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In The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness (2005), author and entrepreneur Jeff Olson explains how motivated individuals can reap tremendous benefits from cultivating simple, positive habits. Although good fortune can appear to manifest overnight, success is usually the result of years spent consistently making the right choices.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon.)  

This is an analysis of Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual (2017) by Jocko Willink, a collection of tips and strategies for living a disciplined life. Whether one’s long-term goals relate to diet, exercise, or work, self-imposed discipline is a tried and true methodology for reaching an objective.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more. 

In Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World (2013), entrepreneur and marketing expert Gary Vaynerchuk explains how companies can win attention, and ultimately increase their business, by creating advertisements for social media platforms that blend seamlessly with user-submitted content. Get this audiobook now to learn more.

Learn how to manipulate people for personal gain in this audio summary of The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene. Seduction is not merely a matter of sex. It can be a way to make sales, gain political power, or generally persuade others in the service of one’s own goals.

> Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) by Daniel Kahneman is a primer on the strategies that people use to make decisions and evaluate risks, a psychological subdiscipline known as behavioral economics. The author explores the influential psychological theories that he developed in conjunction with his colleague Amos Tversky in the 1970s and beyond. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom (1962) is an overview of some of the ideas that made Friedman one of the most influential economists in history. Although John F. Kennedy’s 1961 call to the American people, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”, was one of the most famous messages of the decade, it was also bad advice.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)  

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (2008) is neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor's reckoning with the stroke she had in 1996, when she was 37 years old. Describing her experience in terms of her brain anatomy and how her symptoms progressed, Taylor combines her perspectives as a scientist and a patient.

Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more about What to Say When You Talk to Your Self (1986) in which self-improvement guru Shad Helmstetter explains how people can gain a sense of inner confidence by changing how they internally address themselves. Most people see themselves as full of boundless promise when they are young.

Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee traces the gradual decimation and confinement of Native Americans during the second half of the 19th century. The narrative makes clear why the Native Americans grew increasingly distrustful of their white American conquerors, faced as they were with a heap of broken promises that ultimately fractured their spirits. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more. 

Fat for Fuel: A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy (2017) by Dr. Joseph Mercola posits that most disease can be traced to metabolic dysfunction. The path to improved metabolic function involves implementing a ketogenic diet and fasting intermittently...

In When Things Fall Apart (1997), American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön, offers lessons on how to move through life's painful moments. Chödrön acknowledges that encountering fear and pain is an inevitable aspect of the human experience.

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love (2010), by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, shares straightforward tips for how to diagnose and fix conflicts that originate in a couple’s attachment styles. Attachment theory studies individual comfort levels with emotional intimacy.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)  

In Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers (2009), Karyl McBride uses her extensive experience as a family therapist to offer a guide to recovery for adult daughters of narcissistic mothers. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (2007) is an allegorical narrative that argues that individuals and businesses alike can prosper by practicing generosity. The book follows the fictional journey of an ambitious but underperforming employee, Joe, who turns to a wise and wealthy man for career advice when he realizes he’s in danger of not meeting his company’s quarterly quota.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)  

In Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone (2017), Brené Brown describes how reaching a place of true belonging can help an individual live a fulfilling life. Brown bases her claims on grounded theory, a research method that examines people's real-life experiences and bases its conclusions on them....

Richard Rhodes’ 1986 Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb narrates the years preceding the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. It focuses on how a group of international physicists uncovered nature’s potential for destruction through advances in nuclear physics and quantum theory. They harnessed the power of physics to develop the first atomic bombs.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)  

Robert Wright's Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (2017) considers Buddhism through the lens of evolutionary psychology, a discipline that regards natural selection as the provenance of many mental traits. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Consumers (1991, third edition published in 2014) by Geoffrey Moore is a guide for high-tech companies that wish to transition successfully from a small, technically minded customer base to a larger general market. Customers within a given market adopt new products at different points during their development.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Listen to this audio analysis of 1984 by George Orwell, a cautionary novel about the abuses of totalitarian government. It tells the story of 39-year-old Winston Smith, a lowly bureaucrat who tries and fails to fight back against his oppressive overlords. 

Elad Gil’s High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People (2018) is a reference guide for founders and executives of fast-growing new technology businesses that draws advice from some of the leading minds in Silicon Valley. Fast-growing startups have unique needs.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)