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This is an audio summary of Steal Like an Artist, a manifesto for the digital age, with positive messages, exercises, and examples to put listeners directly in touch with their artistic side.

This is an audio summary of Good to Great, a book that examines how good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies can achieve enduring greatness.

This is the audio summary of Find Your Why, a book that digs deep into one of the most crucial aspects of any business or career, and the first step to seeing progress - finding the why behind doing what you do.

This is an audio summary of Eat Fat, Get Thin, a book that explains in detail why we are overweight, sick, tired, and dying before we should.

This is an audio summary of Endure, a book about the physiological and psychological factors that impact our performance.

This is an audio summary of Skin in the Game, a provocative book that redefines the modern way of understanding the world and offers critical insight into the best ways people can contribute to a fair and just society while influencing each other for the better.

This is an audio summary of Originals, a book that examines two aspects of being original - how originals become originals naturally, and how to become, raise, or inspire an original - and explains why some things we think about originals are absolutely true.

This is the audio summary of Head Strong, a book that takes a deep-dive into some of the latest findings from the world of neuroscience, all in an effort to teach us how to boost brain performance.

Napoleon Hill was ahead of his time when he wrote Outwitting the Devil. There are concepts within it that would not have been well received at the time it was written but have shown themselves to be true over time, thereby strengthening their claims for us today. Considered too controversial by Hill’s family and friends, the book remained in manuscript form from its initial creation in 1938 to its publication in 2011.

This is an audio summary of Pitch Anything, a book that explains how you can become successful at presenting your ideas and persuading your audience to perceive them in a way that helps you win.

This is an audio summary of When, a book that unlocks the scientific secrets to good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home.

This is the audio summary of How Not to Die, a convenient resource on how to optimize your health and stave off life-threatening diseases like cancer. Packed with groundbreaking evidence from the world of nutrition science about the world’s healthiest foods and diets, this book will tell you how to incorporate them into your everyday life.

This is an audio summary of Brain Rules, a book that explores how brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work.

This is an audio summary of Zero to One, a book containing hard-hitting set of standards for entrepreneurs, start-ups, and thought-leaders to carefully consider when building the “next big thing” of the future.

This is an audio summary of Grain Brain, a book that offers an in-depth look at how we can take control of our "smart genes" through specific dietary choices and lifestyle habits, demonstrating how to remedy our most feared maladies without drugs.

Susan Cain’s book Quiet is a respectfully written, long-needed validation for introverts everywhere. In addition to using research findings to help introverts understand why they experience the world the way they do, Susan Cain offers insight and strategies for introverts to use to thrive in an extrovert-driven world. She also gives useful explanations to extroverts, partners and managers of introverts, and parents of introverted children to bring out the best in their innate gifts, while helping them cope with the extroverted requirements of daily life.

Important note: This is not the original book. This is an audiobook summary of Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown. Greg McKeown’s first book, Essentialism, was all about how eliminating the unnecessary can help us identify and prioritize what matters most in our lives. And in his second book, Effortless, Greg teaches us how to take seamless-yet-focused action on what matters most in our lives.

This is the audio summary of Switch, a book that explores how transforming your mindset can produce effective change.

How do we find fulfillment in a world that’s obsessed with fast results and immediate gratification? How do we find fulfillment in a cultural ethos that seems to be on a constant hunt for a form of happiness that seldom contributes to the lasting life-satisfaction? But wait a sec - isn’t happiness the goal? Isn’t happiness what all of us are after? As it turns out, the answer is no. And in this FlashBooks summary on The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith, you’ll find out why that is and what to do about it.

This is an audio summary of The Creative Habit, a book that offers insight, real-world advice, and plenty of inspiration for anyone seeking to find a new level of success and satisfaction in their creative endeavors.