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The Let Them Theory and why we drive ourselves crazy trying to control others.
The Let Them Theory Mel Robbins 2025 “That’s one of my biggest takeaways from using the Let Them Theory: You will never be able to...
Dan Connors
Sep 34 min read


The Hidden World of the global .01%
The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World 2024 Atossa Araxia Abrahamian “The hidden globe is a kind of transfiguration of this map,...
Dan Connors
Jun 115 min read


Can we stop with the bullshit and find the moral ambition to do better?
Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference Rutger Bregman 2024 "The biggest waste of our time is the...
Dan Connors
Jun 45 min read


Reset- How to Change What's Not Working
Reset: How to Change What's Not Working Dan Heath 2024 “Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.” Meaning that...
Dan Connors
May 122 min read


Hope in the darkness
Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness Jamil Zaki 2024 “I have discovered that most people value compassion over...
Dan Connors
May 84 min read


The Small and the Mighty
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement...
Dan Connors
Jan 203 min read


Winter doesn't have to suck. Here's how to make the best of it.
How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days Kari Leibowitz "Reclaiming winter is a chance to find...
Dan Connors
Jan 74 min read


The Berlin Wall and other failures of modern fear and intimidation.
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall Helena Merriman "Behind every barrier, there is always a way...
Dan Connors
Dec 19, 20243 min read


The Hacking of the American Mind
The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains Robert H. Lustig “Scientists now...
Dan Connors
Dec 13, 20243 min read


Good People- they DO exist
Good People: Stories From the Best of Humanity Gabriel Reilich , Lucia Knell 2024 "There are so many good people in the world. Their...
Dan Connors
Nov 9, 20242 min read


Cult Nation?
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Amanda Montell 2021 “Modern cultish groups also feel comforting in part because they help alleviate...
Dan Connors
Oct 10, 20246 min read


Time to Panic? How worried should we be about the environment?
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Hannah Ritchie 2024 “I often feel...
Dan Connors
Sep 11, 20245 min read


How much does our luck define us? How can we improve our odds in the face of randomness?
The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World around Us Mark Robert Rank " Thornton Wilder asks ' Do...
Dan Connors
Aug 14, 20246 min read


How well can you know somebody? How well do people know you?
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks 2023 “The real act of, say, building a...
Dan Connors
Jul 20, 20245 min read


Magical Overthinking and the Tricks Our Brain Uses To Hide Reality.
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality Amanda Montell 2024 “The most basic activism we can have in our lives...
Dan Connors
Jul 10, 20245 min read


Supercommunicators- healing the world one conversation at a time.
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection Charles Duhigg 2024 “The most effective communicators pause...
Dan Connors
Jun 25, 20244 min read


Why do smart people have stupid beliefs?
Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things Dan Ariely 2023 “The individual journey that people take down the...
Dan Connors
Jun 7, 20245 min read


Hidden Potential
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam M. Grant 2023 “It’s often said that where there’s a will, there’s a...
Dan Connors
May 31, 20244 min read


Flukes and why the tiniest things could make the biggest difference later on.
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters Brian Klaas 2024 “Once you accept that entangled existence, it becomes clear...
Dan Connors
May 26, 20245 min read


The Big Myth
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway 2024 "The...
Dan Connors
May 13, 20244 min read
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