The Wisdom Project

The Wisdom Project encapsulates a diverse range of ideas, aiming to simplify complex, timeless concepts into digestible insights and wisdom. It primarily focuses on personal development, productivity, mindset shifts, and interpreting key ideas from non-fiction literature, offering practical advice for intellectual and emotional growth.

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🤔 How to schedule deep work?

1 implied HN point • 21 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Deep Work Self-Improvement
  1. Deep work is critical in 2024.
  2. Humans need to use more of their brain for large blocks of time for creative deep work to best utilize AI.
  3. Strategies for deep work include time blocking, ritualization, eliminating distractions, setting specific goals, and making it part of your identity.

😎 Smart decisions made easy

1 implied HN point • 14 Jan 24
🚌 Education Wisdom Learning Books Nonfiction
  1. Make decisions at the right time to avoid decision fatigue.
  2. Follow the one-minute rule: if a task takes less than a minute, do it immediately.
  3. Choose to solve powerful problems that you pick, rather than being overwhelmed by painful ones forced upon you.
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🔑 Your Key to Wisdom is here

3 implied HN points • 12 Feb 23
🚌 Education Reading club
  1. The Wisdom Project offers top insights from non-fiction books as quick PDF guides.
  2. You can get the best ideas from a book in less than 5 minutes.
  3. Membership includes discounts and opportunities to vote on future book selections.

🤔 The Poverty Paradox

1 implied HN point • 04 Jun 23
💰 Finance Wealth Productivity Philosophy
  1. Welfare programs can sometimes perpetuate poverty instead of preventing it.
  2. Noise can significantly reduce productivity, be wary of distractions.
  3. Choosing what to focus on and what to ignore can lead to a better life.

Updated: Keys to Wisdom 🔑

1 implied HN point • 26 Mar 23
🚌 Education Books
  1. The Keys to Wisdom collection offers summaries of popular non-fiction books in a beautiful PDF format.
  2. Previous buyers get new summaries for free; discounts available based on location.
  3. The collection will be regularly updated with 3-5 new book summaries each month, so act fast to grab all future updates at the current price.

📖 Mindset: Key Ideas, Notes and Summary

1 implied HN point • 05 Feb 23
  1. Mindset can be fixed or growth-oriented, influencing how we approach challenges and opportunities.
  2. Focus on progress over perfection to achieve success and overcome obstacles.
  3. Mindset matters in various areas of life, impacting relationships, parenting, health, money, and business.

📝 Billion Dollar Problem in education

0 implied HN points • 10 Mar 24
🚌 Education Standardized Testing Creativity
  1. Standardized testing in education stifles creativity and has long-lasting effects on students and society.
  2. Education is often seen as a crucial investment that impacts one's future choices and opportunities.
  3. Key insights from nonfiction books can be condensed into a few ideas to save time and still learn the main points.

🔮 How to predict the future

0 implied HN points • 17 Mar 24
🎭️ Culture Communities Trends Books Networking Entrepreneurship
  1. Trend forecasters read the room, observe patterns, and ride cultural waves like surfers to predict the future.
  2. The future will be about niche networks and communities rather than mass cultural trends, each with its shared values and trends.
  3. You can save time by learning the main insights from non-fiction books in just a few minutes with summaries like Keys to Wisdom.