Show notes / PDF & Infographic / How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams is a best-selling self-help book that shares practical strategies and personal anecdotes on turning failures into success—proving that embracing your losses can lead to your biggest wins.Life gets busy. Has How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams been gathering dust on your bookshelf? Instead, learn the key insights now.We’re scratching the surface here. If you don't already have the book, order it here or get the audiobook for free on Amazon to learn the juicy details.Get the full text, PDF, infographic and animated book summary on our free app: https://www.getstoryshots.comInterested in sponsoring us? Contact support@getstoryshots.com.StoryShots Summary and Review of How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott AdamsScott Adams’ PerspectiveScott Adams is the artist and creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. His Dilbert series came to national prominence through the downsizing period in the 1990s America and was then distributed worldwide. Adams worked in various roles at big businesses before becoming a full-time cartoonist in 1995. By 2000, the comic had been published in 2,000 newspapers in 57 countries and translated into 19 languages.SynopsisHow to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big is a guide to succeed despite your failures. Adams admits he has failed at more things than anyone he has ever met. But, he managed to transition from working in an office to being the creator of a world-famous comic strip within a few years. The key to this success were fundamental principles that he picked up along the way. This book outlines these principles and how they will benefit you more than what society suggests is best for you and your future.StoryShot #1: Goals Have Two Major ProblemsSelf-help gurus have a knack for encouraging people to create and stick to goals. But Adam believes goals are for losers. According to him, the reality is that even the clearest goals have two problems that will always persist: Goals are future-oriented Goals can become overly-specific Firstly, there is the issue that goals are placed in the future, but we have to work in the present to achieve them. This means you are unlikely to see any results from your actions until much further down the line. Most people would find this reality frustrating and discouraging. The specific nature of goals can also lead to similar frustrations. For example, people often feel like failures if they don’t accomplish exactly what they set out to do. They may still be highly successful, but not meeting their goals leaves them feeling they haven’t accomplished anything. An example of this would be losing weight by a specific date. This goal prevents you from feeling successful during the journey of losing weight and will leave you feeling like a failure if you fall even one pound short by that date.StoryShot #2: The Effectiveness of SystemsStoryShot #3: Examples of SystemsDisclaimer: This is an unofficial summary and analysis.Editor's Note: This episode was first published in July 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes | PDF & Infographic | A Promised Land is the first of two presidential memoirs by Barack Obama. Obama welcomes readers into his childhood, adolescence, and onward to his political career.Learn on your terms. Get the PDF, infographic, full ad-free audiobook and animated version of this summary and a lot more on the top-rated StoryShots app: https://www.getstoryshots.comHelp us grow to create more amazing content for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now. What should our next book be? Suggest and vote it up on the StoryShots app.StoryShots Analysis and Summary of A Promised Land by Barack ObamaWe’re scratching the surface here. If you don't already have A Promised Land, get the audiobook for free on Amazon to learn the juicy details.Barack Obama’s PerspectiveBarack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States. He was the first African-American US President. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, Obama worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black person to be president of the Harvard Law Review. In 2008, Obama was nominated for president a year after his presidential campaign began. He was elected over Republican John McCain. A year later, he was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. SynopsisA Promised Land is the first of two presidential memoirs by Barack Obama. Obama welcomes readers into his childhood, adolescence, and onward to his political career. This political memoir covers every significant decision Obama had to make by 2011. It outlines the thought process behind these decisions. Obama is honest about the challenges he experienced, having adopted financial instability. He also outlines that he had to straddle between optimistic hope and the reality of tough decision-making.StoryShot #1: Obama’s Childhood in HawaiiStoryShot #2: Obama’s Fuel for PresidencyStoryShot #3: Obama’s Illinois Senate RaceStoryShot #4: Obama’s Political DevelopmentStoryShot #5: A Low-Tech Solution to a Massive DecisionStoryShot #6: A Relaxed Approach to a Massive DecisionFIRST