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Get the Summary of Nicole Perlroth's This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected. One of the most coveted tools in a spy's arsenal, a zero day has the power to silently spy on your iPhone, dismantle the safety controls at a chemical plant, alter an election,...
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Get the Summary of Jenna Kutcher's How Are You Really in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: When Jenna Kutcher was 22, she left her corporate job, bought a camera on Craigslist for $300, and started her own business as a wedding photographer. From that single investment in herself, she built a successful company, a thriving podcast, a brand. But her driving force is never about working harder/smarter/faster/better....
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Get the Summary of David Thomas's The Pragmatic Programmer in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Pragmatic Programmer" by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt is a guide for software developers to become more efficient and adaptable in their craft. It outlines the characteristics of a Pragmatic Programmer, including a deep understanding of problems, accountability for their work, and the ability to manage change effectively....
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Get the Summary of Matt Ridley's How Innovation Works in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements in our living standards and unsettling changes in our society. Forget short-term symptoms like Donald Trump and Brexit, it is innovation that will shape the twenty-first century. Yet innovation remains...
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#1 Your identity is a powerful and influential driver that governs outcomes in all parts of your life. It defines the limits of your success, finances, and achievements. It controls the quality of your emotions, relationships, and self-worth.
#2 As a child, you were a blank canvas. You were impressionable, happy, and accepting. You had no reason to believe the external...
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Get the Summary of Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie's The Book of Why in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: "Correlation does not imply causation". This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion...
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#1 The key to quickly scaling your following is an agile approach of producing, testing, and measuring how people respond to your content in real time. It's a great strategy for those who don't have three or four years to invest in building their platform.
#2 The three steps to gaining one million followers are hypothesize, test, and pivot. You should test many different variations...
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Get the Summary of S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia...
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#1 I began to experience a small pain in the back of my throat one spring day during my junior year of college. It gradually got worse over the next few months, and I began to visit other doctors. They all concluded there was nothing wrong with me. Yet my pain continued getting worse and worse, with no remedy in sight.
#2 I realized that I was at a crossroads. I could...
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Get the Summary of Erin Meyer's The Culture Map in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In “The Culture Map”, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international...
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Book Preview: #1 The importance of fathers is a love-hate relationship in our feminine-primary social order. On the one hand, many people lament the lack of fathers' involvement in their kids' lives, especially boys' lives. On the other hand, many people hate the buffoon, bumbling Dad who is always out of touch with the mainstream.
#2 When it comes to Father's Day, most men receive...
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#1 The IBM team that designed Deep Blue made the brilliant decision to design the machine to appear more uncertain than it was. During the six-game match, the machine would occasionally hold off from declaring its move for several minutes. From Kasparov's end of the table, the delays made it look as if the machine was struggling.
#2 The story of Deep Blue defeating the...
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Book Preview: #1 Some people may be better at listening to their bodies and getting good judgments than others. The best financial traders are not necessarily the most intelligent, but rather those who are the most sensitive to interoceptive signals.
#2 Interoception is the awareness of the inner state of the body. It is generated in places all over the body, and then travels via...
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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 Change causes fear, and fear causes panic. You can either resist change and do nothing, or you can make a rash decision and hope it solves everything. Neither option tends to work out well.
#2 If a panic happens, do something. Don't do nothing. Change causes fear, and fear causes panic. You can either resist change and do nothing, or you can make a rash decision and...
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Get the Summary of Katherine Eban's Bottle of Lies in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Katherine Eban's Bottle of Lies exposes the deceit behind generic-drug manufacturing- and the attendant risks for global health. Drawing on exclusive accounts from whistleblowers and regulators, as well as thousands of pages of confidential FDA documents, Eban reveals an industry where fraud is rampant,...
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Get the Summary of Nick Trenton's Stop Overthinking in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Stop Overthinking is a book that understands where you've been through,the exhausting situation you've put yourself into, and how you lose your mind in the trap of anxiety and stress. Acclaimed author Nick Trenton will walk you through the obstacles with detailed and proven techniques to help you rewire...
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#1 I had my left knee replaced when I was 62 years old. The surgeon said there was a 1 to 2 percent risk of infection, but I later learned that the pain from the surgery was beyond the reach of oxycodone. I became desperate for relief, and tried everything from acupuncture to electro-acupuncture to cold laser.
#2 The book Arthrofibrosis, which my wife found, explained...
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Book Preview: #1 I was hired to be the manager of the Facebook team in May of 2006. I had very little experience, but I was eager to make my mark on the world. I had no institutionalized doctrines or tragic failures to speak of.
#2 The answers to the question, What is the job of a manager. are an assortment of activities. If I asked you, What is the job of a soccer player. you would...
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Get the Summary of Stephen M.R. Covey's Trust & Inspire in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: We have a leadership crisis today, where even though our world has changed drastically, our leadership style has not. Most organizations, teams, schools, and families today still operate from a model of "command and control," focusing on hierarchies and compliance from people. But because of the...