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The New Science of Motivation

Rethinking Positive Thinking by Gabriele Oettingen

“Dreaming about a positive future seemed to protect against sadness in the short term but promote it over the long term.” ― Gabriele Oettingen Ph.D.

The latest behavioral science reveals that positive thinking can reduce your willingness to take action if done incorrectly. The following book summary will explain why and provide you with a scientifically proven method to sustain motivation and increase your odds of achieving an optimistic goal.


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Stop Eating Tadpoles

Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy

“The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex. But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous.” – Brian Tracy

What ‘frog’ are you avoiding in your professional life? What difficult task are you putting off?

In the book ‘Eat That Frog!’ author Brian Tracy provides effective strategies for eating your biggest frog (your most important task). The following video and PDF summary detail those strategies:

Be Rare and Valuable

So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport

“No one owes you a great career; you need to earn it—and the process won’t be easy.” ― Cal Newport

How do people find work they love to do for a living?

In the book ‘So Good They Can’t Ignore You,’ author Cal Newport explores that question. He discovers that “follow your passion” is not particularly useful advice. Watch the following video to understand why:

1-Page PDF Summary of So Good They Can’t Ignore You

Validating Your Business Idea

“We must learn what customers really want, not what they say they want or what we think they should want.” – Eric Ries

Developing a new business product can result in an enormous amount of wasted time and effort. Eric Ries, author of ‘The Lean Startup’ and former Chief Technology Officer of a Silicon Valley Startup, discovered this the hard way.

Watch my latest animated book summary of ‘The Lean Startup’ to discover what author Eric Ries learned from his initial mistake, and how you can use The Lean Startup method to develop your next business idea.

1-Page PDF Summary of Lean Startup

Business 101

The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman

“If you’re an entrepreneur, designer, student, programmer, or professional who wants to master the fundamentals of sound business practice, this book is for you.” – Josh Kaufman, The Personal MBA

Josh Kaufman decided to skip MBA School and give himself a ‘Personal MBA’ by studying the best business books. Here’s what he found:

1-Page PDF Summary of The Personal MBA

The Kaizen Way

One Small Step Can Change Your Life by Robert Maurer 

Are you struggling to make big changes in your personal or professional life?

Watch the following video to see how psychologist Robert Maurer uses a Japanese manufacturing philosophy called kaizen to help his patients achieve big changes in their lives.

“Japanese corporations have long used the gentle technique of kaizen to achieve their business goals and maintain excellence. Now this elegant strategy can help you realize your personal dreams.” – Robert Maurer, Ph.D.

1-Page PDF Summary of One Small Step Can Change Your Life

The ONE Word That Drives You

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” – Winston Churchill

If you can summarize what you stand for in one word, great things can happen.

To understand why and how, watch my animated core message of ‘Your One Word’ by Evan Carmichael, and read my 1-page PDF summary below.

 

Your One Word 1-Page PDF Summary