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  • Complete summary of Tom Peters' book: "The Brand You 50: Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an "Employee" into a Brand that Shouts Distinction, Commitment and Passion!".This summary of the ideas from Tom Peters' book "The Brand You 50" suggests that the paradigm of an employee working for a company on a corporate payroll is increasingly outdated. Even if you...
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  • The must-read summary of Akash Karia's book: "How to Deliver a Great TED Talk: Presentation Secrets of the World's Best Speakers".This complete summary of the ideas from Akash Karia's book "How to Deliver a Great TED Talk" demonstrates how you can deliver a memorable TED talk or presentation. The author provides a formula that you can learn and apply that...
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  • The must-read summary of Christopher Witt's book: "Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas".This complete summary of the ideas from Christopher Witt's book "Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint" shows that when leaders speak, they're not generally trying to dazzle their audience with their mastery of presentation technology. In reality, leaders speak to make a difference,...
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  • The must-read summary of Darby Checketts' book: "Leverage: How to Create Your Own "Tipping Points" in Business and in Life".This complete summary of the ideas from Darby Checketts' book "Leverage" proposes an intriguing and ultimately convincing argument: at the focal point of every problem there is always a lever. If you identify that lever correctly and then apply it intelligently,...
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  • The must-read summary of Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger and Norm Smallwood's book: "Results-Based Leadership: How Leaders Build the Business and Improve the Bottom Line".This complete summary of the ideas from Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger and Norm Smallwood's book "Results-Based Leadership" highlights that a leader's effectiveness can be measured by a simple equation - effective leadership is based on 4 Key...
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  • The must-read summary of Doug Sundheim's book: "Taking Smart Risks: How Smart Leaders Win When Stakes Are High".This complete summary of the ideas from Doug Sundheim's book "Taking Smart Risks" shows that when you stay in your comfort zone indefinitely, you really don’t feel alive. Thus to keep growing, you have to work towards achieving challenging goals which force you...
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  • The must-read summary of John Mangieri and Cathy Block's book: "Power Thinking: How the Way You Think Can Change the Way You Lead".This complete summary of the ideas from John Mangieri and Cathy Block's book "Power Thinking" highlights that very few people are formally taught how to think, thus most managers and leaders try to get by on the patterns...
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  • The must-read summary of John Maxwell's book: "Talent Is Never Enough: Discover the Choices that Will Take You Beyond Your Talent".This complete summary of the ideas from John Maxwell's book "Talent Is Never Enough" answers a common question: “If talent alone is enough, then why do you and I know highly talented people who are not highly successful?” In his...
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  • The must-read summary of Josh Kaufman's book: "The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume".This complete summary of the ideas from Josh Kaufman's book reveals the author's belief that an MBA is not worth your time and money, and you would be far better off educating yourself in business by taking advantage of the thousands of business...
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  • The must-read summary of Larry Myler's book: "Indispensable by Monday: Learn the Profit-Producing Behaviors that Will Help Your Company... and Yourself".This complete summary of the ideas from Larry Myler's book "Indispensable by Monday" shows how, in today's climate, it's vital to make yourself indispensable at work. By making a big financial contribution to the company, and being able to quantify...
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  • The must-read summary of Milo Sindell and Thuy Sindell's book: "Sink or Swim: New Job. New Boss. 12 Weeks to Get It Right.".This complete summary of the ideas from Milo Sindell and Thuy Sindell's book "Sink or Swim" shows that when you start at a new job, you have a 90-day window of opportunity to establish yourself and convince your...
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  • The must-read summary of Richard Koch's book: "The 80/20 Individual: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less - the Nine Essentials of 80/20 Success at Work".This complete summary of the ideas from Richard Koch's book "The 80/20 Individual" shows that none of us are productive all the time: the 80/20 principle states that 80% of the results we achieve come...
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  • The must-read summary of Robert J. Ringer's book: "Looking Out for No. 1: From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be".This complete summary of the ideas from Robert J. Ringer's book "Looking Out for No. 1" shows how looking out for number one is the conscious, rational effort to spend as much time as possible doing those things...
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  • The must-read summary of Seth Godin's book: "The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?".This complete summary of the ideas from Seth Godin's book "The Icarus Deception" explains that when you settle for small dreams, you are robbing the world of what you could have created if you'd tried. In his book, the author highlights that to get ahead today...
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  • The must-read summary of Stephen Covey's book: "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness".This complete summary of the ideas from Stephen Covey's book "The 8th Habit" presents the updated version of the author's previous book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". In his new book, Covey explains that the eighth habit is not an add-on, but rather something that...
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  • The must-read summary of Tom Hopkins' book: "The Official Guide to Success: A Personal Success Program".This complete summary of the ideas from Tom Hopkins' book "The Official Guide to Success" shows how everyone lives by a set of programmed self-instructions. The real effectiveness of these occurs when they move from your conscious to your subconscious. In his book, the author...
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