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Summary of 12 Rules for life......Page 1
Attention: Our Free Gift To You......Page 5
Disclaimer......Page 7
Summary of 12 Rules for Life......Page 10
Rule #1: Stand up straight with your shoulders straight......Page 11
Rule #2: Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping......Page 15
Rule #3: Befriend people who want the best for you......Page 19
Rule #4: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not the useless person you are today......Page 23
Rule #5: Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them......Page 27
Rule #6: Set your house in order before you criticize the world......Page 30
Rule #7: Pursue what is meaningful, now what is expedient......Page 32
Rule #8: Tell the truth. Or at least don’t lie......Page 35
Rule #9: Assume the person you are listening to knows something you don’t......Page 39
Rule #10: Be precise in your speech......Page 43
Rule #11: Do not bother children while they are skateboarding......Page 46
Rule #12: Pet a cat when you encounter one in the street......Page 48
Background information about 12 Rules for Life......Page 50
Background information about Jordan B. Peterson......Page 52
Cover Questions......Page 53
Trivia Questions About 12 Rules for Life......Page 56
Trivia Questions About Jordan B. Peterson......Page 59
Discussion Questions......Page 61
Thank You......Page 63
Summary of When......Page 0
Our Free Gift To You......Page 67
Disclaimer......Page 68
Summary of A Higher Loyalty......Page 71
Chapter 1: The Life......Page 73
Chapter 2: This Thing of Ours......Page 78
Chapter 3: The Bully......Page 83
Chapter 4: Meaning......Page 89
Chapter 5: The Easy Lie......Page 95
Chapter 6: On the Tracks......Page 108
Chapter 7: Confirmation Bias......Page 116
Chapter 8: In Hoover’s Shadow......Page 122
Chapter 9: The Washington Listen......Page 130
Chapter 10: Roadkill......Page 137
Chapter 11: Speak or Conceal......Page 142
Chapter 12: Trump Tower......Page 149
Chapter 13: Tests of Loyalty......Page 154
Chapter 14: The Cloud......Page 159
Background Information About A Higher Loyalty......Page 164
Background Information About James Comey......Page 168
Cover Questions......Page 171
Trivia Questions About A Higher Loyalty......Page 173
Trivia Questions About James Comey......Page 174
Discussion Questions......Page 175
Thank You......Page 177
Our Free Gift To You......Page 184
Disclaimer......Page 185
Summary of Bad Blood......Page 188
Prologue......Page 190
Chapter 1: A Purposeful Life......Page 196
Chapter 2: The Gluebot......Page 203
Chapter 3: Apple Envy......Page 211
Chapter 4: Goodbye East Paly......Page 216
Chapter 5: The Childhood Neighbor......Page 221
Chapter 6: Sunny......Page 228
Chapter 7: Dr. J.......Page 235
Chapter 8: The minilab......Page 240
Chapter 9: The Wellness Play......Page 246
Chapter 10: “Who is LTC Shoemaker?”......Page 250
Chapter 11: Lighting a Fuisz......Page 256
Chapter 12: Ian Gibbons......Page 261
Chapter 13: Chiat\Day......Page 267
Chapter 14: Going Live......Page 272
Chapter 15: Unicorn......Page 278
Chapter 16: The Grandson......Page 283
Chapter 17: Fame......Page 288
Chapter 18: The Hippocratic Oath......Page 292
Chapter 19: The Tip......Page 296
Chapter 20: The Ambush......Page 301
Chapter 21: Trade Secrets......Page 305
Chapter 22: La Mattanza......Page 309
Chapter 23: Damage Control......Page 314
Chapter 24: The Empress Has No Clothes......Page 318
Epilogue......Page 323
Background information About Bad Blood......Page 326
Background information About John Carreyrou......Page 329
