Book Insights Podcast
167 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -Check us out at podcast.memod.com for our entire library of podcast episodes!
Each week we do a deep dive into a nonfiction bestseller. Self-Help. Psychology. Business. Philosophy. In around 30 minutes we cover the major themes and ideas of a recent hit, an important work, or an ancient classic.
The result: concentrated wisdom that goes beyond the headlines, makes you think and helps you succeed in relationships, career, or business.
The podcast builds on the work of Tom Butler-Bowdon, author of the “50 Classics series”.
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5, 4, 3, 2, 1- THRIVE! Book Insights on The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins
March 24, 2021 13:00 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MB*Next time you’re scared of doing something, count backwards from 5 and move. *Sometimes, courage is just acting before you can scare yourself out of doing it. *Mel Robbins is one of the most in-demand motivational speakers today, but she’s still afraid of public speaking. *Before each engagement, she’s racked with nervous energy, terrified of the eyes focused on her and the potential for rejection. However, she harnesses that terror, shifts her nervousness to excitement, counts down 5...
Book Lounge - The 5 Second Rule with guest Deanna Kuempel
March 24, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The 5 Second Rule with special guest Deanna Kuempel. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book...
Book Lounge - Extreme Ownership with guest Chris Rowan
March 17, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Extreme Ownership with special guest Chris Rowan. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book In...
Navy Seal-Style Leadership: Book Insights on Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
March 17, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MB*In this No.1 New York Times bestseller, lauded former Navy SEAL commanders Willink and Babin share their leadership lessons from managing one of the most decorated special operations unit of the Iraq war. *Returning home from deployment, Willink and Babin launched a consulting firm to teach these same lessons to CEOs and Fortune 500 executives around the world. *In this gripping, eye-opening account of what it takes to lead on the front line, the authors show how a culture of extreme ow...
Your Hidden Additional 60%: Book Insights on Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins
March 10, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MB* In Can’t Hurt Me, Goggins explains how his exceptional experience can be applied to everyday life. * He passes on his hard-earned wisdom about tapping into your unlocked potential, overcoming your fears and being better. * With his tough talk, brutal honesty and extraordinary accomplishments, Goggins is an engrossing storyteller and provides us with inspiration to take the path of most resistance. * He disputes the idea that people have limits. * Through his astounding successes, y...
Book Lounge - Can't Hurt Me with guest Cornelius Lindsey
March 10, 2021 15:00 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Can't Hurt Me with special guest Cornelius Lindsey. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book ...
Book Lounge - Death and Life of Great American Cities with guest Robert Kanigel
March 03, 2021 15:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Death and Life of Great American Cities with special guest Robert Kanigel. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of th...
Meet Jane Jacobs: A Woman Who Changed the World: Book Insights on The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
March 03, 2021 15:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MB* Despite a lack of experience in city planning or even a college degree, Jane Jacobs picked apart the figures and philosophies responsible for what she viewed as the downfall of American cities. * Taking aim at those focused on aesthetically pleasing and cutting-edge cities, Jacobs exposed these models as part of a deeply flawed system that only stymies urban living. * In redefining the relevance of sidewalks, parks, city blocks, and much more, The Death and Life of American Cities beca...
The Marvels of the Mind: Book Insights on The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
February 24, 2021 15:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MB* In this collection of remarkable case studies, physician and neurology professor Oliver Sacks introduces us to the bewildering world of the brain and its disorders. * From patients afflicted with frenzied tics, and those who can no longer recognize familiar faces and objects, to others who have lost great swathes of their memories, Sacks permits the reader a greater understanding of the often bizarre world of the neurologically impaired. * He describes with great compassion and humanit...
Book Lounge - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks with guest Dr Valentin Riedl
February 24, 2021 15:00 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat with special guest Dr Valentin Riedl. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of ...
Book Lounge - Influence by Robert Cialdini with guest Dr. Karin Tamerius
February 17, 2021 15:00 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Influence with special guest Dr. Karin Tamerius. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Ins...