PUBLISHED ON 10 Jul 2021.Disclaimer: This is an unofficial summary and analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes / PDF & Infographic / Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder provides a groundbreaking visual toolkit to help you design, innovate, and reinvent your business model—ready to reshape the future of your business?Learn on your terms. Get the PDF, infographic, full ad-free audiobook and animated version of this summary and a lot more on the top-rated StoryShots app: https://www.getstoryshots.comHelp us grow to create more amazing content for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now. What should our next book be? Suggest and vote it up on the StoryShots app.This is the tip of the iceberg. To dive into the details and support the author, order the book.StoryShots Book Summary and Review of Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers (Strategyzer) by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves PigneurIntroductionBusiness Model Generation is a guide to the highly influential business model canvas. This canvas was co-created by 470 practitioners from 45 countries. The book features practical innovation techniques used by leading consultants and companies worldwide. It is currently used by P&G, Amazon and Tesla to improve business efficiency. The book features a highly visual, 4-color design that simplifies powerful strategic ideas and tools.Business Model Building Blocks“A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value” - Alexander OsterwalderThe foundation of business models should always be what the authors call a Business Model Canvas. This canvas should provide a visual prompt for participants to focus on the crucial criteria. The aim of a business model canvas is to focus the discussion on strategic thinking rather than being distracted by small operational details. The building blocks that form this canvas make it dynamic. This means some options in certain sections will impose limits on or amplify other sections.The authors provide nine different building blocks that every business should incorporate into their business model canvas: Key Partners - You can start to control more market share simply by working together with other businesses. This cooperation can lead to a superior product and better supplier links. Key Activities - Your company will have its own key activities that lead to profit.  Value Propositions - These are groups of benefits which incentivize clients to work with you over your competitors. You can improve this category by innovating new products or optimizing them to fit client needs. Customer Relationships: Different industries and customers require different types of assistance. Customer Segments - Try to target specific groups of customers to gain competitive advantage in a few key areas. These groups are called customer segments. Key Resources - These resources can be used to gain a competitive advantage. This includes superior talent or land. Channels - You must develop communication channels other than advertising. Every product must be able to be scrutinized. Cost Structure - Your cost structure will determine your business structure. This is because your cost structure will place constraints on other parts of the business.  Revenue Streams - The authors describe the revenue streams as the arteries of the business model. This is because they obtain income but impose certain constraints on operations. Business Model PatternsUnbundled ModelsLong TailDisclaimerThis is an unofficial summary and analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes / PDF & Infographic / Robin Sharma offers advice on overcoming the difficulties of life while developing your personality and skills.Learn on your terms. Get the PDF, infographic, extended ad-free audiobook and animated version of this summary of Who Will Cry When You Die and more exclusive content on the top-rated StoryShots app: https://www.getstoryshots.com⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now to help us grow and create more amazing content for you. Once you're done, contact our support with a link to your review for the chance to win six months of free premium access!What should our next book be? Comment on Spotify/iTunes or vote it up on the StoryShots app.Interested in sponsorship? Contact sales@getstoryshots.com.Life gets busy. Has Who Will Cry When You Die? been gathering dust on your bookshelf? Instead, pick up the key ideas now.We're scratching the surface here. If you don't already have the book, order the book or get the audiobook for free to learn the juicy details and support the author.SynopsisWho Will Cry When You Die? was released back in 1999. Robin Sharma offers advice on overcoming the difficulties of life while developing your personality and skills. This book is the third in Robin Sharma’s The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari series. The book is divided into 101 short chapters. Each chapter offers solutions to everyday life problems. These solutions range from sleeping less to discovering your calling.About Robin SharmaRobin Sharma is considered one of the top 5 leadership experts worldwide and is also the author of the bestselling books, The 5 AM Club and