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This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original audiobook. Noah Harari will challenge the way you look at the world, the future, and yourself in his third number-one best-selling book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.

In Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction, Chris Bailey explores the inner workings of your mind and how controlling your awareness is critical to achieving success and happiness. In a world filled with distractions, how is it possible to get any work done? Bailey offers practical solutions you can use every day to boost your productivity and creativity. This is possible by combining the power of hyperfocus and scatterfocus. Please note: This is not the original book.

Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life is a guide to civility, modern etiquette, and treating others with care and respect. Authored by White House social secretaries Lea Berman and Jeremy Bernard, this book gives civility insights alongside White House anecdotes. Don't miss out on this ZIP Reads summary of Treating People Well. Learn how simple etiquette can change your work and life.

This ZIP Reads summary provides key takeaways and analysis from Pink's number-one best-selling book, To Sell Is Human. This revolutionary look at sales and selling will change the way you think, work, and sell.

This is an audio summary and analysis of Daniel Coyle’s The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. Author Daniel Coyle shares the secrets to creating a successful organizational culture. Drawing from various examples, Coyle shows that everyone from companies to comedy troupes can have success with three simple conditions.

Psychiatrist and mental health professional Daniel J. Siegel, MD, has written another in-depth book describing not only how the brain functions, but explaining how individuals can access the deepest recesses of the mind to change and integrate new and healthy pathways to better thinking. Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence - The Groundbreaking Meditation Practice provides tremendous insight into improving mental health and overall happiness.

In her fifth #1 New York Times Bestseller, Brené Brown digs deep into the paradoxical strength that lies at the heart of vulnerability, encouraging readers to find the courage to embrace daring leadership. Dare to Lead is a step-by-step user manual to bring joy, fairness, and authenticity into the workplace. Brown presents clear strategies to help readers become more effective leaders by understanding basic human psychology and the need for connection.

John Doerr presents an engaging, easy-to-listen, and practical methodology for realizing your professional goals through OKRs, or, Objectives and Key Results in his bestselling book, Measure What Matters. The OKR goal-setting system provides a robust methodology for helping companies realize their full potential. With case studies from a wide range of organizations, OKRs are presented in a practical way, allowing the listener to implement them in one of a variety of forms.

This is an audio summary and analysis of Fanatical Prospecting, one of the best-selling sales books of all time. Jeb Blount's wisdom and experience will help you close more deals and keep your pipeline flowing.

The Tangled Tree is David Quammen's detailed, fascinating, and artful look into the history of evolutionary biology and the brilliant minds behind it, as well as the answers to those eternal questions: who are we and where did we come from? The Tangled Tree is so much more than a book about evolution. Quammen covers every facet of this incredible story from the personal history of Charles Darwin to the technological hurdles facing scientists today.

Nassir Nicholas Taleb challenges conventions about success, change, and equanimity in his best-selling book Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life. Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. If you'd like to purchase the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.

In Everything Happens for a Reason, Kate Bowler asks some serious questions regarding some of the statements people make whenever someone is going through a tragedy. She opens up about how her regular life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She pulls no punches as she tries to figure out why, at the age of 35, she is dying and leaving behind her beloved family, yet she has always had faith in God. Disclaimer: This audiobook is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Everything Happens for a Reason.

This is an audio summary and analysis of the book Mind to Matter by Dawson Church. Quickly learn how you can focus your own energy to physically alter the world around and within you and connect with a higher plane of existence.

This is an audio summary and analysis of Hans Rosling's groundbreaking book, Factfulness. Intended as a companion to the original book, this summary includes a synopsis of the original book, Rosling's original quiz, an editorial review, background on the author, and more.

This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans. A bold tribute to the man of the hour in the 1814 Battle for New Orleans, the story of Andrew Jackson embodies what it is to be an American. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans is the inspirational story of a tumultuous time which changed the course of the American nation, led by an unassuming man who refused to relent.

This is an audio summary and analysis of the book The Salt Fix by Dr. James DiNicolantonio. Medical researcher Dr. James DiNicolantonio presents some astounding findings regarding the long-standing demonization of salt in our diets.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. Columnist and running enthusiast Alex Hutchinson attempts to discover the secret behind the performance of the most successful endurance athletes. Based on scientific experiments and personal experiences, he shows you how you too can stretch the limits of your mind and body.

Stephen Hawking’s final book is a brilliant yet succinct look into some of the biggest questions that face humanity, such as "Where did it all begin?" and "Is time travel possible?" While the first six questions look towards issues science may already be able to answer (at least to some degree), the last four questions focus on Hawking’s outlook for the future of humanity, Earth, and our civilization.

This is an audio summary of Bob's Woodward's best-selling book that explores the detailed inner workings of Trump's highly unorthodox, and often toxic, White House. It is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, the original book.

Please Note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. Researchers and scientists DiNicolantonio and Fung take us deep into the world of longevity as they explain the little-known details of what aging is, why it happens, and how you can slow it down. About the original book: What is aging and why do we have to grow old and die? In this insightful and eye-opening book, DiNicolantonio and Fung offer a descriptive explanation of how aging works at a physical and physiological level.