Awards and Accolades......Page 330
Cover Questions......Page 334
Trivia Questions About Bad Blood......Page 340
Trivia Questions About John Carreyrou......Page 343
Discussion Questions......Page 346
Thank You......Page 348
Our Free Gift To You......Page 354
Disclaimer......Page 355
Summary of Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution......Page 358
Part 1: A New Way to Communicate with Your Genes......Page 359
Chapter 1: Your Genes Are Running the Show......Page 362
Chapter 2: We are What We Eat......Page 364
Chapter 3: Changing the Message......Page 369
Part 2: Diet Evolution......Page 370
Part 3: Meal Plans and Recipes......Page 388
Background Information About Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution......Page 391
Background Information About Steven R. Gundry......Page 394
Cover Questions......Page 396
Trivia Questions About Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution......Page 398
Trivia Questions About Steven R. Gundry......Page 400
Discussion Questions......Page 402
Thank You......Page 404
Our Free Gift To You......Page 410
Disclaimer......Page 411
Summary of Educated......Page 414
Prologue......Page 416
Chapter 1: Choose the Good......Page 417
Chapter 3: Cream Shoes......Page 421
Chapter 4: Apache Women......Page 428
Chapter 5: Honest Dirt......Page 432
Chapter 6: Shield and Buckler......Page 434
Chapter 7: The Lord Will Provide......Page 437
Chapter 8: Tiny Harlots......Page 439
Chapter 9: Perfect in his Generations......Page 444
Chapter 10: Shield of Feathers......Page 447
Chapter 11: Instinct......Page 453
Chapter 12: Fish Eyes......Page 454
Chapter 13: Silence in the Churches......Page 459
Chapter 14: My Feet No Longer Touch Earth......Page 462
Chapter 15: No More a Child......Page 465
Chapter 16: Disloyal Man, Disobedient Heaven......Page 466
Chapter 17: To Keep it Holy......Page 473
Chapter 18: Blood and Feathers......Page 476
Chapter 19: In the Beginning......Page 479
Chapter 20: Recital of the Fathers......Page 481
Chapter 21: Skullcap......Page 486
Chapter 22: What We Whispered and What We Screamed......Page 487
Chapter 23: I’m from Idaho......Page 492
Chapter 24: A Knight, Errant......Page 496
Chapter 25: The Work of Sulphur......Page 497
Chapter 26: Waiting for Moving Water......Page 502
Chapter 27: If I Were a Woman......Page 505
Chapter 28: Pygmalion......Page 506
Chapter 29: Graduation......Page 511
Chapter 30: Hand of the Almighty......Page 514
Chapter 31: Tragedy Then Farce......Page 517
Chapter 32: A Brawling Woman in a Wide House......Page 518
Chapter 33: Sorcery of Physics......Page 523
Chapter 34: The Substance of Things......Page 526
Chapter 35: West of the Sun......Page 529
Chapter 36: Four Long Arms, Whirling......Page 532
Chapter 37: Gambling for Redemption......Page 536
Chapter 38: Family......Page 537
Chapter 39: Watching the Buffalo......Page 543
Chapter 40: Educated......Page 546
Lessons Learnt......Page 548
Background Information about Educated: A Memoir......Page 553
Background Information about Tara Westover......Page 555
Cover Questions......Page 556
Trivia Questions about Educated......Page 559
Trivia Questions about Tara Westover......Page 561
Discussion Questions......Page 562
Thank You......Page 564
Our Free Gift To You......Page 571
Disclaimer......Page 572
Book Summary......Page 576
Chapter 1: Dare to Understand!......Page 578
Chapter 2: Entro, Evo, Info......Page 581
Chapter 3: Counter-Enlightenments......Page 585
Chapter 4: Progressophobia......Page 589
Chapter 5: Life......Page 592
Chapter 6: Health......Page 594
