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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt

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Summary Story of a man named Poggio Bracciolini who miraculously and luckily found a copy of Lucretius‘ “On the Nature of Things” in 1417. This manuscript had such controversial ideas as the world not being ruled by gods, atoms as the building blocks of life and religion making humans’ lives more miserable. This text helped […]

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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

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Summary Louis Zamperini was a troublesome child who had insatiable energy and often found trouble. He was able to start focusing his energy towards running when his brother Pete got him into track and field in high school. Lou at first hated running but was soon breaking high school records left and right and became […]

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The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

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Summary Haidt uses an elephant to represent emotions and the rider of the elephant as reason. Reason attempt to control emotions but is often unsuccessful. This book helps define and clarify what truly makes people happy and what steps you can take to get there Key Takeaways Happiness doesn’t just come from within as the […]

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The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

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Summary Very interesting and eye-opening book which describes where our food comes from and the vast processes industrial food goes through before reaching our supermarkets. Also, corn is in everything. Key Takeaways Industrial and processed foods are essentially not “real” food as they go through a multitude of stages before they reach the grocery store. […]

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How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer

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Summary Very interesting book that describes the science behind how people make decisions and how you can improve your decision making by using both the emotional and rational parts of your brain. Lehrer uses a diverse array of examples from many different fields which helps make this book more relatable and actionable. Key Takeaways Tom Brady […]

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The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler

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Summary A fascinating book about human flow and how to get into that state more often and at a higher level. Flow is an optimal state of consciousness and available to everyone everywhere. It is a point where action and awareness merge, time flies, and performance goes through the roof. Nobody has found a way to consistently […]

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The Year Without Pants by Scott Berkun

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Summary Scott Berkun worked for a long time at Microsoft but this book goes into detail how WordPress, a free and open source blogging tool, has a very unique culture in which the small teams hardly ever work together in person, they are very informal, have little to no hierarchy, and can make updates and fix bugs […]