB, Twitter, LinkedIn). The more you talk about it, deeper those learnings will go in your own mind and become a permanent part of how you think about money.


iid: e63e82b1-748c-4927-8cf6-ea3e2e30b423
name: Robotics
links: book|http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-72911-4
topics: robotics
description:
By Matjaž Mihelj, Tadej Bajd, Aleš Ude, Jadran Lenarčič, Aleš Stanovnik, Marko Munih, Jure Rejc, Sebastjan Šlajpah


iid: 21e92609-8d32-4ac2-8d33-015f1584fb55
links: article|https://github.com/LisaDziuba/Marketing-for-Engineers
topics: marketing
tags: oer
name:
GitHub - LisaDziuba/Marketing-for-Engineers: A curated collection of marketing articles & tools to grow your product.


iid: 0053dd22-b22d-41c0-9621-8ece98224ac7
topics: databases;data-general
name:
https://www.amazon.in/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable-ebook/dp/B06XPJML5D/

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable-ebook/dp/B06XPJML5D/?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 1f0f4f5f-12e0-44c0-a79c-1ce5377c9934
name: Machine Learning v/s Classical Programming
links: image|https://twitter.com/kpaxs/status/1163058544402411520
topics: machine-learning
image:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200728133730if_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECQDlFOWkAEJzlY?format=jpg&name=small


iid: c3e666a6-c0d5-4f1d-9669-9fad8f07fb49
name: Fundamentals of Clinical Trials
links: book|http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-18539-2
topics: clinical-research
description:
By Lawrence M. Friedman, Curt D. Furberg, David L. DeMets, David M. Reboussin, Christopher B. Granger


iid: 9b104885-6220-416d-8b83-3394f96a030d
name: The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery
links: book|http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-25970-3
topics: surgery;medicine
description:
By Scott R. Steele, Tracy L. Hull, Thomas E. Read, Theodore J. Saclarides, Anthony J. Senagore, Charles B. Whitlow


iid: 5260b7ac-6f62-444a-bf88-aaca2c355ffe
name: Breast Cancer
links: book|http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-48848-6
topics: medicine;breast-cancer
description:
By Umberto Veronesi, Aron Goldhirsch, Paolo Veronesi, Oreste Davide Gentilini, Maria Cristina Leonardi


iid: 590c01c9-0cb8-43d7-8927-9503f8c05550
name: Antifragile - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/13530973.jpg
topics: philosophy;economics
creators: Author of Skin In The Game
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/antifragile-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Antifragile;book|https://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incerto/dp/0812979680?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 9d651441-1e47-47be-837d-9db3bac7d5d0
name: Queering Identities: LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Gender Identity | Coursera
topics: sociology;lgbt
links:
course|https://www.coursera.org/learn/queeringidentities?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=SAyYsTvLiGQ&ranSiteID=SAyYsTvLiGQ-d758kr332pNMO7euVM7LfQ&siteID=SAyYsTvLiGQ-d758kr332pNMO7euVM7LfQ&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=SAyYsTvLiGQ


iid: cc70515a-1468-492f-b69a-abc6b128e570
name: Problems and Solutions in Introductory Mechanics
topics: physics
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23222800-problems-and-solutions-in-introductory-mechanics?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=b4l6AEnzHs&rank=1


iid: 2f300539-9fa6-4c37-aa5c-220e15d65701
name: 10 Days To Faster Reading
topics: reading
creators: Abby Marks-Beale
description:
Jump-Start Your Reading Skills! Speed reading used to require months of training. Now you can rev up your reading in just a few minutes a day. With quizzes to determine your present reading level and exercises to introduce new skills quickly, 10 Days to Faster Reading will improve your reading comprehension and speed as it shows you how to: * Break the Bad Habits That Slow You Down * Develop Your Powers of Concentration * Cut Your Reading Time in Half * Use Proven, Specially Designed Reading Techniques * Boost the Power of Your Peripheral Vision * Learn How to Scan and Skim a Written Report ...And All in 10 Days!

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Faster-Reading-Princeton-Language-Institute/dp/0446676675?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/10-days-to-faster-reading-summary/


iid: a284f644-33b7-45c3-b374-0cdf8439ee99
name: 10% Happier - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Dan Harris
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/18505796.jpg
topics: psychology;happiness;meditation;dan-harris
creators: Author of 10% Happier
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/10-happier-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18505796-10-happier;summary|https://blas.com/10-percent-happier/


iid: e481bf03-2b73-467b-92c7-9c3cc122c92b
name: 12 Rules For Life - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Jordan B. Peterson
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/30257963.jpg
topics: psychology;philosophy;personal-development
creators: Jordan B. Peterson
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/12-rules-for-life-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/12RulesForLife;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26993586M/12_Rules_For_Life_Paperback


iid: dc280e06-96ab-458c-ab65-379fcc1227f7
name: Amusing Ourselves To Death - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Neil Postman
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/74034.jpg
topics: sociology;media;television;psychology
creators: Neil Postman
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/amusing-ourselves-to-death-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18396923M/Amusing_ourselves_to_death


iid: 87d59bf6-f033-4286-9402-5b6bd2cc7cb6
name: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8844867-M.jpg
topics: psychology;personal-development
creators: Amy Morin
description:
The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Your Mental StrengthEveryone knows that regular exercise and weight training lead to physical strength. But how do we strengthen ourselves mentally for the truly tough times? And what should we do when we face these challenges? Or as psychotherapist Amy Morin asks, what should we avoid when we encounter adversity? Through her years counseling others and her own experiences navigating personal loss, Morin realized it is often the habits we cannot break that are holding us back from true success and happiness. Indulging in self-pity, agonizing over things beyond our control, obsessing over past events, resenting the achievements of others, or expecting immediate positive results holds us back. This list of things mentally strong people don't do resonated so much with readers that when it was picked up by Forbes.com it received ten million views.Now, for the first time, Morin expands upon the thirteen things from her viral post and shares her tried-and-true practices for increasing mental strength. Morin writes with searing honesty, incorporating anecdotes from her work as a college psychology instructor and psychotherapist as well as personal stories about how she bolstered her own mental strength when tragedy threatened to consume her.Increasing your mental strength can change your entire attitude. It takes practice and hard work, but with Morin's specific tips, exercises, and troubleshooting advice, it is possible to not only fortify your mental muscle but also drastically improve the quality of your life.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Things-Mentally-Strong-People-Dont/dp/0062358308?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/13-things-mentally-strong-people-dont-do-summary/


iid: d2006b39-d113-4f9e-8a13-f4599d01ab68
name: 21 Days To A Big Idea
topics: business
creators: Author of 21 Days To A Big Idea
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/21-Days-Big-Idea-Breakthrough-ebook/dp/B015QJTK6E?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/21-days-to-a-big-idea-summary/


iid: b0fa3676-4e8b-4cd5-ba93-e2d06011c64c
name: Bit Literacy
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1725930-M.jpg
topics: productivity
creators: Mark Hurst
description:
Bit Literacy" is essential reading for anyone who has experienced "digital overload" the daily flood of e-mail, multiple todo lists, a cluttered desktop, documents in various file formats, and the constant distraction of cell phones and other devices. More than a quick fix or another "how-to" guide, the book offers an entirely new way of attaining productivity that users at any level of expertise can put into action right away. This is "bit literacy," a method for working more productively in the digital age, with less stress. Mark Hurst - who has reached hundreds of thousands of readers through his Good Experience e-mail newsletter, Uncle Mark technology guides, thisisbroken.com, and other websites - has revealed the way to survive, and thrive, in the digital age: "Let the bits go.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Bit-Literacy-Productivity-Information-mail/dp/0979368103?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/bit-literacy-summary/


iid: 40862aa0-a28f-471c-955a-5c73b497d520
name: The Big Leap
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6305214-M.jpg
topics: personal-development
creators: Gay Hendricks
description:
With over 100,000 copies sold, New York Times bestselling author Gay Hendricks demonstrates how to go beyond your internal limits, release outdated fears and learn a whole new set of powerful skills and habits to liberate your authentic greatness. Fans of Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and Gabrielle Bernstein will discover the way to break down the walls to a better life.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6391876-the-big-leap;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/the-big-leap-summary/


iid: 71ea4b5f-98ad-4ba3-81cf-e734ecc39062
name: 21 Lessons For The 21st Century - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Yuval Noah Harari
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/38820046.jpg
topics: history;philosophy;society;politics
creators: Author of Homo Deus
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/21Lessons;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26962423M/21_lessons_for_the_21st_century


iid: 2f9e2248-c001-495c-8388-30b638857360
name: 59 Seconds
description: 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot (Borzoi Books)
topics: psychology;personal-development
creators: Richard Wiseman
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/59-Seconds-Change-Under-Minute/dp/0307474860?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/59-seconds-summary/


iid: 804a7135-5d9c-4289-8863-563a5edbcd52
name: A Brief History Of Time - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Stephen Hawking
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/3869.jpg
topics: science;physics
creators: Stephen W. Hawking
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-brief-history-of-time-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 80a00bd5-7101-405f-a493-72de40343c50
name: A Curious Mind - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Brian Grazer
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/22669010.jpg
topics: psychology;business;curiosity;brian-grazer
creators: Brian Grazer
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-curious-mind-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Curious-Mind-Secret-Bigger-Life/dp/1476730776?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://blas.com/a-curious-mind/


iid: 47e5abbf-fe17-4a4d-84f2-a07f10b3902e
name: A First-Rate Madness
topics: psychology;leadership
creators: Author of A First-Rate Madness
description:
This New York Times bestseller is a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership.Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorders Programme at Tufts Medical Center, offers and sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis: the very qualities that mark those with mood disorders also make for the best leaders in times of crisis.From the importance of Lincoln's "depressive realism" to the lacklustre leadership of exceedingly sane men as Neville Chamberlain, A First-Rate Madness overturns many of our most cherished perceptions about greatness and the mind.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10357675-a-first-rate-madness;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-first-rate-madness-summary/


iid: 07795641-45fc-4a40-9894-e3a7d07d271d
name: Singletasking
topics: productivity
creators: Author of Singletasking
description:
Your Mind Can't Be Two Places at Once Too many of us have become addicted to the popular, enticing, dangerously misleading drug of multitasking. Devora Zack was once hooked herself. But she beat it and became more efficient, and you can too. Zack marshals convincing neuroscientific evidence to prove that you really can't do more by trying to tackle several things at once it's an illusion. There is a better way to deal with all the information and interruptions that bombard us today. Singletasking explains exactly how to clear and calm your mind, arrange your schedule and environment, and gently yet firmly manage the expectations of people around you so that you can accomplish a succession of tasks, one by one and be infinitely more productive. Singletasking is the secret to success and sanity. "

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Singletasking-More-Done-One-Thing-Time/dp/162656261X?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/singletasking-summary/


iid: 331aafd0-cf1a-497a-ac71-b16782c1826d
name: A Force For Good
topics: spirituality;philosophy;religion;buddhism;psychology
creators: Daniel Goleman
description:
For more than half a century, in such books as The Art of Happiness and The Dalai Lamaâs Little Book of Inner Peace, the Dalai Lama has guided us along the path to compassion and taught us how to improve our inner lives. In A Force for Good, with the help of his longtime friend Daniel Goleman, the New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence, the Dalai Lama explains how to turn our compassionate energy outward. This revelatory and inspiring work provides a singular vision for transforming the world in practical and positive ways. Â  Much more than just the most prominent exponent of Tibetan Buddhism, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is also a futurist who possesses a profound understanding of current events and a remarkable canniness for modern social issues. When he takes the stage worldwide, people listen. A Force for Good combines the central concepts of the Dalai Lama, empirical evidence that supports them, and true stories of people who are putting his ideas into actionâshowing how harnessing positive energies and directing them outward has lasting and meaningful effects. Goleman details the science of compassion and how this singular guiding motivation has the power to Â  â¢ break such destructive social forces as corruption, collusion, and bias â¢ heal the planet by refocusing our concerns toward our impact on the systems that support all life â¢ reverse the tendency toward systemic inequity through transparency and accountability â¢ replace violence with dialogue â¢ counter us-and-them thinking by recognizing human oneness â¢ create new economic systems that work for everyone, not just the powerful and rich â¢ design schooling that teaches empathy, self-mastery, and ethics Â  Millions of people have turned to the Dalai Lama for his unparalleled insight into living happier, more purposeful lives. Now, when the world needs his guidance more than ever, he shows how every compassion-driven human actâno matter how smallâis integral for a more peaceful, harmonious world, building a force for a better future. Â  Revelatory, motivating, and highly persuasive, A Force for Good is arguably the most important work from one of the worldâs most influential spiritual and political figures.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Force-Good-Dalai-Lamas-Vision/dp/0553394894?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-force-for-good-summary/


iid: a78f5f31-c7cc-4fd8-9098-8233f1a41cb5
name: A Guide To The Good Life - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By William B. Irvine
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/5617966.jpg
topics: philosophy;psychology
creators: William Braxton Irvine
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-guide-to-the-good-life-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/StoicJoy;book|https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/1522632735?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 36657e74-0ff0-4335-a918-55e628c36a5e
name: A New Earth - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Eckhart Tolle
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/76334.jpg
topics: spirituality;philosophy;psychology
creators: Eckhart Tolle
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-new-earth-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3407556M/A_New_Earth


iid: bf33707b-3120-4efe-8725-57f863e8fdd4
name: A Short History Of Nearly Everything - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: Bill Bryson gives a very good overview of a natural history and describes how the …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/41gdQTWQgEL._SX329_BO1204203200_-199x300.jpg
topics: science;history;bill-bryson
creators: Bill Bryson
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/ShortHistoryNE;summary|https://blas.com/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23115638M/A_short_history_of_nearly_everything


iid: 3a1dda66-7d49-4d46-bed0-f8bb3e486df9
name: A Splendid Exchange - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By William J. Bernstein
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/2413423.jpg
topics: history;economics
creators: William J. Bernstein
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-splendid-exchange-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2413423.A_Splendid_Exchange


iid: 66c6f3da-7459-44df-baab-4b776a9cdaed
name: A Year With Peter Drucker
topics: leadership
creators: Joseph A. Maciariello
description:
A year-long leadership development course, divided into short, weekly lessons, based on Peter Drucker's personal coaching program, previously unpublished material, and selected readings from the management guru's classic works, compiled by his longtime collaborator Joseph A. Maciariello.A Year with Peter Drucker distills the essence of Peter Drucker's personal mentorship program into an easy-to-follow 52-week course, exploring the themes Drucker felt were most important to leadership development, including:Leaders Must Set Sights on the Important and not the Urgentâa key differentiator between a subordinate and a chief. Management is a Human ActivityâProcess must serve people, in and out of the organization. The Roadmap to Personal Effectivenessâthe importance of mission and doing the Right Things not just Getting Things Done. The critical importance of leadership succession especially at top ranks of the organization.Each weekly management meditation includes a lesson and a message or anecdote taken from Drucker's extensive body of work, as well as suggestions for further reading, reflective questions, and quick, easy prompts to help readers incorporate the knowledge they've learned into their daily work.A lifetime of wisdom brilliantly honed into a single essential volume by Drucker's collaborator Joseph A. Maciariello, A Year with Peter Drucker gives both lifelong Drucker fans and young executives now discovering his brilliance an invaluable opportunity to learn directly from the late master.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20663099-a-year-with-peter-drucker;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/a-year-with-peter-drucker-summary/


iid: 42ac7baa-d886-4edc-8410-5949922bf248
name: Abundance - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Peter H. Diamandis
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/13187824.jpg
topics: economics;futurism
creators: Peter H. Diamandis
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/abundance-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think/dp/1451614217?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 52b2c9cf-2b95-4342-af69-8ff0fb5430bc
name: Accidental Genius
topics: language;writing;thinking
creators: Author of Accidental Genius
description:
When it comes to creating ideas, we hold ourselves back. Thatâs because inside each of us is an internal editor whose job is to forever polish our thoughts, so we sound smart and in control, and so that we fit into society. But what happens when we encounter problems where such conventional thinking fails us? How to get unstuck?Â For Mark Levy, the answer is freewriting, a technique heâs used for years to solve all types of business problems, and generate ideas for books, articles and blog posts.Â Freewriting is deceptively simple: Start writing as fast as you can, for as long as you can, about a subject you care deeply about, while ignoring the standard rules of grammar and spelling. Your internal editor wonât be able to keep up with your output, and will be temporarily shunted into the background. Youâll now be able to think more honestly and resourcefully than before, and will generate breakthrough ideas and solutions that you couldnât have created any other way.Â Levy shares six freewriting secrets designed to knock out your editor and let your genius run free. He also includes fifteen problem-solving and creativity-stimulating principles you can use if you need more firepowerâseven of which are new to this editionâand stories of problems he and others have solved through freewriting.Â Also new to this edition: an extensive section on how to refine your freewriting into something you can share with the world. Although Levy originally taught freewriting as a private brainstorming technique, over the years he and his clients have found that, with some tweaking, itâs a great way to generate content for books, articles, and other thought leadership pieces.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Accidental-Genius-Revolutionize-Thinking-Through/dp/1605095257?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/accidental-genius-summary/


iid: 23b14e44-074e-4ae7-bcf6-09943d31133d
name: Against Empathy
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8814406-M.jpg
topics: psychology;philosophy;science;sociology;empathy
creators: Paul Bloom
description:
New York Post Best Book of 2016We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the only problem with empathy is that we donât have enough of it.Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues Yale researcher Paul Bloom. In AGAINST EMPATHY, Bloom reveals empathy to be one of the leading motivators of inequality and immorality in society. Far from helping us to improve the lives of others, empathy is a capricious and irrational emotion that appeals to our narrow prejudices. It muddles our judgment and, ironically, often leads to cruelty. We are at our best when we are smart enough not to rely on it, but to draw instead upon a more distanced compassion.Basing his argument on groundbreaking scientific findings, Bloom makes the case that some of the worst decisions made by individuals and nationsâwho to give money to, when to go to war, how to respond to climate change, and who to imprisonâare too often motivated by honest, yet misplaced, emotions. With precision and wit, he demonstrates how empathy distorts our judgment in every aspect of our lives, from philanthropy and charity to the justice system; from medical care and education to parenting and marriage. Without empathy, Bloom insists, our decisions would be clearer, fairer, andâyesâultimately more moral.Brilliantly argued, urgent and humane, AGAINST EMPATHY shows us that, when it comes to both major policy decisions and the choices we make in our everyday lives, limiting our impulse toward empathy is often the most compassionate choice we can make.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29100194-against-empathy;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/against-empathy-summary/


iid: 5ad17b5f-91f7-4296-848d-5741bafa9af8
name: Alexander The Great
topics: history
creators: Author of Alexander The Great
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Great-Philip-Freeman-ebook/dp/B003UYUORM?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/alexander-the-great-summary/


iid: 437568f7-9fb5-4cb6-872c-039bbee66a7b
name: Algorithms To Live By - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Brian Christian
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/25666050.jpg
topics: algorithms;philosophy
creators: Author of Algorithms To Live By
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/algorithms-to-live-by-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25666050-algorithms-to-live-by


iid: 2bdb4034-d599-4ff5-9ddf-702f2c836421
name: Alibaba’s World
topics: business;china;entrepreneurship
creators: Porter Erisman
description:
**One of six of The Wall Street Journal's "Best Business Books of 2015"**In September 2014, a Chinese company that most Americans had never heard of held the largest IPO in history â bigger than Google, Facebook and Twitter combined. Alibaba, now the world's largest e-commerce company, mostly escaped Western notice for over ten years, while building a customer base more than twice the size of Amazon's, and handling the bulk of e-commerce transactions in China. How did it happen? And what was it like to be along for such a revolutionary ride?In Alibaba's World, author Porter Erisman, one of Alibaba's first Western employees and its head of international marketing from 2000 to 2008, shows how Jack Ma, a Chinese schoolteacher who twice failed his college entrance exams, rose from obscurity to found Alibaba and lead it from struggling startup to the world's most dominant e-commerce player. He shares stories of weathering the dotcom crash, facing down eBay and Google, negotiating with the unpredictable Chinese government, and enduring the misguided advice of foreign experts, all to build the behemoth that's poised to sweep the ecommerce world today. And he analyzes Alibaba's role as a harbinger of the new global business landscapeâwith its focus on the East rather than the West, emerging markets over developed ones, and the nimble entrepreneur over the industry titan. As we face this near future, the story of Alibabaâand its inevitable descendantsâis both essential and instructive.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23014882-alibaba-s-world;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/alibabas-world-summary/


iid: 7a99ebba-226f-4cb5-ac9c-a37b76608621
name: All Marketers Are Liars - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
topics: marketing
creators: Seth Godin
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/all-marketers-are-liars-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/All-Marketers-are-Liars-Works-ebook/dp/B00315QK8M?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: d6903a54-0d10-4357-ab1a-d2faca1b6937
name: Altered Traits
topics: meditation
creators: Daniel Goleman
links:
book|https://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Mrazek-et-al.-2013-Mindfulness-Improves-WMC-GRE-Focus.pdf;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/altered-traits-summary/


iid: b6229467-f0bd-4e8f-9b2c-0312a80662a5
name: An Audience Of One
topics: writing;art
creators: Rao, Srinivas (Host of The Unmistakable Creative Podcast)
description:
The creator of the Unmistakable Creative podcast makes a counterintuitive argument: By focusing your creative work on pleasing yourself, you can increase your productivity, happiness, and (eventually, paradoxically) the size of your audience.Creating for your own pleasure--whether you're writing a novel, composing songs, or painting a landscape--can seem pointless. It's tempting to focus on pursuing money and fame, rather than the process itself. But as Srini Rao warns, creating then turns into a chore that can harm your self-esteem and suck the pleasure out of life, rather than being a source of joy.Rao, host of the podcast The Unmistakable Creative, argues that we should counter this thinking by intentionally creating art for ourselves alone--an audience of one. In this book he shares the fascinating true stories of creatives who took this path, along with actionable tips and the research of creativity experts. You'll learn, for example:* How Oprah's intentional focus on her own work rather than the opinions of everyone else catapulted her into one of the most popular talk shows of all time.* How being process-driven can not only help you produce more work, but can make you happier outside of your creative time.* How to put together a creative "team of rivals" whose feedback can help you hone your craft and filter out useless feedback.By playing to an audience of one, we can find more happiness, increased productivity, and a greater sense of community.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26974345M/An_audience_of_one;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/an-audience-of-one-summary/


iid: e1db1f15-69e4-4ff5-8d90-146a58b0bebe
name: Anything You Want
topics: business
creators: Derek Sivers
description:
Finally available in bookstores, the Portfolio edition of Derek Siversâs iconic and bestselling manifesto on lessons learned while becoming an entrepreneurMost people donât know what theyâre doing. They imitate others, go with the flow, and follow paths without making their own.Best known for creating CD Baby, the most popular music site for independent artists, founder Derek Sivers chronicles his âaccidentalâ success and failures into this concise and inspiring book on how to create a multimillion-dollar company by following your passion.Sivers details his journey and the lessons learned along the way of creating CD Baby and building a business close to his heart. In 1997 Sivers was a musician who taught himself to code a Buy Now button onto his bandâs Web site. Shortly thereafter he began selling his friendsâ CDs on his Web site. As CD Baby grew, Sivers faced numerous obstacles on his way to success. Within six years he had been publicly criticized by Steve Jobs and had to pay his father $3.3 million to buy back 90 percent of his company, but he had also built a company of more than 50 employees and had profited $10 million.Anything You Want is must reading for every person who is an entrepreneur, wants to be one, wants to understand one, or cares even a little about what it means to be human.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Anything-You-Want-Lessons-Entrepreneur/dp/1511366079?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/anything-you-want-summary/


iid: 8dcc186b-0c3e-4133-a19a-ea5f2dcf73b0
name: Are You Fully Charged
topics: personal-development;psychology
creators: Tom Rath
description:
Tom Rath, author of six influential bestsellers, reveals the three keys that matter most for our daily health and well-being, as well as our engagement in our work. Drawing on the latest and most practical research from health, psychology, and economics, this book focuses on changes we can make to create better days for ourselves and others. Are You Fully Charged? will challenge you to stop pursuing happiness and start creating meaning instead, lead you to rethink your daily interactions with the people who matter most, and show you how to put your own health first in order to be your best every day.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23493818-are-you-fully-charged;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/are-you-fully-charged-summary/


iid: 42c3adee-aa0e-468a-a0f2-2f217fbe315c
name: As A Man Thinketh
topics: philosophy;personal-development;thinking
creators: Author of As A Man Thinketh
description:
2018 Reprint of the 1913 Edition. As a Man Thinketh was first published in 1903. In it, Allen describes how man is the creator and shaper of his destiny by the thoughts which he thinks. We rise and fall in exact accordance with the character of the thoughts which we entertain. Our environment is the result of the thoughts that we harbor and the behavior that our thoughts bring about. Part of the New Thought Movement, Allen reveals the secrets to having the most fulfilling existence possible, guided by a proper understanding and appreciate of how thought shapes our lives. Allen advises on how to better manage our thoughts and how to direct them into more constructive behavior. Though written more than one hundred years ago, the language and resonance of this classic still hold up today, inviting each of us to reflect not on the world and others, but our own thoughts and how to regain their possession. The title for the essay comes from the Bible: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," Proverbs, chapter 23, verse 7. In more than a century, As A Man Thinketh has become an inspirational classic, selling millions of copies worldwide and bringing faith, inspiration, and self- healing to all who have encountered it.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-James-Allen/dp/1684222095?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/as-a-man-thinketh-summary/


iid: 6bddf20e-3f78-4ff3-9731-69bd4a1467e0
name: At Home - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7565147-M.jpg
topics: history
creators: Bill Bryson
description:
From one of our most beloved authors, a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call homeânow richly illustrated with more than two hundred images in full colorBill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. But, struck one day by the thought that âhistory mostly is masses of people doing ordinary things,â he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things in lifeâmost of them found inside his front door. At Home is the bestselling story of Brysonâs room-by-room journey around his house, a history of the world written without leaving home. The bathroom provides the occasion for the history of hygiene; the bedroom for an account of sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen for a discussion of nutrition and the spice trade. From architecture to electricity, from food preservation to epidemics, from the telephone to the Eiffel Tower, from crinolines to toiletsâand the brilliant, creative, and often eccentric minds behind themâBryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world ends up in our houses, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture.In this handsome new edition of At Home, Brysonâs sparkling prose is enhanced by some two hundred carefully curated full-color images. Selected from a wide array of sources, these illustrations vividly bring his fascinating and entertaining domestic adventure to visual life. Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and he is a master at turning the seemingly mundane into an occasion for the most diverting exposition imaginable. When youâve finished this book, youâll see your houseâand your daily lifeâin a new and revelatory light.

