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Get the Summary of Gary Zukav's The Seat of the Soul in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In The Seat of The Soul, Gary Zukav shares a powerful discovery he made after studying historical figures like Albert Einstein, William James, and the psychologist Carl Jung. Zukav believes that these thought-leaders (along with many others) developed their ground-breaking theories and game-changing...
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Book Preview: #1 Everyone has a role model, someone who pointed the way at a critical moment in their lives. These children were my role models. They obviously knew something I didn't and I was determined to figure it out.
#2 The debate over whether intelligence is fixed or not has been going on for centuries. Today, most experts agree that it's not fixed, and that people can change...
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Get the Summary of Jordan B. Peterson's 12 Rules for Life in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have...
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Get the Summary Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey's Driven to Distraction in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Procrastination. Disorganization. Distractibility. Millions of adults have long considered these the hallmarks of a lack of self-discipline. But, for many, these and other problems in school, at work and in social relationships are actually symptoms of an inborn neurological...
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Get the Summary of 50 Cent and Robert Greene's The 50th Law in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, best-selling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a "bible" for success in life and work, based on a single principle: fear nothing.
With intimate stories from 50 Cent's life on...
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Get the Summary of Paul T. Mason & Randi Kreger's Stop Walking on Eggshells in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Do you feel manipulated, controlled, or lied to? Are you the focus of intense, violent, and irrational rages? Do you feel you are 'walking on eggshells' to avoid the next confrontation? If the answer is 'yes,' someone you care about may have borderline personality disorder (BPD)....
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Get the Summary of Dale Carnegie's How to Stop Worrying and Start Living in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the late 1800s, the Mayo brothers, famous physicians, estimated that over half of all hospital beds are filled with people suffering from frustration, anxiety, chronic worrying, and despair. Causes of worry are everywhere, so it's imperative that we take time to learn how to...
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Get the Summary of Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones of Happiness in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of what makes the world's happiest places-and shows you how to apply these lessons to your own life.
In this inspiring guide, you'll find game-changing tools drawn from global research and expert insights for achieving...
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Book Preview: You're already high fiving everyone else in your life. Now is the time to high five yourself.
After all, you are the person you're going to spend your life with, before any family member or even soulmate. Therefore, you need to put yourself first and build a strong relationship with yourself. Mel Robbins teaches you how to do exactly that in The High 5 Habit (2021).
This...
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Get the Summary of Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A comprehensive summary of Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell.
Talking to Strangers is nothing short of powerful, insightful, and highly revelatory. Behind many happenings and events lay theories to support claims and opinions put forward...
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Book Preview: #1 The game of life is a game of Giving and Receiving. To play it successfully, we must train the imaging faculty. A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good brings into his life every righteous desire of his heart—health, wealth, love, friends, and perfect self-expression.
#2 The law of substitution states that a right idea is substituted for a wrong...
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Get the Summary of Napoleon Hill's Outwitting the Devil in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: As you read this summary, you will discover that you are solely responsible for your success. You will also discover that : Fear and ignorance are man's worst enemies; The difficult periods of your life are stepping stones that will allow you to rebound better afterwards; Knowing how to surround...
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Get the Summary of Stephen Covey & A. Roger Merrill & Rebecca R. Merrill's First Things First in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that I'm doing what matters most and doing it well?
Does this nagging question haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient?...
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Book Preview: #1 Firefighters must wear bunker gear, which consists of a thick Nomex material that's sometimes used to make space suits. The uniforms are made of this rubbery material.
#2 The daily command staff meeting is held at the St. Louis Fire Department headquarters. The meeting is attended by the battalion chiefs, who must rework the firefighter schedules when people call...
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Get the Summary of Dan Millman's Way of the Peaceful Warrior in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: A book that could change your life: When Dan Millman was a young man, he expected that hard work would eventually bring a life of comfort, wisdom, and happiness. Yet, despite his many successes, he was haunted by the feeling that something was missing. Awakened by dark dreams one night, Dan...
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Book Preview: #1 Behind the convenience store, in full view of a broken surveillance camera, a camping chair and a blood-stained blanket sit abandoned in the urban blight. A passerby peeks over the police tape and proclaims that the suspect got him three times in the back and once in the chest. But that is almost certainly not what happened.
#2 Erika Harden is a civilian crime scene...
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Get the Summary of David R. Hawkins's Power Vs. Force in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Building on the accumulated wisdom of applied kinesiology (diagnostic muscle-testing to determine the causes of allergies and ailments) and behavioral kinesiology (muscle-testing to determine emotional responses to stimuli).
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Get the Summary of Christopher Hitchens's God Is Not Great in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris' recent best-seller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a manmade...
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Get the Summary of Steven C. Hayes & Spencer Smith's Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a new, scientifically based psychotherapy that takes a fresh look at why we suffer and even what it means to be mentally healthy. What if pain were a normal, unavoidable part of the human condition, but avoiding or trying...
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Get the Summary of Gary John Bishop's Unfu*k Yourself in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life is Gary John Bishop's first book, published in 2016. Bishop is a personal development expert, and this book came from years of experience, traveling, and meeting various people from all walks of life. Many people spend a lot of their time in...
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