Chapter 9: Inequality......Page 602
Chapter 10: The Environment......Page 606
Chapter 11: Peace......Page 611
Chapter 12: Safety......Page 613
Chapter 15: Equal Rights......Page 619
Chapter 16: Knowledge......Page 622
Chapter 17: Quality of Life......Page 624
Chapter 18: Happiness......Page 627
Chapter 19: Existential Threats......Page 630
Chapter 20: The Future of Progress......Page 632
Chapter 21: Reason......Page 635
Chapter 22: Science......Page 638
Chapter 23: Humanism......Page 641
Background Information About Enlightenment Now......Page 644
Background Information About Steven Pinker......Page 646
Cover Questions......Page 649
Trivia Questions About Enlightenment Now......Page 651
Trivia Questions About Steven Pinker......Page 653
Discussion Questions......Page 655
Thank You......Page 657
Our Free Gift To You......Page 663
Disclaimer......Page 664
Summary of Factfulness......Page 667
Introduction......Page 668
Chapter 1: The Gap Instinct......Page 672
Chapter 2: The Negativity Instinct......Page 676
Chapter 3: The Straight Line Instinct......Page 682
Chapter 4: The Fear Instinct......Page 686
Chapter 5: The Size Instinct......Page 690
Chapter 6: The Generalization Instinct......Page 694
Chapter 7: The Destiny Instinct......Page 698
Chapter 8: The Single Perspective Instinct......Page 702
Chapter 9: The Blame Instinct......Page 706
Chapter 10: The Urgency Instinct......Page 711
Chapter 11: Factfulness in Practice......Page 715
Background Information About Factfulness......Page 718
Background Information About Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund......Page 720
Cover Questions......Page 722
Trivia Questions About Factfulness......Page 724
Trivia Questions About Hans Rosling......Page 726
Discussion Questions......Page 728
Thank You......Page 731
Our Free Gift To You......Page 736
Disclaimer......Page 738
Summary of Fascism: A Warning......Page 741
Chapter 1: A Doctrine of Anger and Fear......Page 743
Chapter 2: The Greatest Show on Earth......Page 748
Chapter 3: “We Want to Be Barbarians”......Page 752
Chapter 4: “Close Your Hearts to Pity”......Page 756
Chapter 5: Victory of the Caesars......Page 760
Chapter 6: The Fall......Page 763
Chapter 7: Dictatorship of Democracy......Page 766
Chapter 8: “There Are a Lot of Bodies Up There”......Page 770
Chapter 9: A Difficult Art......Page 773
Chapter 10: President for Life......Page 777
Chapter 11: Erdoğan the Magnificent......Page 780
Chapter 12: Man from the KGB......Page 783
Chapter 13: “We Are Who We Were”......Page 787
Chapter 14: “The Leader Will Always Be with Us”......Page 790
Chapter 15: President of the United States......Page 793
Chapter 16: Bad Dreams......Page 797
Chapter 17: The Right Questions......Page 801
Background Information About Fascism: A Warning......Page 803
Background Information About Madeleine Albright......Page 805
Cover Questions......Page 807
Trivia Questions About Fascism: A Warning......Page 810
Trivia Questions About Madeleine Albright......Page 811
Discussion Questions......Page 813
Thank You......Page 815
Attention: Our Free Gift To You......Page 823
Disclaimer......Page 825
Summary of Fat for Fuel......Page 828
Introduction......Page 829
Chapter 1: The Truth about Mitochondria, Free Radicals and Dietary Fats......Page 833
Chapter 2: Why You Need Mitochondrial Metabolic Therapy (MMT)......Page 836
Chapter 3: The Protein Paradox......Page 838
Chapter 4: The Surprising Effects of Iron on Mitochondrial Health......Page 840
Chapter 5: What to Eat on MMT: The Cleanest, Most Efficient Fuel for Your Body......Page 842
