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“Fitting in and belonging are two separate things. Fitting in involves people changing themselves in order to be accepted. Belonging allows people to be accepted as they are.”
― InstaRead, The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown | A 30-minute Summary: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

“Using a holistic, Eastern philosophy, leaky gut can be classified into four categories: candida gut, a fungal condition caused by too much fluid buildup in the body; stressed gut, caused by overwhelming presence of stress hormones; immune gut, caused by emotional pain and grief; and gastric gut, caused by overeating, bad chewing habits, and emotional turmoil.”
― Instaread, Summary of Eat Dirt: by Dr. Josh Axe | Includes Analysis

“There is no proven connection between being serious and being effective.”
― InstaRead, Think Like a Freak: A 30-minute Summary of Steven D. Levitt and Steven J. Dubner's book: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain

“People have a limitation in their minds: an excessive confidence in what they think they know.  ”
― InstaRead, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - A 30-minute Summary

“Paul Slovic: Slovic is a psychologist who has proposed that people let their likes and dislikes determine their beliefs about the world without really seeking out the truth.”
― InstaRead, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - A 30-minute Summary

“People will do some things for great sums of money that they would not do for smaller amounts.”
― InstaRead, Think Like a Freak: A 30-minute Summary of Steven D. Levitt and Steven J. Dubner's book: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain

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― Instaread Summaries, Between the World and Me: by Ta-Nehisi Coates | Summary & Analysis

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― InstaRead, Summary of Dead Wake: by Erik Larson | Includes Analysis

“In order to find solutions to the nation’s problems, leaders need to return to morality, common sense, and manners in order to work together and find solutions. Children learn bullying by watching adults. Adults need to set a better example for their children by trying to see other people’s points of view, ignoring political correctness, and engaging in discussions open to compromise. Individuals need knowledge and courage to take action toward making the U.S. a better place.”
― Instaread Summaries, One Nation by Ben Carson M.D and Candy Carson - A 30-minute Summary: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future

“The best way to sell a product is to allow it to go viral, to allow its users to spread the word.”
― Instaread Summaries, Zero to One by Peter Thiel - A 20-minute Instaread Summary: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

“The American obsession with cleanliness has diminished people’s ability to absorb good bacteria and nutrients while fighting off bad bacteria.”
― Instaread, Summary of Eat Dirt: by Dr. Josh Axe | Includes Analysis

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― InstaRead, Summary of All The Light We Cannot See: by Anthony Doerr | Includes Analysis

“In order to be successful, a startup company needs a strong foundation, founders who are well-suited for each other, and employees who work well together.”
― Instaread Summaries, Zero to One by Peter Thiel - A 20-minute Instaread Summary: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

“It is important to remember that being a big company executive is very different from being a small company executive. Big company executives are driven by interruptions while startup executives know that nothing happens unless they make it happen. If you hire the wrong match for your company, two dangerous results can occur. If there is a rhythm mismatch, your executive will wait for something to happen, and your employees will wonder what he or she does all day.”
― Instaread Summaries, Summary of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: by Ben Horowitz | Includes Analysis

“Intelligence is one important characteristic for any employee to have, but it should be accompanied by reliability, the ability to work hard, and the ability to work well with others.”
― Instaread Summaries, Summary of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: by Ben Horowitz | Includes Analysis

“The modern American lifestyle is a main risk factor for leaky gut.   Analysis Leaky gut is far more prevalent in the United States than in Europe. A culture of convenience has found its way into much of the American diet. The US food industry produces packaged and processed foods that rarely spoil and produce that is engineered to be shipped over long distances but not to be nutritious. It uses insecticides that ease farming but put toxins into food. Its genetically modified crops allow companies to feed millions while generating herbicide-resistant weeds. The American diet is mainly composed of processed foods. About 70 percent of the food people in the United States eat is processed. [6]”
― Instaread, Summary of Eat Dirt: by Dr. Josh Axe | Includes Analysis

“The price should not be higher than fifteen times the average earnings of the past three years. And, finally, the price should not be higher than one and a half times the last reported book value of”
― Instaread Summaries, Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review: The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham and Jason Z: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

“As the adage goes, “good” can be an enemy of “great”: it can stop us from striving for more. It keeps us satisfied and content with something that is above average but not outstanding. In”
― Instaread, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review

“Human brains are designed to give priority to bad news.”
― Instaread Summaries, Summary of Thinking, Fast and Slow: by Daniel Kahneman | Includes Analysis

“Regression to the mean is a statistical term describing the phenomenon that if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on its second measurement. Additionally, if it is extreme on its second measurement, it will tend to have been closer to the average on its first. In other words, it is the inevitable fluctuation of a random process. The mind is strongly biased toward causal explanations and does not deal well with statistics. Furthermore, causal explanations will be evoked when regression is detected, but they will be wrong because the truth is that regression to the mean has an explanation but does not have a cause.”
― Instaread Summaries, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - A 30-minute Summary

“Focus on where you want to go rather than what you want to avoid. Give timely, effective feedback.”
― Instaread Summaries, Summary of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: by Ben Horowitz | Includes Analysis

“Startups should risk boldness, have a plan, avoid competitive markets, and focus as much on sales as product.”
― Instaread Summaries, Zero to One by Peter Thiel - A 20-minute Instaread Summary: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

“In order to cultivate personal freedom people must defeat their inner-demons and overcome the self-sabotage of doubt, delay, and division.”
― InstaRead, Summary of The Motivation Manifesto: by Brendon Burchard | Includes Analysis

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― Instaread Summaries, Summary of All The Light We Cannot See: by Anthony Doerr | Includes Analysis

“Only 40 percent of what people think actually comes through their eyes, and the remaining 60 percent is filled in based on memory or patterns collected from past experiences.”
― Instaread Summaries, Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull: A 30-minute Summary