Episodes
April 22, 2021
The Tapping Solution, Nick Ortner (acupoint tapping, stress reliefing, mental health)
Have you had any bad experiences in the past? If so, do they affect your present life? After reading The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-free Living by Nick Ortner, a top healing master, you’ll find that many of your troubles and pains are closely related to past unhappiness, but that it’s possible to change the status quo. A magical technique called acupoint tapping will help you get rid of past pain and usher in a new, happier life!
April 22, 2021
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It, by Kelly McGonigal (psychology and willpower)
Kelly McGonigal has realized through many years of research that most people hold incorrect perceptions about willpower, which causes our self-control to falter and thus sabotages our success. Based on the latest research from various industries and many years of working experience, Kelly begins with talking about multiple factors that lead to a loss of control and guides readers towards a better understanding of willpower. She does this by telling people how to break old habits, overcome procra...
April 22, 2021
Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married, by Dr. Gary D. Chapman
Many couples spend a great deal of time and energy planning their wedding but turn a blind eye to the significance of preparing for marriage. Some married people pay a high price for not preparing well. You should know that happiness will not come to you just because you get married. Before planning your wedding, please get ready for marriage first. This book will steer you away from the usual pitfalls and help you create a happy marriage!
April 22, 2021
To Have or To Be? The Nature of the Psyche, by Erich Fromm (German-American psychologist, sociologist, and philosopher)
Having and being are two very different ways of life. In the having way of life, people always need to possess external goods to prove that their existence has meaning. The being way of life encourages that one takes an active role in developing things and oneself in a way that makes life more meaningful. What's the difference between these two lifestyles? How do societies based on each of these two lifestyles differ? Which should we choose?
April 22, 2021
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, by Alfie Kohn (Parenting, education, unconditional love)
Parents usually apply rewards and punishments when raising and educating their children. However, Kohn believes that this is a kind of control in the name of love or, in other words, conditional parenting. He believes that parents' love is a gift that their children deserve to get without paying anything in return. A child can only be both physically and mentally healthy when raised with unconditional parenting. This author's opinion is challenging because it overturns a lot of parenting concept...
April 22, 2021
Understanding Media The Extensions of Man, by Marshall Mcluhan
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan shifts our attention from the content to the medium itself. The wide use of the telephone, telegraph, radio, television and other electronic media has established a new form of culture and communication methods. Media and humans have been evolving together and shaping each other along the way. How should we acquire knowledge, collaborate and connect in the future? Understanding media is understanding the future.
April 22, 2021
Way of the Turtle: The Secret Methods That Turned Ordinary People Into Legendary Traders, by Curtis Faith
In 1983, two prominent traders in the U.S. futures industry disagreed over whether great futures traders were born or trained. To find the answer, they conducted an experiment known as the “turtle experiment.” The author of this book was the most successful participant in this experiment. In the book, he reveals the entire experiment’s process for the first time and discusses the mysterious “turtle trading rules.”
April 22, 2021
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir, by Haruku Murakami (exercise, inspiration, running, marathon)
The novelist Haruki Murakami started running at the age of 33. By the time he wrote this book, he had been running for about 23 years straight and ran full marathons at least once per year. The book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir, is an intimate collection of his thoughts about running, documenting why he chose to run and how running inspired his literary production and reflections on life. Running enthusiasts may resonate with what’s written in this book, and fans of Har...
April 22, 2021
Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
Being at the top of the food chain, humans seem to be incredibly powerful. But in the face of disease, the slightest mistake may cost us our lives. Why do humans have fevers? Why haven't myopia genes been eliminated? Why do we have allergies? This book will reveal the answers to these questions. This is the "bible" of evolutionary medicine, from which we will learn about what disease means to humans from an evolutionary perspective. book term
April 22, 2021
Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career, by Herminia Ibarra
Career transitions are a common phenomenon in today's society. Often, people intend to change careers, but they don't know where to start, or they postpone their career change plans due to difficulties they encounter along the way. How do people who are stuck in a career rut make a successful career change? This book reveals how to make successful career changes. It guides you through an exploration of various possible professional identities and helps you experience the mental journey of career...
April 21, 2021
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises, Ray Dalio (Finance, Economics, Debt crisis)
Why do economic crises happen over and over again? What role does debt play? Are there any similarities among repeated crises? Can we find their patterns and solve a crisis properly? In Dalio's view, most events happen repeatedly and follow patterns. He applies this thinking in the book to analyze every major debt crisis in the past century, as well as sharing his own models to help people better manage future crises.
April 21, 2021
Albion’s Seed, by David Hackett Fischer (American history, British folkways)
This book introduces four British folkways in America and identifies four cultural traditions that early English immigrants brought to North America. This book points out that four early British folkways of North America have been the most significant determining factors in modern-day American liberal society. Culturally, most Americans are Albion's seeds. As one of the best books on the early history of the United States, this book opens a window to American cultural origins from the perspectiv...
April 21, 2021
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace (animation, innovation, art)
Over the years, Pixar struggled to find its direction as a company, while creating many miraculous cinematic works of art. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Up and other Pixar animations have won around 30 Academy Awards and seven Golden Globes. Almost every Pixar animated movie was released to widespread audience acclaim and rewarded by high box office receipts. Pixar have integrated commercial value and artistic merit, making Pixar unshakable leader in the world of animation. The book we will discuss t...