links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/at-home-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7507825-at-home


iid: 8ca41edc-399c-450e-8346-8dce2d0705d2
name: Behind The Cloud - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Marc Benioff
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/6659874.jpg
topics: business
creators: Marc R. Benioff
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/behind-the-cloud-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Cloud-Salesforce-com-Billion-Dollar-Company/dp/0470521163?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: a6cc8de1-3a03-4299-a641-05e7385e28c9
name: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
description: Isaacson does an amazing job of recounting Franklin’s impressive life and how it helped …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Ben-Franklin-199x300-1-199x300.jpg
topics: history;walter-isaacson;benjamin-franklin;america
creators: Author of Leonardo Da Vinci
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-American-Walter-Isaacson-ebook/dp/B000FBJG4U?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/benjamin-franklin-an-american-life-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/benjamin-franklin-isaacson/


iid: 31ec087c-c908-48c1-bfff-6c98eab5f525
name: Attached
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8620497-M.jpg
topics: psychology;relationships
creators: Amir Levine
description:
We rely on science to tell us everything from what to eat to when and how long to exercise, but what about relationships? Is there a scientific explanation for why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle? According to psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, the answer is a resounding "yes."In Attached, Levine and Heller reveal how an understanding of adult attachment-the most advanced relationship science in existence today-can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways: Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.In this book Levine and Heller guide readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mate) follow, offering a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25540563M/Attached;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/attached-summary/


iid: 1983ce4c-5a62-4ae3-b5e5-56cd50228dce
name: Awaken The Giant Within
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/408803-M.jpg
topics: personal-development
creators: Author of Unshakeable
description:
Based on his exclusive "Date with Destiny" seminars, the bestselling author of Unlimited Powerional anecdotes, case studies, personalized self-help tests and a program anyone can follow teach readers the lessons in destiny that lead to self-mastery.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Giant-Within-Immediate-Emotional/dp/0671791540?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/awaken-the-giant-within-summary/


iid: f7246e05-e0b5-4fcd-8428-d7cb9c7bb13b
name: Aware
topics: psychology;meditation
creators: Author of Brainstorm
description:
  This groundbreaking new book from New York Times bestselling author Daniel Siegel, M.D., introduces readers to his pioneering meditation practice that draws on cutting-edge brain science.
In Aware, New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Siegel introduces readers to his life-changing meditation program, The Wheel of Awareness. Whether the reader has no experience with reflective practices or is an experienced practitioner, Aware provides practical instruction for mastering this brilliant tool for cultivating more focus, presence, and peace in one's day-to-day life.Dr. Siegel reveals in this fascinating book how mindfulness practices such as meditation have the capacity to, quite literally, re-wire our brains as "neurons that fire together wire together." According to Siegel, fear, anxiety, and stress in our lives can tend to send our thoughts traveling down the same neural pathways. Our thinking can become rigid or disjointed. Through developing a Wheel of Awareness practice, however, we strengthen our minds by expanding our awareness of how our mind is actually functioning and - in turn - we are able to gently coax our thoughts to travel in healthier, more productive directions.An in-depth look at the brain science that underlies meditation's effectiveness, Aware will guide you in developing a meditation practice that will inspire you to be more focused and present in your life as well as more emotionally resilient in the face of stress and the challenges life may throw your way.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26966421M/Aware;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/aware-summary/


iid: 703ec80c-c9ae-4e53-bc8b-d5ca06faa7c7
name: Bad Blood - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By John Carreyrou
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/37976541.jpg
topics: business;crime
creators: John Carreyrou
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/bad-blood-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Bad-Blood-Secrets-Silicon-Startup/dp/152473165X?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 014b0aa1-6041-4cc0-8069-261e7a872733
name: Barking Up The Wrong Tree
image: https://sivers.org/images/BarkingUp.gif
topics: personal-development
creators: Author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree
description:
Much of the advice weâve been told about achievement is logical, earnestâ¦and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. Youâll learn:â¢ Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your biggest weakness might actually be your greatest strength â¢ Whether nice guys finish last and why the best lessons about cooperation come from gang members, pirates, and serial killersâ¢ Why trying to increase confidence fails and how Buddhist philosophy holds a superior solutionâ¢ The secret ingredient to âgritâ that Navy SEALs and disaster survivors leverage to keep goingâ¢ How to find work-life balance using the strategy of Genghis Khan, the errors of Albert Einstein, and a little lesson from Spider-ManBy looking at what separates the extremely successful from the rest of us, we learn what we can do to be more like themâand find out in some cases why itâs good that we arenât. Barking Up the Wrong Tree draws on startling statistics and surprising anecdotes to help you understand what works and what doesnât so you can stop guessing at success and start living the life you want.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Barking-Wrong-Tree-Surprising-Everything/dp/0062416049?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/barking-up-the-wrong-tree-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/BarkingUp


iid: 7b815ae0-b952-4aa5-af24-f0e8017bead2
name: Be Fearless
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8798180-M.jpg
topics: personal-development
creators: Jean Case
description:
Philanthropist, investor, and technology pioneer Jean Case brings to life the five Be Fearless principles common to the people and organizations that change the world.This book is a call to action for those seeking to live extraordinary lives and bring about transformational change.  When National Geographic Chairman Jean Case set out to investigate the core qualities of great change makers, past and present, from inventors to revolutionaries, she found five surprising traits all had in common. They werenât wealth, privilege, or even genius. It was that all of these exceptional men and women chose to make a âbig bet,â take bold risks, learn from their failures, reach beyond their bubbles, and let urgency conquer fear.  Throughout Be Fearless, Jean vividly illustrates these principles through storytellingâfrom her own transformational life experiences, to Jane Goodallâs remarkable breakthroughs in understanding and protecting chimpanzees, to celebrity chef JosÃ© AndrÃ©sâ decision to be a âfirst responderâ and take his kitchen to the sites of devastating hurricanes to feed the hungry, to Bryan Stevensonâs ambitious efforts to end incarceration inequities, and more. She shares new insights to stories you might think you knowâlike AirBnBâs tale of starting from scratch to transform the hospitality industry, to John F. Kennedyâs history-making moonshotâand gems from changemakers youâve never heard of.  Weaving together storytelling, practical tips and inspiration, Be Fearless will teach you how to put the five fearless principles to work so that they too can spark the sorts of remarkable breakthroughs that change the world.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27333582M/Be_Fearless;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/be-fearless-summary/


iid: 9268667f-e847-414d-a98f-ea0b681ddd9b
name: Behave - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Robert M. Sapolsky
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/31170723.jpg
topics: psychology
creators: Robert M. Sapolsky
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/behave-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/1594205078?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 7d73ec05-8809-4782-b934-ea0404157e6e
name: Better Than Before
topics: habits;productivity
creators: Author of Better Than Before
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Better-Than-Before-Habits-Procrastinate-ebook/dp/B00NRQOR8K?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/better-than-before-summary/


iid: 413005bb-9533-4ed7-8bb0-a655ddd98a43
name: Big Magic
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8889970-M.jpg
topics: creativity
creators: Elizabeth Gilbert
description:
The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller "A must read for anyone hoping to live a creative life... I dare you not to be inspired to be brave, to be free, and to be curious." --PopSugarFrom the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you've dreamed of.Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the "strange jewels" that are hidden within each of us. Whether we are looking to write a book, make art, find new ways to address challenges in our work, embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Big-Magic-Creative-Living-Beyond/dp/1594634726?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/big-magic-summary/


iid: ff95c93f-3522-4285-a6cf-cc6a48562647
description: Most management books deal with how to manage others but this one deals with …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/7174qDTeqQL-197x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/the-effective-executive/
topics: leadership;management;peter-drucker;worth-re-reading
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
name:
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done - Summary at Blas.com


iid: 50b4af9d-fa93-4847-b812-dac1fa61bd7a
name: Black Box Thinking
topics: thinking
creators: Author of Black Box Thinking
description:
An eye-opening, Gladwellian look at the power of a positive attitude toward failure and its profound impact on our success in any field.In the airline industry, failure is taken seriously. Every aircraft is equipped with an almost indestructible black box. When there is an accident, the box is opened, the data is analyzed, and the reason for the accident excavated. This ensures that procedures are adapted so that the same mistake doesnât happen again. With this method, the industry has created an astonishing safety record.For pilots working in a safety-critical industry, getting it wrong can have deadly consequences. But most of us have a relationship with failure that impedes progress, halts innovation, and damages our lives. We donât acknowledge it or learn from it âthough we often think we do.Moving from anthropology to psychology and from history to complexity theory, Matthew Syed explains why even when we think we have 20/20 hindsight, our visionâs still fuzzy. He offers a radical new idea: that the most important determinant of success in any field, whether sports, business, or life, is an acknowledgment of failure and a willingness to engage with it. This is how we learn, progress and excel. This approach explains everything from biological evolution and the efficiency of markets to the success of the Mercedes F1 team and the mindset of David Beckham.Using a cornucopia of interviews, gripping stories, and sharp-edged science, Syed explores the intimate relationship between failure and success, and shows why we need to transport black box thinking into our own lives. If we wish to unleash our potential, we must diagnose and break free of our failures. Part manifesto for change, part intellectual adventure, this groundbreaking book reveals how to do both.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24611735-black-box-thinking;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/black-box-thinking-summary/


iid: 142c2cbc-abb5-4fff-867e-9607fb9f0438
name: Blink - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6383854-M.jpg
topics: psychology
creators: Malcolm Gladwell
description:
Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/blink-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23273215M/Blink


iid: f9b016cf-b42e-4980-ae8b-10ce21d006ad
name: Blitzscaling
topics: business
creators: Author of Blitzscaling
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Blitzscaling-Lightning-Fast-Building-Massively-Companies-ebook/dp/B0791239V7?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/blitzscaling-summary/


iid: 1fa666ef-3ee8-4990-913e-e1ad3211b358
name: Bold
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7341911-M.jpg
topics: business;steven-kotler;peter-diamandis;crowdsourcing;crowdfunding
creators: Peter H. Diamandis
description:
Diamandis and Kotler walk you through how to take your Massively Transformative Purpose (MTP) into reality. The intersection …

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25670682M/BOLD_HOW_TO_GO_BIG_CREATE_WEALTH_AND_IMPACT_THE_WORLD;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/bold-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/bold/


iid: 1184977e-db86-46b7-a72b-db7bc1738ab3
name: Born For This
topics: business;personal-development
creators: Chris Guillebeau
description:
To the outside observer, it seems like they ve won the career lottery that by some stroke of luck or circumstance, they ve found the one thing they love so much that it doesn t even feel like work, and they re getting paid well to do it. In reality, their good fortune has nothing to do with chance. There s a method for finding your perfect job, and Chris Guillebeau, the bestselling author of "The $100 Startup," has created a practical guide for how to do it whethe rwithin a traditional company or business, or by striking out on your own. Finding the work you were born to do isn t just about discovering your passion. Doing what brings you joy is great, but if you aren t earning a living, it s a hobby, not a career. And those who jump out of bed excited to go to work every morning don t just have jobs that turn their passions into paychecks. They have jobs where they also can lose themselves for hours in the flow of meaningful work. This intersection of joy, money, and flow is what Guillebeau will help you find in this book. Through inspiring stories of those who have successfully landed their dream career, as well as actionable tools, exercises, and thought experiments, he ll guide you through today s vast menu of career options to discover the work perfectly suited to your unique interests, skills, and experiences. You ll learn how to: Hack the job of your dreams within a traditional organization by making it work for you Find not only your ideal work but also your ideal working conditions Create plans that will allow you to take smarter career risks and beat the house every time Start a profitable side hustle and earn extra cashon top of your primary stream of income Escape the prison of working for someone else and build a mini-empire as an entrepreneur Become a rock star at any creative endeavor by creating a loyal base of fans and followers Whichever path you choose, this book will show you how to find that one job or career that feels so right, it s like you w

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25893699-born-for-this;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/born-for-this-summary/


iid: 7121111e-4d95-4fc3-b5e1-8608a0332503
description: “I’ve always appreciated authors who explain their points simply, right up front. So here’s …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/710Y1Qbp5L-197x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/loonshots/
topics: business;innovation;safi-bahcall
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
name:
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries - Summary at Blas.com


iid: a23ae135-bf30-4312-8dd9-f60dc7da9965
name: Classical Mechanics
topics: physics
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2644996-classical-mechanics?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9CVUXz0Hj6&rank=5


iid: fe27667a-6970-4b17-8ef4-0d90ddd8e6b4
name: Born to Run
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8473285-M.jpg
topics: sports;running
creators: Christopher McDougall
description:
The astonishing national bestseller and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run.An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to a climactic race in the Copper Canyons that pits America's best ultra-runners against the tribe. McDougall's incredible story will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.(back cover)

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6289283-born-to-run;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/born-to-run-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/BornToRun


iid: c5ab70bc-32c2-4de9-a09b-2331285de9b4
name: Bounce
topics: personal-development;psychology
creators: Author of Bounce
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Bounce-Federer-Picasso-Beckham-Science-ebook/dp/B003F1WMDO?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/bounce-summary/


iid: 1a564d10-ce59-47ef-ba04-7b52f10f0cde
name: Brainstorm
topics: parenting;psychology;adolescence
creators: Author of Brainstorm
description:
A New York Times bestseller! Between the ages of twelve and twenty-four, the brain changes in important and, at times, challenging ways. In Brainstorm, Dr. Daniel Siegel busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescenceâfor example, that it is merely a stage of Âimmaturityâ filled with often Âcrazyâ behavior. According to Siegel, during adolescence we learn vital skills, such as how to leave home and enter the larger world, connect deeply with others, and safely experiment and take risks. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, Siegel explores exciting ways in which understanding how the brain functions can improve the lives of adolescents, making their relationships more fulfilling and less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17707532-brainstorm;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/brainstorm-summary/


iid: 0ea9eb43-2e23-414f-bd37-5070483059f4
name: Braving The Wilderness
topics: psychology;relationships
creators: Author of Dare To Lead
description:
True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who are.BrenÃ© Brown has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives â experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines our understanding of what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarisation shaped by fear and divisive ideological and political rhetoric.With her trademark mix of research, storytelling and honesty, Brown sets out a clear roadmap based on the four practices of true belonging that challenge how we think about ourselves, show up with one another, and find our way back to courage and connection.A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organisations and culture.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Braving-Wilderness-quest-belonging-courage/dp/1785041754?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/braving-the-wilderness-summary/


iid: 7d321c74-08c3-4be4-85e1-59fc08ac5bf7
name: Breakfast With Socrates
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7965588-M.jpg
topics: philosophy
creators: Robert Rowland Smith
description:
  
 Have breakfast with Socrates, go to work with Nietzsche, head to the gym with Foucault, then have sex with Ovid (or Simone de Beauvoir).   Former Oxford Philosophy Fellow Robert Rowland Smith whisks you through an ordinary day with history's most extraordinary thinkers, explaining what they might have to say about your routine. From waking up in the morning through traveling to work, shopping, eating, going to a party, falling asleep, and dreaming, Smith connects our most mundane habits to the wider world of ideas.  Start with waking up: What does it really mean to be awake? How do we know we're not still dreaming? Descartes argues that if you're able to doubt whether you're awake, you are at least thinking, and so you probably exist -- no small achievement for first thing in the morning. Or take going to the gym: As you toil on the treadmill, is your panting a sign of virtue or of vice, of healthy exertion or of unhealthy narcissism? Working out is a version of what Max Weber called the Protestant work ethic -- a kind of spiritual exercise, it also leads to worldly vanity.  With dry wit and marvelous invention, Smith draws on philosophy, literature, art, politics, and psychology to wake us up to a stunning range of ideas about how to live. Neither breakfast, lunch, nor dinner will ever be the same again.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Breakfast-Socrates-Extraordinary-Philosophical-Ordinary/dp/1439148686?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/breakfast-with-socrates-summary/


iid: 17d4f54d-7723-4a37-936e-c6502343bd7c
name: Buddha’s Brain
topics: psychology
creators: Hanson, Rick (Psychologist)
description:
Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else's. Then they used their minds to change their brains in ways that changed history.With the new breakthroughs in neuroscience, combined with the insights from thousands of years of contemplative practice, you, too, can shape your own brain for greater happiness, love, and wisdom.Buddha's Brain joins the forces of modern science with ancient teachings to show readers how to have greater emotional balance in turbulent times, as well as healthier relationships, more effective actions, and a deeper religious or spiritual practice.Well-referenced and grounded in science, the book is full of practical tools and skills readers can use in daily life to tap the unused potential of the brain-and rewire it over time for greater peace and well-being.If you can change your brain, you can change your life.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Buddhas-Brain-Practical-Neuroscience-Happiness/dp/1491518669?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/buddhas-brain-summary/


iid: 141327a2-e406-4a16-b80a-0dfa3038a01c
name: Built To Last - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By James C. Collins
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/4122.jpg
topics: business;leadership
creators: Collins, James C.
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/built-to-last-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Essentials-ebook/dp/B0058DRSHW?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 2c437405-88bf-4211-9aec-5176a9655298
name: Everything Is Obvious
topics: thinking
creators: Author of Everything Is Obvious
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Obvious-Once-Know-Answer-ebook/dp/B004DEPHGQ?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/everything-is-obvious-summary/


iid: 49d9af8e-9114-4b25-9012-444fa54f878b
name: Can’t Hurt Me
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8305903-M.jpg
topics: psychology;personal-development
creators: David Goggins
description:
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare â poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him âThe Fittest (Real) Man in America.â  In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Cant-Hurt-Me-Master-Your/dp/1544512287?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/cant-hurt-me-summary/


iid: 5c5fd6d4-0d2a-457b-86b9-9610a06ff6b3
name: Carrots And Sticks
topics: psychology;business;management;economics
creators: Ian Ayres
description:
Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done by Ian Ayres. Bantam Dell Pub Group,2010

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8914703-carrots-and-sticks;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/carrots-and-sticks-summary/


iid: eaec7a49-f135-40c4-8ecc-dd0afd4a9470
name: Catalyst
description: BRAND NEW, Exactly same ISBN as listed, Please double check ISBN carefully before ordering.
topics: career
creators: Author of Catalyst
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Catalyst-Chandramouli-Venkatesan/dp/0143442473?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/catalyst-summary/


iid: 0acb5d67-96a5-470f-9004-c69fd7abf507
name: Catch Me If You Can
topics: forgery
creators: Author of Catch Me If You Can
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Catch-Me-If-You-Can/dp/0767905385?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/catch-me-if-you-can-summary/


iid: 4f5f92a3-6448-4420-bc3e-60ea91f04d12
name: Change Your Questions, Change Your Life
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7314965-M.jpg
topics: thinking
creators: Marilee G. Adams
description:
Questions are at the core of how we listen, behave, think, and relate--as individuals and organizations. Virtually everything we think and do is generated by questions. Questions push us into new territories. The future begins with our thinking, represented by the questions we ask ourselves."Change Your Questions, Change Your Life" shows readers how to consistently choose the questions that can lead them to success, both personally and professionally. This technique, called "QuestionsThinking," stimulates innovation, accelerate productivity, and create more rewarding relationships."Change Your Questions, Change Your Life" is a personal growth fable that tells how a seasoned executive, Ben Knight, uses QuestionThinking to move into a higher leadership role and how the same methods of change help him and his wife, Grace, enrich their marriage.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665149-change-your-questions-change-your-life;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/change-your-questions-change-your-life-summary/


iid: 279a23e0-46c1-40d6-90ca-3b9821e53262
name: Chaos Monkeys
topics: business
creators: Antonio García Martínez
description:
Liarâs Poker meets The Social Network in an irreverent exposÃ© of life inside the tech bubble, from industry provocateur Antonio GarcÃ­a MartÃ­nez, a former Twitter advisor, Facebook product manager and startup founder/CEO.The reality is, Silicon Valley capitalism is very simple:Investors are people with more money than time.Employees are people with more time than money.Entrepreneurs are the seductive go-between.Marketing is like sex: only losers pay for it.Â Imagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a datacenter powering everything from Google to Facebook. Infrastructure engineers use a software version of this âchaos monkeyâ to test online servicesâ robustnessâtheir ability to survive random failure and correct mistakes before they actually occur. Tech entrepreneurs are societyâs chaos monkeys, disruptors testing and transforming every aspect of our lives, from transportation (Uber) and lodging (AirBnB) to television (Netflix) and dating (Tinder). One of Silicon Valleyâs most audacious chaos monkeys is Antonio GarcÃ­a MartÃ­nez.After stints on Wall Street and as CEO of his own startup, GarcÃ­a MartÃ­nez joined Facebookâs nascent advertising team, turning its usersâ data into profit for COO Sheryl Sandberg and chairman and CEO Mark âZuckâ Zuckerberg. Forced out in the wake of an internal product war over the future of the companyâs monetization strategy, GarcÃ­a MartÃ­nez eventually landed at rival Twitter. He also fathered two children with a woman he barely knew, committed lewd acts and brewed illegal beer on the Facebook campus (accidentally flooding Zuckerberg's desk), lived on a sailboat, raced sport cars on the 101, and enthusiastically pursued the life of an overpaid Silicon Valley wastrel.Now, this gleeful contrarian unravels the chaotic evolution of social media and online marketing and reveals how it is invading our lives and shaping our future. Weighing in on everything from startups and credit derivatives to Big Brother and data tracking, social media monetization and digital âprivacy,â GarcÃ­a MartÃ­nez shares his scathing observations and outrageous antics, taking us on a humorous, subversive tour of the fascinatingly insular tech industry. Chaos Monkeys lays bare the hijinks, trade secrets, and power plays of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists, accidental tourists, and money cowboys who are revolutionizing our world. The question is, will we survive?

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27212416M/Chaos_monkeys;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/chaos-monkeys-summary/


iid: ae9a3c3e-c1d9-4a90-a24e-6d8b38f20a5b
name: Charlie Munger - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Tren Griffin
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/25530069.jpg
topics: business;economics;finance
creators: Trenholme J. Griffin
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/charlie-munger-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/FourFilters;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27193189M/Charlie_Munger


iid: 1493ffca-1e32-41a2-b5fa-d13d4f1f8ee2
name: Choose Yourself - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By James Altucher
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/17977529.jpg
topics: business;personal-development
creators: James Altucher
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/choose-yourself-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/ChooseYourself;book|https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Yourself-James-Altucher/dp/1490313370?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 44861b4d-e758-4139-9e56-20e6b914bdb9
name: Company Of One
topics: career
creators: Author of Everything I Know
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Company-One-Staying-Small-Business-ebook/dp/B078962RHQ?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/company-of-one-summary/


iid: df3a6702-7d3f-4874-8750-abe388aaf4ba
name: Confessions Of An Advertising Man
topics: business;advertising
creators: Author of Confessions Of An Advertising Man
description:
David Ogilvy was an advertising genius. At the age of 37, he founded the New York-based agency that later merged to form the international company known as Ogilvy & Mather. Regarded as the father of modern advertising, Ogilvy was responsible for some of the most memorable advertising campaigns ever created. Confessions of an Advertising Man is the distillation of all the Ogilvy concepts, tactics, and techniques that made this international best-seller a blueprint for sound business practice. If you aspire to be a good manager in any business, this seminal work is a must-read.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Confessions-Advertising-Man-David-Ogilvy/dp/190491537X?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/confessions-of-an-advertising-man-summary/


iid: 55bf4bfe-aea9-4ed1-bda8-55b48f0f9767
name: Crucial Conversations - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Kerry Patterson
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/15014.jpg
topics: communication;psychology
creators: Author of Crucial Conversations
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/crucial-conversations-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15014.Crucial_Conversations


iid: daeb3267-5862-41aa-811e-5055ce9dafef
name: A Student's Guide to Lagrangians and Hamiltonians
topics: physics
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18555049-a-student-s-guide-to-lagrangians-and-hamiltonians?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Ujv3qOyxU2&rank=1


iid: ab61c4ba-6fe8-47c6-840d-fedb6f35dc7a
name: Contagious - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Jonah Berger
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/15801967.jpg
topics: business;psychology;marketing
creators: Jonah Berger
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/contagious-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26924173M/Contagious


iid: d835eb4d-5930-4d79-9a41-e6ca525b2550
name: Content, Inc.
topics: business;content-marketing
creators: Joe Pulizzi
description:
The NEW Rulebook for Entrepreneurial SuccessWhat s the surest way to startup failure? Follow old, outdated rules.In Content Inc., one of today s most sought-after content-marketing strategists reveals a new model for entrepreneurial success. Simply put, it s about developing valuable content, building an audience around that content, and then creating a product for that audience.Notice a shift?Author Joe Pulizzi flips the traditional entrepreneurial approach of first creating a product and then trying to find customers.It s a brilliant reverse-engineering of a model that rarely succeeds.The radical six-step business-building process revealed in this book is smart, simple, practical, and cost-effective. And best of all, it works. It s a strategy Pulizzi used to build his own successful company, Content Marketing Institute, which has landed on Inc. magazine s list of fastest growing private companies for three years straight. It s also a strategy countless other entrepreneurs use to build their own multi-million dollar companies. Build an audience and you ll be able to sell pretty much anything you want.Today s markets are more dynamic and customers are more fickle than ever before. Why would you put all your eggs in one basket before securing a loyal customer base? Content Inc. shows you how to get customers first and develop products later. It s the best way to build a solid, long-lasting business positioned for today s content-driven world.This is the simple but profoundly successful entrepreneurial approach of one of today s most creative business minds.A pioneer of content marketing, Pulizzi has cracked to code when it comes to the power of content in a world where marketers still hold fast to traditional models that no longer work. In Content Inc., he breaks down the business-startup process into six steps, making it simple for you to visualize, launch, and monetize your own business. These steps are:The Sweet Spot: Identify the intersection of your unique competency and your personal passion Content Tilting: Determine how you can tilt your sweet spot to find a place where little or no competition exists Building the Base: Establish your number-one channel for disseminating content (blog, podcast, YouTube, etc.) Harvesting Audience: Use social-media and SEO to convert one-time visitors into long-term subscribers Diversification: Grow your business by expanding into multiple delivery channels Monetization: Now that your expertise is established, you can begin charging money for your products or servicesThis model has worked wonders for Pulizzi and countless other examples detailed in the book. Connect these six pieces like a puzzle, and before you know it, you ll be running your own profitable, scalable business.Pulizzi walks you step by step through the process, based on his own success (and failures) and real-world multi-million dollar examples from multiple industries and countries.Whether you re seeking to start a brand-new business or drive innovation in an existing one, Content Inc. provides everything you need to reverse-engineer the traditional entrepreneurial model for better, more sustainable success.Joe Pulizzi is an entrepreneur, professional speaker, and podcaster. He is the founder of several startups, including the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), recognized as the fastest growing business media company by Inc. magazine in 2014. CMI produces Content Marketing World, the world s largest content marketing event, and publishes the leading content marketing magazine, Chief Content Officer. Pulizzi s book Epic Content Marketing was named one of Fortune magazine s Five Must Read Business Books of the Year."

