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The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest People (2017) by Dan Buettner explores how personal choices, cultural milieu, and geographical location all help promote happiness. Buettner draws lessons from cultural practices in some of the world’s "Blue Zones", or geographic areas where the population tends to live long, happy lives.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

This is an analysis of Collusion (2017) by Luke Harding, which stitches together the major developments of the still-unfolding scandal of alleged Russian collaboration between President Donald Trump and his associates. Harding traces Trump’s ties with Russian officials back to the 1980s to show how the real estate developer long admired Russia and reveled in the flattery of Russian officials.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more. 

This is the story of a young man who was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, seemingly destined to spend the rest of his life following the instruction of God's "Spirit Directed Organization". He soon came to discover, however, that things were not as they had first seemed. Following a patch of doubt and subsequent in-depth investigation into the religion, the young man began to realize that the things he had previously accepted without question no longer made sense.

The Alchemist is a Brazilian novel about a shepherd named Santiago, an 18-year-old youth who abandons his life in Spain to embark upon an epic treasure hunt across Africa. Making several unexpected stops along the way, he uncovers profound truths about himself, the world, and the kingdom of God, which are fundamentally connected. Ultimately, he finds the treasure, but along the way, he also finds love and personal fulfillment.

Strengths Based Leadership by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie introduces listeners to the Gallup-designed survey that identifies a person's unique leadership strengths. Many leaders try to improve their skills by emulating other leaders, but in reality the most capable leaders are the ones who use their existing talents to provide what teams need.

Living according to the seven habits requires paradigm shifts that allow an individual to become flexible enough to change. One is the shift in associations when considering independence and interdependence. Independence, which is more valued by contemporary personality-driven trends, can cause problematic isolation and stifle cooperation. Interdependence describes a healthier approach that enables teamwork.

Hooked is a book for developers and designers who wish to build a product or app that will repeatedly engage its users. Today, more than ever, a product needs to be self-sustaining in its ability to keep its users loyal and active. In the past, companies could rely on advertising to remind users to purchase or interact with their product. Today, however, the most successful companies in the world - Facebook, Google, Apple, to name a few - all thrive on becoming an instinctive part of their target users' lives.

Robert Wright's Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (2017) considers Buddhism through the lens of evolutionary psychology, a discipline that regards natural selection as the provenance of many mental traits. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel was first published in 1973 and as of 2015 is in its 11th edition. Despite numerous market shifts and technological developments since 1973, Malkiel asserts that the investment strategy laid out in the first edition of the book holds true: the best way to earn money in the stock market is to buy and hold a diversified and balanced portfolio of index funds....

A summary of Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. Predictably Irrational provides a data-driven window into the ways in which the human mind fails to make rational choices time and time again. While some of these irrational decisions are humorous or trivial, in many cases these behaviors can have far-ranging implications for governments and health care systems.

How Will You Measure Your Life? (2012) by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon explores how a range of business theories can help build not only successful companies, but also happy lives. Those who obtain their MBAs at Harvard Business School or other prestigious universities and go on to high-profile careers are expected to lead charmed lives of prosperity and happiness.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Dale Carnegie’s How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1944) is a classic of the self-help genre and has sold millions of copies worldwide. Carnegie outlines numerous time-tested techniques for modifying thoughts and behavior in order to banish worry.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

In Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone (2017), Brené Brown describes how reaching a place of true belonging can help an individual live a fulfilling life. Brown bases her claims on grounded theory, a research method that examines people's real-life experiences and bases its conclusions on them....

The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (And Other People's Lives Better, Too) (2017) by Gretchen Rubin is a self-help book that outlines a framework for understanding motivation. Rubin believes that everyone naturally falls into one of Four Tendencies, or personality types, based on how they respond to different types of expectations.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Please note: This is a companion to the book and not the original book. Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers is a compilation of selected interviews conducted by author Tim Ferriss on his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show.

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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government offers a critique of conventional wisdom surrounding popular theories of democracy. Authors Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels argue that the public, journalists, and political scientists rely on a group of common-sense understandings of democracy. The authors collectively refer to these beliefs as the "folk theory" of democracy.

Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss is a compelling nonfiction investigation into how corporate food manufacturers have come to rely on salt, sugar, and fat as the mainstays of processed and prepackaged food.

Inevitability, in this context, is defined as a pattern that is unquestionably trending forward due to the ways in which technological developments favor certain functions and behaviors. However, inevitability does not mean that the future is already predetermined. Even with inevitable forces at work, there is much that people can still do to impact the purpose, meaning, and form of developing trends. For example, it was inevitable that mobile phones would become ubiquitous.

Moonwalking with Einstein recounts author Joshua Foer's yearlong journey from participant-journalist covering the national memory championships to becoming the 2006 USA World Memory Champion. Other segments offer a journalistic history of the human relationship with memory, addressing its failings, its successes, and its limitations.