Skip to content
The Unconventional Route
  • Latest & Greatest
  • Topics
    • Success
    • Learning
    • Productivity
    • Relationships
    • Health & Fitness
    • Travel
    • Favorite Things
  • About
  • SPICE UP LIFE
The Unconventional Route
  • Latest & Greatest
  • Topics
    • Success
    • Learning
    • Productivity
    • Relationships
    • Health & Fitness
    • Travel
    • Favorite Things
  • About
  • SPICE UP LIFE

Book Summaries

Growth versus fixed mindset cover image of me re-reading Mindset by Carol Dweck

How to Fix Your False Growth Mindset

A quick quiz, cheat sheet, and refresher on how to separate a false growth mindset from a real one and be less fixed-minded.

Cover of how to be smart with money post of a green brain with a dollar sign

To Be Smart With Your Money, Don’t Be Smart. Act Smart

Quick lessons on how to be smart with your money summarized from Morgan Housel’s book, The Psychology of Money.

The Inner Game of Tennis’ Strategies for Playing Out of Your Mind

Summary of the strategies I learned from Timothy Gallwey’s book, The Inner Game of Tennis, to silence my mind and get better faster.

make your small dinner party memorable cover image

Host Better Dinner Parties With Friends With These 5 Steps

Move over Martha. Follow gathering guru Priya Parker’s counterintuitive advice for throwing memorable dinner parties with friends instead.

Cover image for the new model to acheive self-actualization that replaces Maslow's pyramid

The New Self-Actualization Model That’s Replacing Maslow’s Pyramid

A new model for how to achieve self-actualization is replacing Maslow’s pyramid. And it goes beyond self-actualization.

Find direction in life cover image of silhouette and action board.

Want to Find Direction in Life? Try This 4-Part Formula

Don’t find direction in life. Take it. Here’s the 4-part formula to apply to your own life and make it into a great story.

Books that change your thinking cover image of Chris reading upside down

Books That Change Your Thinking: 15 Books on 15 Different Topics

Books that change your thinking are sledgehammers that tear down old beliefs and help you build new ones. Here are 15 that did so for me.

5 Love Languages summary and explanation cover image of Chris showing Kim the wrong love language

The Five Love Languages Summary for Unsappy People

The simple, unsappy summary of the five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, and how to use them to improve your relationship.

  • ABOUT
  • LATEST POSTS
  • CONTACT
  • Privacy Policy
  • Affiliate Disclosure
2021 © The Unconventional Route All Rights Reserved