The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. Robin is admired by some of the world’s most successful people. He has advised rock stars, royalty, billionaires, and celebrity CEOs. Robin quit his career as a lawyer at the age of 25 to pursue stress management and spirituality.Discover Your CallingIf you don’t act on life, then life has a habit of acting on you. Without a calling, days can slip into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. After this time has passed, you could be left with a life that was only half-lived. Alternatively, you can actively seek your calling. We are all here for a purpose, and this purpose is unique to us. This calling will manifest as our higher human potential and will add value to the lives around us. Therefore, Robin recommends creating a mantra that you live by in all parts of your life. Subsequently, you will be able to seek a higher meaning from your everyday activities and your work.Create Good HabitsAs you live your days, so you will live your life. Robin explains that our lives are not a dress rehearsal. Therefore, lost opportunities will rarely arrive again. Hence, the key to success and happiness is self-discipline. Being stricter with yourself will help you to live your life on your terms.Here are some habits that Robin recommends you introduce into your daily routine: Decompress before you go home after work by doing something you find relaxing Have a daily family meal without fail Get up early Meditate Exercise Laugh more Keep a journal Take more pictures Always carry a book Robin reminds readers that it takes 21 days to create a new habit. Therefore, try and stick with your new routine, even if it seems challenging at first.First published on 26 September 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes / PDF & Infographic / The Untethered Soul aims to help all its readers be free from their limitations and soar well beyond their boundaries to achieve inner peace, energy and happiness.Learn on your terms. Get the PDF, infographic, full ad-free audiobook and animated version of this summary and a lot more on the top-rated StoryShots app: https://www.getstoryshots.comHelp us grow to create more amazing content for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now. What should our next book be? Suggest and vote it up on the StoryShots app.Get the full audiobook for free on Amazon: https://geni.us/soul-free-audiobookWe're scratching the surface here. If you don't already have the book, order it here to learn the juicy details and support the author.StoryShots Book Summary and Analysis of The Untethered Soul by Michael A. SingerMichael Alan Singer's PerspectiveMichael Singer is a bestselling author, a meditation center founder, and a former software programmer. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a long-established yoga and meditation center for people of any religion or belief to experience inner peace. Singer created Medical Manager, one of the first programs that helped medical practitioners to digitize their medical records. This company was acquired by WebMD, a billion-dollar public company. Singer continued for many years as executive VP and head of research and development of WebMD Practice Services. He resigned from WebMD in 2005 and focused on writing. His two books, The Untethered Soul (2007) and The Surrender Experiment (2015), were New York Times bestsellers.IntroductionThe Untethered Soul aims to help all its readers be free from their limitations and soar well beyond their boundaries to achieve inner peace, energy and happiness. Singer encourages you to focus less on the world around you and more on changing your relationship with your inner space to achieve these outcomes. Once you have untethered yourself from your mind and soul, you will be able to deal with all challenges that life throws at you. The Untethered Soul has sold over one million copies.StoryShot #1: Solve Problems Based on Your Inside WorldTo find peace with the voice inside your head is to realize that this “I” will never be content. This means you can identify this voice, which Singer calls your inner roommate, as the source of negative energy. For example, if you are feeling jealous, you should avoid finding ways to protect yourself. Look inside and find out what part of your voice is having a problem with jealousy. Singer explains that solving problems based on your outside world will be ineffective and short-term. The key to solving problems is understanding and improving how situations affect you on the inside. StoryShot #2: Get to Know Your Inside VoiceStoryShot #3: Tackle Autopilot to Stop Being Absorbed By Your Inside Voice---Did you like this audiobook summary, click the like button now to support our channel. If you don't want to miss out on new free audiobook summaries, subscribe and click the bell button. You can also download our free app and enjoy thousands of other summaries of bestselling nonfiction books that are available in text, audio and animated formats.StoryShots has been featured by Apple, Google, and The Guardian as one of the world's best reading and learning apps. Go to getstoryshots.com and download the app today.This episode was first released on 7/7/2021. It was updated on 