| Hiya! Nik here with 3 awesome book summaries for you to learn from this weekend. This week, our featured read is... Areté by Brian JohnsonWhen I first started reading book summaries a decade ago, I came across Brian Johnson and his "Philosopher's Notes." On 2-3 pages, he elegantly summarized some amazing reads in perfect detail. Around that time, I watched a documentary about Joseph Campbell, the man who discovered "The Hero's Journey," a universal structure in all human stories. And guess who showed up in there? Brian Johnson. As it turns out, Brian is not just a fellow summarizer and perpetual optimist. He's also a huge believer that we should all be the hero of our own story. So much so, in fact, that he made it his life's mission to help us. His public-benefit corporation, Heroic, aims to help 51% of the human race flourish by the year 2051 thanks to wisdom, philosophy, and good habits. His bestseller Areté, which means "living virtuously," is a big step towards that goal: It provides a whopping 451 short ideas across 7 disciplines to help you achieve your full potential. Here's what you'll learn in today's video:
If you want to discover some of history's greatest ideas and put on your superhero cape for real, watch this video. Not your cup of read? Here are 2 other titles you might enjoy:
This week, I also have a bonus piece for you. It's about choosing what to read, me impulse-ordering $500 of literary classics after abandoning a terrible TikTok romantasy novel, and the importance of educating ourselves. You can read it for free on Medium. It's called: Choosing To Get the Education I DeserveIf you like it, you can leave up to 50 claps (they help a lot) and share it with a friend. That's all for now. Thank you, and as always... Happy reading, PS: Here's a pic of all the books I bought. For the full story, see here.
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