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27199825M/Content_Inc;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/content-inc-summary/


iid: e158fe2d-ddca-476f-94a4-dfd1f92e08d5
name: Counterclockwise
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5923961-M.jpg
topics: psychology;health
creators: Ellen J. Langer
description:
If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in Counterclockwise, she presents the answer: Opening our minds to what's possible, instead of presuming impossibility, can lead to better health-at any age.Drawing on landmark work in the field and her own body of colorful and highly original experiments-including the first detailed discussion of her "counterclockwise" study, in which elderly men lived for a week as though it was 1959 and showed dramatic improvements in their hearing, memory, dexterity, appetite, and general well-being-Langer shows that the magic of rejuvenation and ongoing good health lies in being aware of the ways we mindlessly react to social and cultural cues. Examining the hidden decisions and vocabulary that shape the medical world ("chronic" versus "acute," "cure" versus "remission"), the powerful physical effects of placebos, and the intricate but often defeatist ways we define our physical health, Langer challenges the idea that the limits we assume and impose on ourselves are real. With only subtle shifts in our thinking, in our language, and in our expectations, she tells us, we can begin to change the ingrained behaviors that sap health, optimism, and vitality from our lives. Improved vision, younger appearance, weight loss, and increased longevity are just four of the results that Langer has demonstrated.Immensely readable and riveting, Counterclockwise offers a transformative and bold new paradigm: the psychology of possibility. A hopeful and groundbreaking book by an author who has changed how people all over the world think and feel, Counterclockwise is sure to join Mindfulness as a standard source on new-century science and healing.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Counterclockwise-Mindful-Health-Power-Possibility/dp/1501265288?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/counterclockwise-summary/


iid: 1b36994b-f5c4-41cd-9ad4-fb53d967c3e7
name: Creative Schools
topics: education;teaching;parenting
creators: Author of Creative Schools
description:
A revolutionary reappraisal of how to educate our children and young people by Ken Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Finding Your ElementÂ Ken Robinson is one of the worldâs most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organizationâs history. Now, the internationally recognized leader on creativity and human potential focuses on one of the most critical issues of our time: how to transform the nationâs troubled educational system. At a time when standardized testing businesses are raking in huge profits, when many schools are struggling, and students and educators everywhere are suffering under the strain, Robinson points the way forward. He argues for an end to our outmoded industrial educational system and proposes a highly personalized, organic approach that draws on todayâs unprecedented technological and professional resources to engage all students, develop their love of learning, and enable them to face the real challenges of the twenty-first century. Filled with anecdotes, observations and recommendations from professionals on the front line of transformative education, case histories, and groundbreaking researchâand written with Robinsonâs trademark wit and engaging styleâCreative Schools will inspire teachers, parents, and policy makers alike to rethink the real nature and purpose of education.From the Hardcover edition.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Creative-Schools-Grassroots-Revolution-Transforming/dp/0143108069?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/creative-schools-summary/


iid: 3b8132bd-0a64-4062-a5e3-96ad882060b3
name: Creativity, Inc. - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: One of the founders of Pixar, Ed Catmull, describes Pixar’s history and their creative …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/download-20.jpg
topics: business;leadership;creativity;management;pixar;ed-catmull
creators: Ed Catmull and Edwin E. Catmull and Amy Wallace
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/creativity-inc-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/creativity-inc/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/0812993012?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 1828e36a-a883-406b-bf00-b8d75825d2d7
name: Crossing The Chasm
description: Navigating in such the uncharted waters of the chasm requires beacons that can be …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/41czNgTCIQL._SX334_BO1204203200_-202x300.jpg
topics: business;marketing;technology;investing;geoffrey-moore
creators: Author of Crossing The Chasm
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-Marketing-Technology-Mainstream/dp/B00A2ZHMKY?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/crossing-the-chasm-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/crossing-the-chasm/


iid: f38363f4-a804-4490-8204-913bd3686588
name: Six Thinking Hats - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Edward de Bono
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/97030.jpg
topics: personal-development;management;thinking
creators: Edward de Bono
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/six-thinking-hats-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2560191M/Six_thinking_hats


iid: aeb27155-a837-45cc-8456-27229b15ae4d
name: Crush It
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6297122-M.jpg
topics: hobbies;career;entrepreneurship;personal-development
creators: Gary Vaynerchuk
description:
Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader. Then one day he turned on a video camera, and by using the secrets revealed here, transformed his entire life and earning potential by building his personal brand. By the end of this book, readers will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Step by step, Crush It! is the ultimate driverâs manual for modern business.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23980412M/Crush_it!;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/crush-it-summary/


iid: db80e347-c233-4263-ab96-e6adc8583ce3
name: Crushing It
topics: business
creators: Author of The Thank You Economy
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Crushing-Great-Entrepreneurs-Business-Influence-ebook/dp/B072DV2GHG?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/crushing-it-summary/


iid: ef7671ae-5415-44e1-b8fa-9be65dd62010
name: Dare To Lead
topics: leadership
creators: Author of Dare To Lead
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Dare-Lead-Brave-Conversations-Hearts-ebook/dp/B07CWGFPS7?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/dare-to-lead-summary/


iid: 2f8dbd65-20c4-43ce-acf7-3bd8b8065403
name: Daring Greatly
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8314266-M.jpg
topics: psychology;personal-development
creators: Brené Brown
description:
The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in paperback. From thought leader Dr. BrenÃ© Brown, a transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.Â âIt is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.ââTheodore RooseveltEvery day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable or to dare greatly. Based on twelve years of pioneering research, Dr. BrenÃ© Brown dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage.Brown explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment, and the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, empathy, innovation, and creativity. She writes: âWhen we shut ourselves off from vulnerability, we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.âDaring Greatly is not about winning or losing. Itâs about courage. In a world where ânever enoughâ dominates and feeling afraid has become second nature, vulnerability is subversive. Uncomfortable. Itâs even a little dangerous at times. And, without question, putting ourselves out there means thereâs a far greater risk of getting criticized or feeling hurt. But when we step back and examine our lives, we will find that nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous, and hurtful as standing on the outside of our lives looking in and wondering what it would be like if we had the courage to step into the arenaâwhether itâs a new relationship, an important meeting, the creative process, or a difficult family conversation. Daring Greatly is a practice and a powerful new vision for letting ourselves be seen.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26630004M/Daring_Greatly_How_the_Courage_to_Be_Vulnerable_Transforms_the_Way_We_Live_Love_Parent_and_Lead;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/daring-greatly-summary/


iid: 8a2c341b-c632-4ed1-825e-6ea3fadfd208
name: David and Goliath
description: Power, wealth and health are not exclusive harbingers of success. Beyond a certain point, …
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7276285-M.jpg
topics: psychology;business;sociology;malcolm-gladwell
creators: Malcolm Gladwell
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/David-Goliath-Underdogs-Misfits-Battling/dp/0316204374?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/david-and-goliath-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/david-and-goliath/


iid: 8605110e-1e35-4a6b-90a0-460d25a6ea16
name: Decisive - Summary by Derek Sivers
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8537216-M.jpg
topics: thinking;psychology;personal-development
creators: Chip Heath
description:
The four principles that can help us to overcome our brains' natural biases to make better, more informed decisions -- in our lives, careers, families and organizations.In Decisive, Chip Heath and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Made to Stick and Switch, tackle the thorny problem of how to overcome our natural biases and irrational thinking to make better decisions, about our work, lives, companies and careers.Â Â Â Â When it comes to decision making, our brains are flawed instruments.Â  But given that we are biologically hard-wired to act foolishly and behave irrationally at times, how can we do better?Â  A number of recent bestsellers have identified how irrational our decision making can be.Â  But being aware of a bias doesn't correct it, just as knowing that you are nearsighted doesn't help you to see better.Â  In Decisive, the Heath brothers, drawing on extensive studies, stories and research, offer specific, practical tools that can help us to think more clearly about our options, and get out of our heads, to improve our decision making, at work and at home.

links:
summary|https://sivers.org/book/Decisive;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15798078-decisive;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/decisive-summary/


iid: 063682c4-dc48-41dd-a207-79f7902bddf9
name: Deep Thinking
topics: science;games;chess;thinking
creators: Author of Deep Thinking
description:
Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game.   That moment was more than a century in the making, and in this breakthrough book, Kasparov reveals his astonishing side of the story for the first time. He describes how it felt to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent with the whole world watching, and recounts the history of machine intelligence through the microcosm of chess, considered by generations of scientific pioneers to be a key to unlocking the secrets of human and machine cognition. Kasparov uses his unrivaled experience to look into the future of intelligent machines and sees it bright with possibility. As many critics decry artificial intelligence as a menace, particularly to human jobs, Kasparov shows how humanity can rise to new heights with the help of our most extraordinary creations, rather than fear them. Deep Thinking is a tightly argued case for technological progress, from the man who stood at its precipice with his own career at stake.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Thinking-Machine-Intelligence-Creativity/dp/1541773640?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/deep-thinking-summary/


iid: f1265177-d9d8-464d-b8dc-abd8922e3026
name: Lean Analytics
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7863277-M.jpg
topics: business;analytics
creators: Alistair Croll
description:
Whether youâre a startup founder trying to disrupt an industry or an intrapreneur trying to provoke change from within, your biggest challenge is creating a product people actually want. Lean Analytics steers you in the right direction.This book shows you how to validate your initial idea, find the right customers, decide what to build, how to monetize your business, and how to spread the word. Packed with more than thirty case studies and insights from over a hundred business experts, Lean Analytics provides you with hard-won, real-world information no entrepreneur can afford to go without.Understand Lean Startup, analytics fundamentals, and the data-driven mindsetLook at six sample business models and how they map to new ventures of all sizesFind the One Metric That Matters to youLearn how to draw a line in the sand, so youâll know itâs time to move forwardApply Lean Analytics principles to large enterprises and established products

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Analytics-Better-Startup-Faster/dp/1449335675?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/lean-analytics-summary/


iid: c3cfaefb-3ea6-4c30-aacc-68564bb51f6a
name: The Better Angels Of Our Nature - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Steven Pinker
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/13543093.jpg
topics: history;psychology;science;philosophy;sociology
creators: Steven Pinker
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/the-better-angels-of-our-nature-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25690739M/The_better_angels_of_our_nature


iid: f6c81939-c8e6-479a-a58d-e227cbc69e1a
name: Deep Work - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Cal Newport
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/25744928.jpg
topics: business;productivity;psychology;personal-development
creators: Cal Newport
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/deep-work-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/DeepWork;book|https://www.amazon.in/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 3a9eae7d-dfba-4f25-9153-764ee94e95a6
name: Delivering Happiness
description: Tony Hsieh is the CEO of Zappos and wrote this book to help people …
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6450379-M.jpg
topics: business;leadership;zappos;tony-hsieh;entrepreneurship
creators: Tony Hsieh
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose/dp/0446576220?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/delivering-happiness-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/delivering-happiness/


iid: f506a2dd-217e-41e1-9fdc-937b4d2c9c33
name: Design To Grow
topics: business;design
creators: Author of Design To Grow
description:
Expert advice from Coca-Colaâs vice president of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Learn how Coca-Cola uses design to grow its business by combining the advantages of scale with the agility to respond to fast-changing market conditions.In todayâs world, every company is at risk of having a âKodak Momentââwatching its industry and the competitive advantages it has developed over years, even decades, vanish overnight. The reason? An inability to adapt quickly to new business realities. Established companies are at risk, but itâs no easier being an agile startup, because most of those fail due to their inability to scale. Tomorrowâs business winnersâregardless of size or industryâwill be the ones that know how to combine scale with agility. In Design to Grow, a Coca-Cola senior executive shares both the successes and failures of one of the worldâs largest companies as it learns to use design to be both agile and big. In this rare and unprecedented behind-the-scenes look, David Butler and senior Fast Company editor, Linda Tischler, use plain language and easy-to-understand case studies to show how this works at Coca-Colaâand how other companies can use the same approach to grow their business. This book is a must-read for managers inside large corporations as well as entrepreneurs just getting started.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609425-design-to-grow;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/design-to-grow-summary/


iid: b6bb1ced-a119-47da-96a9-3604e2161266
name: Difficult Conversations - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Douglas Stone
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/774088.jpg
topics: psychology;communication;leadership
creators: Douglas Stone
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/difficult-conversations-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Difficult-Conversations-Discuss-What-Matters/dp/0143118447?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 3bce05e1-fc69-43b8-811c-6e0cbc724c30
name: Digital Minimalism
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8507540-M.jpg
topics: productivity;technology;psychology;personal-development
creators: Cal Newport
description:
The key to living well in a high tech world is to spend much less time using technology.Georgetown computer scientist Cal Newport's Deep Work sparked a movement around the idea that unbroken concentration produces far more value than the electronic busyness that defines the modern work day. But his readers had an urgent follow-up question: What about technology in our personal lives?In recent years, our culture's relationship with personal technology has transformed from something exciting into something darker. Innovations like smartphones and social media are useful, but many of us are increasingly troubled by how much control these tools seem to exert over our daily experiences--including how we spend our free time and how we feel about ourselves.In Digital Minimalism, Newport proposes a bold solution: a minimalist approach to technology use in which you radically reduce the time you spend online, focusing on a small set of carefully-selected activities while happily ignoring the rest.He mounts a vigorous defense for this less-is-more approach, combining historical examples with case studies of modern digital minimalists to argue that this philosophy isn't a rejection of technology, but instead a necessary realignment to ensure that these tools serve us, not the other way around.To make these principles practical, he takes us inside the growing subculture of digital minimalists who have built rich lives on a foundation of intentional technology use, and details a decluttering process that thousands have already used to simplify their online lives. He also stresses the importance of never clicking "like," explores the underappreciated value of analog hobbies, and draws lessons from the "attention underground"--a resistance movement fighting the tech companies' attempts to turn us into gadget addicts.Digital Minimalism is an indispensable guide for anyone looking to reclaim their life from the alluring diversions of the digital world.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26832542M/Digital_Minimalism;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/digital-minimalism-summary/


iid: 540ec1f0-fdb1-4796-a454-7a968532732f
name: Digital Renaissance
topics: economics;technology
creators: Author of Digital Renaissance
description:
How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries--and why that might be a good thingThe digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries--music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ease with which digital files can be copied and distributed has unleashed a wave of piracy with disastrous effects on revenue. Cheap, easy self-publishing is eroding the position of these gatekeepers and guardians of culture. Does this revolution herald the collapse of culture, as some commentators claim? Far from it. In Digital Renaissance, Joel Waldfogel argues that digital technology is enabling a new golden age of popular culture, a veritable digital renaissance.By reducing the costs of production, distribution, and promotion, digital technology is democratizing access to the cultural marketplace. More books, songs, television shows, and movies are being produced than ever before. Nor does this mean a tidal wave of derivative, poorly produced kitsch; analyzing decades of production and sales data, as well as bestseller and best-of lists, Waldfogel finds that the new digital model is just as successful at producing high-quality, successful work as the old industry model, and in many cases more so. The vaunted gatekeeper role of the creative industries proves to have been largely mythical. The high costs of production have stifled creativity in industries that require ever-bigger blockbusters to cover the losses on ever-more-expensive failures.Are we drowning in a tide of cultural silt, or living in a golden age for culture? The answers in Digital Renaissance may surprise you.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39964414-digital-renaissance;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/digital-renaissance-summary/


iid: 0d1d58c5-e826-433f-8b37-efff9fb1dbc9
name: Strengthsfinder 2.0
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7334374-M.jpg
topics: leadership;personal-development
creators: Tom Rath
description:
Do You Do What You Do Best Every Day?Chances are, you don't. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced StrengthsFinder in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions discover their top five talents.In StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular online assessment. With hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, StrengthsFinder 2.0 will change the way you look at yourself and the world forever.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/StrengthsFinder-2-0-Tom-Rath/dp/159562015X?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/strengthsfinder-2-0-summary/


iid: 66f716f7-eccc-4967-af3e-9f09dcff8e91
name: Disrupt Yourself
topics: personal-development;career
creators: Whitney Johnson
description:
Are you a high potential charting your course within your current organization, a leader trying to jumpstart innovative thinking in your company? Or are you ready to do something new?Consider this simple yet powerful idea: disruptive companies and ideas upend markets by doing something truly different â they see a need, an empty space waiting to be filled, and they dare to create something for which a market may not yet exist. An expert in driving innovation via personal disruption, Whitney Johnson, will help you understand how the frameworks of disruptive innovation can apply to you: if you want to be successful in unexpected ways, follow your own disruptive path. Dare to innovate. Dream big dreams. Do something astonishing. Disrupt yourself. In this book, you will learn how to apply these frameworks to building a business, career â and you.We are living in an era of accelerating disruption â those who can manage the S-curve waves of learning and maxing out will have a competitive advantage. But this is a skill set that needs to be learned. Disrupt Yourself will help people cope with the unpredictability of disruption, and use it to their competitive advantage.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Disrupt-Yourself-Putting-Disruptive-Innovation/dp/1629560529?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/disrupt-yourself-summary/


iid: 41b242d6-52f1-4a36-bdbf-3071d6059d73
name: Do Over
topics: career;personal-development
creators: Jon Acuff
description:
The get ready, get going guide to navigating career change and doing work you loveNew York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff has drawn millions of online fans who love his refreshing mix of humor, honesty, and wisdom about the world of work. Now he offers his most important book yet, a guide to making big career changesâby choice or necessityâand escaping the horrible feeling of being trapped in the wrong job.Acuff finds it amazing that people spend more than eighteen years studying and preparing for college, but little or no time honing their careers between graduation and retirement. He offers an empowering tool he calls the Career Savings Account, which will change the way readers think about their skills, relationships, character, and work ethic. He also shows that if youâre on the wrong track, you already have what you need to change itâeven if your family and mortgage mean you canât simply pick up and move for a new opportunity.Throughout the book, Acuff features inspiring and funny true storiesânot merely his own, but those of friends who restarted their careers after a layoff, an extended maternity leave, or simply the realization that they were suffering fifty weeks a year just to pay the bills and enjoy two weeks of vacation. Everyone can benefit from Do Over, from new graduates to fiftysomethings and beyond. 

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22571775-do-over;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/do-over-summary/


iid: 7aa4c283-6459-423d-a988-6b835988cd29
name: Do The Work
description: “This book is designed to coach you through a project (business venture, ballet, philanthropic …
image: https://sivers.org/images/DoTheWork.gif
topics: productivity;steven-pressfield;resistance;motivation;how-to-live-life
creators: Author of Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10645233-do-the-work;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/do-the-work-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/DoTheWork;summary|https://blas.com/do-the-work/


iid: 2401827c-0b98-4e05-ad6b-ad977d49954c
name: Dollars and Sense
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8814525-M.jpg
topics: psychology;economics;personal-finance
creators: Dan Ariely
description:
Why is paying for things painful?Why are we comfortable overpaying for something in the present just because weâve overpaid for it in the past?Why is it easy to pay $4 for a soda on vacation, when we wouldnât spend more than $1 on that same soda at our local grocery store?We think of money as numbers, values, and amounts, but when it comes down to it, when we actually use our money, we engage our hearts more than our heads. Emotions play a powerful role in shaping our financial behavior, often making us our own worst enemies as we try to save, access value, and spend responsibly. In Dollars and Sense, bestselling author and behavioral economist Dan Ariely teams up with financial comedian and writer Jeff Kreisler to challenge many of our most basic assumptions about the precarious relationship between our brains and our money. In doing so, they undermine many of personal financeâs most sacred beliefs and explain how we can override some of our own instincts to make better financial choices.Exploring a wide range of everyday topicsâfrom the lure of pain-free spending with credit cards to the Â pitfalls of household budgeting to the seductive power of holiday salesâAriely and Kreisler demonstrate how our misplaced confidence in our spending habits frequently leads us astray, costing us more than we realize, whether itâs the real value of the time we spend driving forty-five minutes to save $10 or our inability to properly assess what the things we buy are actually worth. Together Ariely and Kreisler reveal the emotional forces working against us and how we can counteract them. Mixing case studies and anecdotes with concrete advice and lessons, they cut through the unconscious fears and desires driving our worst financial instincts and teach us how to improve our money habits.The result not only reveals the rationale behind our most head-scratching financial choices but also offers clear guidance for navigating the treacherous financial landscape of the brain. Fascinating, engaging, funny, and essential, Dollars and Sense provides the practical tools we need to understand and improve our financial choices, save and spend smarter, and ultimately live better.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34323010-dollars-and-sense;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/dollars-and-sense-summary/


iid: 8379fe19-9d19-483b-b454-3fd63f17f835
name: Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff
topics: psychology
creators: Author of Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff
description:
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and It's All Small Stuff is an audiobook that tells you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your incredibly hurried, stress-filled life.You can learn to put things into perspective by making the small daily changes Dr. Carlson suggests, including advice such as "Choose your battles wisely"; "Remind yourself that when you die, your 'in' box won't be empty"; and "Make peace with imperfection". With Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... you'll also learn how to:* Live in the present moment* Let others have the glory at times* Lower your tolerance to stress* Trust your intuitions* Live each day as it might be your lastWith gentle, supportive suggestions, Dr. Carlson reveals ways to make your actions more peaceful and caring, with the added benefit of making your life more calm and stress-free.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Sweat-Small-Stuff-Its/dp/0786864109?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/dont-sweat-the-small-stuff-summary/


iid: f7f3477b-8b1f-4ad2-8f8e-6f2998165db6
name: Freakonomics - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Steven D. Levitt
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/1202.jpg
topics: economics
creators: Steven D. Levitt
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/freakonomics-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1202.Freakonomics


iid: 61807d81-5853-4230-8f82-b7421267bf82
name: Doughnut Economics - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Kate Raworth
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/29214420.jpg
topics: economics;politics;sustainability
creators: Kate Raworth
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/doughnut-economics-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Doughnut-Economics-Seven-21st-Century-Economist/dp/1603587969?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 6123c90a-3a7a-4395-8d2b-58633dbafcc4
name: Drive
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6294820-M.jpg
topics: psychology;motivation
creators: Daniel H. Pink
description:
The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like moneyâthe carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at homeâis the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business doesâand how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivationâautonomy, mastery, and purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/1594484805?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/drive-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Drive


iid: 24797659-0549-42ab-9ff0-00cbd429e8d0
name: Duct Tape Marketing
topics: marketing
creators: John Jantsch
description:
As a renowned marketing guru and small business coach, John Jantsch has become a leading advisor on how to build and grow a thriving business. In his trusted book for small businesses, he challenges readers to craft a marketing strategy that is as reliable as the go-to household item we all know, love, and turn to in a pinch: duct tape. Duct Tape Marketing shows readers how to develop and execute a marketing plan that yields more revenue and ensures the longevity of small businesses. Taking a strategic, systemic approach to marketing rather than being constantly won over to a âmarketing idea of the weekâ helps small business leaders establish a solid--âstickyâ--foundation of trust with their customers that only grows stronger with the application of more and more metaphorical tape. Youâll learn how to turn your marketing efforts into a lead generation machine and move far beyond your week-to-week strategizing to create long-term plans for your businessâs continual growth. Plus, the revised and updated edition of this industry-leading book includes all new tools, rules, and tactics that respond to the ways social media and digital developments have shifted and evolved the marketing landscape. Let's face it: as a small business owner, you are really in the business of marketing. This practical, actionable guide includes fresh ideas that stick where you put them--and stand the test of time.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27129802M/Duct_tape_marketing;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/duct-tape-marketing-summary/


iid: 9c607839-c85a-46fe-92de-44530a3e144b
name: Eat, Move, Sleep
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7268116-M.jpg
topics: health;nutrition
creators: Tom Rath
description:
The latestÂ  New York Times Â bestseller from Tom Rath, featuring a new assessment, personalized Eat Move Sleep Plan, and a host of online tools for individuals, groups, and organizations. Named to Apple iTunes Best of 2013 in Nonfiction and Health."Well written and scrupulously researched, this breezy guide lobbies for an all-encompassing approach to improving one's lifestyle...Rath's '30-Day Guide'...is clear and actionable." -KirkusÂ review
  

  
From the author ofÂ StrengthsFinder 2.0, How Full Is Your Bucket?, Strengths Based Leadership,Â andÂ WellbeingÂ comes aÂ transformative book and online application that will improve your health for years to come. While Tom's bestsellers on strengths and well-being have inspired more than 5 million people in the last decade,Â Eat Move SleepÂ reveals his greatest passion and expertise.Â Quietly managing a serious illness for more than 20 years, Tom has assembled a wide range of information on the impact of eating, moving, and sleeping. Written in his classic conversational style,Â Eat Move SleepÂ features the most proven and practical ideas from his research. This remarkably quick read offers advice that is comprehensive yet simple and often counterintuitive but always credible.Â Eat Move SleepÂ will help you make good decisions automatic -- in all three of these interconnected areas. With every bite you take, you will make better choices. You will move a lot more than you do today. And you will sleep better than you have in years.Â More than a book,Â Eat Move SleepÂ is a new way to live.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Eat-Move-Sleep-Choices-Changes/dp/1939714001?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/eat-move-sleep-summary/


iid: 3d87da5f-40e5-419d-bf5f-aa86a0a8bfd5
name: Eat That Frog
topics: productivity
creators: Brian Tracy
description:
The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 450,000 copies sold and translated into 23 languages) provides the 21 most effective methods for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. This new edition is revised and updated throughout, and includes brand new information on how to keep technology from dominating our time.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95887.Eat_That_Frog_;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/eat-that-frog-summary/


iid: 6f556581-97c0-47df-b7fc-4da438c44f98
name: Eating Animals
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6462405-M.jpg
topics: food;philosophy;vegetarianism
creators: Jonathan Safran Foer
description:
Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is a groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name.Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. For years he was content to live with uncertainty about his own dietary choices-but once he started a family, the moral dimensions of food became increasingly important.Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them. Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we fry, and every burger we grill.A must-read for anyone who cares about building a more humane and healthy world, Eating Animals is a book that, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, places Jonathan Safran Foer "at the table with our greatest philosophers."