Are You Being Manipulated?: Book Insights on Influence by Robert Cialdini
February 17, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MB* Influence is the ability to change the minds and actions of others in a way that they are willing to accept. * Cialdini identifies half a dozen “weapons of influence”, ways of getting us to act automatically that sidestep our normal rational decision-making processes. These are used by professionals and salespeople to get us to say ‘yes’ without thinking. * They include: reciprocation, commitment and consistency; social proof; liking; authority; and scarcity. Each are easily triggered. ...
Book Lounge: Moonwalking With Einstein with Marlo Yonocruz
February 10, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Moonwalking With Einstein with special guest Marlo Yonocruz. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list...
Great Memory = Great Success: Book Insights on Moonwalking With Einstein by Joshua Foer
February 10, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MB* Joshua Foer sets out to answer the question: "Can anyone develop a brilliant memory?" * Foer learns the tricks of the trade from mnemonic masters and ‘mental athletes’ and ultimately earns the title of 2006 US Memory champion. Not bad after only a year’s preparation. * Alongside the entertaining tale of rising to this challenge, Foer shows how memory built modern civilization, and is the driver of personal success and creativity. * As the subtitle of the book suggests, memorization i...
Book Lounge: Letters to Lucilius by Seneca with Guest Donald Robertson
February 03, 2021 15:00 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Letters to Seneca with special guest Donald Robertson. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Bo...
Seneca's Stoic Wisdom for Modern Life: Book Insights on Letters to Lucilius by Seneca
February 03, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MB* The historian Tacitus described the events surrounding Seneca’s death in a way that made him into a Stoic hero, facing his own death with total equanimity despite the injustice of the situation. * It was through lifelong training in Stoic philosophy that he achieved this state of mind. * Throughout the centuries, Seneca has been admired as one of the greatest writers of antiquity. * He has a way of expressing Stoic philosophy that makes it seem eminently practical and just as releva...
Dr. Gottman's 7 Principles to Save (or Strengthen) Your Marriage: Book Insights on The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
January 27, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MB* When John Gottman began researching marriage in the early 1970s, there was little scientific data on the factors that make it work. * Counsellors depended on conventional wisdom, opinion, intuition, religious beliefs or the ideas of psychologists. * The result? Not much effectiveness. Using quantitative research based on direct observation of couples, Gottman identified consistent patterns in what causes marriages to fail – and, more importantly, patterns that enable them to succeed...
Book Lounge - The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman & Nan Silver with Guest Stephanie Coontz
January 27, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work with special guest Stephanie Coontz. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be ...
Book Lounge - The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal
January 20, 2021 15:00 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal with special guest Dr. Ian Taylor. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of ...
Optimize Your Willpower: Book Insight on The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal
January 20, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MB* Several years ago, Kelly McGonigal began teaching a popular course at Stanford University on the science of willpower. * Her students began reporting the life-changing impacts her course had on them. When they understood the science of willpower and practiced the methods she advised, they overcame bad habits, stuck to exercise programs, even kept better bank balances. * Over the years she refined the methods, streamlining the most effective practices through further student interaction...
Book Lounge: The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson (with Adam Ashton)
January 13, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson with special guest Adam Ashton. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated lis...
Small Actions for Big Results: Book Insight on The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
January 13, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MB* When his solar energy business crashed and burned, Jeff Olson had an epiphany. *When people have their backs to the wall, he saw, they will do anything to lift themselves up again, with often awe-inspiring effort. * But when they do pull themselves up again, something happens: they relax a bit and start drifting again toward failure. * When they get low, once again they pull themselves up. * The cycle of failure/survival/success can continue across a person’s lifetime, causing endl...
Book Lounge: Bonus Episode - Behind the Scenes, Faves & More!
December 16, 2020 15:00 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBToday is a BONUS episode of the Book Lounge where Tom & Karin discuss: *Behind the scenes of Book Insights *Their favorite Book Insights of the year *An exciting new project from Memo'd, Book Insight's parent company What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes? Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title sel...