Chapter 6: Before You Start MMT......Page 846
Chapter 7: How to Get Started......Page 848
Chapter 8: Navigate Your Transition to Burning Fat......Page 850
Chapter 9: Using MMT over the Long Term......Page 852
Chapter 10: The Power of Fasting to Optimize Mitochondrial Health......Page 853
Chapter 11: Other Ways to Improve Your Mitochondrial Health......Page 855
Conclusion......Page 857
Appendix A: From Pimples to Heart Disease: How Mitochondrial Metabolic Therapy Helps Many Diseases......Page 859
Appendix B: A Guide to Nuts and Seeds......Page 861
Background Information about Fat for Fuel......Page 863
Background Information about Dr. Joseph Mercola......Page 865
Cover Questions......Page 867
Trivia Questions about Fat for Fuel......Page 869
Trivia Questions about Dr. Joseph Mercola......Page 871
Discussion Questions......Page 873
Thank You......Page 875
Our Free Gift To You......Page 882
Disclaimer......Page 883
Book Summary......Page 887
Prologue......Page 889
Chapter 1......Page 893
Chapter 2......Page 897
Chapter 3......Page 901
Chapter 4......Page 904
Chapter 5......Page 908
Chapter 6......Page 912
Chapter 7......Page 915
Chapter 8......Page 917
Chapter 9......Page 923
Chapter 10......Page 925
Chapter 11......Page 931
Chapter 12......Page 935
Chapter 13......Page 939
Chapter 14......Page 944
Chapter 15......Page 948
Chapter 16......Page 951
Chapter 17......Page 956
Chapter 18......Page 960
Chapter 19......Page 964
Chapter 20......Page 968
Chapter 21......Page 971
Chapter 22......Page 977
Chapter 23......Page 981
Chapter 24......Page 985
Chapter 25......Page 989
Chapter 27......Page 993
Chapter 28......Page 1001
Chapter 29......Page 1003
Chapter 30......Page 1009
Chapter 31......Page 1013
Chapter 32......Page 1017
Chapter 33......Page 1021
Chapter 34......Page 1025
Chapter 35......Page 1028
Chapter 36......Page 1031
Chapter 37......Page 1034
Chapter 38......Page 1038
Chapter 39......Page 1042
Chapter 40......Page 1046
Chapter 41......Page 1049
Chapter 42......Page 1051
Background Information About BOB WOODWARD......Page 1056
Awards and Accolades......Page 1057
Cover Questions......Page 1059
Trivia Questions About BOB WOODWARD......Page 1061
Discussion Questions......Page 1063
Thank You......Page 1066
Our Free Gift To You......Page 1071
Disclaimer......Page 1072
Summary of Girl, Wash Your Face......Page 1075
Introduction. Hey Girl, Hey!......Page 1076
1.0The Lie: Something Else Will Make Me Happy......Page 1079
2.0 The Lie: I’ll Start Tomorrow......Page 1082
3.0 The Lie: I’m Not Good Enough......Page 1085
4.0 The Lie: I’m Better than You......Page 1088
5.0The Lie: Loving Him is Good Enough for Me......Page 1090
6.0 The Lie: No is the Final Answer......Page 1093
7.0 The Lie: I’m Bad at Sex......Page 1095
8.0 The Lie: I Don’t Know How to be a Mom......Page 1098
9.0 The Lie: I’m Not a Good Mom......Page 1100
10.0 The Lie: I Should Be Further Along By Now......Page 1102
11.0 The Lie: Other People’s Kids Are So Much Cleaner/Better Organized/More Polite......Page 1104
12.0 The Lie: I Need to Make Myself Smaller......Page 1106
13.0 The Lie: I’m Going to Marry Matt Damon......Page 1108
14.0 The Lie: I’m a Terrible Writer......Page 1110
15.0 The Lie: I Will Never Get Past This......Page 1112
16.0 The Lie: I Can’t Tell the Truth......Page 1114
17.0 The Lie: I am Defined by My Weight......Page 1117
18.0 The Lie: I Need a Drink......Page 1120
19.0 The Lie: There’s Only One Right Way to Be......Page 1122
20.0 The Lie: I Need a Hero......Page 1124
Background Information About Girl, Wash Your Face......Page 1127
Background Information About Rachel Hollis......Page 1129
