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Get the Summary of Patrick Stewart's Making It So in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Patrick Stewart's memoir, "Making It So," chronicles his journey from a working-class upbringing in Northern England to international fame as an actor. Stewart recounts his childhood in Mirfield, where he developed a love for storytelling and cinema despite living in a home without modern conveniences. His father's post-war struggles...
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Get the Summary of Ruth Soukup's Do It Scared in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
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Equal parts inspiration and tough love, Do it Scared combines practical, easy-to-implement strategies for overcoming fear and resistance in your life, along with the motivation and encouragement to actually start making real changes that lead to big results.
From identifying your unique Fear Archetype™...
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Get the Summary of Michael Abrashoff's It's Your Ship in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology, but only some of the productivity. Knowing that responsibility for improving performance rested with him, he realized he had to improve his own leadership skills before he could...
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#1 I was so miserable and unhappy that I couldn't explain it without feeling like a failure. I was ashamed because I couldn't explain it without feeling like a failure.
#2 I was anxious for more than a year. I was serious and tired, and I was afraid all the time. I wanted so badly to return to my normal, lively, carefree self. But I had no idea how to shake it. I eventually...
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Get the Summary of Randall Kennedy's Say It Loud! in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In each essay, Kennedy is mindful of complexity, ambivalence, and paradox, and he is always stirring and enlightening. Say It Loud! is a wide-ranging summa of Randall Kennedy's thought on the realities and imaginaries of race in America.
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#1 I have a speech impediment that makes me feel pretty insecure. I remember how my third-grade teacher made me walk to the front of the classroom and then ridicule me in front of my classmates. That was decades ago, but Satan still uses that memory to trigger anxiety attacks in my mind.
#2 God has a good plan for your life, but the devil also has a plan, and it is not...
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Get the Summary of Duff McKagan's Its So Easy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "It's So Easy" is the memoir of Duff McKagan, bassist of Guns N' Roses, chronicling his journey through fame, substance abuse, and personal transformation. McKagan's life with Guns N' Roses was marred by heavy drinking and cocaine use, which took a toll on his health, leading to a burst pancreas and a near-death experience. Despite...
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#1 The game of work and the business of life are the same thing. They are the same principles and behaviors that eliminate distraction and foster beneficial focus. And winning at both work and life is not a matter of crossing some distant finish line. It's about internalizing a set of responses and behaviors that are consistently successful when applied to any aspect...
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#1 I was the Iowa spokesperson for John McCain's presidential campaign in 2007. The comprehensive immigration reform bill known colloquially by the political class as McCain-Kennedy and by Republican voters as amnesty for illegals was about to be reintroduced in the U. S. Senate.
#2 I was extremely nervous and excited to be at the rally. I was hoping McCain would shine...
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#1 I was a beer-drinking, girl-chasing, hell-raising frat boy who became a Christ follower midway through college. I was confused about where to go church, so I went to the church closest to my college campus. It turned out to be empty. Then I met some Christians who invited me to church, and I accepted.
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Book Preview: #1 I imagined a nightmare scenario where early one morning, my phone would buzz me awake and I would fumble for it in the dark. A staffer on the other end would inform me that there had been a horrible massacre at a Jewish site somewhere in Europe.
#2 The shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh was the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. It...
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#1 The path of life was actually quite predictable for Nik Wallenda. He had intuitively done everything right to succeed with a plan of action. He was born into a family of circus performers, and had been trained to do something that could kill him at any moment.
#2 The seven forces that support the ability to stick with plans are: change your personality, become like...
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#1 Manifesting is not just thinking something is going to happen, it is encompassing that reality with your entire being. It is standing on a hearth and believing you're on the stage of an arena. It is writing songs and feeling that what you write will reach the masses.
#2 I was in Atlanta with my best friend, Bugus, who was rapping. We needed to get on MTV, so we went...
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#1 The meaning of life is a question that everyone asks at some point. It is not so much a single question but a place-holder for a whole set of questions: Why are we here. What is the purpose of life. Is it enough just to be happy.
#2 The question of the meaning of life is not a mystery that can be solved by any discovery of new evidence. It is rather to be solved by...
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Book Preview: #1 I want to acknowledge those who believed in this crusade: Jack Canfield, co-author of the bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul, for his kindness and opening a big door, Nancy Mitchell and Kim Wiele at the Canfield Group for their enthusiasm and guidance, Peter Vegso at Health Communications, Inc., for his honesty and professionalism, and the Art Department for their...
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Get the Summary of Wille Nelson's It's a Long Story in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "It's a Long Story," Willie Nelson recounts his life from a financially troubled period in the early 1990s, owing $32 million in taxes, to his humble beginnings in Abbott, Texas, during the Great Depression. Raised by his grandparents, Nelson developed a deep love for music, which was further nurtured by his community and the...
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Book Preview: #1 The Boston Red Sox, a big bowl of bad, were never any good, and they were constantly cannon fodder for the New York Yankees. The Red Sox never won a World Series since 1918, when Babe Ruth roamed the Fenway lawn.
#2 The Boston Celtics are the prime example of how New Englanders have been title deprived. The team has never won a championship, but they have been champions...
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Get the Summary of Maurice Benard's Nothing General About It in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Nothing General About It" is the memoir of Maurice Benard, who recounts his life from a challenging childhood to his successful acting career while managing bipolar disorder. Born Mauricio Jose Morales in San Francisco to a strict father and a nurturing mother, Maurice faced early signs of mental health issues, including...
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Get the Summary of Stephen A. Schwarzman's What It Takes in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Schwarzman is also an active philanthropist, having given away more than a billion dollars. In philanthropy, as in business, he is drawn to situations where his capital and energy can be applied to drive transformative solutions and change paradigms, notably in education. He uses the skills...
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#1 I was promoted to four-star general and given command of the Army's Forces Command in Georgia. I had command of all the deployable Army forces in the United States, including the Army Reserve, and I supervised the training of the Army National Guard.
#2 The rule of optimism is that you must believe that things will get better, no matter how difficult the situation...
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