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The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact (2017) by Chip and Dan Heath explores how life and work can be enriched by the creation of special experiences. These defining moments encompass people's most meaningful experiences and encounters and can deepen relationships among individuals, organizations, and customers. Listen to this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Inner Engineering by yogi and mystic Sadhguru is a nonfiction book that explores the path to spiritual enlightenment, a state in which joy is constant. Human consciousness is like a machine. When people learn how to master their own minds and bodies as they do machines, they will have the ability to experience profound and sustained joy. Therefore, a person's path to lasting joy begins with mastering their inner experience.

The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest People (2017) by Dan Buettner explores how personal choices, cultural milieu, and geographical location all help promote happiness. Buettner draws lessons from cultural practices in some of the world’s "Blue Zones", or geographic areas where the population tends to live long, happy lives.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Dale Carnegie’s How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1944) is a classic of the self-help genre and has sold millions of copies worldwide. Carnegie outlines numerous time-tested techniques for modifying thoughts and behavior in order to banish worry.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

In 1908 Napoleon Hill purportedly met American industrialist Andrew Carnegie. In a series of interviews, Carnegie laid out his secrets to success and charged Hill with seeking further wisdom from other successful individuals including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Dr. Elmer Gates....

In Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone (2017), Brené Brown describes how reaching a place of true belonging can help an individual live a fulfilling life. Brown bases her claims on grounded theory, a research method that examines people's real-life experiences and bases its conclusions on them....

Robert B. Cialdini's Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion examines the compliance methods by which marketers, salespeople, and others, such as cult leaders, pressure people into doing things they would not otherwise do. There are six basic compliance tools: reciprocity, consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity. Listeners can learn specific techniques to resist each.

Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff (2017) by Chip Gaines is a collection of life lessons that Gaines gathered from his experiences as a business owner, husband, father, and television personality. Gaines realized at an early age that he was not a gifted student, but he was still talented in other ways. Listen to this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government offers a critique of conventional wisdom surrounding popular theories of democracy. Authors Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels argue that the public, journalists, and political scientists rely on a group of common-sense understandings of democracy. The authors collectively refer to these beliefs as the "folk theory" of democracy.

A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel was first published in 1973 and as of 2015 is in its 11th edition. Despite numerous market shifts and technological developments since 1973, Malkiel asserts that the investment strategy laid out in the first edition of the book holds true: the best way to earn money in the stock market is to buy and hold a diversified and balanced portfolio of index funds....

The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance (2017) by Tom Brady, the quarterback of the New England Patriots, is an athletic training manual that reveals the details of Brady’s famously strict personal training regimen, which he uses to complement team training exercise. Developed in close collaboration with Brady’s longtime trainer Alex Guerrero, the TB12 Method is a holistic lifestyle program that incorporates deep tissue work, exercise, nutrition, and brain care. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more. 

Most companies rely on manipulations to attract customers and employees; they use short-term motivators that do not inspire or encourage loyalty. Customers who are not inspired will stop buying the product as soon as the company cannot keep up the manipulative strategies, and employees are less motivated and less productive when they are not inspired.

Living according to the seven habits requires paradigm shifts that allow an individual to become flexible enough to change. One is the shift in associations when considering independence and interdependence. Independence, which is more valued by contemporary personality-driven trends, can cause problematic isolation and stifle cooperation. Interdependence describes a healthier approach that enables teamwork.

Inevitability, in this context, is defined as a pattern that is unquestionably trending forward due to the ways in which technological developments favor certain functions and behaviors. However, inevitability does not mean that the future is already predetermined. Even with inevitable forces at work, there is much that people can still do to impact the purpose, meaning, and form of developing trends. For example, it was inevitable that mobile phones would become ubiquitous.

The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (And Other People's Lives Better, Too) (2017) by Gretchen Rubin is a self-help book that outlines a framework for understanding motivation. Rubin believes that everyone naturally falls into one of Four Tendencies, or personality types, based on how they respond to different types of expectations.... Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Robert Wright's Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (2017) considers Buddhism through the lens of evolutionary psychology, a discipline that regards natural selection as the provenance of many mental traits. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Jean Edward Smith's Bush is a biography of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Bush was a talented politician with a sincere commitment to domestic policy issues such as education and Medicare expansion. However, his decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003 was disastrous. It undermined his presidency and his legacy.

Dropshipping is increasingly becoming popular. In fact, today, many online business enthusiasts consider it an easy and lucrative online business approach. If dropshipping intrigues you, and your interest in starting a dropshipping empire is at an all-time high, this book will prove quite useful.

After decades of serving his country in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn has developed an expert's perspective on what he perceives to be the government's failures. He offers several solutions for how to prevent radical Islam from forever taking hold around the world.

Ron Chernow's 2010 biography Washington: A Life is a Pulitzer Prize-winning account of George Washington's life from birth to death. It is based on newly available archival material from the most recent edition of Washington's papers, which allows Chernow to focus on Washington as a public and especially as a private figure. For example, the biography dwells on Washington's relationship with his difficult mother, Mary.