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Feb 8, 2023 - Book summary of Learning in Adulthood by Sharan Merriam and Lisa Baumgartner featuring: adult learning, self-directed learning, transformative learning, and...

Oct 28, 2021 - A deep synthesis into the thinking of Daniel Schmachtenberger: civilization, game theory, power, exponential tech, disinformation, sensemaking, and more.

May 6, 2023 - Sloww Premium synthesis of No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism by Chris Niebauer (Book + Workbook)

Oct 29, 2021 - A sophisticated simple living argument between W. J. Dawson and an "Earnest Good Person" from the book The Quest of the Simple Life.

May 15, 2023 - Sloww Premium summary with spiritual practices from Be Here Now by Ram Dass: how to witness, self-enquiry practice, where and when practice

Nov 2, 2021 - What is Timeboxing or Time Blocking? See why it's #1 on the Definitive 100 Most Useful Productivity Tips report. Make your to-do list to-done.

Feb 17, 2022 - What is The Consilience Project? The new sensemaking initiative from Daniel Schmachtenberger, Zak Stein, and many more brilliant minds.

Nov 1, 2021 - After the Enneagram tests, I think I'm a combo of Enneagram Types 3, 5, 1 (3w4, 5w6, 1w9). Includes type summaries from The Wisdom of the Enneagram book.

Nov 3, 2021 - The top 5 origin stories for the phrase "Keeping up with the Joneses." Is it a comic strip by Arthur Pop Momand, or the richest of the rich Jones...

Jan 17, 2023 - Excerpt from Thought as a System by David Bohm where science and spirituality converge: matter is a ripple on space & thought is a ripple on consciousness

Nov 2, 2021 - Becoming unbusy is possible! These tips to slow down will help you choose to not be busy and practice slow living in your life.

Apr 28, 2023 - Sloww Premium summary of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki featuring: Buddhism, Zazen, Enlightenment, Small Mind, Big Mind, & more

Mar 3, 2023 - Sloww Premium "Behind the Scenes" series: comparing my own lived experience to Paul Millerd's story he shares in his book The Pathless Path.

Jan 31, 2024 - Sloww Premium Behind the Scenes Series: Alexander Technique course by Michael Ashcroft featuring attention, awareness, inhibition, non-doing, and more

Dec 24, 2025 - How to See No Free Will with the prize-winning essay On the Freedom of the Will by Arthur Schopenhauer

Feb 26, 2024 - Sharon Salzberg quotes on suffering, happiness, love, lovingkindness, interconnection, mindfulness, meditation, breathing, and more

Nov 2, 2021 - Book summary and quotes from The Slow Fix: Solve Problems, Work Smarter, and Live Better in a World Addicted to Speed by Carl Honoré

Nov 3, 2021 - 100+ Comments | Discover the meaning of an existential crisis and how I positively turned it into purpose (video, top quotes, actionable tips, & more)

Oct 28, 2021 - Book summary of Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker — A systems approach to lifestyle design. Become a Renaissance human and retire in 5 years!

Nov 1, 2021 - See how the art of slow living has evolved: slowing down, lighter living, finding purpose, and timeless wisdom (plus the Sloww visual evolution)

Nov 18, 2023 - Book summary of Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential by Brian Johnson featuring: Hero, Eudaimonia, Virtues, 7 Objectives, and more

Nov 3, 2021 - Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter their Home and Life by Joshua Becker from Becoming Minimalist defines rational minimalism and more.

Mar 8, 2022 - Sadhguru quotes on: inner engineering, spirituality, consciousness, seeking vs believing, how to live, suffering, fear, and the future

Sep 20, 2023 - A dedicated library for quick access to Sloww Premium infographics (what I call "photo-synthesis"). Study them, practice them, integrate them, master...

May 10, 2025 - Book summary of The Limits of Thought by David Bohm & Jiddu Krishnamurti featuring: thought, reality, truth, seeing, perceiving, & more

Nov 2, 2021 - The history and evolution of work and busyness in America pre-Industrial Revolution to today. Post 2 of 3 in the busyness series.

Oct 8, 2023 - Book summary of Being Myself by Rupert Spira featuring: Ego (Separate Self), Being (Essential Self), Awareness, I am, Enlightenment, and more

Feb 20, 2024 - Ram Dass quotes on suffering, thinking, separation, identification, spirituality, awakening, perfection, free will, and more

Oct 29, 2021 - Who is Brian Johnson of Optimize? Here's an overview of his virtues, purpose, habits, the fundamentals of optimal living, and much more.

Feb 12, 2024 - Diane Musho Hamilton quotes on: meditation, mediation, sameness, difference, awareness, attention, conflict, regulation, perspectives, selves

Jan 30, 2024 - Tara Brach quotes on trance, suffering, awareness, acceptance, witnessing, awakening, spiritual practices (RAIN, letting go), and more

Mar 24, 2023 - Sloww Premium summary of The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: dreams, domestication, condition of the human mind, four agreements, and more

Oct 20, 2023 - Thought experiment of the college graduate and garbage collector from the Robert Sapolsky book Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Oct 29, 2021 - What are the Ten Bulls or Ten Oxherding Pictures in Zen? See the pictures, story, origin, and meaning of the Zen stages of enlightenment.