The Life and Politics of Albert Einstein: Book Insight on Einstein by Walter Isaacson
November 25, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MB*Albert Einstein appeared like a shooting star across the sphere of astrophysics while making the first of his great discoveries as a part-time doctoral candidate in Switzerland. *His constantly changing simulations of the universe launched a new foundation for cosmology, and future breakthroughs in physics based on his relativity equations are likely to continue into the coming centuries. *Einstein was a lifelong anti-war activist, risking his life to promote resisting the draft. *Ein...
Book Lounge - Einstein by Walter Isaacson
November 25, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Einstein by Walter Isaacson. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s ne...
Book Lounge - On Writing by Stephen King
November 18, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book On Writing by Stephen King. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new...
Stephen King: How One Of His Characters Nearly Killed Him: Book Insight on On Writing by Stephen King
November 18, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MB*On Writing reveals the master of horror's life in a mixture of memoir and writing tips. *The result is an autobiography with a purpose, or a page-turning writing manual, depending on your needs. *King takes us on a journey from his schoolboy love of gory stories, to his initial fame with Carrie, and to a fateful day in 1999 when his writing career – and life – hung in the balance. *A must-read for all Stephen King fans. For writers, one of the best guides you’ll find for a successful ...
Book Lounge: Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
November 11, 2020 14:00 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s ne...
The Hillbilly Known as The Trump Whisperer: Book Insight on Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
November 11, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MB*Working-class white America and the rest of the country inhabit “two separate worlds”, according to JD Vance. *Most groups in America are intent on giving the best to their kids so they can succeed. Parents from Vance’s Appalachia ‘hillbilly’ culture don’t even seem to know where to start. *Thrift, hard work, ambition, the pursuit of knowledge are alien to them, so it’s little surprise that their children don't succeed. *As long as this continues, underachievement and social problems ...
Gabrielle Union on Life, Love and the Pursuit of Acceptance: Book Insight on We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
November 04, 2020 15:10 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MB* Gabrielle Union has been a model, actress and advocate ever since her first television appearance on Family Matters in 1993. * While she’s best known for her sassy leading role in cult classic cheerleading movie Bring It On, there is so much more to this talented woman than a 90’s teen movie. * In this warm, candid and inspiring memoir, learn about her racially turbulent childhood, her steep learning curve on the way to finding love and acceptance, and the advice she has for anyone who...
Book Lounge - We're Gonna Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
November 04, 2020 15:00 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book We're Gonna Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insig...
Book Lounge: Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
October 28, 2020 13:00 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and ...
Is Fear Keeping You From Getting Rich? Book Insight on Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
October 28, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MB* Money may make the world go round, but most of us were never taught exactly how – financial management is sadly lacking from school curriculums, despite it being a crucial skill in modern society, alongside reading, writing and arithmetic. * Without any training in cashflow management, many people flounder when it comes to money matters and simply knuckle down, in the belief that hard work will earn them more cash and solve their problems. * Robert Kiyosaki explains the flaws in that w...
Book Lounge: The Magic of Believing by Claude M. Bristol
October 21, 2020 14:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Magic of Believing by Claude M. Bristol. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insight...
To Get Results, Expect Them: Book Insight on The Magic of Believing by Claude M. Bristol
October 21, 2020 14:00 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MB* Claude Bristol was a hard-headed journalist, covering the religion beat for a large city newspaper. * He met people from every denomination and sect, and later read hundreds of books on psychology, religion, science, metaphysics and ancient magic. * Gradually, Bristol began to see the ‘golden thread’ which runs through all religions and esoteric teachings: that belief itself has amazing powers. * Most people go through life without realizing the effect that strong belief can have on ...
Book Lounge: The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
October 14, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights...