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Animals-Jonathan-Safran-Foer/dp/0316069884?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/eating-animals-summary/


iid: 1ba7a17a-0ac4-4d00-a061-7f03e0cdb5b9
name: Stumbling On Happiness - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Daniel Todd Gilbert
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/56627.jpg
topics: psychology;happiness
creators: Daniel Todd Gilbert
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/stumbling-on-happiness-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/StumblingOnHappiness;book|https://www.amazon.in/Stumbling-Happiness-Daniel-Gilbert/dp/1400077427?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: bb1b51f6-424c-448b-a8d3-84075b42c578
name: A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry, Vol. 1
topics: geometry
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211192.A_Comprehensive_Introduction_to_Differential_Geometry_Vol_1


iid: 6970643f-fee9-461e-80ff-cc8b2d98242c
name: Ego Is The Enemy
image: https://sivers.org/images/EgoEnemy.gif
topics: psychology
creators: Author of Trust Me, I’m Lying
description:
âWhile the history books are filled with tales of obsessive, visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, Iâve found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition.â â from the PrologueMany of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. At every stage, ego holds us back.The Ego is the Enemy draws on a vast array of stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history. We meet fascinating figures like Howard Hughes, Katharine Graham, Bill Belichick, and Eleanor Roosevelt, all of whom reached the highest levels of power and success by conquering their own egos. Their strategies and tactics can be ours as well.But why should we bother fighting ego in an era that glorifies social media, reality TV, and other forms of shameless self-promotion?Â  Armed with the lessons in this book, as Holiday writes, âyou will be less invested in the story you tell about your own specialness, and as a result, you will be liberated to accomplish the world-changing work youâve set out to achieve.â

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Ego-Enemy-Ryan-Holiday/dp/1591847818?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/ego-is-the-enemy-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/EgoEnemy


iid: 7e780d77-f735-47a4-9d26-46669d22a4dc
name: Einstein: His Life And Universe - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Walter Isaacson
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/10884.jpg
topics: einstein;physics
creators: Walter Isaacson
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/einstein-his-life-and-universe-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL9837560M/Einstein


iid: 44083d3e-8edc-4e0f-b3e3-ad644702fcfa
name: Elon Musk - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: Elon is a man on a mission – to save mankind and colonize other …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/download-4.jpg
topics: elon-musk;business;tesla;spacex;solarcity;leadership;entrepreneur;ashlee-vance
creators: Author of Elon Musk
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/elon-musk-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/elon-musk/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25541028-elon-musk


iid: d11670ef-0dcd-4c4b-9b83-b794e2c942ab
name: Emotional Agility
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8360216-M.jpg
topics: psychology
creators: Author of Emotional Agility
description:
The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year. Â  The path to fulfillment, whether at work or at home, is almost never a straight line. Ask anyone who has achieved their biggest goals or who thrives in their relationships, and youâll hear stories of many unexpected detours along the way. What separates those who rise to these challenges and those who get derailed? The answer is agilityâemotional agility.Emotional agility is a four-step approach that allows us to navigate lifeâs twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. In her more than twenty years of research, Susan David has found that no matter how intelligent, resilient, or creative people are, when they ignore how situations or interactions make them feel, they miss opportunities to gain insight, getting hooked by thoughts, emotions, and habits that prevent them from reaching their full potential. Emotionally agile people experience the same stresses and setbacks as anyone else, but they know how to adapt, aligning their actions with their values and making small changes that lead to a life of growth.Drawing on her extensive professional research, her international consulting work, and her own experiences growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa and losing her father at a young age, David shows how anyone can become more emotionally agile and thrive in an uncertain world. Written with authority, wit, and empathy, Emotional Agility will help you live your most successful life, whoever you are and whatever you face. Take the FREE Emotional Agility Insights Quiz here: https://bitly.com/ea-quiz

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Agility-Unstuck-Embrace-Change/dp/1592409490?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/emotional-agility-summary/


iid: 92d654ad-2d36-4769-9d2a-09ae71bc1639
name: Emotional Intelligence
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/370147-M.jpg
topics: psychology
creators: Daniel Goleman
description:
Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds"âthe rational and the emotionalâand how they together shape our destiny.Through vivid examples, Goleman delineates the five crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships, work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is an entirely new way to talk about being smart. The best news is that "emotional literacy" is not fixed early in life. Every parent, every teacher, every business leader, and everyone interested in a more civil society, has a stake in this compelling vision of human possibility.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26329.Emotional_Intelligence;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/emotional-intelligence-summary/


iid: c48cc4a1-61ba-4307-beef-aa57960f9e8e
name: Free: The Future Of A Radical Price
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6301758-M.jpg
topics: business;economics;internet
creators: Chris Anderson
description:
Reveals how to run an online business profitably in spite of the Internet's inherently free culture, disseminating the principles of a ''priceless economy'' in six categories that pertain to advertising, labor exchange, and advanced-version fees.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Free-Future-Radical-Chris-Anderson/dp/1401322905?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/free-the-future-of-a-radical-price-summary/


iid: cac5d409-8634-4535-ab54-1e5154550aab
name: The Nature of Explanation - Summary at Blas.com
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/41s-RDUBoNL._SX311_BO1204203200_-188x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/the-nature-of-explanation/
topics: kenneith-craik;logic;psychology
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
description:
Craik was a leader in the development ophysiological psychology and cybernetics. “Here he considers …


iid: e6f16ad4-ad57-4d34-b16c-4af6270518fd
name: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood - Summary at Blas.com
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/510E4q8npXL._SX321_BO1204203200_-194x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/the-information/
topics: information-technology;information-theory;james-gleick
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
description:
Gleick discusses the history and relationship between humans and information Key Takeaways Overview We …


iid: a9155e25-dabf-4dba-8318-a4c3551b2957
name: Empty Planet
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8808816-M.jpg
topics: science;sociology
creators: Darrell Bricker
description:
An award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make the provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political, and economic landscapeFor half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning planetary population will soon overwhelm the earth's resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different kind of alarm. Rather than continuing to increase exponentially, they argue, the global population is headed for a steep decline.Throughout history, depopulation was the product of catastrophe: ice ages, plagues, the collapse of civilizations. This time, however, we're thinning ourselves deliberately, by choosing to have fewer babies than we need to replace ourselves. In much of the developed and developing world, that decline is already underway, as urbanization, women's empowerment, and waning religiosity lead to smaller and smaller families. In Empty Planet, Ibbitson and Bricker travel from South Florida to Sao Paulo, Brussels to Delhi to Beijing, drawing on a wealth of research and firsthand reporting to illustrate the dramatic consequences of this population decline--and to show us why the rest of the developing world will soon join in.They find that a smaller global population will bring with it a number of benefits: fewer workers will command higher wages; the environment will improve; the risk of famine will wane; and falling birthrates in the developing world will bring greater affluence and autonomy for women. But enormous disruption lies ahead, too. We can already see the effects in Europe and parts of Asia, as aging populations and worker shortages weaken the economy and impose crippling demands on healthcare and social security. The United States is well-positioned to sucessfully navigate these coming demographic shifts--that is, unless growing isolationism and anti-immigrant backlash lead us to close ourselves off just as openness becomes more critical to our survival than ever.Rigorously researched and deeply compelling, Empty Planet offers a vision of a future that we can no longer prevent--but one that we can shape, if we choose.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Empty-Planet-Global-Population-Decline/dp/1984823213?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/empty-planet-summary/


iid: 49938de1-57b1-4cf9-a27b-13e361985a5f
name: Ending Aging
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8122598-M.jpg
topics: science;health;aging
creators: Aubrey D. N. J. De Grey
description:
MUST WE AGE?A long life in a healthy, vigorous, youthful body has always been one of humanity's greatest dreams. Recent progress in genetic manipulations and calorie-restricted diets in laboratory animals hold forth the promise that someday science will enable us to exert total control over our own biological aging.Nearly all scientists who study the biology of aging agree that we will someday be able to substantially slow down the aging process, extending our productive, youthful lives. Dr. Aubrey de Grey is perhaps the most bullish of all such researchers. As has been reported in media outlets ranging from 60 Minutes to The New York Times, Dr. de Grey believes that the key biomedical technology required to eliminate aging-derived debilitation and death entirely--technology that would not only slow but periodically reverse age-related physiological decay, leaving us biologically young into an indefinite future--is now within reach.In Ending Aging, Dr. de Grey and his research assistant Michael Rae describe the details of this biotechnology. They explain that the aging of the human body, just like the aging of man-made machines, results from an accumulation of various types of damage.Â  As with man-made machines, this damage can periodically be repaired, leading to indefinite extension of the machine's fully functional lifetime, just as is routinely done with classic cars.Â  We already know what types of damage accumulate in the human body, and we are moving rapidly toward the comprehensive development of technologies to remove that damage.Â  By demystifying aging and its postponement for the nonspecialist reader, de Grey and Rae systematically dismantle the fatalist presumption that aging will forever defeat the efforts of medical science.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/519781.Ending_Aging;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/ending-aging-summary/


iid: 417efb47-3cd2-4542-9ddf-7abf4e6fb570
name: Enlightenment Now
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8147013-M.jpg
topics: science;sociology
creators: Steven Pinker
description:
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science.Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing.Far from being a naÃ¯ve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human natureâtribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinkingâwhich demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation.With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26434298M/Enlightenment_Now;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/enlightenment-now-summary/


iid: 940fb69f-f57f-4717-8662-cc9680920f85
name: EntreLeadership
topics: business
creators: Author of EntreLeadership
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/EntreLeadership-Practical-Business-Wisdom-Trenches-ebook/dp/B004YWDK70?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/entreleadership-summary/


iid: ab932b1d-3907-4e12-92cb-0dce3fc7774a
name: Essentialism
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7285986-M.jpg
topics: productivity;worth-re-reading;philosophy;how-to-live-life;greg-mckeown;essentialism;decision-making
creators: Greg McKeown
description:
McKeown shows you how to get more done in less time and do it better. You must be very selective about what to focus on, eliminate everything else and learn how to emphatically but gracefully say no. Less but better

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Essentialism-Disciplined-Pursuit-Greg-McKeown/dp/0804137382?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/essentialism-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/essentialism/


iid: 29d14269-5bcb-4269-a716-ef0fe33fa4d0
name: Everything I Know
topics: business;design
creators: Author of Everything I Know
description:
Everything I Know is a no-rules guide through uncharted territory. It's a swift kick in the creative ass without fairies, unicorns or new-age cliches. Paul Jarvis is the strategic and design talent behind some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and online businesses - including Danielle LaPorte, Marie Forleo, Yahoo, The High Line and Mercedes-Benz - and he's learned a thing or two about forging your own path in life and work. Instead of offering one-size-fits-all advice, Paul provides an infinitely flexible template for adventure. There is a better, more satisfying path out there, if you're willing to take risks and explore new territory. This book provides practical ideas and questions to help you conquer fear, overcome inertia, embrace vulnerability, validate your plans and launch even the most outlandish projects on a basement budget. How and where you go next is entirely up to you. "Paul Jarvis is a lively, talented & incredibly insightful writer." -Maccabee Montandon, Fast Company "Paul Jarvis is the friend that every creative needs: friendly, whip-smart, & willing to give you a kick in the ass every now & then." -Sean Blanda, Adobe/99u

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19107336-everything-i-know;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/everything-i-know-summary/


iid: 6041f63b-63a9-45b9-a268-0543bc7b4628
name: Everything Is F*cked
topics: psychology;sociology
creators: Mark Manson
description:
From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope. We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best itâs ever beenâwe are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*ckedâthe planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to technology, education and communication our ancestors couldnât even dream of, so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness.Whatâs going on? If anyone can put a name to our current malaise and help fix it, itâs Mark Manson. In 2016, Manson published The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, a book that brilliantly gave shape to the ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates modern living. He showed us that technology had made it too easy to care about the wrong things, that our culture had convinced us that the world owed us something when it didnâtâand worst of all, that our modern and maddening urge to always find happiness only served to make us unhappier. Instead, the âsubtle artâ of that title turned out to be a bold challenge: to choose your struggle; to narrow and focus and find the pain you want to sustain. The result was a book that became an international phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide while becoming the #1 bestseller in 13 different countries.Now, in Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money, entertainment and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can psychologically eat us alive. He openly defies our definitions of faith, happiness, freedomâand even of hope itself.With his usual mix of erudition and where-the-f*ck-did-that-come-from humor, Manson takes us by the collar and challenges us to be more honest with ourselves and connected with the world in ways we probably havenât considered before. Itâs another counterintuitive romp through the pain in our hearts and the stress of our soul. One of the great modern writers has produced another book that will set the agenda for years to come.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43808723-everything-is-f-cked;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/everything-is-fcked-summary/


iid: 94e59194-5fd3-4a81-8d93-f0680b815d28
name: Excellent Sheep
topics: education;politics;sociology;philosophy;parenting
creators: William Deresiewicz
description:
A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should beâbut arenâtâproviding.As a professor at Yale, Bill Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nationâs brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively, and how to find a sense of purpose.Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yaleâs admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to "practical" subjects like economics and computer science, students are losing the ability to think in innovative ways. Deresiewicz explains how college should be a time for self-discovery, when students can establish their own values and measures of success, so they can forge their own path. He addresses parents, students, educators, and anyone who's interested in the direction of American society, featuring quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years, candidly exposing where the system is broken and clearly presenting solutions.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26886453M/Excellent_sheep;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/excellent-sheep-summary/


iid: 9df362b1-beac-44df-8925-0f95e03d15bd
name: Executive Presence
topics: business;leadership;management;communication
creators: Sylvia Ann Hewlett
description:
Are you "leadership material?" More importantly, do others perceive you to be? Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a noted expert on workplace power and influence, shows you how to identify and embody the Executive Presence (EP) that you need to succeed. You can have the experience and qualifications of a leader, but without executive presence, you won't advance. EP is an amalgam of qualities that true leaders exude, a presence that telegraphs you're in charge or deserve to be. Articulating those qualities isn't easy, however. Based on a nationwide survey of college graduates working across a range of sectors and occupations, Sylvia Hewlett and the Center for Talent Innovation discovered that EP is a dynamic, cohesive mix of appearance, communication, and gravitas. While these elements are not equal, to have true EP, you must know how to use all of them to your advantage. Filled with eye-opening insights, analysis, and practical advice for both men and women, mixed with illustrative examples from executives learning to use the EP, Executive Presence will help you make the leap from working like an executive to feeling like an executive.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Executive-Presence-Missing-Between-Success/dp/0062246895?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/executive-presence-summary/


iid: c162cd90-f2fc-4d42-b04b-f4aed75ff79f
name: Exploring The World Of Lucid Dreaming
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/510aKu0sPTL._SX299_BO1204203200_-181x300.jpg
topics: psychology;science;dreaming;stephen-laberge;sleep;lucid-dreaming
creators: Stephen LaBerge
description:
LaBerge is the father of lucid dreaming and in this book he describes why lucid dreaming is beneficial, how to enter the state consistently and what to do once you’re in the state.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-World-Dreaming-Stephen-LaBerge/dp/034537410X?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/exploring-the-world-of-lucid-dreaming-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/exploring-the-world-of-lucid-dreaming/


iid: c92da3b2-6738-4aab-ae25-d585b43688af
name: Extreme Ownership
topics: leadership
creators: Author of Extreme Ownership
description:
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLDAn updated edition of the blockbuster leadership book that took America and the world by storm. In 
  Extreme Ownership
, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin share hard-hitting, Navy SEAL combat stories that translate into lessons for business and life.Jocko and Leif served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through those difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership - at every level - is the most important thing on the battlefield. Now they teach these same leadership principles to companies throughout the business world that want to build their own high-performance, winning teams.
  Extreme Ownership
 explains the SEAL leadership concepts crucial to accomplishing the most difficult missions in combat and how to apply them to any group, team, or organization. It provides the reader with Jocko and Leif's formula for success: the mindset and guiding principles that enable SEAL combat units to achieve extraordinary results. It demonstrates how to apply these directly to business and life to likewise achieve victory.Take Extreme Ownership. Lead and win.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848190-extreme-ownership;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/extreme-ownership-summary/


iid: 91b9843a-34e2-4de0-8867-1e1daca990aa
name: Facebook Ads Manual
topics: facebook;advertising
creators: Author of Facebook Ads Manual
links:
book|http://fourminutebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fb-ads-sample.pdf;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/facebook-ads-manual-summary/


iid: 22cd8521-1758-4247-a143-1fc317e3884f
name: Failing Forward
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1465640-M.jpg
topics: personal-development;career
creators: John C. Maxwell
description:
Are some people born to achieve anything they want while others struggle? Call them lucky, blessed, or possessors of the Midas touch. What is the real reason for their success? Is it family background, wealth, greater opportunities, high morals, an easy childhood?New York Times best-selling author John C. Maxwell has the answer: The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.Most people are never prepared to deal with failure. Maxwell says that if you are like him, coming out of school, you feared it, misunderstood it, and ran away from it. But Maxwell has learned to make failure his friend, and he can teach you to do the same."I want to help you learn how to confidently look the prospect of failure in the eye and move forward anyway," says Maxwell. "Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward!"

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Failing-Forward-Turning-Mistakes-Stepping/dp/0785288570?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/failing-forward-summary/


iid: 224dc278-dec2-4ba3-8ea1-4fd5c34c30c1
name: Faith
topics: religion;theology;faith
creators: Jimmy Carter
description:
  NEW YORK TIMES
 BESTSELLER In this powerful reflection, President Jimmy Carter contemplates how faith has sustained him in happiness and disappointment. He considers how we may find it in our own lives.All his life, President Jimmy Carter has been a courageous exemplar of faith. Now he shares the lessons he learned. He writes, âThe issue of faith arises in almost every area of human existence, so it is important to understand its multiple meanings. In this book, my primary goal is to explore the broader meaning of faith, its far-reaching effect on our lives, and its relationship to past, present, and future events in America and around the world. The religious aspects of faith are also covered, since this is how the word is most often used, and I have included a description of the ways my faith has guided and sustained me, as well as how it has challenged and driven me to seek a closer and better relationship with people and with God.â As President Carter examines faithâs many meanings, he describes how to accept it, live it, how to doubt and find faith again. A serious and moving reflection from one of Americaâs most admired and respected citizens.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26949321M/Faith;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/faith-summary/


iid: 05745329-1f44-4bf9-ab08-463814cb23cf
name: General Fox Conner: Pershing’s Chief of Operations and Eisenhower’s Mentor - Summary at Blas.com
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/41VgGIqN5yL._SX332_BO1204203200_-201x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/fox-conner/
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
description:
Rabalais uncovers the details behind Fox Conner’s background and his influence on military history, …

topics:
dwight-eisenhower;general-fox-conner;general-george-patton;general-george-pershing;george-marshall;history;steven-rabalais;war


iid: 68e8eafe-fc04-4a22-8c49-31ce54a2841b
description: There is a time and place for the “illogical” in complex human affairs. Not …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/41ZF3I4S26L._SX329_BO1204203200_-199x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/alchemy/
topics: advertising;alchemy;irrationality;psychology;rationality;rory-sutherland
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
name:
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life - Summary at Blas.com


iid: 3c559373-075d-4c79-8d8c-81a683dd2bf6
name: mag relativity
topics: physics;relativity;magnetism
tags: oer
links:
article|https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/materials-science-and-engineering/3-a08-attraction-and-repulsion-the-magic-of-magnets-fall-2005/assignments/mag_relativity.pdf


iid: 29dac8a8-667e-462d-bf5a-fb9edfc48652
name: Farmageddon
topics: food;environment;science;farming
creators: Author of Farmageddon
description:
Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating â as the UK horsemeat scandal demonstrated. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens our countryside, health and the quality of our food wherever we live in the world.* Our health is under threat: half of all antibiotics used worldwide (rising to 80 per cent in US) are routinely given to industrially farmed animals, contributing to the emergence of deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs* Wildlife is being systematically destroyed: bees are now trucked across the States (and even airfreighted from Australia) to pollinate the fruit trees in the vast orchards of California, where a chemical assault has decimated the wild insect population* Fresh fish are being hoovered from the oceans: fish that could feed local populations are being turned into fishmeal for farmed fish, chickens and pigs thousands of miles away* Cereals that could feed billions of people are being given to animals: soya and grain that could nourish the worldâs poorest, are now grown increasingly as animal fodder* Epidemic waste underpins the mega-farming model: while food prices rocket, surplus food is thrown away Farmageddon is a fascinating and terrifying investigative journey behind the closed doors of a runaway industry across the world â from the UK, Europe and the USA, to China, Argentina, Peru and Mexico. It is both a wake-up call to change our current food production and eating practices and an attempt to find a way to a better farming future.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Farmageddon-True-Cost-Cheap-Meat/dp/1408846446?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/farmageddon-summary/


iid: 4d15f4ad-a5e5-4a05-93b1-d5d6fc3ae651
name: Fast Food Nation
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8392930-M.jpg
topics: food;health;sociology
creators: Eric Schlosser
description:
To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from the California subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many of fast food's flavors are concocted. He hangs out with the teenagers who make the restaurants run and communes with those unlucky enough to hold America's most dangerous job -- meatpacker. He travels to Las Vegas for a giddily surreal franchisers' convention where Mikhail Gorbachev delivers the keynote address. He even ventures to England and Germany to clock the rate at which those countries are becoming fast food nations.Along the way, Schlosser unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths -- from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate. He also uncovers the fast food chains' efforts to reel in the youngest, most susceptible consumers even while they hone their institutionalized exploitation of teenagers and minorities. Schlosser then turns a critical eye toward the hot topic of globalization -- a phenomenon launched by fast food.FAST FOOD NATION is a groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks about the way it eats.(jacket)

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Food-Nation-Dark-All-American/dp/0547750331?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/fast-food-nation-summary/


iid: 331f1172-931a-4ea2-b866-7abf96ff51c8
name: Find Your Why
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8094461-M.jpg
topics: psychology;career
creators: Simon Sinek
description:
The next step for applying the life-changing lessons of the bestseller Start With Why.Â With Start With Why, Simon Sinek inspired a movement to build a world in which the vast majority of us can feel safe while we are at work and fulfilled when we go home at night. However, many people have had trouble bringing the book's message into their own career and company. Now, along with two of his colleagues, Peter Docker and David Mead, he has created a guide to the most important step any business can take: finding your why.Â This easy-to-follow guide starts with the search for your personal why, and then expands to helping your colleagues find your organization's why. With detailed instructions on every stage in the process, the book also answer common concerns, such as: What if my why sounds like my competitor's? Can you have more than one why? And, if my work doesn't match my why, what do I do?Â Whether you're entry level or a CEO, whether your team is run by the founder or a recent hire, these simple steps will lead you on a path to a more fulfilling life and longterm success for you and your colleagues.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Find-Your-Why-Practical-Discovering/dp/0143111728?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/find-your-why-summary/


iid: 4608a779-9001-440a-895a-bebe35a9b04f
name: Finding My Virginity
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8563836-M.jpg
topics: business;richard-branson
creators: Richard Branson
description:
Global business icon Richard Branson has written many books, but none have been more popular than his first memoir, 1998's Losing My Virginity. Now he's finally publishing his second volume of memoirs, covering all of his fascinating ups and downs of the past two decades.  In the two decades since Richard Branson wrote Losing My Virginity, his life and company have changed significantly. Now he brings his life story up to date, including all the successes and failures of ventures such as Virgin Galactic. He also shares his personal, intimate thoughts on five decades as the world's ultimate entrepreneur, and his shift to focusing more and more on public service. Virginity Regained shows how Branson created hundreds of different companies, going from a houseboat to his own private island. Join him as he juggles working life with raising his children, sustaining his marriage, and creating a unique company culture. Discover how he created a new life on Necker Island, while continuing to grow the Virgin brand into all corners of the world. Get the real story behind his encounters with everyone from Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch to Nelson Mandela and Beyonce.Go behind the scenes as Branson creates the world's first commercial spaceline, Virgin Galactic; handles the biggest crisis of his career; and makes world record attempts on land, sea and air. He even discusses what it's like for the original business hippy to become a doting "grand-dude" to his three grandchildren.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26865813M/Finding_My_Virginity_The_New_Autobiography;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/finding-my-virginity-summary/


iid: 4b004cc0-7362-4d69-8a41-63a24dd60201
name: Finding Your Element
topics: education;psychology;personal-development
creators: Author of Out Of Our Minds
description:
Ken Robinson's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, The Element, introduced readers to a new concept of self-fulfillment and has inspired readers around the world. When people find their Element, they tune in to their highest levels, and live their best lives. Now, in his new book, Robinson answers the fundamental question: How do I find my Element? With his signature wry wit, Robinson offers a series of practical exercises to help you discover your own talents and passions. Along the way, he tells the stories of many "ordinary" people in all walks of life who have overcome obstacles of every sort to find their Element. And he explores fundamental principles and vital questions to help you find yours: What are you good at? What do you love? What makes you happy? Where are you now? Your answers to these and many others will provide you with invaluable keys to discovering your Element. As concerns about the economy, education, and the environment continue to grow, the need for individuals to find their own Element has never been greater. No matter how old you are, where you are, or what you do now, if you're searching for your Element, this book is for you. It will launch you on the most important quest you've ever undertaken: the quest to discover your true self and the life you really want to lead.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Your-Element-Discover-Transform/dp/0143125516?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/finding-your-element-summary/


iid: d43e5895-e372-4442-80c1-66544f01087e
name: Finish
topics: productivity
creators: Jon Acuff
description:
From New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff, a book for those who want relief from always starting and never being done.Jon Acuff, sought-after speaker and consultant, is the friend who always gives you great advice. With his self-depricating humor and charm, he has won over hundreds of thousands of followers, who come to him for both encouragement and a kick in the pants. Now, after showing you how to reboot your career in his New York Times bestseller Do Over, Acuff shows chronic starters how to actually finish their goals in an age of bottomless distractions and endless opportunities. Acuff knows the reason why many writers' novels go unfinished--it's the same reason why gyms are filled in the first week of January, and empty by the end of the month, and why people stop learning a new language once they get past the easy parts. It's not just that people lose momentum or get distracted. People give up on projects when they fail to live up to their own high expectations and decide that if they can't do something perfectly they won't do it at all. If you're going to finish, you have to kill perfectionism. Drawing on his popular 30 Days of Hustle course, Acuff teaches readers to short-circuit perfectionism and make it through to the end of a task. Whether it's by -choosing what to bomb- or -cutting a goal in half, - he shows readers how to move past -the day after perfect, - get focused, and--finally- finish.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Finish-Give-Yourself-Gift-Done/dp/1591847621?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/finish-summary/


iid: 5bca5715-88bd-4398-bb48-36fc404b4ad5
name: Finite And Infinite Games - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By James P. Carse
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/189989.jpg
topics: philosophy;psychology
creators: Author of Finite And Infinite Games
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/finite-and-infinite-games-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189989.Finite_and_Infinite_Games;summary|https://www.nateliason.com/notes/finite-infinite-games-james-carse


iid: 8eec8296-e045-4352-989b-573bad913c1a
name: Fire and Fury
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/9171485-M.jpg
topics: politics
creators: Michael Wolff
description:
#1 New York Times BestsellerWith extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the first nine months of the most controversial presidency of our time in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.Since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, the countryâand the worldâhas witnessed a stormy, outrageous, and absolutely mesmerizing presidential term that reflects the volatility and fierceness of the man elected Commander-in-Chief.This riveting and explosive account of Trumpâs administration provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office, including:-- What President Trumpâs staff really thinks of him -- What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama -- Why FBI director James Comey was really fired -- Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trumpâs son-in-law Jared Kushner couldnât be in the same room -- Who is really directing the Trump administrationâs strategy in the wake of Bannonâs firing -- What the secret to communicating with Trump is -- What the Trump administration has in common with the movie The ProducersNever before in history has a presidency so divided the American people. Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh, Fire and Fury shows us how and why Donald Trump has become the king of discord and disunion.âEssential reading.ââMichael DâAntonio, author of Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success, CNN.comâNot since Harry Potter has a new book caught fire in this wayâ¦[Fire and Fury] is indeed a significant achievement, which deserves much of the attention it has received.ââThe Economist

