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Daniel Kahneman explains the two systems that drive the way we think: System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, deliberate, and logical. To help you to deeply understand the original book Thinking, Fast and Slow, this audio summary offers chapter summaries, broken down by subsections; definitions and explanations of the terminology used; and suggested further information of Kahneman's research.

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene is the ultimate guide to putting yourself in a place of power. It is about knowing your weakness, playing on your strengths, and manipulating your enemies. It is the guide to get if you are wanting to raise your ranks in your office or business. Note: This is a summary of The 48 Laws of Power, not the original book.  

In this summary, we take a look at The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. In that book, the author outlines what he feels like the most common issues are when it comes to teamwork. In this summary, we go through each of these dysfunctions in detail. 

Outliers: The Story of Success is about more than just listening to other's stories. It is about learning the pattern of success. It is full of knowledge from which you can learn. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)  

This audio summary will help you understand Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry. In this guide, you will find information about the field of emotional intelligence, as well as how to develop self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.

Strength Finder 2.0 is designed to help you discover your strengths, build on them, and move past your weaknesses. Not only can you accomplish your goals with the help of Tom Rath's book, but you can also help others to do the same. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)   

Listen to this audio summary to discover how you can better relate to your spouse. You’ll be able to come together on things you’ve struggled with in the past. Or if you can’t work them out, you can at least learn to live with each other.  

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life. And Maybe the World is a collection of 10 life lessons Admiral William McRaven learned as a Navy SEAL. This audiobook is the result of a commencement speech he gave at the University of Texas graduation in 2014. In that speech, he outlined 10 lessons that he had learned in his time training - and throughout his career - as a Navy SEAL. He applies these lessons to every day life, saying that you can use them to change your own life as well as change the lives of those around you. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book.)

Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases will change how you live, think, and eat. It will help you to find the quality of life that you may not have thought possible. You will learn why you need to do this. You will learn how to make the changes happen. By the end of this audiobook, you will know what stress does to your body. You are going to learn the role love plays in your life and your stress levels. Undo all the things you have done to yourself. This book will show you how.

By listening to this audio summary of the book Factfulness, you will learn a new way to think. You will learn that the world isn't as divided as you might think.

Listen to this audio summary of A Brief History of Time to quickly learn about the concepts and theories of how the the universe began.

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World is like being able to sit in on a private conversation with the Dalai Lama. You are going to get insight into why he thinks and acts the way he does. It is a fascinating view into the mind of mankind. It will give you the ability to understand why people, yourself included, act the way they do.  

Once you listen to this audiobook, you will understand why you don't feel good. Your liver plays a huge role in your health, both physically and mentally. You have to know how to treat it, how to detox it, and how the foods you eat affect it.

Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat - but understanding that both of them are necessary. This guide will lead you through the book, Daring Greatly by Brené Brown. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.) In her book, Brown explains how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead. Vulnerability permeates all areas of our lives. If you aren’t opening yourself up to vulnerability, you’re not truly living.  

In this audiobook, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, two Navy SEAL leaders, outline lessons they learned in their time in the military. They have taken the principles of SEAL leadership and applied them to the business world. These leaders explain the concept from the perspective of the SEAL teams and then take them and explain how they fit into the business world and how they were used to turn a negative business situation around.

The book Man's Search for Meaning will have you thinking about the aspects of life. It is written to show you that suffering, love, and purpose are all aspects everyone has in his or her life. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)   

Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal by Anthony William will really help you heal your body. It will show you how to use the spirits to help guide you in choosing the foods that you eat. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.) This audiobook is about learning how you are what you eat, so that you can make the right choices to heal what ails you. It is about helping you to learn more about your own body. 

 This is the audio summary of the book Leonardo da Vinci.

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This guide is a brief outline of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. This guide seeks to give you a better understanding of the book and will help you determine if you want to know more about Mindset - and whether you need to change yours or not.