Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

  [Society & Technology] {#291} #BriefAudioBook - 11 January 2021

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World

and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

19 min read

overview

What percentage of the world’s population live in poverty? How many girls are out of school today? Why is the world’s population increasing despite a reduction in the number of children per household? Hans Rosling is a professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon. Anna Rosling Rönnlund is a Swedish designer who, with her husband Ola Rosling, developed Trendalyzer, interactive software for visualizing statistical information. In this book Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective — from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases.

[Society & Technology] {#291} #BriefAudioBook - 11 January 2021

Falter by Bill McKibben

  [Home & Environment] {#290} #BriefAudioBook - 10 January 2021

Falter

Has The Human Game Begun To Play Itself Out?

Bill McKibben

15 min read

overview

What are the 3 greatest threats to life on the planet? Who is responsible for these threats? Can the factors that created the threats be reengineered to dissolve the threat? Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. Mentioned as one of the ten “Best Books of 2019” by Washington Post, “Falter” explains how global warming, genetic engineering, and AI are the major threats to our continued existence on this planet. These threats have the potential to change the way we live our lives or end our existence. There are proactive steps that can be taken to avert disaster if we are ready to take these threats seriously.

[Home & Environment] {#290} #BriefAudioBook - 10 January 2021

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susann Jeffers

 [Self-Growth] {#289} #BriefAudioBook - 9 January 2021

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

Dynamic Techniques for Turning Fear, Indecision and Anger into Power, Action and Love

Susann Jeffers

10 min read

overview

Dynamic and inspirational, this book is filled with concrete techniques to turn passivity into assertiveness. Dr. Susan Jeffers teaches you how to stop negative thinking patterns and re-educate your mind to think more positively. You will learn: how to risk a little every day; how to turn every decision into a “No-Lose” situation, and much more.

[Self-Growth] {#289} #BriefAudioBook - 9 January 2021

Feeling Good by David D. Burns

  [Happiness] {#288} #BriefAudioBook - 8 January 2021

Feeling Good

The New Mood Therapy

David D. Burns, M.D.

19 min read

overview

How can you make yourself overcome a blue mood? Is cognitive therapy superior to conventional therapeutic approaches? How can you enhance your happiness and self-esteem? David D. Burns, M.D. is one of the top prime developers of Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude. Dr. Burns presents, in simple language, innovative and effective methods for altering painfully depressed moods and reducing debilitating anxiety. While those individuals with more severe emotional disturbances will need the help of a mental health professional, individuals with more manageable problems can benefit by using the newly developed “common sense” coping skills which Dr. Burns delineates. Thus, Feeling Good should prove to be an immensely useful step-by-step guide for people who wish to help themselves.

[Happiness] {#288} #BriefAudioBook - 8 January 2021

Find Your Passion by Henri Junttila

  [Happiness] {#287} #BriefAudioBook - 7 January 2021

Find Your Passion

25 Questions You Must Ask Yourself

Henri Junttila

17 min read

overview

Are you ready to finally find your passion? What's the secret to living a life full of passion, purpose, and meaning? The secret is that there is no secret. The answer is hiding in plain sight. This book is different from other books of its kind because it nudges you to look inside. In “Find Your Passion” you'll dive into questions that will help you uncover what makes you come alive. You'll learn to follow your inner excitement, which will result in you living a more passionate life.

[Happiness] {#287} #BriefAudioBook - 7 January 2021

First Things First by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

  [Productivity] {#286} #BriefAudioBook - 6 January 2021

First Things First

First Things First

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

14 min read

overview

Most of us spend far too much time doing urgent and unimportant tasks because of our mismanaged priorities. We are addicted to the temporary highs that we get from always being busy, handling crises, and other seemingly urgent tasks. The main goal of “First Things First” is to help you gradually direct your energy and time to important and non-urgent tasks to live a fulfilled life. The key is to immensely reduce the energy that you have to spend on important and urgent tasks. With practice and commitment, you can maximize your effort and time by remaining in your center of focus — timely things that you can influence and are aligned with your mission statement.

[Productivity] {#286} #BriefAudioBook - 6 January 2021

First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

  [Leadership] {#285} #BriefAudioBook - 5 January 2021

First, Break All the Rules

What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

17 min read

overview

“First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently” is a revolutionary book by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman published in 1999. It analyzes the fallacies embedded in conventional management techniques and offers some alternative, counter-intuitive advice designed to improve employee happiness and performance. Based on a study conducted by the Gallup Organization involving over 80,000 managers across various industries, this book explores the challenges faced by many companies — attaining, keeping and measuring employee satisfaction. In this summary, you will discover how great managers attract, hire, focus, and keep their most talented employees.

[Leadership] {#285} #BriefAudioBook - 5 January 2021

Flash Boys by Michael Lewis

  [Society & Technology,Money & Investments] {#284} #BriefAudioBook - 4 January 2021

Flash Boys

A Wall Street Revolt

Michael Lewis

17 min read

overview

In Michael Lewis’s game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together—some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries — to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits. If you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you.

[Society & Technology,Money & Investments] {#284} #BriefAudioBook - 4 January 2021

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  [Productivity] {#283} #BriefAudioBook - 3 January 2021

Flow

The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

15 min read

overview

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this groundbreaking classic book, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. “Flow” teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.

[Productivity] {#283} #BriefAudioBook - 3 January 2021

Focus by Daniel Goleman

  [Productivity] {#282} #BriefAudioBook - 2 January 2021

Focus

The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Daniel Goleman

13 min read

overview

Has it been hard to make a decision from the many options available to you? Do you constantly find it difficult to leave your devices even for a moment? David Goleman is a former science journalist for the New York Times, serial author, and co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning at the Yale University Child Studies Center (now at the University of Illinois at Chicago). In this book, he explains how we can live a more fulfilling life by simply paying attention to the things that matter.

[Productivity] {#282} #BriefAudioBook - 2 January 2021