If you’ve ever felt your stomach turn in a moment of anxiety or felt like jumping up and down with excitement, then you’ve experienced the mind-body connection firsthand. Ellen Langer’s The Mindful Body argues that you can use this connection to take control of your health. We’ll explore Langer’s assertion that the mind and body are inextricable and discuss how this link manifests in health outcomes. We’ll also examine three limiting beliefs that shape health, including the view t...| Shortform Books
Do you often make snap judgments about people that leave you feeling disconnected and alone? In our swipe-left culture, we’ve become experts at writing people off at the first sign of imperfection, but psychologist Ali Fenwick argues this approach is robbing us of meaningful connections. Fenwick’s “Red Flags, Green Flags” framework offers a refreshing alternative to our tendency toward instant dismissal. Rather than viewing red flags as automatic deal-breakers, his RED system encourag...| Shortform Books
Your brain contains roughly 300 million tiny pattern recognizers, each one following the same simple set of rules. According to Ray Kurzweil’s How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, these recognizers work together. Everything you experience as uniquely human emerges from one repeated process. If Kurzweil is right, human-level artificial intelligence isn’t just possible—it’s inevitable. We can build machines that truly think by copying the brain’s hierarchical ap...| Shortform Books
How do you know the world you see around you is real? It’s not, according to neuroscientist and entrepreneur Beau Lotto. In Deviate, Lotto explains that our brains don’t simply record the world as it is, but actively construct reality based on past experiences and evolutionary adaptations. Below, we’ll explain how our perceptual abilities don’t give us access to objective reality, as well as the evolutionary reasons why this is true. Then, we’ll outline how you can use this understa...| Shortform Books
How can adults better connect with and mentor young people? The key lies in abandoning conventional approaches that assume young people are impulsive and incompetent, and instead adopting what psychologist David Yeager calls the “mentor mindset.” In his book 10 to 25, Yeager argues that rather than viewing young people as neurobiologically incompetent, effective mentors recognize that teens and young adults are actually quite capable—they’re just wired to prioritize social standing an...| Shortform Books
The universe is weird at the smallest scales. Particles pop in and out of existence, exist in multiple places at once, and somehow “know” what their partners are doing from across the cosmos. For nearly a century, physicists have had the math to predict these bizarre behaviors with stunning accuracy. But they’ve struggled with a more fundamental question: What does it all mean? In his book What Is Real?, Adam Becker argues that most scientists simply gave up trying to find an answer. Re...| Shortform Books
In his book 100 Baggers, Christopher W. Mayer teaches investors how to achieve 100-to-1 returns on their stock investments. Learn more.| Shortform Books
Being a CEO means juggling countless responsibilities. It’s a role that demands both boldness and careful planning, vision and execution, leadership and humility. In CEO Excellence, McKinsey & Company partners Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra distill insights from 67 top-performing chief executives into practical wisdom you can apply. Whether you’re already in the C-suite or aspiring to get there, keep reading to discover strategies that will help you lead more effectively...| Shortform Books
If there’s one thing that separates thriving businesses from those that struggle, it’s lead generation—the art of getting more people interested in what you’re selling. In $100M Leads, Alex Hormozi, whose businesses generate $200 million annually and over 20,000 leads daily, reveals his systematic approach to filling your customer pipeline. Hormozi argues there are only four ways to let people know about your business: warm outreach, cold outreach, free content, and paid ads. Read mo...| Shortform Books
What if the secret to lasting fitness isn’t willpower or discipline, but rediscovering the natural joy your body was designed to feel during movement? In The Joy of Movement, Stanford psychologist Kelly McGonigal challenges everything we think we know about exercise by revealing how our brains are evolutionarily wired to find movement rewarding—not punishing. Whether you’re someone who dreads the gym or you’re seeking a deeper understanding of why some activities feel naturally energi...| Shortform Books
In Moral Ambition, Rutger Bregman argues that traditional activism and altruism don't create change. Learn his alternative in our overview.| Shortform Books
Kate Manne says entitlement powerfully shapes women's daily experiences. Here's our overview of Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women.| Shortform Books
Small changes can help you reach your goals. Take a look at Ayelet Fishbach's Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation.| Shortform Books
Jay Shetty's book 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go helps you navigate being in a relationship. Here's an overview.| Shortform Books
Did you lose your crystal ball? Fear not. Here's our overview of Morgan Housel's Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes.| Shortform Books
Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity by Sander van der Linden offers a valuable prescription. Learn more.| Shortform Books
Luvvie Ajay Jones' book Professional Troublemaker focuses on how to overcome fear while becoming a changemaker. Read more in our overview.| Shortform Books
Thinking of investing in a book summary app? Here, we compare Shortform vs. Blinkist to help you decide which one better fits your needs.| Shortform Books
Gad Saad's The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense says some activists are threatening Western society. Learn more.| Shortform Books
Your role models’ attitudes toward success rubbed off on you, contributing to how you pursue and respond to success now. Learn more.| Shortform Books
In The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, Vishen Lakhiani seeks to empower you to live a happy, purposeful life of your own design. Take a look.| Shortform Books