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27760045M/Fire_and_Fury;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/fire-and-fury-summary/


iid: e096a754-8d92-43b3-99e7-3ec833bc58e3
name: First Bite
topics: food;parenting
creators: Bee Wilson
description:
We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a âportionâ is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetablesâor not. But how does this education happen? What are the origins of taste?In First Bite, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson draws on the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by a whole host of factors: family and culture, memory and gender, hunger and love. Taking the reader on a journey across the globe, Wilson introduces us to people who can only eat foods of a certain color; prisoners of war whose deepest yearning is for Mom's apple pie; a nine year old anosmia sufferer who has no memory of the flavor of her mother's cooking; toddlers who will eat nothing but hotdogs and grilled cheese sandwiches; and researchers and doctors who have pioneered new and effective ways to persuade children to try new vegetables. Wilson examines why the Japanese eat so healthily, whereas the vast majority of teenage boys in Kuwait have a weight problemâand what these facts can tell Americans about how to eat better.The way we learn to eat holds the key to why food has gone so disastrously wrong for so many people. But Wilson also shows that both adults and children have immense potential for learning new, healthy eating habits. An exploration of the extraordinary and surprising origins of our tastes and eating habits, First Bite also shows us how we can change our palates to lead healthier, happier lives.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25159044-first-bite;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/first-bite-summary/


iid: 192c6e3b-f972-4b85-99da-380be17d16ea
name: Nonviolent Communication - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Marshall B. Rosenberg
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/71730.jpg
topics: communication;relationships
creators: Marshall B. Rosenberg
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/nonviolent-communication-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71730.Nonviolent_Communication


iid: 5010a344-c35b-459f-b5a5-316bc204fc48
name: First Things First
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/409160-M.jpg
topics: personal-development;productivity
creators: Stephen R. Covey
description:
In the spirit of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the #1 nationwide bestseller, First Things First is a revolutionary guide to managing your time by learning how to balance your life. Traditional time management suggests that working harder, smarter, and faster will help you gain control over your life, and that increased control will bring peace and fulfillment. The authors of First Things First disagree. In the first real breakthrough in time management in years, Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, and Rebecca R. Merrill apply the insights of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to the daily problems of people who must struggle with the ever-increasing demands of work and home life. Rather than focusing on time and things, First Things First emphasizes relationships and results. And instead of efficiency, this new approach emphasizes effectiveness. First Things First shows why we feel a gap between how we spend our time and what's deeply important to us; how focusing on efficiency and control increases the gap instead of closing it; how to determine if what you're doing is really important - or only urgent; why your inner compass is more important than any clock; how to set and achieve principle-centered goals; how to turn your weeks into an upward spiral of learning and living; how to overcome the tremendous gravity of habit; how to turn your resolutions into reality; how to put people ahead of schedules; and how to lead your life, not just manage your time. First Things First offers a principle-centered approach that will transform the quality of everything you do by showing how it involves the need to live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. With the wisdom andinsight that made The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people a #1 bestseller, First Things First empowers readers to define what is truly important; to accomplish worthwhile goals; and to lead rich, rewarding, and balanced lives.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/First-Things-Stephen-R-Covey/dp/0671864416?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/first-things-first-summary/


iid: 0cba6377-f3fb-420e-ab7e-710c1011a461
name: Flourish
topics: psychology
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Flourish-Martin-Seligman/s?k=Flourish+by+Martin+Seligman&tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/flourish-summary/


iid: d884b9c1-0ea8-4005-9e8a-4f17cf41eb74
name: Flow - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/66354.jpg
topics: psychology;productivity
creators: Mihaly Csikszent
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/flow-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow


iid: 8bcffbcb-c4e4-4e8e-99f7-453f7608118e
name: Focus - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Daniel Goleman
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/17349126.jpg
topics: psychology;productivity
creators: Daniel Goleman
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/focus-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Focus;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17349126-focus


iid: 23cbb448-0d49-4140-bf61-43435064d0c3
name: Fooled By Randomness - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/38315.jpg
topics: economics;finance;psychology
creators: Author of Fooled By Randomness
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/fooled-by-randomness-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/FooledByRandomness;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38315.Fooled_by_Randomness


iid: 1a4a6850-ee64-4037-bd2c-7ba034f1ee72
name: Forensics: The Anatomy Of Crime
topics: forensics;crime
creators: Val McDermid
description:
Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of readers worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels McDermid has become familiar with every branch of forensics, and now she uncovers the history of this science, real-world murders and the people who must solve them.The dead talkâto the right listener. They can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help serve justice using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces. Forensics draws on interviews with some of these top-level professionals, ground-breaking research, and McDermidâs own original interviews and firsthand experience on scene with top forensic scientists.Along the way, McDermid discovers how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine oneâs time of death; how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer; and how a team of young Argentine scientists led by a maverick American anthropologist were able to uncover the victims of a genocide. Itâs a journey that will take McDermid to war zones, fire scenes, and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with both extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23214337-forensics;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/forensics-the-anatomy-of-crime-summary/


iid: cf99dff7-0502-4630-8144-729c8d3110f6
name: Founders at Work - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Jessica Livingston
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/98233.jpg
topics: entrepreneurship
creators: Jessica Livingston
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/founders-at-work-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/FoundersAtWork;book|https://www.amazon.in/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/dp/1430210788?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: db322a31-ffe9-4311-a4a0-ee9e7c7ac4a3
name: Game Changers
topics: personal-development
creators: Author of Game Changers
description:
The bestselling author of Head Strong and The Bulletproof Diet answers the question "How do I kick more ass?"âproviding proven techniques for becoming happier, healthier, and smarter, culled from the wisdom and insight of world-class thought leaders and mavericks of science and business.When Dave Asprey started his Bulletproof Radio podcast more than five years ago, he sought out thought leaders and influencers in an array of disciplines, from biochemists to business titans to mediation masters. These folks were some of the top performing humans in the world, people who had changed their areas of study or even pioneered entirely new fields. Dave wanted to know: What did they have in common? What mattered most to them? What makes them so successful at what they doâand what makes them happiest? And so, at the end of each interview, Dave began asking the same question: "What are your top three recommendations for people who want to kick more ass?"Combing through the recordings, looking for patterns and common threads, he found that the wisdom gleaned from these highly successful people can be distilled into three main categories: body, mind, and spirit. Game Changers is the culmination of Daveâs years-long statistical analysis of these conversations, offering thirty-six science-backed, high performance "laws" that are a virtual playbook for how to become not only more successful, but also happier and healthier.Each chapter of Game Changers is structured around one of these laws. Dave combines anecdotes from game changers like Daniel Amen, David Perlmutter, Arianna Huffington, Dan Harris, and Tim Ferris with his own research and practical advice that readers can put into action immediately. From practising gratitude and mindfulness to prioritising social connections and sex, taming fear and anxiety to optimising nutrition and movement, Dave brings together the wisdom of todayâs game-changers to help everyone optimise their lives.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40209370-game-changers;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/game-changers-summary/


iid: fdbcbfed-cf7a-4fbe-9888-d3f485e98411
name: Genius Foods
topics: health;nutrition;food
creators: Max Lugavere
description:
New York Times BestsellerDiscover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat and change the way your brain ages, in this cutting-edge, practical guide to eliminating brain fog, optimizing brain health, and achieving peak mental performance from media personality and leading voice in health Max Lugavere. After his mother was diagnosed with a mysterious form of dementia, Max Lugavere put his successful media career on hold to learn everything he could about brain health and performance. For the better half of a decade, he consumed the most up-to-date scientific research, talked to dozens of leading scientists and clinicians around the world, and visited the countryâs best neurology departmentsâall in the hopes of understanding his motherâs condition.Now, in Genius Foods, Lugavere presents a comprehensive guide to brain optimization. He uncovers the stunning link between our dietary and lifestyle choices and our brain functions, revealing how the foods you eat directly affect your ability to focus, learn, remember, create, analyze new ideas, and maintain a balanced mood.Weaving together pioneering research on dementia prevention, cognitive optimization, and nutritional psychiatry, Lugavere distills groundbreaking science into actionable lifestyle changes. He shares invaluable insights into how to improve your brain power, includingthe nutrients that can boost your memory and improve mental clarity (and where to find them);the foods and tactics that can energize and rejuvenate your brain, no matter your age;a brain-boosting fat-loss method so powerful it has been called âbiochemical liposuctionâ; andthe foods that can improve your happiness, both now and for the long term.With Genius Foods, Lugavere offers a cutting-edge yet practical road map to eliminating brain fog and optimizing the brainâs health and performance todayâand decades into the future.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Genius-Foods-Smarter-Productive-Protecting/dp/0062562851?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/genius-foods-summary/


iid: 4369d39a-0bb8-4c21-b8f0-57c5108ad41d
name: Genius: The Life And Science Of Richard Feynman - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By James Gleick
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/98685._SX98_.jpg
topics: richard-feynman;science;physics;james-gleick
creators: James Gleick
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/genius-the-life-and-science-of-richard-feynman-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1705271M/Genius;summary|https://blas.com/genius/


iid: 0eb561cc-ca6d-41a2-8c60-a625a315214f
name: Get Smart
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8873246-M.jpg
topics: thinking
creators: Brian Tracy
description:
In today s constantly changing world, you have to be smart to get ahead. But the average person uses only about two percent of their mental ability. How can we learn to unleash our brain s full potential to maximize our opportunities, like the most successful people do?  In Get Smart!, acclaimed success expert and bestselling author Brian Tracy reveals simple, proven ways to tap into our natural thinking talents and abilities and make quantum leaps toward achieving our dreams. In this indispensable guide, you ll learn to:  . Train your brain to think in ways that create successful results . Recognize and exploit growth opportunities in any situation . Identify and eliminate negative patterns holding you back . Plan, act, and achieve goals with greater precision and speed Whether you want to increase sales, bolster creativity, or better navigate life s unexpected changes, Get Smart! will help you tap into your powerful mental resources to obtain the results you want and reap the rewards successful people enjoy. From the Hardcover edition."

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25614500-get-smart;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/get-smart-summary/


iid: ed5b5a7b-b12c-4cb5-bdca-ee5e5045e53d
name: Getting Everything You Can Out Of All You’ve Got
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/175686-M.jpg
topics: business;career
creators: Jay Abraham
description:
Jay Abraham, a trusted advisor to many top corporations,brings together more than two hundred brilliant business-career ideas in this, his first major book. Abraham reveals numerous new profit and personal advancement opportunities "hidden in plain sight" in and around every business organization today. He also demonstrates how all of us can maximize our careers and our incomes by applying fresh ways of looking at our many options in the vast new opportunity society that's around us.This personal and practical career book is destined to become a new business classic--an idea-fille guide to multiply everyone's growth potential in the prosperous new century ahead.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Getting-Everything-You-Can-Youve/dp/0312284543?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/getting-everything-you-can-out-of-all-youve-got-summary/


iid: 74b477e9-7bc4-4749-a58e-09906a304c66
name: Getting Things Done - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By David Allen
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/1633.jpg
topics: productivity
creators: David Allen
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/getting-things-done-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/GettingThingsDone;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting_Things_Done


iid: 55cde429-ee01-451a-a0b6-32abcac0d29d
name: Ghettoside
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7333314-M.jpg
topics: crime;sociology
creators: Jill Leovy
description:
On a warm spring evening in South Los Angeles, a young man was shot and killed on a sidewalk minutes away from his home, one of hundreds of young men slain in LA every year. His assailant ran down the street, jumped into an SUV, and vanished, hoping to join the vast majority of killers in American cities who are never arrested for their crimes. But as soon as the case was assigned to Detective John Skaggs, the odds shifted. Here is the kaleidoscopic story of the quintessential American murder--one young black man slaying another--and a determined crew of detectives whose creed was to pursue justice at all costs for its forgotten victims. Ghettoside is a fast-paced narrative of a devastating crime, an intimate portrait of detectives and a community bonded in tragedy, and a surprising new lens into the great subject of murder in America--why it happens and how the plague of killings might yet be stopped.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Ghettoside-True-Story-Murder-America/dp/0385529996?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/ghettoside-summary/


iid: af4f50ac-44f2-4916-bea5-5e316cbc8617
name: Latticework: The New Investing - Summary at Blas.com
description: Latticework: success in investing based on a working knowledge of a variety of disciplines …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/51jyxiGcbJL._SX336_BO1204203200_-203x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/hagstrom-latticework/
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
topics:
complexity;economics;equilibrium;evolution;investing;multi-disciplinary;philosophy;physics;pragmatism;robert-hagstrom


iid: 5515da88-4745-49ed-8393-fa19c6f17dd5
name: Girl, Wash Your Face
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8315534-M.jpg
topics: personal-development
creators: Rachel Hollis
description:
Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you donât have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: thatâs a lie.As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed an immense online community by sharing tips for better living while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own life. Now, in this challenging and inspiring new book, Rachel exposes the twenty lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively, lies weâve told ourselves so often we donât even hear them anymore.With painful honesty and fearless humor, Rachel unpacks and examines the falsehoods that once left her feeling overwhelmed and unworthy, and reveals the specific practical strategies that helped her move past them. In the process, she encourages, entertains, and even kicks a little butt, all to convince you to do whatever it takes to get real and become the joyous, confident woman you were meant to be.With unflinching faith and rock-hard tenacity, Girl, Wash Your Face shows you how to live with passion and hustle--and how to give yourself grace without giving up.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Girl-Wash-Your-Face-Believing/dp/1400201659?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/girl-wash-your-face-summary/


iid: 64961336-cc6c-4a01-9e9b-fcf6117e945e
name: #GIRLBOSS
topics: business
creators: Author of #GIRLBOSS
description:
In the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called "Lean In for misfits," Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world. Sophia Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had dropped out of school, and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art schoolâ a job sheâd taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay. Flash forward ten years to today, and sheâs the founder and executive chairman of Nasty Gal, a $250-million-plus fashion retailer with more than four hundred employees. Sophia was never a typical CEO, or a typical anything, and sheâs written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is windy as all hell and lined with naysayers. #GIRLBOSS proves that being successful isnât about where you went to college or how popular you were in high school. Itâs about trusting your instincts and following your gut; knowing which rules to follow and which to break; when to button up and when to let your freak flag fly.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18667945-girlboss;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/girlboss-summary/


iid: 992b733b-ce8d-4d7a-8d92-6c38f9af1b1e
name: Give And Take
image: https://sivers.org/images/GiveAndTake.gif
topics: career;business;relationships
creators: Author of Give And Take
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Give-Take-Helping-Others-Success/dp/0143124986?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/give-and-take-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/GiveAndTake


iid: f27c34ad-7713-4448-b717-497c80d534d7
name: Good To Great
description: Collins’ seminal book on the shared characteristics of great companies as well as what …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/download-8.jpg
topics: business;jim-collins
creators: Author of Good To Great
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others-ebook/dp/B0058DRUV6?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/good-to-great-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/good-to-great/


iid: cd00c8fd-7e0e-4e03-9b43-bde6fd65b71d
name: Grain Brain
topics: health;food;nutrition
creators: David Perlmutter
description:
Dr. Perlmutter's #1 New York Times bestseller about the devastating effects of gluten, sugar, and carbs on the brain and body -- updated with the latest nutritional and neurological scienceWhen Grain Brain was published in 2013, Dr. Perlmutter kick-started a revolution. Since then, his book has been translated into 34 languages, and more than 1.5 million readers have been given the tools to make monumental life-changing improvements to their health.Grain Brain empowers you to take control of your wellbeing as never before. Inside, you'll learn how to:lose weightbanish anxietybeat depressionreduce -- and even eliminate -- chronic conditionssafeguard yourself against cognitive decline and neurological diseaseimprove the health of your microbiomeand much more -- all without drugs!In this fully revised, five-year-anniversary edition, Dr. Perlmutter builds on his mission. Drawing on the latest developments in scientific research, which have further validated his recommendations, he explains how the Grain Brain program boosts the brain, shows the benefits of using fat as a main fuel source, and puts forth the most compelling evidence to date that a non-GMO, gluten-free, and low-carb diet is crucial for cognitive function and long-term health.Featuring up-to-date data and practical advice based on leading-edge medicine, plus a wealth of new recipes, Grain Brain will give you all the tools you need to restore your health and achieve optimum wellness for lifelong vitality.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Grain-Brain-Surprising-Sugar-Your-Killers/dp/0316485136?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/grain-brain-summary/


iid: 1f1a1a08-a101-4cf7-86b5-995bb8b26b3e
name: Great At Work - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Morten T. Hansen
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/35297611.jpg
topics: business;productivity;leadership
creators: Author of Great At Work
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/great-at-work-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Great-Work-Performers-Less-Achieve/dp/1501179519?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: b8c12185-349a-4e59-a387-f53ffa443847
name: Great By Choice
topics: business
creators: Author of Great By Choice
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Great-Choice-Uncertainty-Luck-Why-Despite-ebook/dp/B0058DTIC0?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/great-by-choice-summary/


iid: 708a738c-8c36-4abc-9b3c-7dd2fb1b53ab
name: Grit
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8755928-M.jpg
topics: psychology;career
creators: Angela Duckworth
description:
In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls âgrit.â âInspiration for non-geniuses everywhereâ (People).The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of âgenius,â Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience that led to her hypothesis about what really drives success: not genius, but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance.  In Grit, she takes us into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what sheâs learned from interviewing dozens of high achieversâfrom JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll.  âDuckworthâs ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the betterâ (The New York Times Book Review). Among Gritâs most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal; grit can be learned, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how thatânot talent or luckâmakes all the difference. This is âa fascinating tour of the psychological research on successâ (The Wall Street Journal).

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/grit-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Grit


iid: f4662ac1-fef6-4c94-aff1-11ef79481d16
name: Growth Hacker Marketing
topics: growth-hacking;marketing
creators: Author of Growth Hacker Marketing
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Growth-Hacker-Marketing-Primer-Advertising-ebook/dp/B00INIXL3O?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/growth-hacker-marketing-summary/


iid: 0f44861b-b892-4f12-b8b3-9679eb3f4679
name: Habits Of A Happy Brain
topics: psychology;habits;neuroscience
creators: Loretta Graziano Breuning
description:
A revolutionary approach to enhancing your happiness level!Get ready to boost your happiness in just 45 days! Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to retrain your brain to turn on the chemicals that make you happy. Each page offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your "happy chemicals"--serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphin. You'll also learn how to build new habits by rerouting the electricity in your brain to flow down a new pathway, making it even easier to trigger these happy chemicals and increase feelings of satisfaction when you need them most. Filled with dozens of exercises that will help your reprogram your brain, Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to live a happier, healthier life!

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26618156-habits-of-a-happy-brain;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/habits-of-a-happy-brain-summary/


iid: 4041ea84-9072-4973-90d6-520727699d24
description: Over the last three decades, the Santa Fe Institute and its network of researchers …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/31YCRAuHKIL-198x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/worlds-hidden-in-plain-sight/
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
name:
Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: Thirty Years of Complexity Thinking at the Santa Fe Institute - Summary at Blas.com

topics:
brian-arthur;complexity;david-krakauer;emergence;increasing-returns;john-holland;kenneth-arrow;murray-gell-mann;richard-lewontin


iid: 03417c9e-36b2-42a1-848b-a97ada5e6579
name: Hackers And Painters - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Paul Graham
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/41793.jpg
topics: programming;technology
creators: Graham, Paul
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/hackers-and-painters-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Painters-Big-Ideas-Computer/dp/1449389554?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 615df91b-867e-4cce-833c-ec1ae9b01d53
name: Happier At Home
topics: home;happiness
creators: Author of Happier At Home
description:
In the spirit of her blockbuster #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin embarks on a new project to make home a happier place.Â One Sunday afternoon, as she unloaded the dishwasher, Gretchen Rubin felt hit by a wave of homesickness. Homesickâwhy? She was standing right in her own kitchen. She felt homesick, she realized, with love for home itself. âOf all the elements of a happy life,â she thought, âmy home is the most important.â In a flash, she decided to undertake a new happiness project, and this time, to focus on home.And what did she want from her home? A place that calmed her, and energized her. A place that, by making her feel safe, would free her to take risks. Also, while Rubin wanted to be happier at home, she wanted to appreciate how much happiness was there already.Â So, starting in September (the new January), Rubin dedicated a school yearâSeptember through Mayâto making her home a place of greater simplicity, comfort, and love.Â Â In The Happiness Project, she worked out general theories of happiness. Here she goes deeper on factors that matter for home, such as possessions, marriage, time, and parenthood. How can she control the cubicle in her pocket? How might she spotlight her familyâs treasured possessions? And it really was time to replace that dud toaster.Â Each month, Rubin tackles a different theme as she experiments with concrete, manageable resolutionsâand this time, she coaxes her family to try some resolutions, as well.Â Â With her signature blend of memoir, science, philosophy, and experimentation, Rubinâs passion for her subject jumps off the page, and reading just a few chapters of this book will inspire readers to find more happiness in their own lives.Â Â 

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Happier-Home-Self-Control-Experiments-Everyday/dp/0307886794?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/happier-at-home-summary/


iid: c89d728f-502a-437e-b22f-19bf116ea23e
name: Happiness
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/872267-M.jpg
topics: psychology;happiness
creators: Richard Layard
description:
There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation: It's the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years, even as average incomes have more than doubled.  The central question the great economist Richard Layard asks in Happiness is this: If we really wanted to be happier, what would we do differently? First we'd have to see clearly what conditions generate happiness and then bend all our efforts toward producing them. That is what this book is about-the causes of happiness and the means we have to effect it.  Until recently there was too little evidence to give a good answer to this essential question, but, Layard shows us, thanks to the integrated insights of psychology, sociology, applied economics, and other fields, we can now reach some firm conclusions, conclusions that will surprise you. Happiness is an illuminating road map, grounded in hard research, to a better, happier life for us all.  From one of the leading voices in the new field of happiness studies comes a groundbreaking statement of the case: what happiness is, exactly, and how to get more of it, as individuals and as a society

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100120.Happiness;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/happiness-summary/


iid: bdbc727f-5336-43ae-87e9-6ab5a53a6fda
name: Hardwiring Happiness - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
topics: psychology;happiness
creators: Hanson, Rick (Psychologist)
description:
Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. Dr. Hansonâs four steps build strengths into your brainâ balancing its ancient negativity biasâmaking contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In mere minutes each day, we can transform our brains into refuges and power centers of calm and happiness.

links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/hardwiring-happiness-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27153474M/Hardwiring_happiness


iid: f6e8b84a-8f05-4f21-8a80-d6dc97f0be04
name: Hatching Twitter - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Nick Bilton
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/18656827.jpg
topics: business;twitter
creators: Nick Bilton
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/hatching-twitter-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18656827-hatching-twitter


iid: 62f6bf74-1d92-444f-a739-d43c999e94f0
name: The Art Of Travel
topics: travel;philosophy
creators: Alain de Botton
description:
Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bedroom. The Art of Travel is a wise and utterly original book. Donât leave home without it.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23422.The_Art_of_Travel;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/the-art-of-travel-summary/


iid: b29b5383-f2f3-4e6d-9d35-aa0f33ea03c1
name: Homo Deus - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Yuval Noah Harari
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/31138556.jpg
topics: history;anthropology;sociology
creators: Author of Homo Deus
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/homo-deus-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/HomoDeus;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31138556-homo-deus


iid: 7d5d2cc0-edd0-40be-a81c-f50faf8ea0b1
name: Hooked - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Nir Eyal
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/22668729.jpg
topics: habits;psychology;design;product-management
creators: Nir Eyal
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/hooked-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27172184M/Hooked


iid: 503ea9f5-d324-4c4f-8bee-da2c55fb59f6
name: How Emotions Are Made
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8832012-M.jpg
topics: psychology;neuroscience
creators: Lisa Barrett
description:
âFascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.â â Wall Street Journal âA singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.â â Scientific American Â  âA brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.â â Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a uniqueÂ interplay of brain, body, and culture. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution. âMind-blowing.â â Elle âChock-full of startling, science-backed findings . . . An entertaining and engaging read. â â Forbes

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/How-Emotions-Are-Made-Secret/dp/1469292084?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-emotions-are-made-summary/


iid: 0d0b3de4-8384-4e6d-a978-e6fde18627d2
name: How Google Works - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Eric Schmidt
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/23158207.jpg
topics: business;google;technology
creators: Eric Schmidt
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-google-works-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/How-Google-Works-Eric-Schmidt/dp/1455582328?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 0352b17e-b8af-40de-aae0-1f7bd6957574
name: How To Become A Straight A Student - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Cal Newport
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/253203.jpg
topics: education;productivity;learning
creators: Cal Newport
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-become-a-straight%e2%80%91a-student-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253203.How_to_Become_a_Straight_A_Student


iid: af476487-45d0-4329-bd55-58f32a02ebb3
name: Deep Down Things
topics: physics
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249213.Deep_Down_Things?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WFCIX0IvYX&rank=1


iid: aa4e6687-2264-4ebc-9c16-cb22ba311505
name: How Luck Happens
topics: psychology;personal-development
creators: Janice Kaplan
description:
  
    New York Times
  
   bestselling author Janice Kaplan examines the phenomenon of luck--and discovers the exciting ways you can grab opportunities and make luck for yourself every day. 
After spending a year researching and experiencing gratitude for The Gratitude Diaries, Janice Kaplan is back to tackle another big, mysterious influence in all our lives: luck. And this time she's joined on her journey by coauthor Dr. Barnaby Marsh, a renowned academic who guides her exploration.Together they uncover the unexpected, little-understood science behind what we call "luck," proving that many seemingly random events are actually under your--and everyone's--control. They examine the factors that made stars like Harrison Ford and Jonathan Groff so successful, and learn the real secrets that made Kate Spade and Warby Parker into global brands. Using original research, fascinating studies, and engaging interviews, Kaplan and Marsh reveal the simple techniques to create luck in love and marriage, business and career, and health, happiness, and family relationships. Their breakthrough insights prove that all of us--from CEOs to stay-at-home moms--can tip the scales of fortune in our favor.Through a mix of scientific research, conversations with famous and successful people--from academics like Dan Ariely and Leonard Mlodinow to actor Josh Groban--and powerful narrative, How Luck Happens uncovers a fascinating subject in accessible and entertaining style.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26947962M/How_luck_happens;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-luck-happens-summary/


iid: b20e7060-dd86-434d-8df6-92b77fcb8a07
name: How Not To Be Wrong - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Jordan Ellenberg
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/18693884.jpg
topics: mathematics;psychology
creators: Jordan Ellenberg
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-not-to-be-wrong-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/NotBeWrong;book|https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Be-Wrong-Mathematical/dp/0143127535?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 0116a779-2bb1-41e0-ad90-29d953f0ec81
name: How Not To Die
description: Great resource on what foods to eat more of and avoid and how to …
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7398330-M.jpg
topics: nutrition;food;michael-greger;health;diet-and-nutrition
creators: Michael Greger
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663961-how-not-to-die;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-not-to-die-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/how-not-to-die/


iid: 65b18734-e45e-4137-a002-44e3e8ac9b7b
name: How Successful People Think
topics: career;thinking
creators: John C. Maxwell
description:
Full of interactive questions and space for readers to provide answers, as well as new material for readers to assess their current type of thinking, this workbook guides readers in applying the lessons they learned from How Successful People Think or the book which it was derived from, Thinking For A Change. Each of the eleven chapters will focus on one type of thinking, and contain a case study, critical thinking questions, a journal section, and an action plan of steps to help the reader create a personalized plan.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/How-Successful-People-Think-Thinking/dp/1599951681?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-successful-people-think-summary/


iid: 8a157bcc-0b83-48b4-b122-f72ae806828a
name: How To Be A Positive Leader
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7626728-M.jpg
topics: leadership
creators: Gretchen M. Spreitzer
description:
This is a book about how to lead people and organizations in ways that unlock their greatness. It offers a potent assembly of ideas about how small actions leaders take can make a difference in changing the trajectory of individuals and organizations, moving them more rapidly and effectively toward being their best. The book is built on a foundation of cutting-edge research and transformational insights from the field of positive organizational scholarship.How to Be a Positive Leader captures and clusters these transformational insights into four leadership action domainsâtapping into the good, unlocking valuable resources, fostering positive relationships, and facilitating generative changeâthat encompass the full range of leadership abilities, from negotiating to inspiring to leading the ethics charge. Above all, each domain focuses on human relationships as the basis of any effective leadership. Proof that positive models of leading are the most productive means to lasting change, this book will give every leader the courage to make a positive difference in the workday.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26047393M/How_To_Be_A_Positive_Leader_Small_Actions_Big_Impact;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-be-a-positive-leader-summary/


iid: 8baa78b1-fa84-456b-a49c-0e1675328f5a
name: How To Be A Stoic
topics: philosophy;psychology;stoicism
creators: Author of How To Be A Stoic
description:
In the tradition of How to Live and How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish todayWhenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it. Stoicism is a pragmatic philosophy that focuses our attention on what is possible and gives us perspective on what is unimportant. By understanding Stoicism, we can learn to answer crucial questions: Should we get married or divorced? How should we handle our money in a world nearly destroyed by a financial crisis? How can we survive great personal tragedy? Whoever we are, Stoicism has something for us--and How to Be a Stoic is the essential guide.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Stoic-Ancient-Philosophy/dp/1541644530?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-be-a-stoic-summary/


iid: 2b709b4b-9f88-4447-8f67-db9df9c02e76
name: How To Be Alone
topics: psychology;philosophy
creators: Sara Maitland
description:
"Learn how to enjoy solitude and find happiness without othersOur fast-paced society does not approve of solitude; being alone is literally anti-social and some even find it sinister. Why is this so when autonomy, personal freedom and individualism are more highly prized than ever before? Sara Maitland answers this question by exploring changing attitudes throughout history. Offering experiments and strategies for overturning our fear of solitude, she to helps us to practise it without anxiety and encourages us to see the benefits of spending time by ourselves, By indulging in the experience of being alone, we can be inspired to find our own rewards and ultimately lead more enriched, fuller lives." From http://www.panmacmillan.com/book/sara...

