Book Summaries by Wise Words

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 skill performance in the form…

How to have impossible conversations is a fantastic book that is becoming more and more relevant by the day.  The full write up is here - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/how-to-have-impossible-…

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.

Roam research is a note-taking tool for networking thought. …

The Control Heuristic Book Summary - You can find full written summary here - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/the-control-heuristic-book-summary/

Why do we find it hard to act on some thoughts b…

A more beautiful question book summary full write up can be found here - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/more-beautiful-question-book-summary/

Questioning is like a superpower. It allows us to q…

Robin Moriarty's book 'What Game Are You Playing?' is a great reminder that we should all be doing what we want to do rather than what others want us to do. Although many self-help books talk about f…

The Second Episode of our exploration of Human Nature. Taking the Scalpel to the role of humour, conversation and charity in human relationships. 

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The Elephant in the Brain thesis: - Full Book Summary is here - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/the-elephant-in-the-brain-book-summary/

1. People are judging us all the time. They want to know w…

Factfulness by Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Hans Rosling, and Ola Rosling explains how we can all cultivate a fact based view of the world by dealing our 'instincts'.  You can see our full written summary …

This podcast is a discussion around what we've learnt this month from the books, articles and conversations we've been having. 

This conversation goes into Metaphors and why they are surprisingly impo…

In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to learning effectively—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier. 

https://wisewords.blog/book-summarie…

The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman is all about Dopamine, the chemical of desire that always asks for more—more stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises.  For a full written book summary …

This is the How to Read a Book - book summary! You can find the full write up of this summary here - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/how-to-read-book-book-summary/

Not every book is the same, so…