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The Challenger Sale - Book Summary

"Taking Control of the Customer Conversation" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson Category: Marketing & Sales

Jan 18, 202422 min

The Broken Ladder - Book Summary

"How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Keith Payne Category: Psychology

Jan 18, 202427 min

The Art of Simple Living - Book Summary

"100 Daily Practices from a Japanese Zen Monk for a Lifetime of Calm and Joy" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Shunmyo Masuno Category: Mindfulness & Happiness

Jan 17, 202424 min

Girl, Stop Apologizing - Book Summary

"A Shame-Free Plan For Embracing and Achieving Your Goals" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Rachel Hollis Category: Career & Success

Jan 17, 202421 min

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - Book Summary

"A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: John M. Gottman and Nan Silver Category: Sex & Relationships

Jan 17, 202427 min

White Trash - Book Summary

"The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Nancy Isenberg Category: History

Jan 17, 202425 min

The Miracle of Mindfulness - Book Summary

"An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Thich Nhat Hanh Category: Mindfulness & Happiness

Jan 16, 202418 min

All Marketers Are Liars - Book Summary

"The Underground Classic That Explains How Marketing Really Works – and Why Authenticity Is The Best Marketing of All" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Seth Godin Category: Marketing & Sales

Jan 16, 202418 min

Morality - Book Summary

"Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jonathan Sacks Category: Philosophy

Jan 16, 202430 min

Beowulf - Book Summary

"A Young Warrior’s Battle With Beasts and His Rise to Kingship" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Unknown Category: Society & Culture

Jan 16, 202418 min

Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World - Book Summary

"Restoring happiness, balance, and sanity to our lives and our planet" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jim Brumm Category: Nature & the Environment

Jan 16, 202426 min

A New Earth - Book Summary

"Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Eckhart Tolle Category: Mindfulness & Happiness

Jan 15, 202418 min

The Ultimate Sales Machine - Book Summary

"Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Chet Holmes Category: Marketing & Sales

Jan 15, 202434 min

Humility Is The New Smart - Book Summary

"Rethinking Human Excellence In the Smart Machine Age" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Edward D. Hess and Katherine Ludwig Category: Motivation & Inspiration

Jan 15, 202417 min

Eat to Beat Your Diet - Book Summary

"Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: William W. Li Category: Health & Nutrition

Jan 15, 202419 min

We Are Displaced - Book Summary

"My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Malala Yousafzai Category: Biography & Memoir

Jan 15, 202428 min

The Four Noble Truths of Love - Book Summary

"Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Susan Piver Category: Mindfulness & Happiness

Jan 14, 202420 min

Between the World and Me - Book Summary

"The 2015 National Book Award Winner is a deep look at being black in America today" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Category: Biography & Memoir

Jan 14, 202421 min

Ten Arguments for Deleting your Social Media Accounts Right Now - Book Summary

"Regain your autonomy online" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jaron Lanier Category: Society & Culture

Jan 14, 202432 min

The Five Elements of Effective Thinking - Book Summary

"Five ways to make better decisions." 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird Category: Career & Success

Jan 14, 202432 min

The Distraction Addiction - Book Summary

"Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues and Destroying Your Soul." 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Category: Mindfulness & Happiness

Jan 14, 202422 min

Ikigai - Book Summary

"The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Hector Garcia Puigcerver and Francesc Miralles Category: Career & Success

Jan 13, 202426 min

Switch - Book Summary

"How to Change Things When Change Is Hard" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Chip Heath & Dan Heath Category: Marketing & Sales

Jan 13, 202426 min

How You Say It - Book Summary

"Why You Talk the Way You Do – and What It Says About You" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Katherine D. Kinzler Category: Communication Skills

Jan 13, 202423 min

Lean In - Book Summary

"Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Sheryl Sandberg Category: Career & Success

Jan 13, 202431 min

Wuhan Diary - Book Summary

"Dispatches from a Quarantined City" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Fang Fang Category: Biography & Memoir

Jan 13, 202430 min

Measure What Matters - Book Summary

"How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: John Doerr Category: Corporate Culture

Jan 12, 202421 min

Distinction - Book Summary

"A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Pierre Bourdieu Category: Society & Culture

Jan 12, 202445 min

Brain Maker - Book Summary

"The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect your Brain – for Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Dr. David Perlmutter with Kristin Loberg Category: Health & Nutrition

Jan 12, 202428 min

The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is - Book Summary

"A History, A Philosophy, A Warning" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Justin E.H. Smith Category: Philosophy

Jan 12, 202425 min

Wagnerism - Book Summary

"Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Alex Ross Category: History

Jan 12, 202427 min

Retrain Your Brain - Book Summary

"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Seth J. Gillihan Category: Health & Nutrition

Jan 11, 202419 min

The Inevitable - Book Summary

"Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Kevin Kelly Category: Technology & the Future

Jan 11, 202423 min

The No Contact Rule - Book Summary

"A guide to surviving your breakup with your self-respect in tow" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Natalie Lue Category: Sex & Relationships

Jan 11, 202426 min

The Art of Gathering - Book Summary

"How We Meet and Why It Matters" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Priya Parker Category: Society & Culture

Jan 11, 202424 min

The Story Factor - Book Summary

"Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Annette Simmons Category: Communication Skills

Jan 11, 202423 min

13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do - Book Summary

"Raising Self-Assured Children and Training Their Brains for a Life of Happiness, Meaning, and Success" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Amy Morin Category: Parenting

Jan 10, 202428 min

The Art of Influencing Anyone - Book Summary

"The classic must-read for anyone who wants to learn how to sound more convincing and persuasive" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Niall Cassidy Category: Marketing & Sales

Jan 10, 202424 min

So You Want to Talk About Race - Book Summary

"An examination of the complex system of racism in the United States" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ijeoma Oluo Category: Society & Culture

Jan 10, 202431 min

The 2-Hour Job Search - Book Summary

"Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Steve Dalton Category: Career & Success

Jan 10, 202426 min

The Sell - Book Summary

"The Secrets of Selling Anything to Anyone" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Fredrik Eklund Category: Marketing & Sales

Jan 10, 202421 min

A Monk's Guide to Happiness - Book Summary

"Meditation in the 21st Century" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Gelong Thubten Category: Mindfulness & Happiness

Jan 9, 202425 min

The New Jim Crow - Book Summary

"Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Michelle Alexander Category: Society & Culture

Jan 9, 202424 min

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2021 - Book Summary

"Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Richard N. Bolles with Katharine Brooks Category: Career & Success

Jan 9, 202427 min

The Quick Fix - Book Summary

"Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jesse Singal Category: Psychology

Jan 9, 202428 min

Who Can You Trust? - Book Summary

"How Technology Brought Us Together – and Why It Could Drive Us Apart" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Rachel Botsman Category: Society & Culture

Jan 9, 202426 min

Capitalism and Freedom - Book Summary

"The definitive statement of Friedman's immensely influential economic philosophy" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Milton Friedman Category: Economics

Jan 8, 202423 min

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - Book Summary

"An introduction to race and race-related issues in America" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Emmanuel Acho Category: Society & Culture

Jan 8, 202430 min

An Ugly Truth - Book Summary

"Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang Category: Technology & the Future

Jan 8, 202428 min

Positioning - Book Summary

"The Battle for your Mind: How to be seen and heard in the overcrowded marketplace" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Al Ries and Jack Trout Category: Marketing & Sales

Jan 8, 202418 min