Episodes

Hemingway was born in 1899, in Oak Park, Chicago. During his life, he fought in both World Wars as well as the Spanish Civil War, which inflicted tremendous damage on him both physically and psychologically. The wars opened h...

The author, Marie-Henri Beyle, is better known by his pen name “Stendhal.” He was born in 1783 in the city of Grenoble in southeastern France. His mother passed away before he turned eight. After his mother’s death, his upbri...

In nature, most showy and beautiful creatures exist for the sake of sex. Plants, in order to spread pollen to as many mates as possible, produce gorgeous blossoms that attract bees. Some animals use their splendid appearances...

The book expounds on the important insight that people are intrinsically moralistic, critical, and judgmental. Haidt argues that morality is a key difference separating humans from other animals. that it is a natural process...

The concept of Emotional intelligence, also known as EQ, was first proposed by two psychologists, John Mayer and Peter Salovey. Daniel Goleman, this book’s author, agrees with this concept and argues that emotional intelligen...

Speech has always been an important weapon for spreading ideas, influencing others, and standing out in political struggles. Confucius, a great thinker and educator in ancient China, traveled to multiple countries for decades...

In December 2017, a statistic showed that 43% of 'Fortune 500' company founders were from an immigrant background. In the top 35 companies, immigrant backgrounds accounted for 57% of founders. Why do people from immigrant bac...

Maye Musk is Elon Musk’s mother who attributes his success to her and the way she has nurtured and influenced him. Elon Musk has publicly stated numerous times that his mother is his hero. Born in Canada, Maye immigrated to …

It has happened to many of us: we were passionate, ready to devote ourselves to our dreams, but we gradually lost our way, forgetting what we wanted in the beginning as we become too busy tackling our lives’ everyday problems...

Before we begin, we need to distinguish between a depressive mood and clinical depression. Despair is a common emotion. For example, if we plan to go hiking with our friends, and they tell us before we set out that they …

When it comes to quality sleep, you may say, I know! Sleeping eight hours a night is enough. But you know what? The eight hours of sleep theory has not been scientifically proven, and if you are constantly obsessing over …

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a condition characterized by difficulties regulating emotion. If a relationship with a certain person has made you feel like you are constantly treading on thin ice and as a result, yo...

Health has long been a topic of discussion for humanity, as it is one of the biggest issues that affects people’s lives. However, the situation is hardly optimistic, with chronic diseases showing a blowout trend, medical expe...

If we were to compress Earth’s 4.6 billion years of history into one single, ordinary day, the first primitive signs of life would emerge at about four o’clock in the morning. Single-celled organisms appeared early but it was...

The novel tells the story of an aristocratic youth Dorian Gray, who is handsome in his appearance and pure at heart. But, under the seduction of a hedonist, Lord Henry Wotton, he makes a pact, trading his portrait image for …

Without having watched a single Major League Baseball game, you probably still know the New York Yankees since they often get mentioned in Hollywood movies. As the wealthiest team, they inject enough money into their team, at...

The story of Tess relates the tragic life of a pure woman beset by hardships, suffering, and abuse. The book’s heroine, Tess, is born into a poor peasant family, victims of the economic recession that hit Europe in the 1870s,...

The first business leader to be labeled "paranoid" was Andrew Grove, the book's author. Grove was the most legendary CEO in Intel's history. In 1968, Grove participated in the founding of Intel Corporation.He single-handedly ...

The novel Crime and Punishmentis written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, who was a realist writer. Alongside Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev, he was one of the three towering figures of nineteenth-century Russian literature. Crime and Pu...

This book aims to help us achieve success, but it’s doing so through a different perspective from other similar books. Some books focus on the duration and efficiency of practices, like the best-selling book Peak, while other...

Think about this question first: Do you look forward to living the good life after retirement? What is it like? Maybe you have planned on playing games all day, are keen to pack your bag and travel the world, or …

As children develop and grow, they sure can cause a series of headaches to their parents. Tantrums, for example, are a common episode. Infants’ interpersonal relationships can also unfold many issues. Imagine that, a moment a...

This book talks about the difficulties and development restrictions women around the world are facing right now, but also is the stories of people working to improve conditions and remove the restrictions. This book is writte...

Speaking of anger, how is your state of mind? Do you experience anxiety, irritability, pain or the inability to communicate? Anger tells us that because of forces we can’t control, we’re not in control of our lives, that we’v...