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"How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students", by Cal Newport "How to Win at College: surprising Secrets from the Country's Top Students" was written by Cal Newport, consisted of 75 rules that will help students to be successful in their college's life. This book is very helpful because there are varieties of ideas that author got from the interview of top's student, so you can learn from those techniques and find out what works well for you. Below are the 3 simple rules among the 75 that I summarized from the book "How...

"Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds", by Carmine Gallo As the title of the book itself mentioned about The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of The World's Top Minds, so you may wonder what those 9 secrets are about, right? Of course, Talk Like TED is a good starting point if you want to improve your public speaking skills because the author spent his time to interview and also analyze from the videos of TED's Speakers (the most viewed videos in TED Talks) from all over the world namely as Tony Robbins, Steve Jobs, Bryan Stevenson,...

"13 Secrets You Should Know Before You Die", by Livingstone Imonitie In life, we all are busy chasing after happiness but we sometimes forget that happiness comes from within. Happiness is not all about money, but it can be about the self-value, the value that you add to other lives, experience, adventure, and stories that make us feel fulfilled. Here are some key highlights from the book, "13 Secrets You Should Know Before You Die" that you can learn in order to live your life to the fullest: Have a purpose Your purpose in life should be big, firm, and...

“Who Says You Can’t? You Do”, by Daniel Chidiac Do you really want to change your life? Who Says You Can't? You Do.... Everyone wants to change their lives, but they only keep complaining and take no action. Instead of complaining about life, we all should learn to appreciate who we are and what we have. We often let limiting beliefs prevent us from doing great things. Rather than this, we even let other people's limiting beliefs prevent us to take action. If you want to change your life, you need to change the way you think and start to...

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before    Charming as well as loveable. Follow the life of Lara Jean as she goes through a crisis of having every love letter she has ever written mysteriously be sent out. Becoming more chaotic when both her best-friend Josh, aka her older sister Margot ex-boyfriend, and school wide popular boy Peter receives one. I find this book at times to give a nice laugh and at other times tone down to more serious issues that teens face while venturing into adulthood whereas not destroying the overall atmosphere. Varying from sisterhood, relationships, insecurity, and...