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The Whole-Brain Child: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Why do children sometimes become overwhelmed by emotions they cannot explain, and what can adults do besides simply demanding that they calm…
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The Screwtape Letters: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters reverses the usual perspective of religious instruction. Instead of a human being receiving advice about temptation,…
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Nudge: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Why do people choose what they chooseeven when the available options are identical? Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein’s Nudge begins with the…
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Crucial Conversations: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Why do important conversations go wrong precisely when the stakes are highest? Crucial Conversations examines situations in which opinions differ, emotions are…
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Don’t Make Me Think: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think starts with a deceptively simple demand: websites should not make people stop and figure out how…
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Leaders Eat Last: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Why do people willingly work harder for some leaders than others? Simon Sinek’s Leaders Eat Last argues that leadership is deeply connected…
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Contagious: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Why does one idea spread while another disappears? Why does one product become something people cannot stop talking about while a similar…
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The Design of Everyday Things: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Why do everyday objects sometimes feel strangely difficult to use? Donald A. Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things argues that many frustrations…
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The Body Keeps the Score: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score explores how traumatic experiences can continue to affect people long after the original…
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
John Gottman and Nan Silver’s The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work presents a research-informed framework for understanding why some relationships remain…
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