Jan 17, 2022 - Book summary and top quotes from Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life by Bill Perkins (9 money rules for living before dying)

Oct 29, 2021 - What is the money middle way? My relationship with money has evolved from "money pay" (non-existent and aversion) to "metapay" (healthy and...

Oct 29, 2021 - Synthesis of The Golden Circle (Start with Why by Simon Sinek) & The Three Layers of Behavior Change (Atomic Habits by James Clear) plus infographic.

Oct 29, 2021 - Premium book summary of Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer: learn how to listen to life's inner voice and find your vocation, gift, and true self.

Nov 2, 2021 - Book summary of Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin including: simple living tips, choosing voluntary simplicity, the history of simplicity, and more

Jan 16, 2024 - Best Pema Chödrön quotes on: suffering, happiness, awakening, presence, uncertainty, breathing, meditating, and more

May 15, 2024 - Combinatorial Creativity examples featuring Maria Popova (Brain Pickings), Everything is a Remix (Kirby Ferguson), & Steal Like An Artist (Austin Kleon).

Dec 8, 2022 - Premium summary of Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows featuring: systems thinking, traps, leverage points, life lessons, and more

Oct 12, 2023 - The beginner's guide to FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) and ERE (Early Retirement Extreme): FIRE blogs, FIRE calculators, FIRE investing, &...

Nov 2, 2021 - 3 ways to take responsibility for your life, understanding the paradox of choice, and the best responsibility quotes of all time

Nov 2, 2021 - Detailed book summary of The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Pastor Rick Warren. Learn God's purpose for your life.

Nov 3, 2021 - The beginner's guide to slow living: slow living defined, slow living bloggers and podcasts, slow living books, quotes, and more (with visuals)

Jun 11, 2024 - Sloww Premium synthesis of Sam Harris on free will featuring: Thought Experiments, Illusions, Practices, Philosophies, Implications, and more

Oct 28, 2021 - Social media is so obsessed with money that it looks like a mental disease. This manifesto helps you conquer your money mind from the desire for more.

May 3, 2023 - Book summary of 50 life lessons from Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly featuring: learning, creating, habits, relationships, and more

Oct 29, 2021 - Detailed synthesis of 55 ways A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle & The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren actually say the same thing about life purpose.

Jan 17, 2023 - Topics introduced include: Intellectual Synthesis, Knowledge Integration, Personal Knowledge Management, Interdisciplinarity, Transdisciplinarity, & More.

Mar 6, 2024 - Book summary of The Art of Contemplation by Alan Watts featuring: polar vision, mutual interdependence, center-surround, ego, Tao, and more

May 15, 2024 - Synthesis quotes on: information overload & knowledge economy, specialization & fragmentation, polarization & unity, the future, and more

Oct 29, 2021 - How to pick a path & make progress in life by synthesizing the books Essentialism by Greg McKeown & Atomic Habits by James Clear (+ Infographic).

Nov 3, 2021 - Book summary of Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner featuring 12 life lessons of my biggest slow living takeaways and favorite quotes from the book

Oct 29, 2021 - Searching for life purpose? I read all the links in the first 10 pages of Google. Highlights including: perspectives, books, questions, methods, and more.

Nov 3, 2021 - What is Digital Minimalism — or Digital Declutter, Digital Downsizing, or Digital Detox? Reduce digital clutter with 10 simple and pro tips.

Nov 3, 2021 - Slow Living 201 is the second post in the slow living series including: the slow movement, slow food, slow cities, slow travel, and slow fashion

Jan 6, 2023 - Human Development 101 featuring: horizontal development and vertical development definitions, 3 developmental metaphors, and more

Nov 20, 2024 - Premium summary of Analytic Idealism by Bernardo Kastrup feat: Physicalism, Idealism, Airplane Dashboard Analogy, Ripples & Whirlpool Analogy

Nov 1, 2021 - Book summary of The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Riso & Hudson: 30+ Enneagram quotes, definitions, origin, personality meets spirituality, and more

Jan 16, 2024 - Religion and spirituality quotes covering: duality, belief, attachment, identity, awareness, awakening, self-inquiry, truth, and more

Nov 1, 2021 - Deep book summary of Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl including: tragic optimism, suffering, existential vacuum, finding meaning, and more

Aug 10, 2023 - Top inquiring and questioning quotes featuring: doubt, discontent, inquiring minds, inquiry, questions, questioning ourselves, and more

Jun 9, 2024 - Jean Klein quotes on self-inquiry, subject & object, consciousness, silence, waiting, knowing, absence, presence, & more

Oct 29, 2021 - Premium summary of The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant: civilization lifecycle, humanity's evolution, paradoxes, progress, future, and more

Oct 13, 2024 - The most popular Sloww posts on: slow living, simple living, book summaries, life purpose, quotes, work, money, and more!

