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Get the Summary of Sabri Suby's Sell Like Crazy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: How do I know? Well, five short years ago I was dead broke. I'd just started my business from a rented bedroom. With no more than $50 and an old computer that my girlfriend bought me. I was desperately searching for clients and practically "begging" people just to speak with me.
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Get the “Summary of Brittany Hennessy's Influencer” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Every one of your favorite influencers started with zero followers and had to make a lot of mistakes to get where they are today, earning more money each year than their parents made in the last decade. But to become a top creator, you need to understand the strategies behind the Insta-ready lifestyle...
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#1 Erik was in over his head, and he knew it. He was a rookie pilot, and he'd been in and out of cloud for most of his outbound flight from Grande Prairie. He was running late, and he had passengers bound for the small communities of High Prairie and Fairview.
#2 The author, Erik, was the pilot on Wapiti Flight 402. He had to warn his passengers about the flight if...
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#1 The left has completely lost its mind. It is now authoritarian and puritanical, and it has replaced the battle of ideas with a battle of feelings. It has replaced honesty with outrage.
#2 I was a closeted gay man for twenty-five years, and it nearly broke me. I developed a habit of downing bottles of cheap red wine alone in my apartment. One day in September 2001,...
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Get the Summary of Teresa Torres' Continuous Discovery Habits in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: How do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that creates value for your business?
In this book, you'll learn a structured...
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Get the Summary of Erin Werley's One Truth One Law in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "One Truth One Law" by Erin Werley is a spiritual exploration of the concept that every individual is an extension of a singular divine consciousness, referred to as "I Am" or God. The book delves into the idea that the physical universe originated from the thoughts of this consciousness and that every person has the inherent ability...
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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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Get the Summary of Patrick M. Lencioni's The Motive in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In what may be his edgiest page-turner to date, Lencioni thrusts his readers into a day-long conversation between rival CEOs. Shay Davis is the CEO of Golden Gate Alarm, who, after just a year in his role, is beginning to worry about his job and is desperate to figure out how to turn things around....
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Get the Summary of James Kerr's Legacy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In today's volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment, personal leadership has never been more relevant and Legacy goes to the heart of how great leaders - and we are all leaders - 'reboot' and reframe their future.
It is a truly life-defining read that addresses the big questions - values, vision,...
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Get the Summary of Larry Kendall's Ninja Selling in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Ninja Selling, author Larry Kendall transforms the way readers think about selling. He points out the problems with traditional selling methods and instead offers a science-based selling system that gives predictable results regardless of personality type. Ninja Selling teaches readers how to shift...
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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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#1 The biggest flaw of investing time in self-esteem and self-confidence is that they do not provide a means to reorient your life toward justice and compassion. Self-esteem and self-confidence are not scalable, and they are ultimately doomed to fail if they are fueled by ego and external factors.
#2 Self-acceptance is often used as a synonym for acquiescence. We accept...
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Get the Summary of John P. Kotter's Leading Change in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: John Kotter's now-legendary eight-step process for managing change with positive results has become the foundation for leaders and organizations across the globe. By outlining the process every organization must go through to achieve its goals, and by identifying where and how even top performers derail...
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Book Preview: #1 The gap is the space between where you are and where you want to be. Companies that close the gaps in business best, win.
#2 We all have gaps in life, between where we are and where we want to be. These gaps are human nature. Without them, we would have no hopes, dreams, or aspirations. But while there's nothing more human than dreaming of leaping a gap, there are...
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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 Jennette McCurdy's “I'm Glad My Mom Died” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So, she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself...
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#1 Sidewalks and streets in cities serve many purposes besides carrying vehicles, and city sidewalks serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians. These uses are bound up with circulation, but are not identical with it.
#2 The public peace of cities is not kept primarily by the police. It is kept primarily by an intricate network of voluntary controls and...
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#1 I lived in Jerusalem for several months in the early 1990s, doing research in the private libraries of some of the city's oldest families. I found a worldly man with a broad education who was deeply interested in comparative religion.
#2 Yusuf Diya was an Ottoman government official who spent much of his career training to be a diplomat. He was also elected as the...
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Get the Summary of Ethan M. Rasiel's The McKinsey Way in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: It's been called "a breeding ground for gurus." McKinsey & Company is the gold-standard consulting firm whose alumni include titans such as "In Search of Excellence" author Tom Peters, Harvey Golub of American Express, and Japan's Kenichi Ohmae.
When Fortune 100 corporations are stymied, it's the...
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Get the Summary of Nina Burleigh's Mirage in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Mirage" by Nina Burleigh recounts Napoleon Bonaparte's secretive 1798 expedition to Egypt, involving a fleet of 300 ships, 34,000 troops, 16,000 sailors, and 151 scholars and artists. The mission aimed to undermine British trade routes and expand French influence. The scholars, including prominent figures like Gaspard Monge and Claude-Louis...