Cover Questions......Page 1131
Trivia Questions About Girl, Wash Your Face......Page 1133
Trivia Questions About Rachel Hollis......Page 1135
Discussion Questions......Page 1137
Thank You......Page 1140
Summary of The End of Alzheimer’s......Page 1151
Chapter 1:Disrupting Dementia......Page 1153
Chapter 2:Patient Zero......Page 1155
Chapter 3:How Does It Feel to Come Back from Dementia?......Page 1157
Chapter 4:How to Give Yourself Alzheimer’s: A Primer......Page 1159
Chapter 5:Wit’s End: From Bedside to Bench and Back......Page 1163
Chapter 6: The God Gene and the Three Types of Alzheimer’s Disease......Page 1165
Chapter 7:The “Cognoscopy”—Where Do You Stand?......Page 1169
Chapter 8: ReCODE: Reversing Cognitive Decline......Page 1171
Chapter 9: Success and the Social Network: Two People’s Daily Routines......Page 1173
Chapter 10:Putting It All Together: You Can Do It......Page 1176
Chapter 11:............................This Is Not Easy—Workarounds and Crutches......Page 1178
Chapter 12:......................Resistance to Change: Machiavelli Meets Feynman......Page 1179
Background Information about The End of Alzheimer’s......Page 1181
Background Information about Dale Bredesen......Page 1183
Cover Questions......Page 1185
Trivia Questions about The End of Alzheimer’s......Page 1187
Trivia Questions about Dr Dale Bredesen......Page 1190
Discussion Questions......Page 1192
Disclaimer......Page 1197
Summary of The Plant Paradox......Page 1200
INTRODUCTION......Page 1201
PART I: The Dietary Dilemma......Page 1205
PART II: Introducing the Plant Paradox Program......Page 1216
PART III: Meal Plans and Recipes......Page 1228
Background Information about The Plant Paradox......Page 1230
Cover Questions......Page 1233
Trivia Questions about The Plant Paradox......Page 1235
Trivia Questions about Dr Steven Gundry......Page 1237
Discussion Questions......Page 1239
Disclaimer......Page 1244
Summary of How Not To Die......Page 1247
Preface......Page 1249
INTRODUCTION: Preventing, Arresting and Reversing Our Leading Killers......Page 1252
CHAPTER 1: How Not to Die from Heart Disease......Page 1256
CHAPTER 2: How Not to Die from Lung Diseases......Page 1258
CHAPTER 3: How Not to Die from Brain Diseases......Page 1260
CHAPTER 4: How Not to Die from Digestive Cancers......Page 1262
CHAPTER 5: How Not to Die from Infections......Page 1264
CHAPTER 6: How Not to Die from Diabetes......Page 1265
CHAPTER 7: How Not to Die from High Blood Pressure......Page 1266
CHAPTER 8: How Not to Die from Liver Diseases......Page 1267
CHAPTER 9: How Not to Die from Blood Cancers......Page 1268
CHAPTER 10: How Not to Die from Kidney Disease......Page 1269
CHAPTER 11: How Not to Die from Breast Cancer......Page 1270
CHAPTER 12: How Not to Die from Suicidal Depression......Page 1272
CHAPTER 14: How Not to Die from Parkinson’s Disease......Page 1273
CHAPTER 15: How Not to Die from Iatrogenic Causes (or, How Not to Die from Doctors)......Page 1275
INTRODUCTION......Page 1279
Dr Greger’s Daily Dozen......Page 1280
Background Information about How Not to Die......Page 1284
Background Information about How Not to Die......Page 1286
Background Information about Dr Michael Greger......Page 1288
Cover Questions......Page 1290
Trivia Questions about How Not to Die......Page 1292
Discussion Questions......Page 1295
Our Free Gift To You......Page 1303
Disclaimer......Page 1305
Summary of How to Change Your Mind......Page 1308
PROLOGUE: A New Door......Page 1309
CHAPTER ONE: A Renaissance......Page 1315
CHAPTER TWO: A Natural History......Page 1322