April 21, 2021
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute (psychology, interpersonal relationship, self-deception, social skills)
Most of the problems we encounter when dealing with interpersonal relationships are often caused by a hidden psychological factor; self-deception. Self-deception is a psychological factor that causes us to treat others as objects rather than as people. By ignoring the needs and desires of others, we create conflicts. When we are self-deceived, we enter a closed psychological box that is quite difficult to get out. This book is designed to show you how to get out of that box in order to change t...
April 21, 2021
Men's Search For Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl (Psychotherapy, WW2)
The book explores the background and theoretical implication of logotherapy by looking back at the bloody and criminal history of Nazi Germany. While looking into the meaning of rehabilitation among people in extremis, this book bears the most glorious testimony in the history of human nature. Logotherapy is also known as The Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy after Freudian psychoanalysis and Adlerian psychology. This book was named one of the Ten Most Influential Books in America by the Li...
April 21, 2021
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, by Richard Thaler (Nobel Prize, Behavioral Economics)
In this book, misbehaving refers to the behaviors that contradict the basic assumptions of traditional economics. These are often the research subjects of behavioral economics. Traditional economics assumes that people are rational and that they make decisions that benefit themselves the most. To behavioral economists, however, such assumptions ignore the irrational side of people. This book reviews how behavioral economics has developed throughout the years, and also introduces some important r...
April 21, 2021
No Future Without Forgiveness, by Desmond Tutu (South Africa history, racial conflicts)
South Africa was once a land of apartheid and the deepest racial oppression. In April 1994, a new, democratic, and free South Africa was born. To build a new South Africa, the government had to face problems left over from the past, remove racial hatred, and achieve national reconciliation. This book explains why South Africa, at a critical moment of social change, chose to forego the options of the Nuremberg trials and “national amnesia,” in favor of a third way, namely exchanging amnesty for t...
April 21, 2021
Presence, by Amy Cuddy (How changing body postures changes psychological state)
Do you often feel powerless or experience this feeling of not being good enough when facing the pressure from work and daily life? When we feel stressed, we subconsciously strike a dejected low-power pose. This is a book that points out the power of body postures and how they change our minds and as a result shape our behaviors. Therefore, for our hearts and actions to dictate a presence of strength, we must master high-power poses. So, how do we master high-power poses? This book will uncover t...
April 20, 2021
Boundaries in Dating, Henry Cloud and John Townsend (romantic relationship)
When you think of dating, what comes to mind? Is it romantic candlelit dinners? Or a suitable travel companion? Regardless, not every relationship has a happy ending, and that is a predicament that countless unmarried people face today. This book will show you that dating requires boundaries, which not only solve the problems that arise in a relationship, but also protect both parties and hold each person accountable. These things can help us grow while we are dating.
April 20, 2021
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty (free-market, capitalism, inequality)
Why is the gap between the rich and the poor widening? Why is the distribution of wealth in our society becoming more and more unequal? This book argues that unchecked capitalism has led to the rise in wealth inequality, and free-market economics cannot solve unequal wealth distribution. What is more frightening is that the increasingly powerful rentier class of the 21st century will perpetuate asset inequality from generation to generation. Therefore, we must have a stronger democracy to restri...
April 20, 2021
P.E.T. Parent Effective Training, by Thomas Gordon (parenting, education)
This book presents a series of parenting strategies that will allow parents and their children to build and maintain good relationships in all kinds of situations. By learning new methods and skills, parents can begin to solve problems and incorporate simple and effective parent-child communication. This book has been translated into 33 languages and published all over the world in more than 60 countries and territories. With nearly 5 million parents participating in the training course every ye...
April 19, 2021
Cooked, by Micheal Pollan
Broadly speaking, cooking is the process by which people transform raw ingredients into delicious and nutritious dishes. It is one of the most fascinating and valuable things that humans have achieved. Cooked chronicles the author’s culinary learning from famous chefs and tells us how each cooking method combines natural ingredients and customary practices. The book expounds a philosophy where cooking provides perspective. Cooking is instructive. It gives people a better understanding of the rel...
April 19, 2021
Einstein, by Walter Isaacson (physics, Nobel Prize)
How did Einstein, the greatest scientist of the 20th century, think and deal with social issues? To answer this question, Walter Isaacson collected and analyzed a large number of declassified documents and explored how this imaginative, impertinent, and compassionate patent examiner unlocked the mysteries of the universe developed his stance on public affairs. This book dissects the individual components that constitute Einstein’s personal universe: personality, imagination, and creativity. This...
April 19, 2021
Freud, Peter Gay (psychoanalysis, psychology, libido, subconsciousness, iceberg)
As the founder of Psychoanalysis, Freud tremendously boosted the development of psychology and provided important theoretical support for Western humanities in the 20th century. He was followed by a great many and opposed by many others. But how on earth did an important figure like Freud spend his life? The author of this book read through almost all the literature on Freud, and as a result reproduced his whole life and academic journey. We will not only get to know Freud as a person, but also ...