"Five, Four, Three, Two, One". In her book “The 5 Second Rule", Mel Robins lays out a habit that she adopted and called the five-second rule. Mel used this rule to counter the negative incentives that frustrated her from doing a lot of work in her everyday life .

The following are the main “Bits to Remember” from her book:
- The five-second rule is a simple habit that pushes you to drive laziness and ignore negative energies in your daily life.
- Do not wait for the most appropriate moment and start the pursuit of your dreams now.
- You cannot always control your feelings, but you must isolate them in order not to affect your choices and decisions.
- Do not regret the time you spend thinking, but re-direct your feelings for gratitude and positive energy.

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The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins (Book Summary)

In his book “Who Moved My Cheese”, Spencer Johnson tells a fictional story of two mice, that are entrapped in a maze where their only source of food disappears suddenly. The story gives a life lesson about adapting to change and steering your life through its toughest moments. 

The following are the main “Bits to Remember” from his book:
- Change is happening and the cheese is constantly moving.
- Change in inevitable and if you don’t adapt you will be destroyed.
- Expect change and get ready when the cheese moves.
- Enjoy the change, taste the adventure and enjoy the taste of new cheese

Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson (Book Summary)

In his book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Stephen Covey presents a state-of-the-art approach that helps us in navigating our lives towards prosperity, and in facing personal and professional challenges.

The following are the main “Bits to Remember” from his book: 
- Changing your perspective is the first step to making radical and positive changes in your life. 
- Be proactive. 
- Begin with end of mind. 
- Put first things first

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey [Part 1] (Book Summary)

An exceptional person may be measured by the having a certain set of factors such as intelligence, talent, and ability, but there are other factors in reality that contribute to the become exceptional. In his book “Outliers”, Malcol Gladwell takes us through a journey of stories to explore the lives of some exceptional people, and how some unexpected factors contributed to their success. 
The following are the main “Bits to Remember” from his book: 
- The value of talent and intelligence is overestimated 
- To be an extraordinary person in a craft, you need to spend more than 10,000 hours practicing it
- The family's social standing and the extent of parenting culture have an influential role in making you an exceptional person.
- Customs, traditions and cultural heritage has a huge role in making you an exceptional person

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Summary)

In his book "Thinking Fast and Slow", Daniel Kahneman takes us on a journey in the human mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. 

The following are the main “Bits to Remember” from his book: 
- The relationship between the first and second thinking system is what determines our behavior and the way we make decisions.
- Laziness in thinking is one of the primary reasons that we make incorrect decisions.
- Do not make any decisions while under the influence of the halo effect or confirmation bias.
- Anchoring is one of the most important reasons for making incorrect judgments.

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Book Summary)

In his book " Rich Dad Poor Dad", Robert Kiyosaki advocates the importance of financial independence and building wealth through investing in assets, real estate, starting and owning businesses, as well as increasing your financial IQ to improve your business and financial talents.

The following are the main “Bits to Remember” from his book: 
- You must choose the right role model to fulfill your dream.
- Fear and greed drive financially ignorant people to make an incorrect decision.
- The poor work for money, and the rich make money work for them.
- You have to overcome all obstacles to success.

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (Book Summary)

Ikigai in the Japanese culture means a reason for living, that all of us have. The residents of the Japanese village that has the world's longest-living people, believe that finding “Ikigai” is the key to a happier and longer life. Ikigai is the place where passion, mission, vocation, and profession intersect.
The following are the main “Bits to Remember” from his book: 
- Work to discover your own ikigai.
- Persistence in stimulating the mind and reducing stress levels helps increase your age expectancy.
- Find your passion and make it a priority.
- Diets and movements are among the most important factors for a happy and long life.

Ikigai by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles (Book Summary)

"Officers eat last" were the words of a Marine Corps general, when Simon Sinek asked him on how he leads his team towards success. The most junior Marines ate first while the most senior Marines took their place at the back of the line. This ritual gives a message that great leaders sacrifice their own comfort and even their survival for the good of their teams.
The following are the main “Bits to Remember” from his book: 
- Feeling safe is the main driver of progress, providing this feeling is one of the basic tasks of the leader.
- Empathy and closeness with people breed a sense of responsibility towards others.
- Integrity and the ability to connect with others, is one of the most important characteristics of a successful leader
- The true meaning of a successful leader is to place the interests of others in front of his interest, in order to achieve a lofty vision.

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek (Book Summary)

By taking us through a number of exciting stories of merchants, and tradesmen, George S. Clason reveals the secrets for creating, growing, and preserving wealth. It carries a great number of tips on how to grow your net worth, get out of financial difficulties, and drive your investments to success.

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason (Book Summary)

From the thoughts and stories of great philosophers like Machiavelli, Sun Tzu and many influential characters in history, Robert Greene summarizes the history of power into 48 essential laws.

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene [Part 1] (Book Summary)

Malcolm Gladwell explains his concept of the tipping point which is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Summary)

From enduring the toughest circumstances in life, to becoming a legendary talk show host and then America's only African-American billionaire, Oprah Winfrey tells her life story in a collection of magazine columns called "What I Know For Sure" column. A great source of inspiration and revelation.

What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey (Book Summary)

A life well lived comes from listening to the advice of others. But with so many competing voices, where do you look? When a student wants to remember the most important parts of a text in school, he highlights them in yellow. Those highlighted words are the ones that must be reviewed carefully to understand the subject and pass the test.

Highlighted in Yellow by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. and Rochelle Pennington (Book Summary)

Soccernomics is a book that looks at football through detailed empirical analysis and deep statistical examination. It studies how football clubs might make profits, and why football is a losing business.

Soccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski (Book Summary)

This is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem.

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Summary)

In this book, Roger Fisher focuses on the psychology of negotiation a method called "principled negotiation", which is based on finding acceptable solutions by determining which needs are fixed and which are flexible for negotiators.

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher (Book Summary)

Erin Meyer helps us understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life.

The Culture Map by Erin Meyer (Book Summary)

Timing is everything. Our lives are a never-ending stream of "when" decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork.

Timing, it's often assumed, is an art. In When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Pink shows that timing is really a science.

When By Daniel Pink (Book Summary)

Nassim Taleb navigates into an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was.

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Book Summary)

Don Tapscott, the bestselling author, and his son, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, bring us a brilliantly researched, highly readable, and utterly foundational book about the future of the modern economy and Blockchain.

Blockchain Revolution by Alex Tapscott and Don Tapscott - Part 1 (Book Summary)

BooksxBits is an initiative with the purpose of spreading knowledge and the culture of reading to all audience around the globe by summarizing the bestselling & most influential books and presenting them in a simplified narrative through customized whiteboard animations. In this initiative, we focus on books that discuss topics of self-development, business, entrepreneurship, philosophy and psychology and a variety of book genres that play a role in educating our social media audience and enriching their knowledge.

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