Jan 17, 2023 - Summary and visual of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs on self-actualization: motivations, behaviors, identity, work, money, and more

Mar 8, 2022 - Book summary of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho including 15 legendary themes and 75 quotes on: personal legend, master work, soul of the world, and more

Oct 29, 2021 - Deep thinking to guide your hero's journey to finding life purpose — know thyself, follow your bliss, self-actualization, transcendence, & more.

Mar 29, 2024 - Mini Mind introduces you to a new cognitive concept every day for a year—including all the top mental models, cognitive biases, fallacies, and more!

Nov 3, 2021 - Maybe is a short story about non-judgement from Eckhart Tolle's book A New Earth. Don't be so quick to place a label of good or bad on your life.

Nov 3, 2021 - Words of wisdom from the most viewed commencement speeches including: Oprah, Steve Jobs, Jim Carrey, J.K. Rowling, Stephen Colbert, Bill Gates, and more.

Nov 2, 2021 - Research summary of Conspicuous Consumption of Time: When Busyness and Lack of Leisure Time Become a Status Symbol by Silvia Bellezza, Paharia, and Keinan

Nov 2, 2021 - Book summary of the Slow book by Brooke McAlary including slow living tips and themes: decluttering, mindfulness, purpose, and more

Oct 14, 2024 - The best book summaries website! Why? Most comprehensive, most author quotes, thematic organization, visual formatting, and FREE!

Jan 4, 2025 - The prayer is fire short story from Anthony de Mello highlights the life-transforming difference between religion and spirituality

Jan 17, 2023 - Sloww Premium Behind the Scenes Series: How my Personal Development Journey maps to Ego Development Theory (Sloww Stages vs EDT Stages)

Jan 31, 2024 - Sloww Premium Behind the Scenes Series: Nervous System Mastery course by Jonny Miller: Polyvagal Theory, RISE Framework, Breathing Practices, and more

Mar 8, 2022 - 11 in 1: 11 daily life quotes to read every morning in 1 minute. Start your day positively with these perspective quotes.

Nov 2, 2021 - Research shows working hours haven't increased, and most Americans don't feel busy. So, what exactly is causing feelings of busyness for the rest of...

Dec 7, 2024 - Stage Support is for synthesizers: inquiry, synthesis, transformative learning, interdisciplinarity, meta-crisis, and more

Jan 17, 2023 - Premium Book Summary of How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler — The Art of Reading, Four Levels of Reading, How to Skim, How to Take Notes, & much more

Oct 28, 2021 - A detailed book summary of the left brain right brain hemisphere differences from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist (+ Visual Infographic)

Jul 3, 2024 - Tenzin Palmo quotes on spirituality, identification, thinking, knowing, self-inquiry, direct experience, duality, nonduality, and more

Sep 20, 2023 - Sloww Premium synthesis of Nora Bateson on why stage theory is BS: colonialism, industrialism, eugenics, abductive, transcontextual, and more

Jun 17, 2024 - Gangaji quotes on self-inquiry, mind, objects, stopping, opening, being, consciousness, truth, freedom, and more

Jun 26, 2024 - Book summary of Things That Bother Me by Galen Strawson featuring: the self, narrativity, luck, death, and more

Dec 7, 2024 - Stage 3 is for sensemakers: systems thinking, polarity thinking, cognitive biases, mental models, human development, meta-crisis, and more

Jun 3, 2024 - Pravrajika Divyanandaprana quotes on body, mind, happiness, subject, object, inquiry, awareness, consciousness, Vedanta, and more

Nov 2, 2021 - 5 learnings from my Buy Nothing Year — also called No Buy Year, No Spend Challenge, No Shopping Year, or Shopping Ban. No new clothes for a year!

Mar 18, 2024 - Douglas Harding quotes on headless way, experiments, socialization, spirituality, self-inquiry, realization, and more

Nov 3, 2021 - Book summary and 10 life lessons from Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist

Oct 28, 2021 - The most detailed (and actionable) step-by-step synthesis of Naval Ravikant wisdom available anywhere. Everything from the meaning of life to making money.

Apr 22, 2023 - Book summary of Teaching Complex Ideas by Arnold Wentzel featuring: critical ideas, great explanations, understanding, reasoning, assessment, and more

Nov 2, 2021 - Who is Dr. Bronner? Ever wonder what his soap labels really say? Check out this Dr. Bronner's label summary, his Moral ABCs, Spaceship Earth, and more.

Nov 2, 2021 - Detailed book summary of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle including all the best Eckhart Tolle quotes and themes

Jan 17, 2023 - Book summary of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein — Everything you need to know to become a generalist!

Jul 24, 2022 - Book summary of The Art of War by Sun Tzu translated by Michael Nylan — A new translation of a military classic to aid modern life.