“Let Them Theory” is Mel Robbins’ empowering approach to stop people-pleasing, reduce stress, and reclaim emotional energy at work and at home.
Book Review of “Let Them Theory”: How to Build Boundaries Without Burning Out
Book reviews
Book Review and Summary of Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dopamine Nation helps us find balance in a world that encourages us to over-indulge. Dopamine, sometimes referred to as “the feel good hormone”, is essential to our brain function. It helps us feel pleasure as part of our brain’s reward system, helping motivate us to find food and much more. The problem is, compared with read more…
Review & Summary: The Kindness Habit by Allison Clarke
Do you have a kindness habit? Solid science suggests you should—not just for others’ sake, but for your own sake, as well. Your success, health, and even longevity will get a boost if you develop a kindness habit. Fortunately, author and speaker Allison Clarke helps us do just that. The world may not feel very read more…
“Never Split the Difference” Review: How to Negotiate Better
What happens to your brain when you hear or read the word “negotiation?” If you are anything like me (and many people), your heart rate quickens, and you might get a pit in your stomach or feel your shoulders tense up. Why would I even review a book on negotiating—specifically, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating read more…
Summary & Review of Patrick Galvin’s Book “The Connector’s Way”
Science is clear: for most of us, most of the time, the quality of our relationships is the key to our happiness and well-being. Could relationships also be the key to business success? I’m going to summarize and review The Connector’s Way by Patrick Galvin, but to do that well, I need to tell you read more…
[Book Review] Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage the Millennials by Bruce Tulgan
Have you had a chance to manage millennials? With millennials quickly becoming the largest segment of the workforce, you’ve probably worked with one, whether you’re a millennial yourself or part of an older generation. Especially if you belong to an older generation, I’d bet several months of income that, like GenX me, you’ve found it read more…
Book Review: The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
Personnel management is one of the most complex responsibilities of a leader. From hiring, to performance assessment, to coaching and personnel development, a leader has to be sure they’re getting and retaining the best possible team players on the job. But how can a leader find an ideal team player? Patrick Lencioni delves into this concept read more…
Review: 101 Mindful Ways to Build Resilience
This post was written by Happy Brain Science intern Noah Jacobson, who has done great work with us on several occasions. Thanks, Noah! “All it takes is one minute for us to build resilience.” It’s that simple to build mindful resilience. At least according to psychotherapist and award-winning author Donald Altman. His 101 Mindful Ways read more…
Review and Summary of “The Neurobiology of ‘We'” by Daniel Siegel
Exciting, innovative, helpful, incomplete, frustrating, and thought-provoking: all these words describe Daniel Siegel’s audiobook The Neurobiology of ‘We’: How Relationships, the Mind, and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are. I usually try to boil down my book reviews to one helpful sentence for readers who are short on time. But as you can read more…
Book Review: The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath
Why should you read this review of The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath? Because as Vicki Corona said, “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” The Heath brothers would definitely agree with that quote. This pair of professors turned their attention read more…