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Get the Summary of Cal Newport's Slow Productivity in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Slow Productivity" by Cal Newport explores the concept of productivity, particularly in knowledge work, where traditional metrics are ill-suited. The book challenges the 20th-century mindset that equates longer hours with better outcomes, highlighting the pitfalls of pseudo-productivity, which leads to stress and burnout. Newport...
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Get the Summary of Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson's No-Drama Discipline in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The pioneering experts behind the bestselling The Whole-Brain Child, Tina Payne Bryson and Daniel J. Siegel, the New York Times bestselling author of Brainstorm, now explore the ultimate child-raising challenge: discipline. Highlighting the fascinating link between a child's...
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Get the Summary of Jennifer Taitz PsyD's Stress Resets in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Stress Resets" by Jennifer Taitz PsyD delves into the nature of stress and its distinction from anxiety, emphasizing the importance of perception in managing stress. The book explores the concept that stress can be beneficial when viewed as a manageable challenge, highlighting research that suggests a positive stress mindset...
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#1 There are only three things that humans can do: think, feel, and act. We are constantly thinking, feeling, and acting, and we must learn how to direct and control our responses to those who push our buttons.
#2 There are four main screwball feelings: excessive anxiety, anger/defensiveness, depression/burnout, and guilt. If you get excessively anxious, you will not...
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Get the Summary of Thibaut Meurisse & Kerry j Donovan's Master Your Focus in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Master Your Focus" by Thibaut Meurisse & Kerry j Donovan is a comprehensive guide on harnessing the power of focus to enhance productivity and achieve personal goals. The book delves into the concept of focus as a multifaceted tool that can manipulate our perception of time and significantly increase productivity...
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Get the Summary of Alex Soojung-Kim Pang's Rest in 20 minutes.
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Overwork is the new normal. Rest is something to do when the important things are done-but they are never done. Looking at different forms of rest, from sleep to vacation, Silicon Valley futurist and business consultant Alex Soojung-Kim Pang dispels the myth that the harder we work the better the outcome....
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Get the Summary of Glennon Doyle Melton's Carry On, Warrior in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Glennon Doyle's hilarious and poignant reflections on our universal (yet often secret) experiences have inspired a social movement by reminding women that they're not alone. In Carry On, Warrior, she shares her personal story in moving, refreshing, and laugh-out-loud new essays and some of the best-loved material from...
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#1 To make the most of your mental clarity, schedule a time to check your email when you're not at your peak. Your projects and tasks should take precedence when you're most focused. By making this one simple change and properly utilizing your prime time, you can save yourself countless hours each week.
#2 You should have a system for organizing essential and critical...
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Get the Summary of Carla Naumburg's How to Stop Losing Your Sht with Your Kids in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Carla Naumburg's book, "How to Stop Losing Your Sht with Your Kids," addresses the common issue of parental outbursts, or FARTs (Feelings, Automatic, Reactive, Toxic), which are often unconscious and disproportionate reactions to triggers. These outbursts can damage the parent-child relationship, leading...
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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 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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Get the Summary of Jon Gordon's The Power of a Positive Team in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles and Practices that Make Great Teams Great by Jon Gordon: Conversation Starters Positivity coach Jon Gordon talks to many of the most outstanding teams in history and reveals how good teamwork happens and how this is related to the team's success....
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Get the Summary of David McRaney's How Minds Change in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: What made a prominent conspiracy-theorist YouTuber finally see that 9/11 was not a hoax? How do voter opinions shift from neutral to resolute? Can widespread social change only take place when a generation dies out? From one of our greatest thinkers on reasoning, HOW MINDS CHANGE is a book about the...
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#1 Product-market fit is the process of determining if a product is well-suited for its market. It is one of the most important Lean Startup principles, and this playbook will teach you how to achieve it.
#2 Product-market fit is when your product creates significant customer value. It is achieved when your product meets real customer needs and does so in a way that...
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#1 Self-leadership is the ability to manage your own thoughts, behaviors, and actions. It is the foundation for effectiveness and productivity, and for living according to your values and aspirations.
#2 Self-awareness is the skill of being aware of your thoughts, emotions, and values, moment to moment. Through self-awareness, we can lead ourselves with authenticity...
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#1 The most effective leaders are those with high emotional intelligence. They are able to identify and deal with their emotions, as well as the emotions of others, and they are able to motivate and inspire others.
#2 The best leaders are not just good at their jobs, but also have emotional intelligence, which is a group of five skills that enables them to maximize their...
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#1 The difference between the strategies of Murphy and Paley was that Murphy's goal was to make his company more valuable, while Paley's goal was to make CBS larger. Murphy's peers at other media companies did not follow this path, but instead tended to follow fashion and diversify into unrelated businesses.
#2 Roll-ups are a type of acquisition in which a company acquires...
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#1 Tribes are the basic building block of any large human effort, including earning a living. They influence more than teams, entire companies, and even superstar CEOs. They decide whether the new leader will flourish or get taken out.
#2 The Tribal Leader is the person who upgrades the tribe, or the group of people, as the tribe embraces the leader. The leader and the...
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#1 A group is a collection of people with a specific goal or purpose, who recognize and acknowledge their membership in a collective, and who control their interactions with one another. The second characteristic of groups is that they exist for a reason or purpose. Motivation to be in a group is often based around a common goal or purpose. In one study, researchers found...
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#1 Fear is a major factor in people's inability to negotiate. It affects people who negotiate every day, whether they are executives or not. The biggest fears are losing the deal and damaging the relationship.
#2 People are often afraid to negotiate for themselves. They fear that the other side will walk away and lose the deal, particularly when the negotiator does not...
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