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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jon Gordon's The Energy Bus
Positive people and positive teams manifest positive outcomes. The key ingredient? Positive energy.
In The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy (2007), Jon Gordon explains how to cultivate positive energy in your life and career, which you then can share with your coworkers, customers, organization, team, friends, and family. Gordon uses the...
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Buy now to get the Key Takeaways from Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking.
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1) We all experience feelings of inferiority which we carry with us from childhood into adulthood. The first thing you need to do to get over this inferiority complex is figure out where it stems from, perhaps with the aid of a counselor.
2) Always remember that God is on your side. With him, everything is possible, even if you don't...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor.
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1) The definition of an investment is clear: it's an operation which, after careful analysis, promises safety of principal and adequate returns.
2) There are three parts to the process of investing. First, before buying a stock, you must make a thorough analysis of a company and the soundness of its underlying businesses. Second, you need to protect...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein
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1) Nowadays, we are relentlessly and endlessly bombarded with new information. There's always much to remember, yet our brains capture so little of that information. Even the stuff that's worth remembering often makes only a short-lived impression on us before disappearing forever.
2) Education has been tainted by the boring tradition of rote learning....
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Summary of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit is a thorough examination of several case studies about how habit formation and habit change impact daily life. It details the experiences of individuals, corporations, and organizations to illustrate how habits are made and why, how they can be changed, how habits of all kinds are used in businesses to attract customers or manage employees, and the devastating results of a poorly managed habit…
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Summary of Geoffrey Parker's Platform Revolution is a comprehensive look at the emergence of platforms as market dominators, their competition against pipeline businesses, and best practices in founding and managing platforms.
Platforms connect two types of users in order to exchange something of value. This is different than the traditional pipeline model of business where something of value is created by transferring it from producer to producer...
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Summary of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point applies the logic of biological contagion to a wide range of social phenomena, such as crime waves, that function similarly to epidemics. The moment when a small-scale pattern gains exponential momentum and transforms into a widespread phenomenon is known in sociology as its Tipping Point…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jeff Bezos's Invent and Wander
By staying patient and keeping his eye on the distant horizon, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has focused on his company's long-term goals and kept going despite many failures and losses. Invent and Wander (2020) is a compilation of his writings, speeches, and annual shareholder letters. Together, they give readers an insight into his life and background, and the long path he's taken...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Becca Anderson's Badass Affirmations
In Badass Affirmations (2018), Becca Anderson reminds women of their strengths and capabilities and explains how to unlock them. Becca features numerous successful women as examples and briefly shares the stories of some of the most famous names among them. By emphasizing self-confidence and self-belief, as they did, every woman can access her inner power.
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Voddie T. Baucham's Fault Lines
In Fault Lines (2021), Voddie T. Baucham addresses the recent growth of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the United States, especially after the death of George Floyd and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement. This has resulted in the increased adoption of its byproduct, Critical Social Justice (CSJ), and its worldview among many Americans in general and Christians specifically.
Baucham...
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Summary of Sejal Badani's Trail of Broken Wings is a novel by Sejal Badani. The novel follows the story of a family who immigrated to California from India, focusing mainly on three sisters who suffered incredible abuse at the hands of their father, Brent. When Sonya, the youngest, arrives home shortly after her father falls into a coma, the three women and their mother are forced to confront the abuse and the ways in which it altered their lives.
Upon...
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Summary of Jon Meacham's Destiny and Power is a biography of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, who served from 1988 to 1992. The author argues that as president and as a politician, Bush used prudence and compromise to an extent that would seem out of place in today's era of highly partisan US politics.
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Steven Pinker's Rationality
Rationality is essential. It shapes decisions that affect our lives and the public, and is the greatest leader of moral advancement and social justice. In Rationality (2021), Steven Pinker refutes the cliché that human beings are an irrational species, eternally doomed with biases, errors, and illusions. After all, humans uncovered the unfathomable laws of nature, extended and enhanced...
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Summary of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel set in a version of the United States that has been overthrown by religious fundamentalists. In what was once most likely Massachusetts, under the militaristic regime of the Republic of Gilead, women no longer have civil rights or autonomy...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Nicholas Sparks's Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks's novel Safe Haven (2010) is a story of hope and love prevailing against abuse and distress. With a fake identity and very little money, a mysterious young woman named Katie arrives in Southport, North Carolina, leaving behind a life engulfed in torture and horror. As she tries to heal her scars and trust people again, she meets Alex, a widowed father of two, who...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Erin Meyer's The Culture Map
Culture differences impact all aspects of international interactions, and they are especially relevant in business. In The Culture Map (2014), Erin Meyer, an expert on cross-cultural management, breaks down cultural differences that impact business interaction into eight linear scales. She explains how and why countries are placed along the scales and offers useful strategies for...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Devora Zack's Networking for People Who Hate Networking
Typical networking books are aimed at extroverts who already are familiar with the concept and enjoy going out and making connections. These how-to books, however, tend to feel like gibberish to introverts who want nothing to do with networking. In Networking for People Who Hate Networking (2010), Devora Zack reaches out to introverts and outlines effective...
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Summary of Napoleon Hill's The Path to Personal Power, in 1908 Napoleon Hill purportedly met American industrialist Andrew Carnegie. In a series of interviews, Carnegie laid out his secrets to success and charged Hill with seeking further wisdom from other successful individuals including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Dr. Elmer Gates…
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Summary of Gary Keller & Jay Papasan's The ONE Thing is a business-centered, self-help book about finding a more narrow focus in life. Keller's business life was busy and cluttered until he came to the realization that, by stepping down from his position as chief executive officer and focusing on building the company through a concentrated task, he could facilitate stronger growth than what he created by being involved in many different tasks. Just...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Thick Nhat Hanh's The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
In The Heart of Buddha's Teaching (1998), Thich Nhat Hanh dives deeply into the teachings of Buddhism, bringing forth its accessibility and application in our daily lives. He covers the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, and much more, providing the fundamentals of Buddhist thought.
With eloquence and spirituality,...
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