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Get the Summary of Nick Trenton's Stop Overthinking in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Stop Overthinking is a book that understands where you've been through,the exhausting situation you've put yourself into, and how you lose your mind in the trap of anxiety and stress. Acclaimed author Nick Trenton will walk you through the obstacles with detailed and proven techniques to help you rewire...
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Get the Summary of Katherine Clarke's Billionaires' Row in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Billionaires' Row, Katherine Clarke reveals the captivating story of how, in just a few years, the ruthless real-estate impresarios behind these "supertalls" lining 57th Street turned what was once a run-down strip of Midtown into the most exclusive street on Earth, as legendary Trump-era veterans...
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Book Preview: #1 Your brain is focused on survival, and it is not easy being a survivor. You have inherited a brain that is focused on survival, and it is not easy being a survivor.
#2 The four happy chemicals are dopamine, endorphin, oxytocin, and serotonin. They are triggered when your brain sees something that is good for your survival, and they turn off when something bad crosses...
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#1 We have way too much clothing, and we've been led to believe that we don't have enough. We don't have the right shoes, the trendy coat for the season, the perfect little black dress, or the latest and greatest handbag.
#2 The 333 project is a minimalist fashion challenge where you dress with only 33 items for 3 months. You can either be all in or all out. Don't worry...
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#1 HPM and SBR are six types of responses that can be used to break the ice and start conversations with anyone. They are helpful because they can help you find topics to talk about and respond to people.
#2 HPM stands for History, Philosophy, and Metaphor. It involves your personal experience regarding a topic, your personal stance, take, or opinion on a specific topic,...
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#1 When a donated kidney becomes available in the United States, it is evaluated for matches and then offered on a first-come, first-served basis to the matched individuals on the wait-list. This means that, when a person at the top of the queue rejects a kidney, others in line have to decide whether to accept that same, previously rejected kidney.
#2 We are all...
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Get the Summary of Keith J. Cunningham's The Road Less Stupid in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The Road Less Stupid (2017) is a treasure trove of wisdom for business leaders, focusing on the critical importance of thoughtful decisions. Business expert Keith J. Cunningham offers a guide for making intelligent decisions to avoid unnecessary losses. His reflective practice, which he calls Thinking Time, enhances...
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Book Preview: #1 Keri was already aware of what was making her sick: chemicals. She had figured out that she had at least one dirty gene, which was causing her to have a difficult time detoxing.
#2 The MTHFR gene is crucial to the body's most important biological process, methylation. As a result, a dirty MTHFR creates not only anxiety and depression, but a host of other symptoms,...
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#1 Sam Zemurray, the man who created the banana, was born in 1877 in the region of western Russia known as Bessarabia. He grew up on a wheat farm in a flat country ringed by hills. He went to America in 1892 to establish himself and send for his family.
#2 Sam was extremely ambitious, and he knew exactly how to get ahead. He believed in staying close to the action, and...
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Get the Summary of Michael Lewis's Flash Boys in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post—financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they...
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#1 I had flown to Madrid to meet with Spain's top anti-corruption prosecutor, José Grinda. I'd come to share evidence about how dirty money was used to purchase luxury properties along Spain's Costa del Sol.
#2 I was arrested in Madrid by Spanish police on an Interpol arrest warrant issued by the Russians. I was taken to the police station, and the managers there tried...
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Get the Summary of Kara Swisher's Burn Book in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Burn Book" by Kara Swisher is a personal narrative that delves into the author's extensive career in tech journalism, covering the lives and businesses of industry giants like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Steve Jobs. Swisher shares her journey from a young girl in Roslyn Harbor to a prominent journalist at the forefront of the digital...
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Book Preview: #1 Uric acid is a compound that comes from only three sources: fructose, alcohol, and purines. It is strongly related to being overweight or obese, as well as the risk of cardiovascular problems and hypertension.
#2 The laws of nature, such as the effects of gravity, the principles of time and space, and the importance of food and water to human survival, were established...
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Get the Summary of Cal Newport's Slow Productivity in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Slow Productivity" by Cal Newport explores the concept of productivity, particularly in knowledge work, where traditional metrics are ill-suited. The book challenges the 20th-century mindset that equates longer hours with better outcomes, highlighting the pitfalls of pseudo-productivity, which leads to stress and burnout. Newport...
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#1 The key to quickly scaling your following is an agile approach of producing, testing, and measuring how people respond to your content in real time. It's a great strategy for those who don't have three or four years to invest in building their platform.
#2 The three steps to gaining one million followers are hypothesize, test, and pivot. You should test many different variations...
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Get the Summary of S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia...
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Get the Summary of James Lindsay's “Race Marxism” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Critical race theory is one of the hottest and most controversial topics in the world today, but what is it, really? Rightly understood, critical race theory is a reinvention of an older, terrible idea, Marxism, using race "as the central construct for understanding inequality" in place of economic...
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Get the Summary of Nicole Perlroth's This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected. One of the most coveted tools in a spy's arsenal, a zero day has the power to silently spy on your iPhone, dismantle the safety controls at a chemical plant, alter an election,...
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Get the Summary of L. David Marquet's Turn the Ship Around! in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Marquet acted like any other captain until, one day, he unknowingly gave an impossible order, and his crew tried to follow it anyway. When he asked why the order wasn't challenged, the answer was "Because you told me to." Marquet realized he was leading in a culture of followers, and they...
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Get the Summary of Reeves Wiedeman's Billion Dollar Loser in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Christened a potential savior of Silicon Valley's startup culture, Adam Neumann was set to take WeWork, his office share company disrupting the commercial real estate market, public, cash out on the company's forty-seven billion dollar valuation, and break the string of major startups unable to...