CHAPTER THREE: History......Page 1329
Part I: The Promise......Page 1331
Part II: The Crack-Up......Page 1333
CHAPTER FOUR: Travelogue......Page 1337
Trip One: LSD......Page 1338
Trip Two: Psilocybin......Page 1340
Trip Three: 5-MeO-DMT (or, the Toad)......Page 1342
CHAPTER FIVE: The Neuroscience......Page 1346
One: Dying......Page 1350
Two: Addiction......Page 1352
Three: Depression......Page 1354
EPILOGUE: In Praise of Neural Diversity......Page 1357
Background Information About How to Change Your Mind......Page 1360
Background Information About Michael Pollan......Page 1362
Awards and Accolades......Page 1365
Cover Questions......Page 1368
Trivia Questions About How to Change Your Mind......Page 1371
Trivia Questions About Michael Pollan......Page 1374
Discussion Questions......Page 1376
Thank You......Page 1378
Our Free Gift To You......Page 1384
Disclaimer......Page 1385
Summary of Measure What Matters......Page 1388
Chapter 1. Google, Meet OKRs......Page 1390
Chapter 2. The Father of OKRs......Page 1394
Chapter 3. Operation Crush: An Intel Story......Page 1396
Chapter 4. Superpower #1: Focus and Commit to Priorities......Page 1398
Chapter 5. The Remind Story......Page 1402
Chapter 6. The Nuna Story......Page 1405
Chapter 7. Superpower #2: Align and Connect for Teamwork......Page 1407
Chapter 8. Align: The MyFitnessPal Story......Page 1409
Chapter 9. Connect: The Intuit Story......Page 1411
Chapter 10. Superpower #3: Track for Accountability......Page 1412
Chapter 11. Track: The Gates Foundation Story......Page 1415
Chapter 12. Superpower#4: Stretch for Amazing......Page 1417
Chapter 13. Stretch: The Google Chrome Story......Page 1419
Chapter 14. Stretch: The YouTube Story......Page 1421
Chapter 15. Continuous Performance Management: OKRs and CFRs......Page 1425
Chapter 16. Ditching Annual Performance Review: The ADOBE Story......Page 1427
Chapter 17. Baking Better Every Day: The Zume Pizza Story......Page 1429
Chapter 18. Culture......Page 1432
Chapter 19. Culture Change: The Lumeris Story......Page 1434
Chapter 20. Culture Change: Bono’s ONE Campaign Story......Page 1436
Chapter 21. The Goals to Come......Page 1439
Background Information About Measure What Matters......Page 1441
Background Information About John Doerr......Page 1443
Awards and Accolades......Page 1446
Cover Questions......Page 1449
Trivia Questions About Measure What Matters......Page 1451
Trivia Questions About John Doerr......Page 1454
Discussion Questions......Page 1456
Thank You......Page 1458
Attention: Our Free Gift To You......Page 1464
Disclaimer......Page 1466
Summary of Principles......Page 1469
Introduction......Page 1470
Chapter 1: My Call to Adventure (1949-1967)......Page 1474
Chapter 2: Crossing the Threshold (1967–1979)......Page 1476
Chapter 3: My Abyss (1979–1982)......Page 1478
Chapter 4: My Road of Trials (1983–1994)......Page 1480
CHAPTER 5: The Ultimate Boon (1995–2010)......Page 1482
Chapter 6: Returning the Boon (2011-2015)......Page 1484
CHAPTER 7: My Last Year and Greatest Challenge (2016–2017)......Page 1486
CHAPTER 8: LOOKING BACK FROM A HIGHER LEVEL......Page 1487
PART II: LIFE PRINCIPLES......Page 1490
PART III: WORK PRINCIPLES......Page 1506
To Get the Culture Right......Page 1508
To Get the People Right......Page 1521
To Build and Evolve Your Machine......Page 1528
Background Information about Principles......Page 1543
Background Information about Ray Dalio......Page 1545
Cover Questions......Page 1546
Trivia Questions about Principles......Page 1549
Trivia Questions about Ray Dalio......Page 1551
