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#1 In 2007, Kleiner Perkins was approached by engineers who had named their startup after Nikola Tesla, the legendary inventor. They had partnered with a wildly successful PayPal entrepreneur who was now chairman of the board. They wanted to pitch their idea.
#2 The world must replace all gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles with a fleet of zero-emissions cars, trucks, and buses...
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Get the Summary of Rabbi Daniel Lapin's Thou Shall Prosper in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A practical approach to creating wealth-based on the established principles of ancient Jewish wisdom-made accessible to people of all backgrounds
The ups and downs of the economy prove Rabbi Daniel Lapin's famous principle that the more things change, the more we need to depend upon the things...
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Get the Summary of Robert T. Kiyosaki's Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Many of our global economic problems started in 1971...when President Richard Nixon took the U.S. off the gold standard. Throughout history, when a government went off the gold standard, an age of turbulence began.
In 1997, Robert's book Rich Dad Poor Dad stunned readers stating,...
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Get the Summary of Javier Blas and Jack Farchy's The World for Sale in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The World for Sale lifts the lid on one of the least scrutinized corners of the world economy: the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard, and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets,...
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Get the Summary of Dana K. White's ‘How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Do you experience heart palpitations at the sound of an unexpected doorbell? Do you stare in bewilderment at your messy home, wondering how in the world it got this way again? You're not alone. But, there is hope for you and your home.
Managing your home isn't...
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Book Preview: #1 In 1846, Sarah Barrows was about to leave her home in Illinois for California. She was in love with a young man who played the violin, and she was about to get married to him. But her mother and father and siblings were about to leave for California, and she would never see them again.
#2 When Sarah broke off the engagement and chose to follow her family, she had...
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#1 I was fucked. But something happened that made me rethink my life choices. I'm not sure if it was divine intervention, but three weeks after the $10,000-a-month loss, I got a call from a woman who wanted to invest in my business. This would have been a perfect opportunity to rebuild the business's capital base and save the day, but that woman wasn't interested in investing...
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#1 I was working for a marketing agency, and my boss wanted me to prepare next week's presentation. I didn't want to go to work the next day, and I thought about how everything would drain my peace and happiness.
#2 I was in a happy relationship, but the joy quickly faded when I returned home from spring break. Everything I thought triggered some other thought about...
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#1 A single moment in time can change a person's life. I believe this firmly, just as I believe that it's the small and simple moments that compound over time to write our life story. Some of these moments may feel trivial, but together they are always driving us to our next destination.
#2 The CEO of the sports-related store told his audience that 70 percent of their...
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Get the Summary of Teresa Torres' Continuous Discovery Habits in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: How do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that creates value for your business?
In this book, you'll learn a structured...
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#1 The left has completely lost its mind. It is now authoritarian and puritanical, and it has replaced the battle of ideas with a battle of feelings. It has replaced honesty with outrage.
#2 I was a closeted gay man for twenty-five years, and it nearly broke me. I developed a habit of downing bottles of cheap red wine alone in my apartment. One day in September 2001,...
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Get the Summary of Jared Kushner's Breaking History in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Now, Kushner finally tells his story-a fast-paced and surprisingly candid account of how an earnest businessman with no political ambitions found himself pulled into a presidency that no one saw coming.
Breaking History takes readers inside debates in the Oval Office, double-crosses at the United...
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Get the Summary of Horst Schulze's Excellence Wins in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Horst Schulze knows how to win. In Excellence Wins, Schulze, in his absolute no-nonsense approach, shares the visionary and disruptive principles that have produced immense global successes over the course of his still-prolific 50-year career.
As the co-founder and former president of Ritz-Carlton Hotel...
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#1 Erik was in over his head, and he knew it. He was a rookie pilot, and he'd been in and out of cloud for most of his outbound flight from Grande Prairie. He was running late, and he had passengers bound for the small communities of High Prairie and Fairview.
#2 The author, Erik, was the pilot on Wapiti Flight 402. He had to warn his passengers about the flight if...
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Get the Summary of Renee Engeln's “Beauty Sick” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Today's young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to beauty. They don't want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them, are told they must look like them. They're angry about the media's treatment of women but hungrily consume the very outlets that belittle...
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Book Preview: #1 The order to abandon ship was given at 5 P. M. For most of the men, however, no order was needed because by then everybody knew that the ship was done and that it was time to give up trying to save her. They accepted their defeat almost apathetically.
#2 The dog-team drivers had made a canvas chute down to the ice alongside the ship. They took the forty-nine huskies...
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Get the Summary of Charles T. Munger's Poor Charlies Almanack in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Poor Charlie's Almanack" is a comprehensive collection of Charles T. Munger's wisdom, encapsulating his investment philosophy, business acumen, and life lessons. Munger's journey from Omaha to becoming Warren Buffett's partner at Berkshire Hathaway is marked by his voracious reading habits, military service, and legal...
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#1 By removing distractions and getting to the point, the LFC process is more efficient and effective than traditional therapy. It also allows clients to focus on what's important and get to satisfaction quickly.
#2 Laser-Focused Coaching is similar to traditional therapy in that it removes distractions and gets to the point. However, it differs in that it focuses on...
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#1 You should start downsizing because it will help you get rid of the excess stuff in your life that you don't need. Instead of buying new stuff you don't need, you'll let go of existing stuff you don't need.
#2 The typical American household contains objects that had their moment long ago, but don't fit in today. For example, fragile china sets and heavy, ornate picture...
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#1 George Halas, the founder of the NFL, was a former football player who got fired from his job as a safety expert for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad because he was unable to stop playing football. He met with the general manager of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company and proposed starting a professional football league.
#2 George Halas, the founder...