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Get the Summary of Jennie Allen's Get Out of Your Head in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: As she discovered in her own life, God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral. Freedom comes when we refuse to be victims to our thoughts and realize we have already been equipped with power from God to fight and win the war for our minds.
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#1 The low point in my career was when I had the most significant title and the highest paying job. I was the head of sales at the Walt Disney Company's movie studio. I sold movies to theaters.
#2 I was working at a video game company, and I was miserable. I was getting straight-A grades and didn't need to study. As the slate continued to grow and the teams hit their...
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Get the Summary of Steven C. Hayes & Spencer Smith's Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a new, scientifically based psychotherapy that takes a fresh look at why we suffer and even what it means to be mentally healthy. What if pain were a normal, unavoidable part of the human condition, but avoiding or trying...
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#1 I was a mess. I was supposed to be someone, but instead I was broke and a three-year-old and an infant were sucking the life out of me. I was lonely and restless. I called my husband to help me clean up the house, but he had to make a living like me.
#2 I had lots of credentials, but was sitting at home not doing anything. I began to press Tim to go out and get a...
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#1 I was told I was a mean baby. I was also called Baby Bear. Both are questionable. I was born with a glower and was often labeled as mean by my peers. I was also called Baby Bear because of my fur-covered head.
#2 I was called Selma, but I mostly went by Blair. I shared a room with my sister Lizzie, and I would always get out of bed very quickly, startling her. I...
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#1 Claudio Cutrona, a Sicilian, proclaims that yes often becomes no in Sicily. We go in through a small doorway in Via Bara all'Olivella.-> Don Fabrizio could not know it then, but a great deal of the slackness and acquiescence for which the people of the South were to be criticized during the next decades was due to the annulment of the first expression of liberty ever...
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#1 When you read, you should have a purpose. Purpose helps you stay focused on the material, and it helps you absorb it faster. When you read with a purpose, you begin to see the material everywhere.
#2 To help you focus on what you want to get out of a certain piece of information, ask yourself what you want to get out of it and why you are reading it. The clearer...
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#1 Mise-en-place translates to put in place in French. It's the system that allows chefs to get out of the way and let their staff do their jobs, with one important caveat: everything must be in its proper place. Basically, mise-en-place is a set of procedures that allow chefs to get out of the way and let their staff do their jobs. To make this work, they need to be...
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Get the Summary of Marsha M. Linehan's Building a Life Worth Living in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this remarkable and inspiring memoir, Linehan describes how, when she was eighteen years old, she began an abrupt downward spiral from popular teenager to suicidal young woman. After several miserable years in a psychiatric institute, Linehan made a vow that if she could get out of...
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Book Preview: #1 Wall Street is famous for its gossipy culture, and its writers are never hailed as heroes for their work.
#2 The author was working on a Sunday column about Wall Street that would be published in New York magazine. He was afraid his identity would get out, so he decided to use a pseudonym.
#3 Keynes, a Cambridge economist, had a great sense of life and living, which...
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Get the Summary of Gary John Bishop's Unfu*k Yourself in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life is Gary John Bishop's first book, published in 2016. Bishop is a personal development expert, and this book came from years of experience, traveling, and meeting various people from all walks of life. Many people spend a lot of their time in...
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#1 The beginning of the end is when a secret is exposed. The secret keeper must be made to feel safe, and they must be invited into your life. They must believe they are in control.
#2 Therese was tired of feeling like she was not in control of the situation, so she had decided to meet with Martin in person. She wanted the meeting to take place in a neutral location,...
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Get the Summary of Derick Howell's Eliminate Negative Thinking in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In fact, our brains are wired to look out for potential dangers. We remember negative events more vividly than positive ones. We instinctively look for negative things and imagine worst-case scenarios.
This instinct is helpful when you're lost in a jungle full of hungry predators.
But in...
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Get the Summary of Lundy Bancroft's Why Does He Do That? In 20 minutes.
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Original book introduction: He says he loves you. So...why does he do that? You've asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to see inside the minds of angry and controlling men--and to change your life. In this groundbreaking book, a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men shows...
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#1 To master imposter syndrome, and to describe yourself in positive rather than self-deprecating terms, is critical for achieving power and success. If you do not believe you are powerful and competent, you will not project this belief to others.
#2 The first rule of power is to get out of your own way. It is possible to do so. For example, at Stanford, we grade in...
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#1 The Doctor, a French man, was conscripted and sent to help the French with the war effort. However, he was more than just a kindly man willing to sign what he must to protect his fellow Frenchmen. He was a part of the underground resistance.
#2 The trail was followed by the Jewish community itself. They did not begrudge anyone their secrecy, but if there was a way...
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Get the Summary of Michael J. Fox's No Time Like the Future in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox's trademark sense of humor, his...
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#1 The changes in Old Town Pasadena reflect the changes within ourselves. The area has been sanitized, and several good restaurants have moved in. However, it has also become safe and clean.
#2 I was a has-been actor, and the Ghost of My Career Yet to Come, when I was kicked in the nuts by a Hooters waitress. I had spent my life talking about what I did when I was a...
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#1 The heroes of today's movies are following the same script as the Hero's Journey, a template of storytelling that spans the ages. It is a path of adventure, ordeals, and transformation.
#2 You are the hero of your life. You are responsible for what happens and what doesn't. You decide who gets cast in which roles and even the lines you speak. You must write your own...
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Book Preview: #1 Mary Davies was born in London in 1665. She was the heiress to what would become some of the most valuable land in the world. She was married at the age of twelve to a Cheshire landowner nine years her senior.
#2 Mary's great-great uncle, Hugh Audley, was a lawyer who made his fortune as a usurer. He died in 1662, and six months after the birth of his daughter, Mary,...