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Book Preview: #1 When I was pregnant with my son, I felt a sense of his individual development already underway. I wondered if his personality traits were due to the conditions his parents experienced while in the womb.
#2 The field of fetal origins is generating a lot of excitement among scientists. They believe that the prenatal period is where many of the springs of health and...
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Get the Summary of Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee's Primal Leadership in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Managers and professionals across the globe have embraced Primal Leadership, affirming the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. Its influence has also reached well beyond the business world: the book and its ideas are now used routinely in universities,...
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Get the Summary of Annie Grace's “The Alcohol Experiment” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Changing your habits can be hard without the right tools. This is especially true for alcohol because habits are, by definition, subconscious thought processes. Through her methodical research of the latest neuroscience and her own journey, Annie Grace has cracked the code on habit change...
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Get the Summary of Annie Duke's Quit in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Quit" by Annie Duke explores the strategic value of quitting in decision-making. The book uses examples from various fields to illustrate the importance of knowing when to quit, a skill often overshadowed by perseverance narratives. Duke discusses the 1996 Everest expedition, where climbers' decisions to turn back likely saved their lives,...
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Book Preview: #1 Some people may be better at listening to their bodies and getting good judgments than others. The best financial traders are not necessarily the most intelligent, but rather those who are the most sensitive to interoceptive signals.
#2 Interoception is the awareness of the inner state of the body. It is generated in places all over the body, and then travels via...
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#1 Operation Alsos was a top secret mission that was an offshoot of the Manhattan Project. It was tasked with tracking down and capturing German scientists who were believed to be working on atomic, biological, or chemical warfare.
#2 Goudsmit and his team read the documents, and found out that the University of Strasbourg had been doubling as a biological warfare research base for...
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#1 Area 51 is a riddle. Very few people comprehend what goes on there, and millions want to know. To many, Area 51 represents the Shangri-la of advanced espionage and war fighting systems.
#2 Area 51 is the location of the Central Intelligence Agency's first peacetime aerial espionage program, which was partnered with the U. S. Air Force. It was also the location of...
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#1 On March 1, 1954, a group of American scientists entered a time when a machine they had created could trigger the end of the world. The most powerful bomb in the history of the world was about to be detonated just nineteen miles away. No human being had ever before been this close to the kind of power this bomb was expected to deliver.
#2 The men on the USNS Ainsworth...
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Get the Summary of Annie Duke's ‘How to Decide’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: What do you do when you're faced with a big decision? If you're like most people, you probably make a pro and con list, spend a lot of time obsessing about decisions that didn't work out, get caught in analysis paralysis, endlessly seek other people's opinions to find just that little bit of extra...
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Get the Summary of Annie Grace's This Naked Mind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: This Naked Mind offers a new, positive solution. Here, Annie Grace clearly presents the psychological and neurological components of alcohol use based on the latest science, and reveals the cultural, social, and industry factors that support alcohol dependence in all of us. Packed with surprising insight...
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Get the Summary of Annie Duke's Thinking in Bets in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Even the best decision doesn't yield the best outcome every time. There's always an element of luck that you can't control, and there is always information that is hidden from view. So the key to long-term success (and avoiding worrying yourself to death) is to think in bets: How sure am I? What are the...
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Get the Summary of Annie F. Downs's That Sounds Fun in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: We know there are certain things we must have to survive - food, shelter, and safety to name a few. But there are also aspects of life that truly allow us to be joyful and fulfilled. For popular podcaster and bestselling author Annie F. Downs, fun is close to the top of that list. Few would argue that...
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#1 The author's workbook helps you learn about your own attachment style and those of your loved ones, with the aim of achieving security in your relationships. It is a culmination of the author's experience working with hundreds of couples over the past 10 years.
#2 To start, identify the relationships in your life that are important to you. These are the relationships...
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#1 When Pearl Harbor was bombed in a surprise attack in 1941, Billy Waugh knew more about war than most twelve-year-old boys. He was astounded by the boldness of the paratrooper unit, and vowed to go to war one day.
#2 In May 1942, two British-trained assassins, Jan Kubiš and Josef Gabčík, were sent to kill Reinhard Heydrich, a Nazi general. The existence of a British commando...
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#1 I was called to identify my brother's body when he died, which was against regulations. I was sent his stuff, which included his hospital ID bracelet.
#2 I lost my brother to heroin addiction, and three days after his death a blizzard tore through Long Island. I felt a sense of satisfaction as the snow obscured everything and let me forget about him.
#3 I lost my...