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The One Thing
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTThe One ThingGARY KELLERSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.GARY KELLER
Gary Keller co-founded Keller Williams Realty in 1983, and today it's the largest real estate company in the world by agent count. That didn't happen by accident. He started with a single office in Austin, Texas, during one of the worst real estate downturns in American history. Most people would have quit. He didn't.What'…
Start With Why
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTStart With WhySIMON SINEKSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.SIMON SINEK
Simon Sinek is a British-American author and speaker who grew up in multiple countries — England, South Africa, Hong Kong — before eventually landing in the United States. He studied law at City University London before switching to anthropology at Brandeis University. That background in human behavior shows up everywhere in his work.Hi…
The Miracle Morning
SELF-HELPThe MiracleMorningHAL ELRODSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.HAL ELROD
Hal Elrod's story is one of the more remarkable ones you'll come across. At 20, he was hit head-on by a drunk driver at 70 mph. His heart stopped for six minutes. Doctors told his parents he would likely never walk again. He was in a coma for six days. When he woke up, he had permanent brain damage and 11 broken bones. He walked out of the ho…
Essentialism
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTEssentialismGREG MCKEOWNSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.GREG MCKEOWN
Greg McKeown is British, which somehow makes his argument about doing less feel more credible. He studied at Stanford, where he also got his MBA, and spent years researching why some incredibly talented people seem to go nowhere while others with less raw ability build remarkable careers and lives. His answer, more or less, was that the…
The Prophet-Summary
This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.KAHLIL GIBRAN
Kahlil Gibran was born in 1883 in Bsharri, a mountain village in what is now Lebanon. His family emigrated to Boston when he was twelve, which put him in the position of being an outsider almost everywhere he went — too Arab for America, too Americanized when he went back. He spent his life writing in both Arabic and English, which is unusual enough on its own.He moved to New York in his twenties a…
Siddhartha-5 Min Summary
This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.HERMANN HESSE
Hermann Hesse was born in 1877 in Calw, Germany, to a family of missionaries. He ran away from seminary school at fifteen, worked as a bookseller, and basically taught himself everything he knew about literature and philosophy. He spent years quietly writing while Europe tore itself apart in two world wars, and in 1946 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature — though by then he'd already retreated…
The Road Less Traveled- Summary
DEEP & PHILOSOPHICALThe RoadLess TraveledM. SCOTT PECKSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.M. SCOTT PECK
Morgan Scott Peck was a psychiatrist who somehow managed to write a self-help book that reads like it was written by someone who actually sat with patients for decades — because he did. Born in New York in 1936, he trained as a psychiatrist and served in the US Army before settling into private practice. He had no plans to w…
The Art of Happiness by Dalai lama- Summary
DEEP & PHILOSOPHICALThe Art ofHappinessDALAI LAMASHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.DALAI LAMA
Tenzin Gyatso — the 14th Dalai Lama — was born in 1935 in a small village in Tibet, identified as the reincarnation of his predecessor when he was just two years old, and has been one of the most recognizable figures in the world ever since. He's been in exile since 1959, living in Dharamsala, India, after China's takeover o…
The Alchemist-Summary
DEEP & PHILOSOPHICALThe AlchemistPAULO COELHOSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.PAULO COELHO
Paulo Coelho was born in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, and his path to becoming one of the world's most read authors was anything but straight. His parents had him committed to a psychiatric institution three times as a teenager — not because he was ill, but because he wanted to be a writer, which they considered impractical to the poin…
Letters from a Stoic-Summary book
DEEP & PHILOSOPHICALLetters froma StoicSENECASHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.SENECA
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was born around 4 BC in Córdoba, in what is now Spain, and moved to Rome as a child. He became one of the most powerful men in the Roman Empire — advisor and tutor to the emperor Nero, which is either the best or worst thing that can happen to a philosopher depending on how you look at it. He was wealthy, politically i…
The Universe Has Your Back-Summary
MANIFESTATIONThe UniverseHas Your BackGABRIELLE BERNSTEINSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
Before she was a spiritual teacher with a packed lecture circuit, Gabrielle Bernstein was a New York City nightlife promoter and PR girl living a fast, messy life. She hit rock bottom in her mid-twenties, got sober, and rebuilt herself around a daily spiritual practice. That part of her story matters — because she is no…
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius-summary
DEEP & PHILOSOPHICALMeditationsMARCUS AURELIUSSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.MARCUS AURELIUS
He was the emperor of Rome — arguably the most powerful man alive in his time — and he spent his private hours writing notes to himself about how to stay humble, calm, and decent. Marcus Aurelius ruled from 161 to 180 AD, the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors. He led during plague, war, and constant pressure on the empire&#…
Wishes Fulfilled by Wayne Dyer-Book Summary
MANIFESTATIONWishes FulfilledWAYNE DYERSHORTISNEWMORE.IN This post may contain affiliate links — at no extra cost to you.WAYNE DYER
Wayne Dyer was an American author and speaker who wrote more than 40 books over his lifetime, with total sales exceeding 35 million copies worldwide. People called him the father of motivation, though he himself seemed a little uncomfortable with that label. He preferred teacher. He spent the last few decades of his life deeply immersed in spirit…
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