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Summary, Analysis & Review of Brad Stone's The Everything Store by Instaread
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon recounts the rise of Amazon since it was founded in 1994. Simultaneously, the book is a partial biography of the company's CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, whose personality, values, and life experiences have had enormous influence shaping the company as it exists today. He is a much-feared but much-respected leader...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Ross Sorkin's Too Big to Fail and NOT the original book.
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System-and Themselves (2009) begins in March 2008 when Richard S. Fuld Jr., CEO of Lehman Brothers, received a phone call from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Bear Stearns, the smallest of the "Big Five" Wall Street investment banks, would be sold or...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Jonah Berger's Contagious by Instaread
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Contagious: Why Things Catch On is a playbook for marketing in the internet age, when products and ideas live or die based on whether or not they can go viral. Author Jonah Berger describes six principles that, when applied together, can often predict whether an idea or product will spread.
Any product or idea can go viral. It doesn't take a big advertising budget or...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Malcolm Gladwell's Blink and NOT the original book.
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In Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), Malcolm Gladwell argues that first impressions are often surprisingly accurate. Having less information and making decisions quickly leads to better outcomes in many cases...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Peter F. Drucker's The Effective Executive and NOT the original book.
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The Effective Executive (1967) by Peter Drucker summarizes the author's experiences and observations as a time management and team dynamics consultant. Drucker considers everyone who manages his or her personal time to be an executive, and he believes anyone can learn to be an effective executive...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and NOT the original book.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) is a serious examination of four approaches to food production in the United States: industrial, industrial organic, sustainable, and foraging. Author Michael Pollan tries to resolve what he calls the omnivore's dilemma, or the problem of deciding what and how to eat from among...
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MONEY Master the Game by Tony Robbins - A 15-minute Summary & Analysis Inside this Instaread:
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Money, Master the Game is a book by life coach, Tony Robbins. In this book, Robbins outlines...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Ray Kroc's Grinding It Out with Robert Anderson by Instaread
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Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's is Ray Kroc's rags-to-riches story of how he built the fast-food behemoth McDonald's from the ground up. His book has been widely recognized as a business executive's bible for how to succeed. Kroc narrates his life story and demonstrates how the grit and determination he used as a paper cup salesman led him...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Eric Schmidt's How Google Works and NOT the original book.
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In How Google Works (2014), Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg share some of the new perspectives on management they gained during their tenure at Google. Google's work culture has achieved iconic status and has become the subject of both admiration and parody...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Gary Taubes's The Case Against Sugar by Instaread
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The Case Against Sugar argues that sugar is a toxic substance responsible for a wide array of health problems including diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. Author Gary Taubes recounts the history of how sugar came to be cultivated and ultimately refined into the cheap, ubiquitous substance that is eaten globally today. He takes on the American sugar industry...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Tony Robbins's & et al Unshakeable and NOT the original book.
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Unshakeable (2017) by Tony Robbins with Peter Mallouk is a concise guide to smart investing for both experienced and novice investors. Those without plenty of investing experience often lose out financially because they don't understand the complex rules of the financial market and make uninformed choices, some of which are driven by fear...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad and NOT the original book.
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Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad (1997) is an educational story that contrasts the mindsets of the rich and the poor. The Poor Dad is the main character's biological father, who works as a college professor...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Robbie Kellman Baxter's The Membership Economy by Instaread
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The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue is a guide intended to show companies, nonprofits, and individuals how they can create a membership program and why it is important that they do so. Author Robbie Kellman Baxter offers specific advice for a wide variety of organizations and asserts...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Brian Tracy's Eat That Frog! and NOT the original book.
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Brian Tracy's Eat That Frog! 21 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time takes its title and premise from a quotation by Mark Twain, the great nineteenth-century writer and humorist. Twain once said, "If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and NOT the original book.
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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is an investigative exploration of the fast-food industry and how it affects consumers. Fast-food restaurants became prominent in the 1940s as car ownership and suburban expansion grew across the United States. Richard and Maurice McDonald started an innovative hamburger business that cut costs to a minimum,...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a Summary, Analysis & Review of the book and NOT the original book. Preview: In Phishing for Phools, George Akerlof and Robert Shiller explain the economics of fraud by incorporating fraudulent and unfair transactions into free-market economic models. Conventional economic models that presuppose a free market often assume that customers make decisions based on their long-term interests. Summary, Analysis and Review of George Akerlof's...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Ken Blanchard's & Spencer Johnson's The New One Minute Manager by Instaread
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The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is a business parable that portrays a young businessman learning about the strategies of one very effective manager who uses techniques described as the New One Minute Manager methods. The employee searches far and wide for the perfect management strategy but does not find...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Niall Kishtainy's A Little History of Economics and NOT the original book.
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A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy is a general overview of the development of modern economic theory.
Since ancient times, scarcity has been the driving force in all economic trends...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Mark Schatzker's The Dorito Effect and NOT the original book.
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In The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor (2015), Mark Schatzker examines the effects of laboratory-produced flavorings and their role in the modern American diet. Schatzker theorizes that the rise of synthetic flavors is a significant contributor to the increasing prevalence of obesity...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to John C. Maxwell's Developing the Leader Within You and NOT the original book.
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John C. Maxwell's Developing the Leader Within You (1993) is a guide to forming the necessary traits required of a leader. A leader is someone who can attract, motivate, and mentor followers who help bring the leader's vision to life...
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