• Breaking Out of the Cinderella Tale
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 2 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 240 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 283 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.
    Breaking Out of the Cinderella Tale

    A Victorian lesson on how to take control of your own narrative.

  • Nobody Is Perfect
    "Not perfect, but excellent, Donnie!"
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 61 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (13 books with a total of 3026 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3628 minutes (about 61 hours). Learn more.
    Nobody Is Perfect

    Although we all know this adage is true, perfectionism remains one of the main obstacles on the way to achieving common goals and staying motivated. Here is how to overcome it.

  • Companies and Vaccination
    Companies and Vaccination

    The question of the vaccination status of colleagues receives ever greater attention and importance. How do companies deal with the new situation?

  • The Future of Decision Making?
    This 10 min. read saves you up to 35 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 7 getAbstract summaries (5 books with a total of 1738 pages and 2 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2076 minutes (about 35 hours). Learn more.
    The Future of Decision Making?

    AI and the Limits of Common Sense

  • What’s Important in 2021
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 17 hours
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    What’s Important in 2021

    2020 will go down in history as a lost cause. What can you do to prevent yourself and your organization from meeting the same fate in 2021?

  • Our Favorite Books of 2020
    The good old days, when we could still lie in each other's arms: The getAbstract team at the kickoff in Bavaria (Germany) in January 2020. if you turn 180 degrees, you'll see Neuschwanstein Castle.
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 41 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 7 getAbstract summaries (6 books with a total of 2024 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2423 minutes (about 41 hours). Learn more.
    Our Favorite Books of 2020

    Even a messed-up year can produce fantastic new releases. Here, getAbstract team members share their summary favorites.

  • Declaring Human Rights
    This 8 min. read saves you up to 48 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 19 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 2375 pages and 8 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2842 minutes (about 48 hours). Learn more.
    Declaring Human Rights

    Though far from universally achieved, the affirmation of human rights represents the noblest aspirations of humanity.

  • How to Downshift Properly
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 25 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 6 getAbstract summaries (5 books with a total of 1221 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1461 minutes (about 25 hours). Learn more.
    How to Downshift Properly

    To ensure you succeed in relaxing, take the following tips to heart.

  • “Your Level of Social Connection Affects Your Longevity”
    Michael Lee Stallard
    This 19 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 2 getAbstract summaries (one book with a total of 254 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 286 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.
    “Your Level of Social Connection Affects Your Longevity”

    Business author Michael Lee Stallard on how to maintain connections in our private and professional lives – and why the pandemic could improve our working relationships enormously in the long term.

  • Grief – An Often Negated Feeling
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 28 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 9 getAbstract summaries (6 books with a total of 1397 pages, 2 articles and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1672 minutes (about 28 hours). Learn more.
    Grief – An Often Negated Feeling

    How to mourn properly, and how to deal with mourners properly.