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Book Preview: #1 Ben and Jerry were two of the chubbiest kids in their seventh-grade gym class. They were lagging far behind the other runners, and Ben didn't have much self-confidence. But he was extremely bright.
#2 Ben was a typical suburban kid who enjoyed hanging out with his friends and going on cruises in his father's car. He was not very interested in academics, but he applied...
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Book Preview: #1 When we become parents, we bring with us issues from our past that influence the way we parent our children. These issues can easily get triggered in the parent-child relationship, and our responses toward our children can be strong emotional reactions, impulsive behaviors, or distortions in our perceptions.
#2 I had similar experiences as a parent, and found that...
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#1 When working with a client, you should always be on the lookout for red flags that might indicate the client is not who they say they are. For example, if a client claims to be from a small town in Israel, but their name is Jesus, you should be suspicious.
#2 When we look to the nature of something, we're looking at it not as it appears through our own eyes but as...
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Book Preview: #1 The sea was a constant in the life of my family. We were English, and we had our own ways of thinking and living that were very different from those of everyone else in the locality.
#2 I had a difficult childhood, and was constantly thrown together with my brother Dominic. We were not made to feel different especially, we just were. We spent much of our free time...
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Get the Summary of Julie Morgenstern's Organizing from the Inside Out second edition in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Organizing from the Inside Out" by Julie Morgenstern presents a philosophy of organization that emphasizes creating systems tailored to individual personalities and needs. Morgenstern, once disorganized herself, emphasizes that organization is a skill that can be learned and is essential in modern...
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#1 Your imagination is the key to exploring your Theater of the Inside. It is a private place deep within yourself where you live, but few people ever visit. It is your Theater of the Inside, which plays constantly around the clock.
#2 The theater is a giant circular space. We can see a domelike structure high above us. The stage is directly beneath the dome. The...
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#1 The human spirit is an inescapable, fundamental aspect of every human being. It takes on whichever character it has from the experiences and choices that we have lived through or made in our past. Our life and how we find the world now and in the future is largely a result of what we have become in the depths of our being.
#2 The Way of Jesus is a revolution of the...
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#1 The inside of a popcorn kernel is made up of a germ, which is the start of a new plant, and the endosperm, which is there to provide food for the new plant. The endosperm is made up of starch packaged into granules and contains about 14 percent water. As the kernels sat in the hot oil, the water began to evaporate, turning into steam.
#2 The rules change when the...
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Get the Summary of Chet Haase's Androids in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In 2004, Android was two people who wanted to build camera software. But they couldn't get investors interested. Today, Android is a large team at Google, shipping an operating system (including camera software) to over three billion devices worldwide.
This is the inside story, told by the people who made it...
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Get the Summary of Lysa TerKeurst's Uninvited in the Room in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Uninvited, Lysa shares her own deeply personal experiences of rejection from the perceived judgment of the perfectly toned woman one elliptical over to the incredibly painful childhood abandonment by her father. She leans in to honestly examine the roots of rejection, as well as rejection's...
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#1 The grift has a gentle touch. It takes its toll from the verdant sucker by means of the skilled hand or the sharp wit. It never employs violence to separate the mark from his money.
#2 The three big-con games are the wire, the rag, and the pay-off. They have taken a toll from a gullible public for over 40 years. They are locating and investigating a well-to-do victim,...
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Get the Summary of Tasha Eurich's Insight in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Research shows that self-awareness-knowing who we are and how others see us-is the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. There's just one problem: most people don't see themselves quite as clearly as they could.
Fortunately, reveals organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich,...
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Get the Summary of Patty Azzarello & Keith Ferrazzi's Rise in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Patty Azzarello became the youngest general manager at Hewlett-Packard at age thirty-three, ran a $1 billion software business at thirty-five, and became a CEO at thirty-eight-all without turning into a self-centered, miserable jerk. In Rise, Azzarello shares the insider secrets to advancing...
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Get the Summary of Martin Aylward's Awake Where You Are in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Life is happening right in front of us, and within us-but still, we manage to miss so much of it.
Awake Where You Are provides the antidote, inviting us to go deep into our own bodies, to inhabit our sensory experience carefully, to learn the art of living from the inside out, and in the process...
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Get the Summary of Gorick Ng's The Unspoken Rules in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: No one tells you how to navigate your first day in a new role. No one tells you how to take ownership, manage expectations, or handle workplace politics. No one tells you how to get promoted.
The answers to these professional unknowns lie in the unspoken rules- the certain ways of doing things that...
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#1 Intermittent fasting is not just for a certain type of person. It is for everybody, and it will help you become the best version of yourself from the inside out.
#2 Part 1, Transform Your Body, Mind, and Health, covers the basics of intermittent fasting and its benefits. You'll learn about the best practices for each key stage of intermittent fasting: the fasting...
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Book Preview: #1 Autocrats are political leaders who reach power through a fairly democratic election, and then set out to dismantle the checks on executive power through populism, polarization, and post-truth.
#2 The second strategy used to gain and keep power is polarization. Relentlessly demonizing opponents and portraying wedge issues that divide the nation are the divisive tactics...
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Get the Summary of Michael C. Bender's Frankly, We Did Win This Election in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Beginning with President Trump's first impeachment and ending with his second, Frankly, We Did Win This Election chronicles the inside-the-room deliberations between Trump and his campaign team as they opened 2020 with a sleek political operation built to harness a surge of momentum...
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#1 You've made the choice to show up for life bright-eyed, energetic, vibrant, glowing, and healthy. You no longer want to see beauty and feel beautiful only when under a cover of foundation and lipstick. You want your best self in every breath, thought, step, and yes, every bite.
#2 The foods that damage your skin, hair, and nails are the Beauty Betrayers. They...
20) Summary of Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges' Lead Like Jesus Revisited: Lessons From the Greatest Le
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Get the “Summary of Summary of Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges' Lead Like Jesus Revisited: Lessons From the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Effective leadership-whether on the job, in the community, at church or in the home, starts on the inside. Before you can hope to lead anyone else, you have to know who you are.
In this newly revised...
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