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27164152M/How_to_be_alone;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-be-alone-summary/


iid: a4f9c857-1fe2-4b9f-8c0e-dc1320dc1ae6
name: How We Learn
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8027675-M.jpg
topics: education;psychology;learning;teaching
creators: Dean Koontz
description:
In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory todayâand how we can apply it to our own lives.Â  From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. Weâre told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual if we want to ace that test, memorize that presentation, or nail that piano recital. Â  But what if almost everything we were told about learning is wrong?Â And what if there was a way to achieve more with less effort? Â  In How We Learn, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. What he discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we are all learning quickly, efficiently, and automatically; but in our zeal to systematize the process we have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools like forgetting, sleeping, and daydreaming. Is a dedicated desk in a quiet room really the best way to study? Can altering your routine improve your recall? Are there times when distraction is good? Is repetition necessary? Careyâs search for answers to these questions yields a wealth of strategies that make learning more a part of our everyday livesâand less of a chore. Â  By road testing many of the counterintuitive techniques described in this book, Carey shows how we can flex the neural muscles that make deep learning possible. Along the way he reveals why teachers should give final exams on the first day of class, why itâs wise to interleave subjects and concepts when learning any new skill, and when itâs smarter to stay up late prepping for that presentation than to rise early for one last cram session. And if this requires some suspension of disbelief, thatâs because the research defies what weâve been told, throughout our lives, about how best to learn. Â  The brain is not like a muscle, at least not in any straightforward sense. It is something else altogether, sensitive to mood, to timing, to circadian rhythms, as well as to location and environment. It doesnât take orders well, to put it mildly. If the brain is a learning machine, then it is an eccentric one. In How We Learn, Benedict CareyÂ shows us how to exploit its quirks to our advantage. Â Praise for How We LearnâThis book is a revelation. I feel as if Iâve owned a brain for fifty-four years and only now discovered the operating manual.ââMary Roach, bestselling author of Stiff and GulpâA welcome rejoinder to the faddish notion that learning is all about the hours put in.â
  âThe New York Times Book Review
Â  âA valuable, entertaining tool for educators, students and parents.â
  âShelf Awareness
 Â  âHow We Learn is more than a new approach to learning; it is a guide to making the most out of life. Who wouldnât be interested in that?â
  âScientific American
Â  âI know of no other source that pulls together so much of what we know about the science of memory and couples it with practical, practicable advice.ââDaniel T. Willingham, professor of psychology at the University of VirginiaFrom the Hardcover edition.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Learn-Surprising-Happens-ebook/dp/B00IWTTNZE?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-we-learn-summary/


iid: a9cd4ccf-c223-42ff-baed-5f932c8adf49
name: The Art Of War - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Sun Tzu
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/10534.jpg
topics: strategy;philosophy;war;thinking
creators: Author of The Art Of War
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/the-art-of-war-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Chump-Change-Sun/dp/1640320237?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: f9d19bbb-3767-473b-bbc9-552d6c5c258e
name: How To Create A Mind
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7252330-M.jpg
topics: artificial-intelligence
creators: Ray Kurzweil
description:
The bold futurist and bestselling author explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brainRay Kurzweil is arguably todayâs most influentialâand often controversialâfuturist. In How to Create a Mind, Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilizationâreverse engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines.Kurzweil discusses how the brain functions, how the mind emerges from the brain, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence in addressing the worldâs problems. He thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical possibilities of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating.Certain to be one of the most widely discussed and debated science books of the year, How to Create a Mind is sure to take its place alongside Kurzweilâs previous classics which include Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever and The Age of Spiritual Machines.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25423653M/How_to_Create_a_Mind;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-create-a-mind-summary/


iid: fa388805-b515-40f6-b3a0-49013460e55b
name: How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Scott Adams
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/17859574.jpg
topics: business;career;worth-re-reading;scott-adams;how-to-live-life;entrepreneur;dilbert
creators: Scott Adams
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/HowToFail;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17859574-how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big;summary|https://blas.com/how-to-fail-at-almost-everything/


iid: 14152366-8ece-4e9a-9a29-bd2bb02a418d
name: How To Read Literature Like A Professor
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8845766-M.jpg
topics: academics;literature;reading
creators: Thomas C Foster
description:
The classic guide, now available in a hardcover editionâa lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyesâand the literary codesof the ultimate professional reader, the college professor.What does it mean when a literary hero is traveling along a dusty road? When he hands a drink to his companion? When he's drenched in a sudden rain shower?Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices and form, Thomas C. Foster provides us with a broad overview of literatureâa world where a road leads to a quest, a shared meal may signify a communion, and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just a showerâand shows us how to make our reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.This revised edition includes new chapters, a new preface and epilogue, and incorporates updated teaching points that Foster has developed over the past decade.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/How-Read-Literature-Like-Professor/dp/0062301675?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor-summary/


iid: 8a23be14-c799-461f-8e3e-4f1f7a8461ca
name: How To Stop Worrying And Start Living
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/404729-M.jpg
topics: psychology
creators: Dale Carnegie
description:
The book 'How to stop worrying & start living' suggest many ways to conquer worry and lead a wonderful life.The book mentions fundamental facts to know about worry and magic formula for solving worry-some situations.Psychologists & Doctors' view:Worry can make even the most stolid person ill.Worry may cause nervous breakdown.Worry can even cause tooth decayWorry is one of the factors for High Blood Pressure.Worry makes you tense and nervous and affect the nerves of your stomach.The book suggests basic techniques in analysing worry, step by step, in order to cope up with them.A very interesting feature of the book is 'How to eliminate 50% of your business worries'.The book offers 7 ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness. Also, the golden rule for conquering worry, keeping your energy & spirits high.The book consists of some True Stories which will help the readers in conquering worry to lead you to success in life.The book is full of similar incidences and narrations which will make our readers to understand the situation in an easy way and lead a happy life. A must read book for everyone.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/How-Stop-Worrying-Start-Living/dp/0671035975?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-stop-worrying-and-start-living-summary/


iid: cd9d8a6e-9182-460b-96ab-06309f33a711
name: How To Talk To Anyone
image: https://sivers.org/images/HowToTalkToAnyone.gif
topics: communication
creators: Leil Lowndes
description:
"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of "How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive"What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you'll find:9 ways to make a dynamite first impression 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!) 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten aliveIn her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," "Bare Their Hot Button," "The Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game," for big success in your social life, romance, and business.How to Talk to Anyone, which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter) is based on solid research about techniques that work!By the way, don't confuse How to Talk to Anyone with one of Leil's previous books, How to Talk to Anybody About Anything. This one is completely different!

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35210.How_to_Talk_to_Anyone;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-talk-to-anyone-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/HowToTalkToAnyone


iid: 103385e9-f789-40e6-b561-0e162b58e5fb
name: How To Win At The Sport Of Business - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Mark Cuban
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/13344951.jpg
topics: business;entrepreneurship
creators: Mark Cuban
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-to-win-at-the-sport-of-business-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26091909M/How_To_Win_At_The_Sport_Of_Business_If_I_Can_Do_It_You_Can_Do_It


iid: 2fa22771-afe0-4d05-bd03-abbea35de349
name: How We Got To Now
topics: innovation;history
creators: Steven Johnson
description:
Did you drink a glass of water today? Did you turn on a light? Did you think about how miraculous either one of those things is when you did it? Of course not--but you should, and New York Times bestselling author Steven Johnson has. This adaptation of his adult book and popular PBS series explores the fascinating and interconnected stories of innovations--like clean drinking water and electricity--that changed the way people live.Innovation starts with a problem whose solution sets in motion all kinds of unexpected discoveries. That's why you can draw a line from pendulums to punching the clock at a factory, from ice blocks to summer movie blockbusters, from clean water to computer chips.In the lively storytelling style that has made him a popular, bestselling author, Steven Johnson looks at how accidental genius, brilliant mistakes, and unintended consequences shape the way we live in the modern world. Johnson's "long zoom" approach connects history, geography, politics, and scientific advances with the deep curiousity of inventors or quirky interests of tinkerers to show how innovation truly comes about.His fascinating account is organized into six topics: glass, cold, sound, clean, time, light. Johnson's fresh exploration of these simple, single-syllable word concepts creates an endlessly absorbing story that moves from lightning strikes in the prehistoric desert to the herculean effort to literally raise up the city of Chicago to laser labs straight out of a sci-fi movie.In other words, it's the story of how we got to now!

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38255206-how-we-got-to-now;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-we-got-to-now-summary/


iid: 2867dac0-aa54-4653-beb2-5780bfdbe409
name: How Will You Measure Your Life - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: Christensen is clear that he will not provide any important answers but he does promise …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Measure-Your-Life-205x300-1-205x300.jpg
topics: philosophy;karen-dillon;james-allworth;how-to-live-life;clayton-christensen
creators: Clayton M. Christensen
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/how-will-you-measure-your-life-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/how-will-you-measure-your-life/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13425570-how-will-you-measure-your-life


iid: bf5954b4-4685-41bf-9fae-34ee960652b6
name: Howard Hughes: His Life And Madness
topics: howard-hughes
creators: Author of Howard Hughes: His Life And Madness
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Howard-Hughes-His-Life-Madness/dp/0393326020?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/howard-hughes-his-life-and-madness-summary/


iid: 360a8f16-ead3-44ee-95c6-fb723c3ce735
name: Humans Are Underrated
description: As technology advances, people shouldn’t focus on beating computers at what they do but …
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7365140-M.jpg
topics: sociology;technology;economics;geoff-colvin;future;empathy;artificial-intelligence
creators: Geoff Colvin
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Humans-Are-Underrated-Achievers-Brilliant/dp/0143108379?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/humans-are-underrated-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/humans-are-underrated/


iid: 045a4a24-de86-45c6-9926-05d32bdf4ae0
name: I Thought It Was Just Me
topics: psychology;shame
creators: Author of I Thought It Was Just Me
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Thought-Was-Just-but-isnt-ebook/dp/B000SEHDGM?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/i-thought-it-was-just-me-summary/


iid: afbd46c2-3a73-4984-a956-a60ccd8fc260
name: I Wear The Black Hat
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7862314-M.jpg
topics: culture;ethics
creators: Chuck Klosterman
description:
From New York Times bestselling author, âone of Americaâs top cultural criticsâ (Entertainment Weekly), and âThe Ethicistâ for The New York Times Magazine, comes a new book of all original pieces on villains and villainy in popular culture.Chuck Klosterman has walked into the darkness. As a child, he rooted for conventionally good characters like wide-eyed Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. But as Klosterman aged, his alliances shiftedâfirst to Han Solo and then to Darth Vader. Vader was a hero who consciously embraced evil; Vader wanted to be bad. But what, exactly, was that supposed to mean? When we classify someone as a bad person, what are we really saying (and why are we so obsessed with saying it)? In I Wear the Black Hat, Klosterman questions the very nature of how modern people understand the culture of villainy. What was so Machiavellian about Machiavelli? Why donât we see Batman the same way we see Bernhard Goetz? Whoâs more worthy of our vitriolâBill Clinton or Don Henley? What was O.J. Simpsonâs second-worst decision? And why is Klosterman still obsessed with some kid he knew for one week in 1985?Masterfully blending cultural analysis with self-interrogation and limitless imagination, I Wear the Black Hat delivers perceptive observations on the complexity of the anti-hero (seemingly the only kind of hero America still creates). I Wear the Black Hat is the rare example of serious criticism thatâs instantly accessible and really, really funny. Klosterman is the only writer doing whatever it is heâs doing.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Wear-Black-Hat-Grappling-Villains/dp/143918450X?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/i-wear-the-black-hat-summary/


iid: 0d5074de-c631-46b7-9e6b-c8c41d5ab2f2
name: I Will Teach You To Be Rich - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6305971-M.jpg
topics: personal-finance
creators: Ramit Sethi;Ramit Sethi
description:
At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal financeâ banking, saving, budgeting, and investingâand the wealth-building ideas of personal entrepreneurship.Sethi covers how to save time by not wasting it managing money; the guns and cars myth of credit cards; how to negotiate like an Indianâthe conversation begins with "no"; why "Budgeting Doesn't Have to Suck!"; how to get things rollingâfor realâwith only $20; what most people don't understand about taxes; how to get a CEO to take you out to lunch; how to avoid the Super Mario Brothers trap by making your savings work harder than you do; the difference between cheap and frugal; the hidden relationship between money and food. Not to mention his first key lesson: Getting started is more important than being the smartest person in the room. Integrated with his website, where readers can use interactive charts, follow up on the latest information, and join the community, it is a hip blueprint to building wealth and financial security.Every month, 175,000 unique visitors come to Ramit Sethi's website, Iwillteachyoutoberich.com, to discover the path to financial freedom. They praise him thoughtfully ("Your site summarizes everything I want with my lifeâto be rich in finances, rich in experience, rich in family blessings," --Dan Esparza) and effusively ("Dude, you rock. I love this site!" --Richard Wu). The press has caught on, too: "Ramit Sethi is a rising star in the world of personal finance writing . . . one singularly attuned to the sensibilities of his generation. his style is part frat boy and part silicon Valley geek, with a little bit of San Francisco hipster thrown in" (San Francisco Chronicle). His writing is smart, his voice is full of attitude, and his ideas are uncommonly sound and refreshingly hype-free.

links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/i-will-teach-you-to-be-rich-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/IWillTeachYouToBeRich;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/your-move-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Will-Teach-You-Be-Rich/dp/0761147489?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 7342802b-e4fc-4571-a03f-7de08720ebb2
name: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy
topics: psychology;career;happiness
creators: Raj Raghunathan
description:
Could the same traits that drive your career success also be keeping you from being happier?Fifteen years after getting his MBA, Raj Raghunathan spent some time with his old classmates. He noticed that though theyâd all done well, there didnât appear to be much correlation between their academic success and career success. What Raj found even more curious was the even smaller correlation between career success and what he calls life success. The greater the career success, the more unhappy, out of shape, harried and distracted his friends were. Â If intelligence helps with decision-making, smart people should naturally make better life choices. So why are so many of the smartest, brightest, most successful people profoundly unhappy?Â  Raj set out to find an answer to this problem, and extensively researched happiness not just of students and business people, but also stay-at-home-parents, lawyers, and artists, among others. Â If Youâre So Smart, Why Arenât You Happy? takes readers on a fun and meaningful tour of the best research available on how some of the very determinants of success may also come to deflate happiness. Raghunathan explores the seven most common inclinations that successful people need to overcome, and the seven habits they should adopt instead. Among his surprising findings...Â Â·The correlation between wealth and happiness is much smaller than you'd expect it to beÂ·Generosity is not only a key to happiness, but a determining factor of long term successÂ·Appreciating uncertainty, rather than seekingÂ  full control of outcomes, is necessary for happinessÂ If Youâre So Smart, Why Arenât You Happy? will give you a powerful new perspective on your work, personal goals and relationships, whether youâre already successful or just starting out.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27205509M/If_you're_so_smart_why_aren't_you_happy;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/if-youre-so-smart-why-arent-you-happy-summary/


iid: f7a7c270-5315-453f-be0f-02a3f45e08c8
name: Influence - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Robert B. Cialdini
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/28815.jpg
topics: psychology;relationships;leadership
creators: Robert B. Cialdini
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/influence-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Influence;book|https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Robert-Cialdini/dp/006124189X?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 3698e32d-d912-4a39-8f61-34d83b3a8ddb
name: Ignore Everybody
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6280787-M.jpg
topics: career;art
creators: Hugh MacLeod
description:
When Hugh MacLeod was a struggling young copywriter living in a YMCA, he started to doodle on the backs of business cards while sitting at a bar. Those cartoons eventually led to a popular blog-gapingvoid.com-and a reputation for pithy insight and humor, in both words and pictures.MacLeod has opinions on everything from marketing to the meaning of life, but one of his main subjects is creativity. How do new ideas emerge in a cynical, risk-averse world? Where does inspiration come from? What does it take to make a living as a creative person?Ignore Everybody expands on MacLeod's sharpest insights, wittiest cartoons, and most useful advice. For example:-Selling out is harder than it looks. Diluting your product to make it more commercial will just make people like it less.-If your plan depends on you suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain.-Don't try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether. There's no point trying to do the same thing as 250,000 other young hopefuls, waiting for a miracle. All existing business models are wrong. Find a new one.-The idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to be yours. The sovereignty you have over your work will inspire far more people than the actual content ever will.After learning MacLeod's forty keys to creativity, you will be ready to unlock your own brilliance and unleash it on the world.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23145697M/Ignore_everybody;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/ignore-everybody-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/IgnoreEverybody


iid: 7f62662f-d68b-4c26-a4ef-066ab880cd7d
name: Ikigai - Summary by Derek Sivers
image: https://sivers.org/images/Ikigai.gif
topics: philosophy;career;psychology
creators: Héctor García
description:
Bring meaning and joy to all your days with this internationally bestselling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy)âthe happiness of always being busyâas revealed by the daily habits of the worldâs longest-living people.Whatâs your ikigai?âOnly staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.â âJapanese proverb According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigaiâa reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the worldâs longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigaiâthe place where passion, mission, vocation, and profession intersectâmeans that each day is infused with meaning. Itâs the reason we get up in the morning. Itâs also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact thereâs no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because theyâve found a real purpose in lifeâthe happiness of always being busy. In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-oldsâone of the worldâs Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, andâtheir best-kept secretâhow they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesnât want to find happiness in every day?

links:
summary|https://sivers.org/book/Ikigai;book|https://www.amazon.in/Ikigai-Japanese-Secret-Long-Happy/dp/0143130722?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/ikigai-summary/


iid: c5250cdd-7158-4913-bcb6-a77455b033b8
name: Immunity
topics: immunology;health
creators: William E. Paul
description:
This significant book conveys Dr. William E. Paulâs enduring enthusiasm for the field of immunology, the incredible accomplishments of the past half-century, and the futureâs untapped promises.The immune system has incredible power to protect us from the ravages of infection by killing disease-causing microbes or eliminating them from the body. Boosted by vaccines, it can protect us individually and as a "herd" from diseases such as measles. As Dr. Paul explains, however, the power of the immune system is a double-edged sword: an overactive immune system can wreak havoc, destroying normal tissue and causing diseases such as type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. The consequences of an impaired immune system, on the other hand, are all too evident in the clinical agonies of AIDS and other immunodeficiency diseases.Packed with illustrations, stories from Dr. Paulâs distinguished career, and compelling narratives of scientific discovery, Immunity presents the three laws of the human immune systemâuniversality, tolerance, and appropriatenessâand explains how the system protects and harms us. From the tale of how smallpox was overcome to the lessons of the Ebola epidemic to the utility of vaccines and the hope that the immune system can be used to treat or prevent cancer, Dr. Paul argues that we must position ourselves to take advantage of cutting-edge technologies and promising new tools in immunological research, including big data and the microbiome.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27208556M/Immunity;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/immunity-summary/


iid: 452752de-bbb8-442b-9599-1d0365036c62
name: Imperfect Courage
topics: personal-development
creators: Jessica Honegger
description:
Want to make a move but scared to leave your comfort zone? Go anyway."Jessica's perspective of global sisterhood and the power of lifting each other up in the midst of fear and scarcity is exactly what we need today. This book is both an invitation and a challenge to bravely show up for ourselves, for the people we love, and for the strangers that we will one day call family. I say, Amen!" --Brenï¿½ Brown, Ph.D., Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Braving the WildernessIn Imperfect Courage, the founder of the popular fair trade jewelry brand Noonday Collection shares her story of starting the rapid-growing business that impacts over 4,500 artisans in vulnerable communities across the globe--and invites readers on a journey of transformation, challenging them to trade their comfort zones for a life of impact and adventure.
  
In 2015, Inc. magazine recognized Noonday Collection as one of the fastest-growing companies in America. But years earlier, as Jessica Honegger stood at a pawn-shop counter in Austin, Texas, and handed over her grandmother's gold jewelry, her goal was much more personal: to fund the adoption of her Rwandan son, Jack, by selling artisan-made jewelry.This first step launched an unexpected side-hustle that would grow into Noonday Collection. Jessica embarked on this new journey and teamed up with her first artisan partner, Jalia, a Ugandan jewelry maker. She saw the meaningful impact Noonday brought to Jalia's community and knew it was the right move.Fear crept into Jessica's heart as she realized her success, or failure, meant the same for Jalia. But refusing to let fear hinder her goals, Jessica found the necessary (if imperfect) courage she needed along the way--the courage to leave comfort and embrace a life of risk and impact.Discover Your Imperfect Courage In Imperfect Courage, Jessica takes you by the hand and invites you to trade your comfort zone for a life of impact and meaning. - First, she invites you to draw a circle of compassion around yourself and leads you through some soul-searching aimed at setting you free from shame.  - Next, she challenges all of us to come together, dare to be vulnerable with one another, and commit to building a culture of collaboration.  - Finally, Jessica calls on you to broaden your circle of compassion to embrace the entire globe--and to bring your beautifully imperfect courage to a world that needs you.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37003176-imperfect-courage;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/imperfect-courage-summary/


iid: ce2b03d9-230f-4393-80a2-6c27c74e68a7
name: In Defense Of Food - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Michael Pollan
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/315425.jpg
topics: food
creators: Michael Pollan
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/in-defense-of-food-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/315425.In_Defense_of_Food


iid: d552d7bf-b898-4dc3-99bd-87bc47d3535f
name: In Search Of Excellence
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/28913-M.jpg
topics: business
creators: Thomas J. Peters
description:
The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table.Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, In Search of Excellence describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4076.In_Search_Of_Excellence;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/in-search-of-excellence-summary/


iid: fee10e75-3713-4ecb-9411-ed696c355d7a
name: Inner Engineering
topics: yoga;psychology
creators: Vasudev, Jaggi Sadhguru
description:
New York Times Bestseller: Thought leader, visionary, philanthropist, mystic, and yogi Sadhguru presents Western readers with a time-tested path to achieving absolute well-being: the classical science of yoga.The practice of hatha yoga, as we commonly know it, is but one of eight branches of the body of knowledge that is yoga. In fact, yoga is a sophisticated system of self-empowerment that is capable of harnessing and activating inner energies in such a way that your body and mind function at their optimal capacity. It is a means to create inner situations exactly the way you want them, turning you into the architect of your own joy.A yogi lives life in this expansive state, and in this transformative book Sadhguru tells the story of his own awakening, from a boy with an unusual affinity for the natural world to a young daredevil who crossed the Indian continent on his motorcycle. He relates the moment of his enlightenment on a mountaintop in southern India, where time stood still and he emerged radically changed. Today, as the founder of Isha, an organization devoted to humanitarian causes, he lights the path for millions. The term guru, he notes, means âdispeller of darkness, someone who opens the door for you. . . . As a guru, I have no doctrine to teach, no philosophy to impart, no belief to propagate. And that is because the only solution for all the ills that plague humanity is self-transformation. Self-transformation means that nothing of the old remains. It is a dimensional shift in the way you perceive and experience life.â The wisdom distilled in this accessible, profound, and engaging book offers readers time-tested tools that are fresh, alive, and radiantly new. Inner Engineering presents a revolutionary way of thinking about our agency and our humanity and the opportunity to achieve nothing less than a life of joy.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27220077M/Inner_engineering;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/inner-engineering-summary/


iid: b3b25ade-0228-411c-b25b-570c81447825
name: Inventology
topics: innovation
creators: Pagan Kennedy
description:
Find out where great ideas come from. A father cleans up after his toddler andÂ imaginesÂ a cup that won't spill. An engineerÂ watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea.Â A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die.By studying inventions like these â the sippy cup, the cell phone, and an ingenious hospital bed â we can learn how people imagine their way around "impossible" problems to discover groundbreaking answers. Pagan Kennedy reports on how these enduring methods can be adapted toÂ the twenty-first century, as millions of us deploy tools like crowdfunding, big data, and 3-D printing to find hidden opportunities. Â Â Â InventologyÂ usesÂ theÂ storiesÂ of inventors and surprising researchÂ to reveal the steps that produce innovation. As Kennedy argues, recent advances in technology and communication have placed us at the cusp of a golden age;Â it's now more possible than ever before to transform ideas into actuality.Â Inventology is a must-read forÂ designers,Â artists, makersâand anyone else who is curious about creativity. By identifying the steps of the invention process, Kennedy reveals the imaginative tools required to solve our most challenging problems.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27198550M/Inventology;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/inventology-summary/


iid: 9a6a30e1-18d6-4f07-b42f-de7656ed80f7
name: Invisible Influence
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8869123-M.jpg
topics: psychology
creators: Jonah Berger
description:
Jonah Berger, the bestselling author of Contagious, explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make from what we buy, to the careers we choose, to what we eat in his latest New York Times bestseller that is a rare business book that s both informative and enough fun to take to the beach (Fortune.com). If you re like most people, you think your individual tastes and opinions drive your choices and behaviors. You wear a certain jacket because you liked how it looked. You picked a particular career because you found it interesting. The notion that our choices are driven by our own personal thoughts and opinions is patently obvious. Right? Wrong. Without our realizing it, other people s behavior has a huge influence on everything we do at every moment of our lives, from the mundane to the momentous. Even strangers have an impact on our judgments and decisions: our attitudes toward a welfare policy shift if we re told it is supported by Democrats versus Republicans (even though the policy is the same). But social influence doesn t just lead us to do the same things as others. In some cases we imitate others around us. But in other cases we avoid particular choices or behaviors because other people are doing them. We stop listening to a band because they go mainstream. We skip buying the minivan because we don t want to look like a soccer mom. By understanding how social influence works, we can decide when to resist and when to embrace it and learn how we can use this knowledge to exercise more control over our own behavior. In Invisible Influence, Jonah Berger is consistently entertaining, applying science to real life in surprising ways and explaining research through narrative. His book fascinates because it opens up the moving parts of a mysterious machine, allowing readers to watch them in action (Publishers Weekly)."

