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In Out of the Cave (2021), Chris Hodges delves into the causes of depression and offers transformative hope and spiritual power to help us win the battle. Out of the Cave teaches us how to remove the stigma of depression and recognize that we're not alone; how our temperament and view of God influence how we deal with depression; and how to take a holistic approach to wellness - mind, body, and soul.

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2019) covers the events between the founding of Uber and the ousting of its hard-driving CEO, Travis Kalanick. Based on hundreds of interviews with current and former Uber employees, as well as previously disclosed documents, New York Times reporter Mike Isaac reveals the details behind the dramatic rise and fall of Uber.

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No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this Summary of Jason Schreier's Press Reset in 23 minutes or less. For many of us, video games offer entertainment and leisure away from the worries of life and its obligations. But what happens behind the scenes of the video game industry? It’s not all fun and games.

Do you keep getting ever so close to making a sale, before the prospect declines? If so, it might benefit you to learn a secret or two about the sales profession. In Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale (1985, reissued 2004), you will learn several crucial tricks that will help you get to that close. Did you know that one of the main reasons salespeople don’t get their close is because they never actually ask their prospects if they want to buy? Ziglar helps you avoid this, and several other common mistakes.

No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this summary of John Gordon’s The Energy Bus in 23 minutes or less. 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 extended metaphor of a bus you are driving to make his points, hence the title.

No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this Summary of Jason L. Riley’s Maverick in 23 minutes or less. Throughout history, the world has witnessed discriminations, hostilities, and injustices. It seems that no matter how much human beings evolve, racism will always be manifested in societies, and the fight against it is far deeper and more complicated than what activists, movements, and organizations like to acknowledge.

No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this summary of Dan Abrams and David Fisher's Kennedy’s Avenger in 23 minutes or less.

As a small business owner, your business is the clearest reflection of who you are and what you want from life. Michael E. Gerber explains this and more in The E-Myth Revisited. Step by step, Gerber shows how to shift your focus away from what your business is producing, and toward how well your business is producing it for your customers.

No time to read? Get the main key ideas from this Summary of Jennie Allen’s Get Out of Your Head in 23 minutes or less. Jennie Allen’s Get Out of Your Head (2020) offers faith-based tips and techniques for taking charge of thoughts that spin out of control. We tend to dwell on things that we wish were different, yet this merely deepens our emotional emptiness.

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 for the drop in stock prices caused in part by CEO Ross Johnson’s restlessness and gravitation towards extreme actions and risks. What followed was a sequence of shocking surprises and interferences. The end result was the biggest deal done to date, although it wasn’t Johnson who harvested its glory.

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No time to read/listen to the original book? Get the main key ideas from Summary of Denise Woods’s The Power of Voice in 23 minutes or less. The Power of Voice (2021) is the closest thing you can have to a one-on-one session with renowned voice and dialect coach Denise Woods.

No time to read/listen to the original book? Get the main key ideas from Summary of Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart in 23 minutes or less. Crying in H Mart (2021) by Michelle Zauner is a memoir about her upbringing as a Korean American struggling with her identity and dealing with the untimely death of her mother from cancer.

It’s the middle of the night, the world falls away, and you’re left alone with your thoughts. Things can get dark, scary, and sometimes even hopeless. If you’ve ever experienced this or do so regularly, and don’t know how to get out of it, You Will Get Through This Night (2021) can help you get out of this dark place and usher you into a better tomorrow.

Leah Guy’s Overcoming Toxic Emotions (2021) teaches you how to create positive change, live happier, and have better relationships with yourself and others for years to come through your own resources, determination, and spirit. Change is constant, regardless of our past, and making the choice to acknowledge change brings opportunities along with the unknown.

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