Discussion Questions......Page 1552
Thank You......Page 1554
Attention: Our Free Gift To You......Page 1560
Disclaimer......Page 1562
Summary of Skin in the Game......Page 1565
Book 1: Introduction......Page 1566
Prologue, Part 1 - Antaeus Whacked......Page 1568
Prologue, Part 2 - A Brief Tour of Symmetry......Page 1571
Prologue, Part 3 - The Ribs of the Incerto......Page 1573
Chapter 1: Why Each One Should Eat His Own Turtles: Equality in Uncertainty......Page 1576
Chapter 2: The Most Intolerant Wins......Page 1580
Book 4: Wolves Among Dogs......Page 1583
Chapter 3: How to Legally Own Another Person......Page 1584
Chapter 4: The Skin of Others in Your Game......Page 1587
Book 5: Being Alive Means Taking Certain Risks......Page 1590
Chapter 5: Life in the Simulation Machine......Page 1591
Chapter 6: The Intellectual Yet Idiot......Page 1592
Chapter 7: Inequality and Skin in the Game......Page 1593
Chapter 8: An Expert Called Lindy......Page 1594
Book 6: Deeper Into Agency......Page 1596
Chapter 9: Surgeons Should Not Look Like Surgeons......Page 1597
Chapter 10: Only the Rich are Poisoned: The Preferences of Others......Page 1598
Chapter 11: Facta non Verba (Deeds Before Words)......Page 1599
Chapter 12: The Facts Are True, The News Is Fake......Page 1600
Chapter 13: The Merchandising of Virtue......Page 1601
Chapter 14: Peace, Neither Ink Nor Blood......Page 1602
Book 7: Religion, Belief, and Skin In The Game......Page 1604
Chapter 15: They Don’t Know What They Are Talking About When They Talk......Page 1605
Chapter 16: Now Worship Without Skin in the Game......Page 1606
Chapter 17: Is the Pope Atheist?......Page 1607
Book 8: Risk and Rationality......Page 1609
Chapter 18: How to Be Rational About Rationality......Page 1610
Chapter 19: The Logic of Risk Taking......Page 1611
Background Information About Skin in the Game......Page 1613
Background Information About Nassim Nicholas Taleb......Page 1615
Cover Questions......Page 1617
Trivia Questions About Skin in the Game......Page 1619
Trivia Questions About Nassim Nicholas Taleb......Page 1621
Discussion Questions......Page 1623
Thank You......Page 1625
Attention: Our Free Gift To You......Page 1632
Disclaimer......Page 1634
Summary of The 4-Hour Body......Page 1637
1.0 Introduction: Thinner, Bigger, Faster, Stronger? How to use this book......Page 1639
2.1 The Minimum Dose Effect......Page 1641
2.2 Rules That Change the Rules......Page 1642
3.1 The Harajuku Moment......Page 1644
3.2 Elusive Body Fat......Page 1645
3.3 From Photos to Fear: Making Failure Impossible......Page 1647
4.1 The Slow-Carb Diet I: How to Lose 20 Pounds in 30 Days without Exercise......Page 1649
4.2 The Slow-Carb Diet II: The Finer Points and Common Questions......Page 1650
4.3 Damage Control: Preventing Fat Gain When You Binge......Page 1652
4.4 The Four Horse Men of Fat Loss......Page 1653
4.5 Ice Age: Mastering Temperature to Manipulate Weight......Page 1654
4.6 The Glucose Switch......Page 1655
4.7 The Last Mile: Losing the Final 5-10 Pounds......Page 1656
5.1Building the Perfect Posterior (or losing 100+ pounds)......Page 1658
5.2Six-Minute Abs......Page 1659
5.3From Geek to Freak: How to Gain 34 Pounds in 28 Days......Page 1660
5.4Occam’s Protocol I: A Minimalist Approach to Mass......Page 1661
6.1 The 15-Minute Female Orgasm: Part I......Page 1663
6.2 The 15-Minute Female Orgasm: Part II......Page 1664
6.3 Sex Machine I: Adventures in Tripling Testosterone......Page 1665
6.4 Happy Endings and Doubling Sperm Count......Page 1666
7.0 Perfecting Sleep......Page 1668
7.1 Becoming Uberman: Sleeping Less with Polyphasic Sleep......Page 1670