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27407178M/Invisible_Influence;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/invisible-influence-summary/


iid: ac93773d-6654-446c-80cb-79c8d05b94c1
name: iWoz
topics: steve-wozniak;companies/apple
creators: Author of iWoz
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Iwoz-Steve-Wozniak-Sep-2007/dp/B00DEKSIZC?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/iwoz-summary/


iid: dcf91086-3544-4017-a3d2-21636493f377
name: Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
topics: social-media
creators: Author of Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Jab-Right-Hook-Story-Social/dp/006227306X?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/jab-jab-jab-right-hook-summary/


iid: 253ca695-1de2-4f14-b62c-4d527682e341
name: Just Listen
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8962726-M.jpg
topics: communication;psychology
creators: Mark Goulston
description:
Do you ever feel like you're talking to a brick wall? The first step in persuading anyone to do anything is getting them to hear you out. But whether the person is a cynical colleague, furious customer, or overwhelmed spouse, their emotional barriers may be blocking your message. And if you can't break through, you can't move forward. Just Listen has helped tens of thousands of people tear down walls and establish productive communication. In this landmark book, veteran psychiatrist and business coach Mark Goulston reveals simple, proven techniques for moving people from resistance to consensus, explaining how to: â¢ Listen effectively â¢ Make even a total strangerâperhaps a potential clientâfeel "felt" â¢ Shift an angry or aggressive person into a calmer, more receptive state â¢ Use empathy jolts to quickly bridge communication gaps â¢ Turn negative people into assets using the "Magic Paradox"â¢ Achieve buy-in, the linchpin of all negotiation, persuasion, and sales â¢ And more Barricades between people become barriers to success and happiness, so getting through is not just a fine artâit's a crucial skill. With Just Listen, readers learn how to transform the "impossible" and "unreachable" people in their lives into true allies, loyal customers, and lifelong friends.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Just-Listen-Discover-Getting-Absolutely/dp/0814436471?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/just-listen-summary/


iid: e58e6d65-f46e-432d-b445-f33c53d45e16
name: Labor Of Love
topics: dating;sociology;relationships;romance
creators: Moira Weigel
description:
A brilliant and surprising investigation into why we date the way we doIt seems as though every week thereâs a new app available on your smartphone promising dates aplentyâjust swipe right. A mate, on the other hand, is becoming harder and harder to find. The age-old quest for true love requires more effort than ever before. Letâs face it: Dating is work.Which, as it happens, is exactly where it began, in the nineteenth centuryâas prostitution. In Labor of Love, Moira Weigel dives into the secret history of dating while holding up a mirror to the contemporary dating landscape, revealing why we date the way we do and explaining why it feels so much like work. This isnât a guide to âgetting the guyâ; there are no ridiculous ârulesâ to follow in Labor of Love. This is a brilliant, fresh, and utterly original approach to help us understand how dating was invented and, hopefully, to lead us closer to the happy ending that it promises.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Labor-Love-Invention-Moira-Weigel/dp/0374182531?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/labor-of-love-summary/


iid: 7731bcf7-f415-43ac-b68a-c7e88aa24ca1
name: Launch
topics: business
creators: Author of Launch
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Jeff-Walker-Launch-Internet-Millionaires/dp/B00N4E4HQC?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/launch-summary/


iid: 774912f0-5e66-49ee-a722-ac05717cb0cd
name: Leaders Eat Last
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8142524-M.jpg
topics: leadership
creators: Simon Sinek
description:
The New York TimesÂ bestselling follow-up to Simon Sinek's global hitÂ Start With WhyWhy do only a few peopleÂ get to say âI love my jobâ?Â It seems unfair that finding fulfillment atÂ work is like winning a lottery; that only aÂ few lucky ones get to feel valued by theirÂ organizations, to feel like they belong.Imagine a world where almost everyone wakesÂ up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valuedÂ during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled.This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, inÂ many successful organizations, great leaders areÂ creating environments in which people naturallyÂ work together to do remarkable things.Â In his travels around the world since the publicationÂ of his bestsellerÂ Start with Why, Simon SinekÂ noticed that some teams were able to trust each otherÂ so deeply that they would literally put their lives onÂ the line for each other. Other teams, no matter whatÂ incentives were offered, were doomed to infighting,Â fragmentation and failure. Why?The answer became clear during a conversationÂ with a Marine Corps general.Â âOfficers eat last,â he said.Sinek watched as the most junior Marines ateÂ first while the most senior Marines took their placeÂ at the back of the line. Whatâs symbolic in the chowÂ hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: great leadersÂ sacrifice their own comfortâeven their own survivalâfor the good of those in their care.This principle has been true since the earliestÂ tribes of hunters and gatherers. Itâs not a managementÂ theory; itâs biology. Our brains and bodies evolvedÂ to help us find food, shelter, mates and especiallyÂ safety. Weâve always lived in a dangerous world,Â facing predators and enemies at every turn. WeÂ thrived only when we felt safe among our group.Our biology hasnât changed in fifty thousandÂ years, but our environment certainly has. TodayâsÂ workplaces tend to be full of cynicism, paranoiaÂ and self-interest. But the best organizations fosterÂ trust and cooperation because their leaders buildÂ what Sinek calls a Circle of Safety that separates theÂ security inside the team from the challenges outside.The Circle of Safety leads to stable, adaptive,Â confident teams, where everyone feels they belongÂ and all energies are devoted to facing the commonÂ enemy and seizing big opportunities.Â As he did inÂ Start with Why, Sinek illustratesÂ his ideas with fascinating true stories from a wideÂ range of examples, from the military to manufacturing,Â from government to investment banking.The biology is clear: when it matters most, leadersÂ who are willing to eat last are rewarded withÂ deeply loyal colleagues who will stop at nothing to advance their leaderâs vision and their organizationâsÂ interests. Itâs amazing how well it works.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others/dp/1543614620?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/leaders-eat-last-summary/


iid: 415790e2-b91c-4321-8d6c-34d186da4afe
name: Lean In
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7254305-M.jpg
topics: business;feminism;career
creators: Sheryl Sandberg
description:
Sheryl Sandbergâs Lean In is a massive cultural phenomenon and its title has become an instant catchphrase for empowering women. The book soared to the top of bestseller lists internationally, igniting global conversations about women and ambition. Sandberg packed theatres, dominated opinion pages, appeared on every major television show and on the cover of Time magazine, and sparked ferocious debate about women and leadership. Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be a resounding yes, but ask the same women whether they'd feel confident asking for a raise, a promotion, or equal pay, and some reticence creeps in. The statistics, although an improvement on previous decades, are certainly not in women's favour â of 197 heads of state, only twenty-two are women. Women hold just 20 percent of seats in parliaments globally, and in the world of big business, a meagre eighteen of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg â Facebook COO and one of Fortune magazine's Most Powerful Women in Business â draws on her own experience of working in some of the world's most successful businesses and looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16071764-lean-in;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/lean-in-summary/


iid: 1d05e058-05c2-4bee-b038-bcbad7c2cc4e
name: Learned Optimism - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Martin E.P. Seligman
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/26123.jpg
topics: psychology
creators: Martin E. P. Seligman
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/learned-optimism-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/1400078393?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 0de6d2be-463f-4df6-89ed-5a415704a24b
name: Leonardo Da Vinci - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Walter Isaacson
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/34684622.jpg
topics: leonardo-da-vinci;walter-isaacson;history;art
creators: Author of Leonardo Da Vinci
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/leonardo-da-vinci-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-Vinci-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1501139150?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://blas.com/da-vinci/


iid: eef8669b-3938-4d6d-8623-56c0a246fc7d
name: Less Doing More Living
topics: productivity;minimalism
creators: Ari Meisel
description:
"Less is more"âor, more specifically, the less you have to do, the more life you have to live. Efficiency expert Ari Meisel details his "Less Doing" philosophy, which will streamline your life, and make everything easier. In business and our personal lives, it often seems as if the only way to get more done is by putting in more timeâmore hours at the office, more days running errands. But what if there were a way that we could do less, and free up more time for the things and people we love? If this sounds like what you need, Ari MeiselâTEDx speaker, efficiency consultant, and achievement architectâhas the program for you. In 
  Less Doing, More Living
, Meisel explores the fundamental principles of his âLess Doingâ philosophy, educating the reader on:Optimizing workflow with twenty-first-century apps and toolsCreating an âexternal brainâ in the Cloud to do all of your âlowerâ thinkingâlike keeping track of appointments, meetings, and ideasHow to use technology to live a paper-free lifeThe three fundamentals of wellnessâfitness, sleep, and nutritionâand technological Â approaches to improving these areas of lifeAnd so much more!This book will give readers new tools and techniques for streamlining their workload, being more efficient in their day-to-day activities, and making everything in life easier.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Less-Doing-More-Living-Everything/dp/0399168524?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/less-doing-more-living-summary/


iid: 1616176c-4561-4a7b-baf8-08e7c95de5de
name: Liespotting
topics: psychology;communication
creators: Author of Liespotting
description:
GET TO THE TRUTHPeople--friends, family members, work colleagues, salespeople--lie to us all the time. Daily, hourly, constantly. None of us is immune, and all of us are victims. According to studies by several different researchers, most of us encounter nearly 200 lies a day.Now there's something we can do about it. Pamela Meyer's Liespotting links three disciplines--facial recognition training, interrogation training, and a comprehensive survey of research in the field--into a specialized body of information developed specifically to help business leaders detect deception and get the information they need to successfully conduct their most important interactions and transactions.Some of the nation's leading business executives have learned to use these methods to root out lies in high stakes situations. Liespotting for the first time brings years of knowledge--previously found only in the intelligence community, police training academies, and universities--into the corporate boardroom, the manager's meeting, the job interview, the legal proceeding, and the deal negotiation.WHAT'S IN THE BOOK?Learn communication secrets previously known only to a handful of scientists, interrogators and intelligence specialists.Liespotting reveals what's hiding in plain sight in every business meeting, job interview and negotiation:- The single most dangerous facial expression to watch out for in business & personal relationships- 10 questions that get people to tell you anything- A simple 5-step method for spotting and stopping the lies told in nearly every high-stakes business negotiation and interview- Dozens of postures and facial expressions that should instantly put you on Red Alert for deception- The telltale phrases and verbal responses that separate truthful stories from deceitful ones- How to create a circle of advisers who will guarantee your success

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8606082-liespotting;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/liespotting-summary/


iid: 8156985c-2081-4aed-85dc-baec9b977115
name: Linchpin
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8754365-M.jpg
topics: business;leadership;career
creators: Seth Godin
description:
"This is what the future of work (and the world) looks like. Actually, it's already happening around you." â Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.comIn bestsellers such as Purple Cow and Tribes, Seth Godin taught readers how to make remarkable products and spread powerful ideas. But this book is about youâyour choices, your future, and your potential to make a huge difference in whatever field you choose.There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there's a third team: the linchpins. These people figure out what to do when there's no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art.Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations. They may not be famous but they're indispensable. And in today's world, they get the best jobs and the most freedom.As Godin writes, "Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must."

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Linchpin-Are-Indispensable-Seth-Godin/dp/1591844096?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/linchpin-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Linchpin


iid: b38de9ed-0e33-4ecc-9242-522ffa5432b9
name: The Particle Odyssey
topics: physics
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/476370.The_Particle_Odyssey?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=OtUw3CDuke&rank=1


iid: 1d24ac05-716f-4368-9d6f-bcad0af002f1
name: Long-Term Thinking For A Short-Sighted World
topics: thinking
creators: Author of Long-Term Thinking For A Short-Sighted World
description:
Jim Brumm's "Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World" focuses on the problems we face today that share a common, rarely discussed theme: a lack of long-term thinking. The book explores examples-past and present-of humanity pursuing short-term gains at the expense of our long-term well being. Topics include energy, debt, consumerism, agriculture and our skewed perceptions of time.  ""In today's world we are grappling at every turn with an increasing energy shortage, food production systems that struggle to feed increasing millions, environmental problems that threaten our survival, a debt crisis that is crippling individuals and governments, and so much more. All of these problems come with their own unique challenges and examined on their own they may seem completely different from each other, but they share one common, rarely discussed hidden thread that runs through the center of each and binds them together: a lack of long-term thinking. We're very bad long-term thinkers.""  Jim delivers a message of hope, helping to answer the question, "How can I live my life in a way that brings satisfaction, balance, happiness, and a sense of value? In other words, how can I be part of the solution?" He suggests positive ways to improve our ability to embrace a larger vision of our place in the world.  Conversational, provocative, witty and often laugh-aloud funny, "Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World" will inspire readers who are seeking ways to realign priorities and re-examine what brings true, long-term happiness and sustainability.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Long-Term-Thinking-Short-Sighted-World-Restoring/dp/1612641245?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/long-term-thinking-for-a-short-sighted-world-summary/


iid: d8ef85b8-1b3c-41db-940e-0389db1007a1
name: Long Walk To Freedom
topics: nelson-mandela
creators: Author of Long Walk To Freedom
description:
Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. The foster son of a Thembu chief, Mandela was raised in the traditional, tribal culture of his ancestors, but at an early age learned the modern, inescapable reality of what came to be called apartheid, one of the most powerful and effective systems of oppression ever conceived. In classically elegant and engrossing prose, he tells of his early years as an impoverished student and law clerk in a Jewish firm in Johannesburg, of his slow political awakening, and of his pivotal role in the rebirth of a stagnant ANC and the formation of its Youth League in the 1950s. He describes the struggle to reconcile his political activity with his devotion to his family, the anguished breakup of his first marriage, and the painful separations from his children. He brings vividly to life the escalating political warfare in the fifties between the ANC and the government, culminating in his dramatic escapades as an underground leader and the notorious Rivonia Trial of 1964, at which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Herecounts the surprisingly eventful twenty-seven years in prison and the complex, delicate negotiations that led both to his freedom and to the beginning of the end of apartheid. Finally he provides the ultimate inside account.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/318431.Long_Walk_to_Freedom;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/long-walk-to-freedom-summary/


iid: 76fdf671-8285-4a68-9a60-74b5f93e6cce
name: Losing My Virginity
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6620629-M.jpg
topics: business;richard-branson
creators: Richard Branson
description:
"Oh, screw it, let's do it."That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, in slightly more than twenty-five years, to spawn so many successful ventures. From the airline business (Virgin Atlantic Airways), to music (Virgin Records and V2), to cola (Virgin Cola), to retail (Virgin Megastores), and nearly a hundred others, ranging from financial services to bridal wear, Branson has a track record second to none. "Losing My Virginity" is the unusual, frequently outrageous autobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time. When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friends decided that "since we're complete virgins at business, let's call it just that: Virgin." Since then, Branson has written his own "rules" for success, creating a group of companies with a global presence, but no central headquarters, no management hierarchy, and minimal bureaucracy.Many of Richard Branson's companies -- airlines, retailing, and cola are good examples -- were started in the face of entrenched competition. The experts said, "Don't do it." But Branson found golden opportunities in markets in which customers have been ripped off or underserved, where confusion reigns, and the competition is complacent. And in this stressed-out, overworked age, Richard Branson gives us a new model: a dynamic, hardworking, successful entrepreneur who lives life to the fullest. Family, friends, fun, and adventure are equally important as business in Branson's life. "Losing My Virginity" is a portrait of a productive, sane, balanced life, filled with rich and colorful stories:  Crash-landing his hot-air balloon in the Algerian desert, yet remaining determined tohave another go at being the first to circle the globeSigning the Sex Pistols, Janet Jackson, the Rolling Stones, Boy George, and Phil CollinsFighting back when British Airways took on Virgin Atlantic and successfully suing this pillar of the British business establishmentSwimming two miles to safety during a violent storm off the coast of MexicoSelling Virgin Records to save Virgin AtlanticStaging a rescue flight into Baghdad before the start of the Gulf War . . .And much more. "Losing My Virginity" is the ultimate tale of personal and business survival from a man who combines the business prowess of Bill Gates and the promotional instincts of P. T. Barnum.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Losing-My-Virginity-Survived-Business/dp/0812931017?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/losing-my-virginity-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/RichardBranson


iid: bdd64ba4-59c8-4b40-8e3c-b9885057bcdf
name: Lost Connections
topics: psychology;depression;mental-health;anxiety
creators: Johann Hari
description:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, a startling challenge to our thinking about depression and anxiety.Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was toldâlike his entire generationâthat his problem was caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate this questionâand he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong. Across the world, Hari discovered social scientists who were uncovering the real causesâand they are mostly not in our brains, but in the way we live today. Hariâs journey took him from the people living in the tunnels beneath Las Vegas, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlinâall showing in vivid and dramatic detail these new insights. They lead to solutions radically different from the ones we have been offered up until now.Just as Chasing the Scream transformed the global debate about addiction, with over twenty million views for his TED talk and the animation based on it, Lost Connections will lead us to a very different debate about depression and anxietyâone that shows how, together, we can end this epidemic.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34921573-lost-connections;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/lost-connections-summary/


iid: 29f2adc5-3a7b-4e66-9155-e36453b72bbd
name: Loving What Is
topics: psychology
creators: Byron Katie
description:
Out of nowhere, like a breeze in a marketplace crowded with advice, comes Byron Katie and âThe Work.â In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage, despair, and thoughts of suicide. Then one morning, she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her, and now in Loving What Is you can discover the same freedom through The Work. The Work is simply four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light. As Katie says, âItâs not the problem that causes our suffering; itâs our thinking about the problem.â Contrary to popular belief, trying to let go of a painful thought never works; instead, once we have done The Work, the thought lets go of us. At that point, we can truly love what is, just as it is.Loving What Is will show you step-by-step, through clear and vivid examples, exactly how to use this revolutionary process for yourself. Youâll see people do The Work with Katie on a broad range of human problems, from a wife ready to leave her husband because he wants more sex, to a Manhattan worker paralyzed by fear of terrorism, to a woman suffering over a death in her family. Many people have discovered The Workâs power to solve problems; in addition, they say that through The Work they experience a sense of lasting peace and find the clarity and energy to act, even in situations that had previously seemed impossible. If you continue to do The Work, you may discover, as many people have, that the questioning flows into every aspect of your life, effortlessly undoing the stressful thoughts that keep you from experiencing peace. Loving What Is offers everything you need to learn and live this remarkable process, and to find happiness as what Katie calls âa lover of reality.â

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22990522M/Loving_what_is;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/loving-what-is-summary/


iid: ed2c8b86-7798-4846-a536-e0c2de28b18a
name: Make A Killing On Kindle
topics: publishing;writing
creators: Author of Make A Killing On Kindle
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Make-Killing-Kindle-2018-Book-ebook/dp/B0757WX3BR?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/make-a-killing-on-kindle-summary/


iid: 27af8d63-a470-4169-a517-e8a76f83a83b
name: Make Time
topics: productivity
creators: Author of Make Time
description:
Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, 'The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!' Or got to work in the morning and thought, 'Today I'll spend hours on Facebook!' Yet, that's exactly what we do. Why?In a world where information refreshes endlessly and the workday feels like a race to react to other people's priorities faster, frazzled and distracted has become our default position. But what if the exhaustion of constant busyness wasnât mandatory? What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention? Thatâs what this book is about.As creators of Google Ventures' renowned 'design sprint', Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products like Gmail and YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own personal habits and routines, looking for ways to help individuals optimize their energy, focus, and time. Now they've packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days.Make Time is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, it offers a customizable menu of bite-sized tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles. It isnât about productivity, or checking off more to-dos. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. Making time isnât about radically overhauling your lifestyle; itâs about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction.A must-read for anyone who has ever thought 'If only there were more hours in the day...' Make Time will help you to stop passively reacting to the demands of the modern world and start intentionally making time for the things that matter.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37880811-make-time;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/make-time-summary/


iid: f56f5557-b1f4-47da-bf8a-5ad09e17f906
name: Make Your Bed
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7984714-M.jpg
topics: psychology;productivity
creators: William H. McRaven
description:
If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter. I you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.- From Admiral McRaven's University of Texas Commencement Speech

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Bed-Little-Things/dp/1455570249?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/make-your-bed-summary/


iid: 3c4ff709-569e-45b6-b4b9-b6e9e1df08db
name: The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation - Summary at Blas.com
description: “This book is about innovation—about how it happens, why it happens, and who makes …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/51LyIMnRk9L._SX324_BO1204203200_-196x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/the-idea-factory/
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
topics:
att;bell-labs;business;claude-shannon;innovation;jon-gertner;technology;transistors;william-shockley


iid: 2b233cc9-e0bb-43cd-97e7-7c0f63d72d03
name: Make Your Mark - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Jocelyn K. Glei
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/21888210.jpg
topics: business;design;entrepreneurship;productivity
creators: Jocelyn K. Glei
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/make-your-mark-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Make-Your-Mark-Creatives-Building/dp/1480589306?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 860e863e-3684-49a7-ab48-289f023f0a22
name: Making Ideas Happen
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6387329-M.jpg
topics: design;innovation;productivity
creators: Scott Belsky
description:
 How the world's leading innovators push their ideas to fruition again and again   Edison famously said that genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. Ideas for new businesses, solutions to the world's problems, and artistic breakthroughs are common, but great execution is rare.  According to Scott Belsky, the capacity to make ideas happen can be developed by anyone willing to develop their organizational habits and leadership capability. That's why he founded Behance, a company that helps creative people and teams across industries develop these skills.  Belsky has spent six years studying the habits of creative people and teams that are especially productive-the ones who make their ideas happen time and time again. After interviewing hundreds of successful creatives, he has compiled their most powerful-and often counterintuitive-practices, such as: â¢Generate ideas in moderation and kill ideas liberally  â¢Prioritize through nagging  â¢Encourage fighting within your team  While many of us obsess about discovering great new ideas, Belsky shows why it's better to develop the capacity to make ideas happen-a capacity that endures over time.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24226214M/Making_Ideas_Happen;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/making-ideas-happen-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/MakingIdeasHappen


iid: c824e261-05ff-4219-ab54-726f3f98e8a0
name: Man’s Search For Meaning
topics: philosophy
creators: Author of Man’s Search For Meaning
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl-ebook/dp/B009U9S6FI?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/mans-search-for-meaning-summary/


iid: 5aae15b7-e028-4b59-b5a4-1029a3431e4f
name: Manufacturing Consent - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Noam Chomsky
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/12617.jpg
topics: politics;sociology
creators: Edward S. Herman
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/manufacturing-consent-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12617.Manufacturing_Consent


iid: c67700be-1e87-4c8a-b835-ce5be8da2a2c
name: Meditations On First Philosophy
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8890048-M.jpg
topics: philosophy
creators: René Descartes
description:
Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise written by RenÃ© Descartes first published in Latin in 1641. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things which are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. The meditations were written as if he was meditating for 6 days: each meditation refers to the last one as "yesterday". However, Descartes did not take 6 days to complete this work; it actually took several years.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Meditations-First-Philosophy-Hackett-Classics/dp/0872201929?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/meditations-on-first-philosophy-summary/


iid: 6c26c567-06a9-4efd-aa4c-78f14b8ad208
name: Meditations - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Marcus Aurelius
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/30659.jpg
topics: philosophy
creators: Marcus Aurelius
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/meditations-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Meditations;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL672774M/The_meditations


iid: 1e998c13-1923-425a-9ff8-3fff93c13595
name: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/30289-M.jpg
topics: psychology;relationships
creators: John Gray
description:
Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets.Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now viewed as a modern classic, this phenomenal book has helped men and women realize how different they really are and how to communicate their needs in such a way that conflict doesn't arise and intimacy is given every chance to grow!!!!

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Men-Mars-Women-Venus-Understanding/dp/0060574216?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/men-are-from-mars-women-are-from-venus-summary/


iid: f2e26da2-65f3-4960-86b3-6af7dd5d7f8d
name: Merchants of Doubt - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Naomi Oreskes
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/7799004.jpg
topics: science;politics;environment;climate-change
creators: Author of Merchants of Doubt
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/merchants-of-doubt-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured/dp/1608193942?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 835ac034-8e68-4499-89f6-ccc5c1169678
name: The Autobiography Of Malcolm X - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Malcolm X
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/92057.jpg
topics: malcolm-x;politics;race
creators: Malcolm X
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Malcolm-MAXNotes-Literature-Guides/dp/0878910042?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: 9e157b66-1bf9-4226-a4c9-3e73690dfd85
name: Million Dollar Consulting
topics: business;consulting
creators: Author of Million Dollar Consulting
description:
Build a thriving consultancy with the updated edition of this classic bestsellerHaving inspired generations of consultants and entrepreneurs around the world, the "Rock Star of Consulting" Alan Weiss returns with a revised and completely updated edition of his authoritative guide to consulting success.Weiss provides his time-tested model on creating a flourishing consulting business, while incorporating and focusing on the many dynamic changes in solo and boutique consulting, coaching, and entrepreneurship. In addition to guidance on raising capital, attracting clients, and creating a marketing plan, he also gives brand new step-by-step advice on:- Harnessing today's global opportunities - Developing brands across markets- Creating and licensing intellectual property- Avoiding the pitfalls of social media- Landing unsolicited referrals through counterintuitive methods- Managing and organizing your time wisely- Succeeding in the face of continuing turbulenceFind out why this book has been the classic go-to for consultants for nearly twenty-five years, and learn how to grow your business into a $1 million-per-year firm today!