Are You A Highly Sensitive Person? Book Insight on The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
October 14, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MB* Did you grow up with a nagging feeling that you were different to others? Perhaps you spent a lot of time philosophizing about life and death or writing nature poetry, while other kids your age played Frisbee in the park. Or maybe, as an adult, you find yourself immersed in books while your friends binge-watch serial-killer shows on Netflix. * It's possible that you’re a Highly Sensitive Person. * Psychologist Elaine Aron has spent her career establishing ‘highly sensitive’ as psycholo...
Life Is Difficult: Book Insight on The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck
October 07, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MB* The Road Less Traveled is inspirational, but in an old-fashioned way, putting self-discipline at the top of the list of values for a good life. *If you believe there are no easy ways to enlightenment or even full mental health, that things like commitment and responsibility are the seeds of fulfilment, then you belong in Dr Peck’s world. *The book is welcomed by anyone who has found themselves torn between the science of psychology and the spiritual search. Theme 1: Discipline Theme ...
Book Lounge - The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck
October 07, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, an...
Book Lounge - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
September 30, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights...
Stephen Hawking Explains Earth's Origin: Book Insight on A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
September 30, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MB* A modern classic and international bestseller, A Brief History of Time tackles the fundamental questions of physics – where did the universe come from? * How did it come into existence? Where does it end? – in clear and jargon-free language. * Stephen Hawking, regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of all time, applies his searing intellect to these mind-bending questions, inviting us to share his wonder at the marvels of the universe, from string theory and spira...
Book Lounge - Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
September 23, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes - 22.8 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Bo...
Stephen Hawking Predicts Earth's Future: Book Insight on Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
September 23, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MB* The final book from Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers To The Big Questions leaves us with the world-famous astrophysicist’s thoughts on the universe, its inception, development and uncertain future. *Hawking returns to the questions he was most frequently asked at lectures, interviews and other events – everything from “what is inside a black hole” and “is time travel possible?” to “should we colonise space?” *He provides often mind-bending answers in his distinctive, lucid prose and clea...
Do You Know The Secret? Book Insight on The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
September 16, 2020 14:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MB* Rhonda Byrne stumbled on ‘the Secret’ at a low point in her life, shortly after her father died. *Reading the New Thought classic, The Science of Getting Rich, introduced her to the ‘law of attraction’ and by implementing its message, she soon began to reap the rewards, both personally and financially. *Eager to spread the word, she began developing the idea for a film and interviewed every teacher, writer or speaker that seemed to know about the ‘law of attraction’. *In essence, thi...
Book Lounge - The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
September 16, 2020 14:00 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new...
Book Lounge - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
September 09, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s ...
Why do Oprah, Madonna & Tony Robbins all adore The Alchemist?: Book Insight on The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
September 08, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MB* The lesson to be learnt from this book could be the most important you will ever learn: how to conquer fear and live to the fullest. * Coelho’s is a story that shows us that we can live not only an exciting life, but the best life imaginable. * No matter who you are, no matter where you are from, to travel on your own path is to truly live for yourself, follow your destiny and be aligned with the “Soul of the World”. Theme 1 - Dreams and Destiny 0:30 Theme 2 - The Purpose of Love 8:4...
Malcolm Gladwell Demystifies Success: Book Insight on Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
September 02, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MB* In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell digs deep into the factors which determine remarkable achievement. Success isn’t necessarily out of reach, the domain of the gifted few. * He asks how much is success inherent in the person, and how much is due to environment? The ‘story’ of success, he determines, is a lot more complex than the motivational books or the autobiographies of self-made men would have us believe. * Pure chance and circumstance, opportunity and considerable hard work (he comes ...
Book Lounge - Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
September 02, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBToday in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s n...
Do You Think Fast or Slow? Book Insight on Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
August 26, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MB* Presenting a revolution in behavioral psychology, Thinking, Fast and Slow, uncovers the unconscious flaws and prejudices in our decision-making. * Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman reveals the two ways in which we make choices, his System 1 and System 2: the first is fast, associative, automatic; the second slow, deliberate and more taxing – kicking in when we’re filling out a tax form, for instance, or testing out an argument. * These fundamentally different modes of thou...