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An inspiration engine for ideas
It will present you with the tools of note-taking that turned the son of a brewer into one of the most productive and revered social scientists of the 20th century. But moreover, it describes how he implemented them into his workflow so he could honestly say: “I never force myself to do anything I don’t feel like. Whenever I am stuck, I do somethin
... See moreSönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
Howard Gardner’s Creating Minds.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
New research on its recently unimagined neuroplasticity shows that what you pay attention to, and how, can actually change your brain and thus your behavior. This extraordinarily practical scientific breakthrough shows that like physical fitness, the mental sort that sustains the focused life can be cultivated.
Winifred Gallagher • Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
Descriptions like Nuland’s convinced me that such things could be known only face-to-face.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
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Sam Harris • Free Will
Chris Bailey, bestselling author of The Productivity Project and How to Calm Your Mind, I was expecting someone obsessed with metrics and
Liz Moody • 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success
Taylor had discovered “positive illusion”—the opposite of depressive realism, a kind of healthy illusion found not just in a trivial button-pushing test, but in life-threatening illness.