2000-word book summaries
- Go Slow to Go Fast by Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts: 2000-word book summary
Fast is not always forward; sometimes, you must pause to gain momentum” ~ Damian D. Pitts - Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen: 2000-word book summary
Our feelings do not come from external events, but from our own thinking about the events” ~ Joseph Nguyen - Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy by Whitney Goodman: 2000-word book summary
Ignoring your pain doesn’t make it go away; it amplifies it” ~ Whitney Goodman - You Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why by Eric Thomas – 2000-word book summary
Persistence is the vehicle that drives you from failure to success” ~ Eric Thomas - The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim: 2000-word Book Summary
When you slow down, the world slows down with you” ~ Haemin Sunim - The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow – 2000-word Book Summary
The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make, and could just as easily make differently” ~ David Graeber
Advice from history’s most successful people
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The 10 Best Things You Can Do Each Day to Stay Healthy According to These 10 Doctors
Gratitude lowers stress, improves sleep, and strengthens relationships, all of which contribute to better health ~ Dr. Robert Emmons
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What These 7 Famous People Do to Believe in Themselves
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth ~ Albert Schweitzer
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What’s the Key to Making the Most of Life According to These 5 Best-Selling Authors?
You don’t have to be fearless. Just don’t let fear rule your decisions. Let curiosity guide you instead ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
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How to Live a Happy Life According to These Iconic Figures
You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength ~ Marcus Aurelius
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The Secret to Raising Happy, Strong Children According to These Famous Parents
Kids watch what you do more than they listen to what you say. If you want them to be kind, show them kindness ~ Matthew McConaughey
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What’s the Key to Success According to History’s Most Successful People?
Courage is not the absence of fear—it’s inspiring others to move beyond it ~ Nelson Mandela
On this day in history
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On this day in history: 19 January
The time is always right to do what is right” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
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On this day in history: 18 January
Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again” ~ James Cook, Expedition journals, 1778
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On this day in history: 20 January
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speeches, 1937
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On this day in history: 17 January
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home ~ Confucius, Analects, 5th century BC
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On this day in history: 16 January
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” ~ Martin Luther King Jr
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On this day in history: 15 January
We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there’s always something beautiful that you can find ~ Mattie Stepanek, Poetry collections, early 2000s
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On this day in history: 14 January
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing” ~ Henry Ford, My Life and Work, 1922
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On this day in history: 13 January
There will be those who will tell you that you can’t make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We’ve all heard that – I almost listened ~ Douglas Wilder
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On this day in history: 12 January
“It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me ~ Bruce Wayne, in Batman Begins