8.0 Reversing Injuries......Page 1672
8.1 How to Pay for a Beach Vacation with One Hospital Visit......Page 1674
8.2 Pre-Hab......Page 1675
9.1 Hacking the NFL Combine I: Preliminaries—Jumping Higher......Page 1677
9.2 Hacking the NFL Combine II: Running Faster......Page 1678
9.3 Ultraendurance I: Going from 5K to 50K in 12 Weeks—Phase I......Page 1679
9.4 Ultraendurance II: Going from 5K to 50K in 12 Weeks—Phase II......Page 1680
10.1Effortless Superhuman: Breaking World Records with Barry Ross......Page 1681
10.2 Eating the Elephant: How to Add 100 Pounds to Your Bench Press......Page 1682
11.1 How I Learnt to Swim Effortlessly in 10 Days......Page 1684
11.2 The Architecture of Babe Ruth......Page 1685
11.3 How to Hold Your Breath Longer than Houdini......Page 1686
12.0 On Longer and Better Life......Page 1688
13.0 Closing Thoughts......Page 1690
14.1 Helpful Measurements and Conversions......Page 1692
14.2 Getting Tested – from Nutrients to Muscle Fibers......Page 1693
14.3Muscles of the Body (Partial)......Page 1694
14.4The Value of Self-Experimentation......Page 1695
14.5Sporting Bad Science 101: How Not to Trick Yourself......Page 1697
14.6Sporting Bad Science 102: So You Have a Pill …......Page 1698
14.7The Slow-Carb Diet – 194 People......Page 1699
14.8Sex Machine II......Page 1700
14.9Fixing One Problem, Causing Another: Deficiencies Created by Common Drugs and Training......Page 1701
14.10The Meatless Machine I: Reasons to Try a Plant-Based Diet for Two Weeks......Page 1702
14.11The Meatless Machine II: A 28-Day Experiment......Page 1704
14.12Darwin’s Rule – Eat for Fertility......Page 1705
Background Information about The 4-Hour Body......Page 1707
Background Information about Timothy Ferriss......Page 1708
Cover Questions......Page 1711
Trivia Questions about The 4-Hour Body......Page 1713
Trivia Questions about Timothy Ferriss......Page 1715
Discussion Questions......Page 1717
Thank You......Page 1720
Attention: Our Free Gift To You......Page 1725
Disclaimer......Page 1727
Summary of The 5 Second Rule......Page 1730
The Technique......Page 1731
The History Behind The 5 Second Rule......Page 1733
The Science Behind The 5 Second Rule......Page 1736
5 Seconds to “Courage”......Page 1740
Background Information about The 5 Second Rule......Page 1744
Background Information about Mel Robbins......Page 1746
Cover Questions......Page 1748
Trivia Questions about The 5 Second Rule......Page 1750
Trivia Questions about Mel Robbins......Page 1752
Discussion Questions......Page 1754
Thank You......Page 1756
Attention: Our Free Gift To You......Page 1761
Disclaimer......Page 1763
Summary of When......Page 1766
Introduction......Page 1767
1.0The Hidden Pattern of Everyday Life......Page 1770
2.0 Afternoons and Coffee Spoons: The Power of Breaks, the Promise of Lunch, and the Case for a Modern Siesta......Page 1772
3.0 Beginnings: Starting Right, Starting Again, and Starting Together......Page 1777
4.0 Midpoints: What Hanukkah Candles and Midlife Malaise Can Teach Us about Motivation......Page 1780
5.0Endings: Marathons, Chocolates, and the Power of Poignancy......Page 1783
6.0 Synching Fast and Slow: The Secrets of Group Timing......Page 1788
7.0 Thinking in Tenses: A Few Final Words......Page 1791
Background Information about When......Page 1793
Background Information about Daniel H. Pink......Page 1795
Cover Questions......Page 1797
Trivia Questions about When......Page 1799
Trivia Questions about Daniel H. Pink......Page 1801
Discussion Questions......Page 1802
Thank You......Page 1804