Month: January 2026

Author: Michael P. Nichols _Michael P. Nichols_ Reading time: 18 minutes Synopsis The Lost Art of Listening (2009) explains why conversations sometimes go wrong. It shows how people, even those who mean…

Author: Richard Stengel _Richard Stengel_ Reading time: 27 minutes Synopsis Mandelas Way (2010) shows us how Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) became the amazing person we know today. His story teaches us to be…

Author: Thomas Mann _Thomas Mann_ Reading time: 21 minutes Synopsis Thomas Mann’s classic novel Buddenbrooks (1901) tells the story of an important merchant family from Lübeck. Over several generations, the family slowly…

Author: Kyle Austin Young _Kyle Austin Young_ Reading time: 24 minutes Synopsis The book Success is a Numbers Game (2025) shares a big secret. For every goal, there are hidden chances of…

Author: Joseph Nguyen _Joseph Nguyen_ Reading time: 20 minutes Synopsis The Overthinker’s Guide to Making Decisions (2025) looks at why many people get stuck when they think too much or are unsure….

Author: Christina Calaminus Christina Calaminus Reading time: 16 minutes Synopsis 30 Things You Don’t Have To Have Achieved By 30 (2025) helps many people, especially women, feel less pressure today. We look…

Author: Stephen Webb _Stephen Webb_ Reading time: 20 minutes Synopsis If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens … Where Is Everybody? (2002) looks at the famous Fermi paradox. This is the puzzling…

The writer of this piece is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Reading time: 22 minutes Synopsis Faust (1808) tells the story of a scholar, Faust, who despite his extensive education, realizes that true…

Author: Francis Fukuyama _Francis Fukuyama_ Reading time: 22 minutes Synopsis In The End of History (1992), we ask if human history has a clear plan. Or is it just a series of…

Author: Tim Minshall _Tim Minshall_ Reading time: 25 minutes Synopsis Your Life Is Manufactured (2025) looks at the hidden ways things are made. It follows how products travel from factories to when…