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260218.Million_Dollar_Consulting;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/million-dollar-consulting-summary/


iid: 40a14e51-c88a-4156-b2e4-db01fa95f7e5
name: Millionaire Success Habits
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8801483-M.jpg
topics: habits;personal-finance;productivity
creators: Dean Graziosi
description:
Legendary business coach and entrepreneur Dean Graziosi takes you from where you are in life to where you want to be, using simple tools to reshape daily routines and open new doors to prosperity--whether you're a fellow entrepreneur, an employee or executive, or a new grad in your first job."In this incredibly inspiring book, Dean Graziosi gives us the key to greater happiness, wealth and freedom. A must-read." -- Brendon Burchard"Dean Graziosi has the unique ability to take what others make so complicated and boil it down to a recipe for success that anyone can follow." -- Larry King."In this book there are amazing recipes to get the life you want faster, easier and with less stress. Read it and live rich!" -- David BachMillionaire Success Habits is a book designed with one purpose in mind: to take you from where you are in life, to where you want to be in life, by incorporating easy-to-implement "Success Habits" into your daily routine. This book is not about adding more time to your day. It is about replacing those things that are not serving your future with success habits designed specifically to assist you on your journey to a better you. Millionaire Success Habits has broken down the walls of complexity around success and created simple success recipes that you can quickly put to use in your life to reach the level of wealth and abundance you desire.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Success-Habits-Gateway-Prosperity/dp/1401956874?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/millionaire-success-habits-summary/


iid: 6f5eb0a6-9052-416d-89f8-a4b2cd065c22
name: Mind Gym
topics: sports;psychology
creators: Gary Mack
description:
Combines psychological principles with inspirational stories to help amateur athletes take their game to the next level, overcome adversity, stay motivated, and follow their dreams.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/451720.Mind_Gym;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/mind-gym-summary/


iid: c78e4766-13a4-4bfb-9f17-8464d5bff1e4
name: Mindsight - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
topics: psychology;mental-health
creators: Daniel J. Siegel
description:
From a pioneer in the field of mental health comes a groundbreaking book on the healing power of "mindsight," the potent skill that is the basis for both emotional and social intelligence. Mindsight allows you to make positive changes in your brain-and in your life.- Is there a memory that torments you, or an irrational fear you can' t shake?- Do you sometimes become unreasonably angry or upset and find it hard to calm down?- Do you ever wonder why you can't stop behaving the way you do, no matter how hard you try?- Are you and your child (or parent, partner, or boss) locked in a seemingly inevitable pattern of conflict?What if you could escape traps like these and live a fuller, richer, happier life? This isn't mere speculation but the result of twenty-five years of careful hands-on clinical work by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. A Harvard-trained physician, Dr. Siegel is one of the revolutionary global innovators in the integration of brain science into the practice of psychotherapy. Using case histories from his practice, he shows how, by following the proper steps, nearly everyone can learn how to focus their attention on the internal world of the mind in a way that will literally change the wiring and architecture of their brain.Through his synthesis of a broad range of scientific research with applications to everyday life, Dr. Siegel has developed novel approaches that have helped hundreds of patients heal themselves from painful events in the past and liberate themselves from obstacles blocking their happiness in the present. And now he has written the first book that will help all of us understand the potential we have to create our own lives. Showing us mindsight in action, Dr. Siegel describes- a sixteen-year-old boy with bipolar disorder who uses meditation and other techniques instead of drugs to calm the emotional storms that made him suicidal- a woman paralyzed by anxiety, who uses mindsight to discover, in an unconscious memory of a childhood accident, the source of her dread- a physician-the author himself-who pays attention to his intuition, which he experiences as a "vague, uneasy feeling in my belly, a gnawing restlessness in my heart and my gut," and tracks down a patient who could have gone deaf because of an inaccurately written prescription for an ear infection- a twelve-year-old girl with OCD who learns a meditation that is "like watching myself from outside myself" and, using a form of internal dialogue, is able to stop the compulsive behaviors that have been tormenting herThese and many other extraordinary stories illustrate how mindsight can help us master our emotions, heal our relationships, and reach our fullest potential.A book as inspiring as it is informative, as practical as it is profound, Mindsight offers exciting new proof that we aren't hardwired to behave in certain ways, but instead have the ability to harness the power of our minds to resculpt the neural pathways of our brains in ways that will be life-transforming.

links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/mindsight-summary/;book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6315775-mindsight


iid: ef3ba610-b214-462c-a4ae-4e381838006b
name: Mini Habits
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8093714-M.jpg
topics: habits;productivity
creators: Stephen Guise
description:
I had experimented with personal development strategies for a decade. When I accidentally started my first mini habitâand the changes I made were actually lastingâI realized the prior strategies I relied on were complete failures. When something works, that which doesn't work is exposed. The science in Mini Habits exposes the predictably inconsistent results of most popular personal growth strategies, and reveals why mini habits are consistent.  A mini habit is a very small positive behavior that you force yourself to do every day; a mini habit's "too small to fail" nature makes it weightless, deceptively powerful, and a superior habit-building strategy.  Mini Habits will better equip you to change your life than 99% of the people you see walking around on this globe. People so often think that they are the reason they can't achieve lasting change; but the problem isn't with themâit's with their strategy. You can achieve great things without the guilt, intimidation, and repeated failure associated with such strategies such as "getting motivated," resolutions, or even "just doing it.â To make changes last, you need to stop fighting against your brain. When you start playing by your brain's rulesâas mini habits show you how to doâlasting change isn't so hard.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20567918-mini-habits;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/mini-habits-summary/


iid: 7900371d-b86f-47fa-b7e1-042517057a79
name: Minimalism
topics: minimalism
creators: Author of Minimalism
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Minimalism-Meaningful-Joshua-Fields-Millburn-ebook/dp/B006I7DDPI?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/minimalism-summary/


iid: 150fa843-fa0d-40c2-b845-ebc0eaf2adf5
name: Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Me - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Carol Tavris
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/522525.jpg
topics: psychology;sociology
creators: Carol Tavris
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/mistakes-were-made-but-not-by-me-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/1491514132?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: eb2384ec-83a4-4651-8e5a-744f2f5201d1
name: Money Master The Game
topics: personal-finance
creators: Author of Money Master The Game
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/MONEY-Master-Game-Financial-Freedom-ebook/dp/B00MZAIU4G?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/money-master-the-game-summary/


iid: b9c03cb9-6da4-4212-90aa-0a4242b9ab56
name: Moonshot
topics: business;leadership
creators: John Sculley
description:
The future belongs to those who see the possibilities before they become obvious This is the most exciting time ever to be part of the business world.Throughout history, there are some events that stand out as so groundbreaking that they completely change life as we know it. The Apollo moon landing of 1969 was one of those events the invention of the Apple personal computer was another. The time is ripe for a new breed of innovative entrepreneurs to build businesses across industries that will bring in billions of dollars while changing people s lives for the better. In this book, John Sculley will show you how to do it.Former CEO of both PepsiCo and Apple, John Sculley lays out a roadmap for building a truly transformative business. Beginning with a can t-fail concept and inspired by smart data, Moonshot! reveals the core concepts for a twenty-first century business. Producer-in-Control models are a thing of the past, but the Customer-in-Control future is bright for those that know how to use it. With technology at your back, now might be the best time in history to start a business but the future belongs to those who see the possibilities before they become obvious. "Moonshot!" will teach you to have the upper hand in any business."

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Moonshot-Game-Changing-Strategies-Billion-Dollar-Businesses/dp/0795348622?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/moonshot-summary/


iid: 9000292f-04fa-41d9-a45e-91c270184007
name: Moonwalking With Einstein
image: https://sivers.org/images/MoonwalkingEinstein.gif
topics: memory;psychology
creators: Joshua Foer
description:
The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.
  

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6346975-moonwalking-with-einstein;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/moonwalking-with-einstein-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/MoonwalkingEinstein


iid: a53565e6-42eb-42dd-8cc5-2cbb5303660d
name: The Automatic Millionaire
topics: personal-finance
creators: Author of The Automatic Millionaire
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Automatic-Millionaire-Expanded-Updated-Powerful-ebook/dp/B01G0GD0PE?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/the-automatic-millionaire-summary/


iid: 44267270-8ce3-4d65-b049-e36eddfd29d0
name: The Barefoot Investor
topics: personal-finance
creators: Author of The Barefoot Investor
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Investor-Money-Guide-Youll-ebook/dp/B01N79M1DS?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/the-barefoot-investor-summary/


iid: 21ffb91c-cdc4-497f-a53c-fa693cc74823
name: The First Three Minutes
topics: physics
links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150131.The_First_Three_Minutes?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ngjodjTsjn&rank=1


iid: f32c62d9-44a8-4b40-af1b-f68a4745e1e5
name: Move Your Bus
topics: business;leadership
creators: Ron Clark
description:
New York Times bestselling author and award-winning educator Ron Clark applies his successful leadership principles to the business world in this effective and accessible guidebook, perfect for any manager looking to inspire and motivate his or her team. Includes a foreword by bestselling author and FranklinCovey executive Sean Covey.Teamwork is crucial to the success of any business, and as acclaimed author and speaker Ron Clark illustrates, the members of any team are the key to unlocking success. Imagine a company as a bus filled with people who either help or hinder a team's ability to move it forward: drivers (who steer the organization), runners (who consistently go above and beyond for the good of the organization), joggers (who do their jobs without pushing themselves), walkers (who are just getting pulled along), and riders (who hinder success and drag the team down). It's the team leader's job to recognize how members fall into these categories, encourage them to keep the "bus" moving by working together, and know when it's time to kick the riders off.In the tradition of Who Moved My Cheese? and Fish!, Move Your Bus is an accessible and uplifting business parable that illustrates Clark's expert strategies to maximize the performance of each member of a team. These easy to implement techniques will inspire employees and team leaders alike to work harder and smarter and drive the organization to succeed.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23492545-move-your-bus;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/move-your-bus-summary/


iid: edebef1c-779c-44d1-bfa1-fb5b6d56be27
name: Multipliers
topics: leadership;business;management
creators: Author of Multipliers
description:
Wall Street JournalÂ BestsellerA thought-provoking, accessible, and essential exploration of why some leaders (âDiminishersâ) drain capability and intelligence from their teams, while others (âMultipliersâ) amplify it to produce better results. Including a foreword by Stephen R. Covey, as well the five key disciplines that turn smart leaders into genius makers,Â MultipliersÂ is a must-read for everyone from first-time managers to world leaders.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8310410-multipliers;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/multipliers-summary/


iid: 73bafce7-b68a-4635-b509-c627816280c6
name: My Stroke Of Insight
topics: neuroscience;psychology
creators: Author of My Stroke Of Insight
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/My-Stroke-Insight-Scientists-Personal-ebook/dp/B0019IB0II?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/my-stroke-of-insight-summary/


iid: ea5abf7f-c0fd-4f61-920e-50510c1e0cde
name: Napoleon The Great
topics: history;napoleon
creators: Author of Napoleon The Great
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Napoleon-Great-Andrew-Roberts-2015-10-15/dp/B01N8YEQG8?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/napoleon-the-great-summary/


iid: d0e2b649-ff42-4d38-be5f-b4657bd5b9df
name: Necessary Endings
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6679759-M.jpg
topics: business;leadership;psychology;relationships
creators: Henry Cloud
description:
âIf youâre hesitant to pull the trigger when things obviously aren't working out, Henry Cloudâs Necessary Endings may be the most important book you read all year.â âDave Ramsey, New York Times bestselling author of The Total Money MakeoverâCloud is a wise, experienced, and compassionate guide through [lifeâs] turbulent passages.â âBob Buford, bestelling author of Halftime and Finishing Well; founder of the Leadership Network Henry Cloud, the bestselling author of Integrity and The One-Life Solution, offers this mindset-altering method for proactively correcting the bad and the broken in our businesses and our lives. Cloud challenges readers to achieve the personal and professional growth they both desire and deserveâand gives crucial insight on how to make those tough decisions that are standing in the way of a more successful business and, ultimately, a better life.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Necessary-Endings-Henry-Cloud/dp/0061777129?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/necessary-endings-summary/


iid: ab39a0f2-7b76-49a8-a84b-e71685dedb0f
name: Never Eat Alone
description: Keith Ferrazzi is the guru of networking and this book lays out his approach, tactics …
image: https://sivers.org/images/NeverEatAlone.gif
topics: business;relationships;leadership;tahl-raz;networking;keith-ferrazzi;career
creators: Keith Ferrazzi
links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Never-Eat-Alone-Expanded-Updated/dp/0385346654?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/never-eat-alone-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/NeverEatAlone;summary|https://blas.com/never-eat-alone/


iid: 855e86a4-62e1-40d0-9706-eb023209c926
name: Never Split The Difference - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Chris Voss
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/26156469.jpg
topics: negotiation;psychology
creators: Chris Voss
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/never-split-the-difference-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/NeverSplit;book|https://www.amazon.in/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 127a5edc-6041-4cf4-b86e-0dc977604ef4
name: No-Drama Discipline
topics: parenting;psychology;discipline
creators: Daniel J. Siegel
description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The pioneering experts behind The Whole-Brain Child and The Yes Brain tackle the ultimate parenting challenge: discipline."A lot of fascinating insights . . . an eye-opener worth reading."--ParentsHighlighting the fascinating link between a child's neurological development and the way a parent reacts to misbehavior, No-Drama Discipline provides an effective, compassionate road map for dealing with tantrums, tensions, and tears--without causing a scene.Defining the true meaning of the "d" word (to instruct, not to shout or reprimand), the authors explain how to reach your child, redirect emotions, and turn a meltdown into an opportunity for growth. By doing so, the cycle of negative behavior (and punishment) is essentially brought to a halt, as problem solving becomes a win/win situation. Inside this sanity-saving guide you'll discover- strategies that help parents identify their own discipline philosophy--and master the best methods to communicate the lessons they are trying to impart  - facts on child brain development--and what kind of discipline is most appropriate and constructive at all ages and stages - the way to calmly and lovingly connect with a child--no matter how extreme the behavior--while still setting clear and consistent limits - tips for navigating your child through a tantrum to achieve insight, empathy, and repair - twenty discipline mistakes even the best parents make--and how to stay focused on the principles of whole-brain parenting and discipline techniquesComplete with candid stories and playful illustrations that bring the authors' suggestions to life, No-Drama Discipline shows you how to work with your child's developing mind, peacefully resolve conflicts, and inspire happiness and strengthen resilience in everyone in the family.Praise for No-Drama Discipline"With lucid, engaging prose accompanied by cartoon illustrations, Siegel and Bryson help parents teach and communicate more effectively."--Publishers Weekly"Wow! This book grabbed me from the very first page and did not let go."--Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D., author of The Opposite of Worry

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/No-Drama-Discipline-Whole-Brain-Nurture-Developing/dp/034554806X?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/no-drama-discipline-summary/


iid: 401c98f9-7466-46f1-bc01-c1cbe931081e
name: Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
topics: writing
creators: Author of Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
description:
There's a mantra that real writers know but wannabe writers donât. And the secret phrase is this:NOBODY WANTS TO READ YOUR SH*T. Recognizing this painful truth is the first step in the writer's transformation from amateur to professional. From Chapter Four: âWhen you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, you develop empathy. You acquire the skill that is indispensable to all artists and entrepreneursâthe ability to switch back and forth in your imagination from your own point of view as writer/painter/seller to the point of view of your reader/gallery-goer/customer. You learn to ask yourself with evÂ­ery sentence and every phrase: Is this interesting? Is it fun or challenging or inventive? Am I giving the reader enough? Is she bored? Is she following where I want to lead her?"

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Wants-Read-Your-Tough-Love/dp/1936891492?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/nobody-wants-to-read-your-sht-summary/


iid: 7f108087-1219-4ea2-b74d-483b8c1f02c4
name: Non-Zero: The Logic of Human Destiny - Summary at Blas.com
links: summary|https://blas.com/non-zero/
topics: complexity;evolution;game-theory;robert-wright;win/win
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
description:
The tendencies of basic biological, social and technological evolutions can be explained in scientific, …

image:
https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/220px-Nonzero_-_The_Logic_of_Human_Destiny_cover-191x300.jpg


iid: 9a6b4505-f6b4-41e2-80b4-5d864f906d15
description: Harris walks us through some key persuasion traits and habits Key Takeaways The 11 …
image: https://blas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/71QQgLDEtAL-198x300.jpg
links: summary|https://blas.com/the-soulful-art-of-persuasion/
topics: jason-harris;persuasion
creators: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
name:
The Soulful Art of Persuasion: The 11 Habits That Will Make Anyone a Master Influencer - Summary at Blas.com


iid: cbfbaf85-b73c-4d00-9f9c-2fe20f54c37d
name: Nudge - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Richard H. Thaler
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/3450744.jpg
topics: psychology;economics
creators: Richard H. Thaler
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/nudge-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Nudge;book|https://www.amazon.in/Nudge-Improving-Decisions-Health-Happiness/dp/014311526X?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: 4c70abe2-b3a6-4253-b7e7-8eb3fc32a747
name: On Liberty
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8890109-M.jpg
topics: philosophy;politics;liberty
creators: John Stuart Mill
description:
John Stuart Mill was a prominent English philosopher and political economist in the 19th century. Mill is considered to be one of the most influential liberal thinkers in history and he was a significant contributor to many fields such as social theory, political theory, and political economy. Mill is also notable for being the first Member of Parliament to argue in favor of women's suffrage. On Liberty, published in 1859, is generally considered to be Mill's most famous work. Mill applies his ethical system of utilitarianism to society in order to establish a relationship between liberty and authority.

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/385228.On_Liberty;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/on-liberty-summary/


iid: 78fd0b60-b41d-4274-b355-611e9186d757
name: On The Origin Of Species - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Charles Darwin
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/22463.jpg
topics: science;biology;evolution
creators: Charles Darwin
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/on-the-origin-of-species-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-150th-Anniversary/dp/0451529065?tag=learnawesome-20


iid: a855867d-8765-4b46-9391-3af8d1092c7e
name: On The Shortness Of Life
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/111250-M.jpg
topics: philosophy;life;worth-re-reading;stoicism;seneca;how-to-live-life
creators: Seneca the Younger
description:
Seneca, a Stoic philosopher, offers his view on how to live successfully and happily (by being in the moment and not worrying about the past or future since there is nothing you can do about either), the importance of reason and morality and provides timeless wisdom which is just as relevant today as it was millennia ago.

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3424522M/On_the_shortness_of_life;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/on-the-shortness-of-life-summary/;summary|https://blas.com/on-the-shortness-of-life/


iid: 11840ee1-f0f6-4af3-a9a0-c17078775810
name: One Simple Idea
image: https://sivers.org/images/OneSimpleIdea.gif
topics: business;entrepreneurship
creators: Stephen Key
description:
With must-have updates, a new edition of the bestselling method that shows how anyone can turn their one simple idea into millions without lifting a finger!Stephen Key is an award-winning inventor who has licensed more than 20 product ideas. In 2011, he shared the secrets to his success in the bestselling book "One Simple Idea." Since that time, many changes have occurred in the entrepreneurial world."One Simple Idea, Revised and Expanded Edition" has been revised and updated to reflect current trends and practices in the industry. In addition to teaching readers how to turn their ideas into marketable products that companies will want to license, Key expands upon his cutting-edge product development, sales, and negotiation strategies, making note of the new opportunities and technologies available to creative people today. The book also features real-life success stories from people who have used the author s strategies."

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/One-Simple-Idea-Revised-Expanded/dp/1522690379?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/one-simple-idea-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/OneSimpleIdea


iid: a8698869-bf41-4f04-a21d-9ad4aaea1ccf
name: Option B
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8054737-M.jpg
topics: personal-development
creators: Sheryl Sandberg
description:
From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals:  a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks.After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void, '" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.  Option B combines Sheryl's personal insights with Adam's eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart--and her journal--to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl's loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy. Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. "I want Dave," she cried. Her friend replied, "Option A is not available," and then promised to help her make the most of Option B. We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.com/Option-Adversity-Building-Resilience-Finding/dp/1524732680?tag=learnawesome-20;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/option-b-summary/


iid: 98ccd25d-5f26-482f-a1c3-98666f8ff221
name: Orientalism
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8703415-M.jpg
topics: history;orientalism
creators: Edward W. Said
description:
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic.In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Orientalism-Edward-W-Said/dp/039474067X?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/orientalism-summary/


iid: 77a28d6b-3b33-4497-8b95-4644c3b9041c
name: Originals - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Adam M. Grant
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/25614523._SX98_.jpg
topics: personal-development
creators: Adam Grant
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/originals-summary/;book|https://www.amazon.in/Originals-How-Non-Conformists-Move-World/dp/014312885X?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: ed699886-b788-4c69-aed9-7f9cf9aac83d
name: Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Chip Conley
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/612532.jpg
topics: business;leadership;psychology;philosophy;chip-conley
creators: Chip Conley
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/peak-how-great-companies-get-their-mojo-from-maslow-summary/;book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26956121M/PEAK;summary|https://blas.com/peak-2/


iid: f03899c0-4f4a-4513-b4e6-cdc3c22149db
name: Out Of Our Minds
topics: education;parenting;creativity
creators: Author of Out Of Our Minds
description:
Creativity is critical.Out of Our Minds explores creativity: its value in business, its ubiquity in children, its perceived absence in many adults and the phenomenon through which it disappears -- and offers a groundbreaking approach for getting it back. Author Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally recognised authority on creativity, and his TED talk on the subject is the most watched video in TED's history. In this book, Sir Ken argues that organisations everywhere are struggling to fix a problem that originates in schools and universities. Organisations everywhere are competing in a world that changes in the blink of an eye - they need people who are flexible enough to adapt, and creative enough to find novel solutions to problems old and new. Out of Our Minds describes how schools, businesses and communities can work together to bring creativity out of the closet and realise its inherent value at every stage of life. This new third edition has been updated to reflect changing technologies and demographics, with updated case studies and coverage of recent changes to education.While education and training are the keys to the future, the key can also be turned the other way; locking people away from their own creativity. Only by actively fostering creativity can businesses unlock those doors and achieve their true potential. This book will help you to:Understand the importance of actively promoting creativity and innovation. Discover why creativity stagnates somewhere between childhood and adulthood. Learn how to re-awaken dormant creativity to help your business achieve more. Explore ways in which we can work together to keep creativity alive for everyone. Modern business absolutely demands creativity of thought and action. We're all creative as children -- so where does it go? When do we lose it? Out of Our Minds has the answers, and clear solutions for getting it back.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Out-Our-Minds-Power-Creative/dp/085708741X?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/out-of-our-minds-summary/


iid: cfe7392f-7abe-4270-9b97-b07c99a5d628
name: Outliers - Summary by FourMinuteBooks
description: By Malcolm Gladwell
image: https://learn-awesome.github.io/assets/book_covers/3228917.jpg
topics: psychology;learning;personal-development
creators: Malcolm Gladwell
links:
summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/outliers-summary/;summary|https://sivers.org/book/Outliers;book|https://www.amazon.in/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930?tag=learnawesome-21


iid: fff7fca3-8010-4642-ba0a-bee6710078e7
name: Outwitting The Devil
topics: personal-development;psychology
creators: Author of Think And Grow Rich
description:
In 1938, just after publication of his all-time best-seller Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill reveals that he broke the Devil's Code, forcing him to confess his secrets. The resulting manuscript ? Outwitting the Devil ? proved so controversial, it was hidden for more than seventy years. Now Sharon Lechter brings us this important book, annotating and editing it for a contemporary audience. Using his legendary ability to get to the root of human potential, Hill digs deep to identify the greatest obstacles we face in reaching our personal goals ? including fear, procrastination, anger, and jealousy ? as tools orchestrated by the Devil himself. These hidden methods of control can lead us to ruin, and Hill reveals the seven principles of good that will allow us to finally triumph over them and succeed. Fascinating, provocative, and empowering, Outwitting the Devil shows how to create your own path to success, harmony, and fulfillment in an age of uncertainty and fear. My simple faith is this: If we are created in God's image, then we were born to create, and to create is to prosper. [This] previously unpublished Napoleon Hill manuscript... I?ve read it and recommend it.? ? Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes magazine

links:
book|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10713286-outwitting-the-devil;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/outwitting-the-devil-summary/


iid: a2c7917a-95e5-4c91-8c5e-b36a80774597
name: Own The Day, Own Your Life
topics: productivity
creators: Author of Own The Day, Own Your Life
links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Own-Day-Your-Life-Optimized-ebook/dp/B072HLS5QJ?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/own-the-day-own-your-life-summary/


iid: 8017b523-af3b-47d9-86dc-5c367dc4e507
name: Oxygen
image: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/130854-M.jpg
topics: science;chemistry;biology
creators: Nick Lane
description:
Three hundred million years ago, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans nearly a yard across. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today-probably as much as 35 per cent. But oxygen is a toxic gas. Fruit flies raised at twice the normal level of oxygen live half as long as their siblings. If atmospheric oxygen reached 35 per cent in the Carboniferous, why did oxygen promote exuberant growth, instead of rapid aging and death? This is just one of the puzzles Nick Lane answers in Oxygen. Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey, as gripping as a thriller, as he unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. The book explains far more than the size of ancient insects: it shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity, the birth of photosynthesis, the sudden evolution of animals, the need for two sexes, the accelerated aging of cloned animals like Dolly the sheep, and the surprisingly long lives of bats and birds. Drawing on this grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on our own lives and deaths, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it.  Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary science and a humane synthesis of our place in nature. This remarkable book will redefine the way we think about the world.

links:
book|https://www.amazon.in/Oxygen-Molecule-that-Made-World/dp/0198508034?tag=learnawesome-21;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/oxygen-summary/


iid: d4213b21-f800-4f8c-bde9-216f8f1801a6
name: Payoff
topics: psychology;motivation
creators: Dan Ariely
description:
Bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals fascinating new insights into motivation--showing that the subject is far more complex than we ever imagined. Every day we work hard to motivate ourselves, the people we live with, the people who work for and do business with us. In this way, much of what we do can be defined as being "motivators." From the boardroom to the living room, our role as motivators is complex, and the more we try to motivate partners and children, friends and coworkers, the clearer it becomes that the story of motivation is far more intricate and fascinating than we've assumed. Payoff investigates the true nature of motivation, our partial blindness to the way it works, and how we can bridge this gap. With studies that range from Intel to a kindergarten classroom, Ariely digs deep to find the root of motivation--how it works and how we can use this knowledge to approach important choices in our own lives. Along the way, he explores intriguing questions such as: Can giving employees bonuses harm productivity? Why is trust so crucial for successful motivation? What are our misconceptions about how to value our work? How does your sense of your mortality impact your motivation?

links:
book|https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27225874M/Payoff;summary|https://fourminutebooks.com/payoff-summary/


