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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor.
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1) The definition of an investment is clear: it's an operation which, after careful analysis, promises safety of principal and adequate returns.
2) There are three parts to the process of investing. First, before buying a stock, you must make a thorough analysis of a company and the soundness of its underlying businesses. Second, you need to protect...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jon Gordon's The Energy Bus
Positive people and positive teams manifest positive outcomes. The key ingredient? Positive energy.
In The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy (2007), Jon Gordon explains how to cultivate positive energy in your life and career, which you then can share with your coworkers, customers, organization, team, friends, and family. Gordon uses the...
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Summary of Gene Kim's The Phoenix Project is a business allegory about how a fictional company becomes profitable after a crisis-driven change in its information technology management style.
Bill Palmer is promoted to vice president of IT at Parts Unlimited, an automotive parts manufacturer and retailer, at a time when it is struggling financially and trying to launch a new, innovative project…
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Summary of John C. Bogle's The Little Book of Common Sense Investing demonstrates why index funds, a type of mutual fund, should make up the majority of the average investment portfolio. Index funds closely match the performance of a given financial market by allowing investors to own a small portion of the entire market through a diversified portfolio that can include stocks and bonds...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mike Michalowicz's The Pumpkin Plan
Pumpkins come in different sizes, shapes, colors, and conditions, but they all start to look the same when you take picky kids to a pumpkin patch - except for one. There's always one extraordinary, enormous, prize-winning pumpkin that draws all the attention. In The Pumpkin Plan (2012), Mike Michalowicz explains how just like in a pumpkin patch, among entrepreneurs, only the...
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Summary of Jessica Bennett's Feminist Fight Club is a guide for women to counteract behaviors and trends in the workplace that disproportionately damage their ability to succeed. Bennett's outlook on feminism was shaped early in her career by regular meetings with other women to discuss obstacles and share their successes in what they called a "feminist fight club."
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Summary of Simon Sinek's Leaders Eat Last advocates for a leadership style that focuses on serving others rather than pursuing shareholder goals or personal interests. Modern trends in leadership prioritize profits and executive bonuses over creating a healthy environment for employees. Leaders who think of themselves as serving their employees like family can increase job satisfaction and engagement, which reduces stress and increases productivity...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jack D. Schwager's Unknown Market Wizards
Unknown Market Wizards (2020) is a continuation of the Market Wizards series that trader Jack D. Schwager started in 1989. This time, instead of talking to famed traders, Schwager set out to see if he could find traders who are little known even though they have a long record of success. To his amazement, he found not one but eleven with great track records. In Unknown...
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Summary of Larry Olmsted's Real Food/Fake Food is an investigative overview of the food industry's often intentional efforts to mislead consumers about the origin and identity of the products that they eat. Author Larry Olmsted highlights the most outrageous examples of food frauds perpetrated upon the American people and offers recommendations for ways that consumers can reclaim their grocery bags and fill their dinner plates with foods they can...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Brian Tracy's No Excuses.
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1) Before seeking success, you must know yourself and what your ideal future looks like. Define your own idea of what success is.
2) Success is not about luck. It can be predicted and achieved through actions. Many successful people started out poor. The basic principle is that nature does not play favorites. You reap what you sow, so putting in the hard work will...
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Summary of Mohamed A. El Erian's The Only Game in Town is a discussion of the role of central banks in confronting the current financial and economic dangers facing the world. Following the financial collapse of 2008, central banks pursued aggressive and innovative policies in an effort to stabilize the world economy. Policy makers have failed to enact the measures necessary to ensure growth, and so central banks have had to continue to innovate and...
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Buy now to get the Key Takeaways from James Rickards's The New Great Depression.
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1) SARS-CoV-2 is a deadly virus more commonly known as coronavirus. The resulting disease from the virus is called Covid-19. Some infections produce no symptoms at all, while others cause lung inflammation, which leads to difficulty breathing and a myriad of other potential symptoms and complications.
2) The pandemic began in Wuhan, China. Like...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Bryan Burrough and John Helyar's Barbarians at the Gate
Nothing could excite an adventurous business person more than participating in the largest leveraged buyout (LBO) in history and becoming a billionaire along the way.
In Barbarians at the Gate (1989), Bryan Burrough and John Helyar narrate the chaotic battles that ensued after news broke that food and tobacco giant RJR Nabisco was seeking an LBO as a solution...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Teresa Torres's Continuous Discovery Habits
Conceiving, designing, creating, and delivering a product is a difficult process that generates huge pressure and requires a balance between client and business needs. Teresa Torres's Continuous Discovery Habits (2021) lays out the basic elements of an effective and sustainable product discovery approach. She details how teams of managers, designers, and engineers...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Christopher Leonard's The Lords of Easy Money
In The Lords of Easy Money (2022), journalist Christopher Leonard analyzes the decisions and policies of one of the most mysterious American institutions: the Federal Reserve. Leonard explains how the Fed managed the US economic system before, during, and after the financial crash of 2008, and highlights its powers to control interest rates and push banks and investors...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Clint Pulver's I Love it Here
It is completely possible for your employees to say positive things when asked about their company - if their concerns are being heard and answered. As Undercover Millennials, workforce expert Clint Pulver and his team spoke to countless employees and gathered valuable information about what they need from their managers. In I Love It Here (2021), Clint details how you can build...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Maria Hatzistefanis's How to Be an Overnight Success
Maria Hatzistefanis became an overnight success after her skin care company, Rodial, released a revolutionary product, Snake Serum. But she had founded her business in 1999, and it didn't blow up until almost two decades later. In How to Be an Overnight Success (2017), Maria sets out to show how her success came from years of hard work and determination. She...
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Summary of Ray Dalio's Principles describes core practices he developed during his career as an investor. Dalio believes that by applying these principles to their lives, readers can improve their relationships, enhance group decision making, and more easily adapt to changing circumstances.
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