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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Summary & Review

The Essays of Warren Buffett (2023) is a collection of Warren Buffett’s insights on various topics related to investing, management, and corporate governance. Compiled by Lawrence A. Cunningham, this book features a curated selection of Buffett’s famous shareholder letters, organized by theme.

Exec SummaryOnly associate with good characters you like and trustStick to what you understand well, or you’re gambling Stop listening to “market predictions”… And predictions in general...

Why Skool Wasn’t Good Enough For Power University: 7 Red Flags 🚩

Skool is a community-based learning platform where creators share courses and offer communities of fans and students.

In this review you will learn how good Skool is to start a business, move your business there, or to simply learn there.

Is Skool legit? Yes, but… Not good enough for Power University

Intro

I stumbled on Skool looking after looking into a popular YouTube creator.

The creator was just OK-ish.
But Skool looked GREAT.

I loved the community features, so I conside...

Why Skool Wasn’t Good Enough For Us: 6 Red Flags 🚩

Skool is a community-based learning platform where creators share courses and offer communities of fans and students.

In this review you will learn how good Skool is to start a business, move your business there, or to simply learn there.

Is Skool legit? Yes, but… Not legit enough for us

Intro

I stumbled on Skool looking after looking into a popular YouTube creator.

The creator was just OK-ish.
But Skool looked GREAT.

I loved the community features, so I considered it for ou...

APA Handbook of Personality and Soc Psych (Vol. 3 Interpersonal Relations) – Summary & Review

The APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 3 Interpersonal Relations) is a comprehensive resource that presents the available research literature on various aspects of interpersonal relationships.

Exec SummaryRelationships are functional: People form relationships to survive, thrive, and reproduceGreat relationships make you healthier. But poor ones make you less healthy Power makes people more genuine because it allows them to be themselvesFULL SUMMARY

A...

Here’s Why All Manipulation Resources Suck

99% of all manipulation resources are terrible.

0.5% of great content on manipulation comes from this website.

And the other 0.5%… I’m still hoping to find it.

OK, there are a few good things scattered here and there in this list.
But no single resource that combines high expertise, clear examples, and a clear roadmap to help people understand and deal with manipulation.

This is how most manipulation resources feel to me

INTRO

This is my philosophy:

TPM articles carry a “...

How to Spot Toxic People And “Takers”

Toxic people don’t come with a sticker on their forehead.

Most of them instead hide their toxicity.

In this article, we focus on the most general category of toxic people: takers.
At the most general level, takers take from you, and make you worse off.

The “taking” can be anything:

MaterialEmotionalStatus and powerEtc. etc.

When you know what to look for… It’s easy

Here’s how to spot them:

1. Run your bottom line calculation: are you better or worse off?...

Sapiens: Harari’s Attempt to Infect You With Collective Guilt

In Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari reviews our history as Homo Sapiens, from the plains of East Africa passing through modernity, and speculating about the future.

Bullet SummaryWe managed to colonize the world thanks to our cognitive abilitiesThe agricultural revolution allowed for complex societies and lead to population explosionThe scientific revolution provided the basis for our current runaway progressSapiens Summary

About The Author:
Yuval Noah Harari is an Is...

The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology

The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology (2020) provides a summary of personality research in psychology.

SUMMARY 

About the Authors: 
Various researchers who are experts in specific domains wrote chapters on their areas of expertise.

History & OverviewDefinitionsDispositions: Temporally stable tendencies of behavior are called dispositionTraits (AKA: personality traits or personality dispositions): Dispositions that characterize the personality of an individual and ...

Social Exchange Practical Takeaways: 10 Laws of Success

From social exchange theory, the main practical laws for social success are:

1. To get what you want, give others what they want

Asking without giving is the equivalent of a social overdraft.

Your request is likely to be denied for “insufficient social funds” (“socially imbalanced requests”). If instead, you give what others want, you are far more likely to get what you also want (“socially balanced requests”).

2. To be successful, become high value

If there was one life hack,...

Galisghting: 17 Signs You’re Being Manipulated

Gaslighting is a loosely defined concept covering toxic and manipulative behavior to make the victim doubt reality, lose track of ethical standards, and abandon self-interest.

See this article for an overview on what is gaslighting and gaslighter’s psychology:

What is gaslighting

Here we show the signs of gaslighting with examples for each.

Lying that something has never happened is one of the most stereotypical gaslighting examples

1. Lying

Gaslighters have no respect fo...