Book Summaries by Wise Words

Hello good people and welcome to another episode of our Wise Words Short Intros.

Today we build on top of our previous episode on philosophy by summarising  'A very Short Introduction to Philosophy of…

Welcome back to the 2nd part of Beyond Order, 12 More Rule for Life. 

In this episode, we will be covering the other 6 rules, these being:

• Rule 7: Work as Hard as You Possibly Can on At Least One Thing…

If you’ve been tuning in to our previous episodes you would’ve realised Jes and I are big fans of JBP (that is Jordan B. Peterson), so we thought it was about time we should summarise his new book '1…

Hello good people and welcome to our new series 'Short Intros.'

We are going to be moving on from our Roam Recap series to focus on summarising books from the 'Very Short Introduction (VSI)' series pu…

This episode leads on from shattered assumptions in the sense that it looks at our assumptions about evil, what it is, how it manifests, and whether it actually exists. Roy Baumeister does an excelle…

If you’ve been tuning in for the last couple of episodes, you would’ve noticed that we’ve been touching a lot on the topic of trauma. This book is a perfect accompaniment to the others as it explains…

The Myth of Mentall Illness book summary can be found here - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/myth-of-mental-illness-book-summary/

Today we are reviewing 'The Myth of Mental Illness by Dr Thomas …

In our roam recap podcast, Jes and I review some of our weekly notes and discuss topics that we weren't able to talk about in our book review episodes.

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Today we kept it short and sweet only touching…

The incredibly well-received book ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ by Bessel Van Der Kolk dives into the world of trauma and methods of rehabilitation.  Van der Kolk argues that conventional methods of tre…

In our roam recap podcast, Jes and I review some of our weekly notes and discuss topics that we weren't able to talk about in our book review episodes.

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Today we touched on some really interesting to…

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) is a fantastic book by Carol Tavris and Eliot Aronson. It explores the world of excuses, self-justification, false memories and much more. The book summary write up…

In our roam recap podcast, Jes and I review some of our weekly notes and discuss topics that we weren't able to talk about in our book review episodes.

In this weeks episode, we touch on a wide variet…

Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath is such a great book, one that is well written as well as so simply laid out. This is thanks to their acronym which they like to attribute to making things memorab…

In our roam recap podcast, Jes and I review some of our weekly notes and discuss topics that we weren't able to talk about in our book review episodes.

In this weeks episode, we explored topics such a…

12 Rules for Life is a fantastic book written by no other than Jordan B Peterson. As the name suggests, it is made up of 12 rules that he believes to be beneficial to your life.  - https://wisewords.…

12 Rules for Life is a fantastic book written by no other than Jordan B Peterson. As the name suggests, it is made up of 12 rules that he believes to be beneficial to your life.  The full write up of…

In our roam recap podcast, Jes and I review some of our weekly notes, notes that we weren't able to talk about in our book review episodes.

This weeks episode, we explore one of Jordan B Petersons pap…

The Origins of Virtue written Book Summary can be found on  https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/origins-of-virtue-book-summary/

In 1976 Richard Dawkins shone a light on our inherently selfish behavi…

In our roam recap podcast, Jes and I review some of our weekly notes, notes that we weren't able to talk about in our book review episodes.

This weeks episode, we look at the origins of anxiety and ho…

This is Book Summary of Peak by Anders Ericcson. The full write up can be found here - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/peak-book-summary/

Would you like the ability to get better at anything?  T…