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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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#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 Howard Marks' Mastering the Market Cycle in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: We all know markets rise and fall, but when should you pull out, and when should you stay in? The answer is never black or white, but is best reached through a keen understanding of the reasons behind the rhythm of cycles. Confidence about where we are in a cycle comes when you learn the patterns...
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Get the Summary of Andy Greenberg's Tracers in the Dark in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Tracers in the Dark is a story of crime and pursuit unlike any other. With unprecedented access to the major players in federal law enforcement and private industry, veteran cybersecurity reporter Andy Greenberg tells an astonishing saga of criminal empires built and destroyed. He introduces an...
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Get the Summary of Robert T. Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad For Teens in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: You're never too young to learn the language of money... and the lessons that rich dad taught Robert. Like it or not, money is a part of our everyday lives and the more we understand it, the better the chance that we can learn to have our money work hard for us - instead of working hard...
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#1 The mood in the helicopter was upbeat, especially from Ronnie Means. He had taken a job building concrete silos before joining the Army, and he looked like he was giddy. I didn't hit it off with him until we spent five hours together on a bus.
#2 I had always known cold and snow in December, but here, the air was so thick and muggy that I struggled to take deep breaths....
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#1 The first role model your child has is you. You will be a major influence on your child, and they will look to you for guidance. In this section, I'll be looking at how the past can affect the present when it comes to your relationship with your child.
#2 If you are a parent, you can unpack and become familiar with your childhood, examine what happened to you, how you felt about...
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#1 Sidewalks and streets in cities serve many purposes besides carrying vehicles, and city sidewalks serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians. These uses are bound up with circulation, but are not identical with it.
#2 The public peace of cities is not kept primarily by the police. It is kept primarily by an intricate network of voluntary controls and...
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Get the Summary of John E. Sarno's The Mindbody Prescription in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause. In this acclaimed volume, Dr. Sarno reveals how many painful conditions- including most neck and back pain, migraine, repetitive stress injuries,...
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#1 There are not many great humor writers in the world. It is one of the most difficult and challenging of all the literary crafts. To write humor that is funny, you must first find a good joke, then re-tell it in your own words.
#2 To write humor, you must first understand what makes people laugh. There are many theories as to why people laugh, and they all provide...
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Get the Summary of Greg Steinmetz's American Rascal in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: American Rascal shows Gould's complex, quirky character. He was at once praised for his brilliance by Rockefeller and Vanderbilt and condemned for forever destroying American business values by Mark Twain. He lived a colorful life, trading jokes with Thomas Edison, figuring Thomas Nast's best sketches,...
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#1 The first transactions were for credit rather than barter. The Mesopotamians charged interest on loans before they discovered how to put wheels on carts. Interest is much older than coined money, which only originated in the eighth century BC.
#2 The Ancient Near East was home to many loan transactions, and interest was generally paid in the same commodity as the...
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Get the Summary of Prem Rawat's Hear Yourself in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The cacophony of modern life can be deafening, leaving us feeling frazzled and uneasy. In this warm, wise book, Prem Rawat teaches us how to turn down the noise to "hear ourselves"-to listen to the subtle song of peace that sings inside each of us. Once we learn to truly "hear ourselves" and the voice of...
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#1 The buck stops with the CEO of any organization, and they are responsible for the work done by that organization. However, this does not mean that the CEO should be doing work that no one else is doing.
#2 The three focuses of a CEO are Culture, People, and Numbers. Focusing on them exclusively will clarify and inform your work at a level you've never reached before....
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Get the Summary of Mike Michalowicz's ‘The Pumpkin Plan’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: This is the exact situation Mike Michalowicz found himself in when he was trying to grow his first company. Although it was making steady money, there was never very much left over and he was chasing customers left and right, putting in twenty-eight-hour days, eight days a week. The punishing...
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#1 You may be addicted to anything that provides you temporary pleasure to cover up a void in yourself that you are too afraid or proud to face. The void can never be filled, only acknowledged and accepted. The shift comes when you stop throwing pleasure at the problem and start nourishing yourself with nonjudgmental and honest attention.
#2 Self-love is a commitment...
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Get the Summary of Hayden Crabtree's Skip the Flip in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: This useful and informative guide will break down all the barriers you have to get started investing in real estate. Skip The Flip teaches you the fundamentals you have to know to be a successful investor.
The system is broken. What was once great advice of going to school, getting good grades, saving...
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Get the Summary of Jane McGonigal's Imaginable in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war-events we might have called "unimaginable" or "unthinkable" in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives...
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#1 The dreams I want to hear about are the emotional fuel that helps people take control of their lives and be what they want to be. They are the goals and aspirations of golfers who are passionate about the game.
#2 I heard something similar from Byron Nelson recently. He had always dreamed of owning a ranch, and golf was the only way he was going to get it. He was all but done as...
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Get the Summary of David Enrich's Servants of the Damned in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Since 2016, Jones Day has been in the spotlight for representing Donald Trump and his campaigns (and now his PACs)-and for the fleet of Jones Day attorneys who joined his administration, including White House Counsel Don McGahn. Jones Day helped Trump fend off the Mueller investigation and challenged...