General Book Summaries
This page contains book summaries of books that I have read. The goal of each book summary is to write down the best lessons and main takeaways from that book.
To read a book summary, you can either click the book cover image, title or “read more” button. I have also included a short description about the books content and my personal 1 – 10 rating. I can just say that every book contains some useful information, some have more the others.
Below you can filter the books based on topic by clicking on a topic.
Personal rating: 10 / 10
This is a book about behaviour science and contains tons of practical advice on how to live a better life. It includes topics like productivity, decision-making, developing your mindset, communication, energy management, and stress reduction
Personal rating: 9 / 10
This is a book about human relations and interaction. The book gives advice on many things such as how to effectively communicate and interact with others in order to build relationships and gain influence. It covers topics such as how to make a good first impression, how to genuinely appreciate others, and how to handle difficult people.
Personal rating: 8 / 10
The main message from this book is that it's not that we have a short life but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough and a sufficiently amount of time has been given to us for the highest achievements if it's well invested.
Personal rating: 6 / 10
This book explains why the secret to success is not only hard work or being gifted but also a combination of other external factors that are outside of our control. The factors that are mainly examined are rare opportunities, lucky events, time and place of birth.
Personal rating: 7 / 10
If we think we are good at reading people, we are wrong. This book explains a couple of things to keep in mind when talking to strangers.
Personal rating: 5.5 / 10
This is a fictional and philosophical book that tells a story about a man who quits his daily life as a shepherd and instead follows his dream.
Personal rating: 8 / 10
This books talks about how tidying up and decluttering our homes will increase the quality of our life. It goes through a process on what things to keep and what things to discard in order to create our ideal home.