4/4/2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes | Free audiobook | When it comes to working at Netflix, there are no rules, and that's what No Rules Rules is about. Reed Hastings, Netflix's co-founder, outlines how he cultivated a unique work environment.Learn on your terms. Get the PDF, infographic, full ad-free audiobook and animated version of this summary and a lot more on the top-rated StoryShots app: https://www.getstoryshots.comHelp us grow to create more amazing content for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now. What should our next book be? Suggest and vote it up on the StoryShots app.Storyshots Book Summary And Analysis Of No Rules Rules: Netflix and The Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin MeyerDisclaimer: This is an unofficial summary and analysis.Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997. The company develops, licenses, and delivers video entertainment across various genres and languages. By 2022, the platform served more than 200 million people in 190 countries. In 1991, he founded Pure Software, which creates tools for software developers. After a 1995 IPO and several acquisitions, Rational Software purchased Pure in 1997.Hastings is an active educational philanthropist. He served on the California State Board of Education from 2000 to 2004. He is on the board of several educational organizations, including DreamBox Learning, KIPP, and Pahara. He’s also a board member of Facebook and was on the board of Microsoft from 2007 to 2012.Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, a leading international business school. Her work focuses on how the world’s most successful managers work with cultural differences in a global environment. She has helped executives in five continents to work with cross-cultural complexities. Erin frequently publishes in Harvard Business Review. In 2019, Erin accepted an award from Thinkers50 for the second time. They labeled her one of the fifty most impactful business writers globally. In 2018, she was one of the top 30 most influential HR thinkers of the year in HR magazine.IntroductionWhen it comes to working at Netflix, there are no rules, and that's what No Rules Rules is about. Reed Hastings, Netflix's co-founder, outlines how he cultivated a unique work environment. Netflix values both individual and collective initiatives. 📍 Working with Erin Meyer, he looks at a unique leadership style that goes against corporate rules.It's time for a change in the way we do business. You can rely on your coworkers. Be brutally honest. Moreover, you should never, ever try to win over your boss.If you're a Netflix employee, these are among the guidelines to follow. Netflix has evolved from a DVD mail-order startup to a streaming juggernaut. Today, it boasts more than 200 million loyal subscribers.Today's main threat is not making mistakes or losing focus. It is struggling to attract top talent and develop new products. Inability to pivot fast when the environment changes is also a factor. New ideas can't thrive in a business repeatedly bound by the same rules. As painful as it may be to make many small mistakes, they are essential to the innovation process.When it comes to running a business, Netflix offers a new approach 📍 . It is more in sync with today's ever-changing and fast-paced world. This culture is the pinnacle of innovation, production, and creativity.StoryShot #1: A Great Workplace Has Stunning ColleaguesDream Teams Consist of Stunning ColleaguesHow Netflix Builds Dream TeamsThe Keeper TestStoryShot #2: Run Your Company Like A Team, Not A Family Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes | PDF & Infographic | Attitude Is Everything covers multiple lessons on attitude. These storyshots will provide a concise outline of each lesson. These lessons relate to how you can harness the power of your attitude to reach your life goals.Learn on your terms. Get Attitude is Everything book summary PDF, infographic, extended ad-free audiobook and animated version and a lot more exclusive content on the top-rated StoryShots app: https://www.getstoryshots.comHelp us grow to create more amazing content for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now. What should our next book be? Suggest and vote it up on the StoryShots app.Order the book on Amazon to learn the juicy details.Jeff Keller is a motivational speaker, leader and writer about human motivation. Keller was a law school graduate who practiced law for a few years. But he felt unhappy with his life and decided to pursue his true calling of teaching self-improvement. Since then, he has worked within multiple organizations to help develop high achievers. Jeff’s articles have appeared in national and international publications, including: Selling Power, The Pryor Report Management Newsletter, The Toastmaster and The Chamber of Commerce Pacesetter. He is also a member of the National Speakers Association. Keller wrote this book to provide a clear outline of how you can advance your organization’s potential by improving your attitude.Attitude Is Everything covers multiple lessons on attitude. These storyshots will provide a concise outline of each lesson. These lessons relate to how you can harness the power of your attitude to reach your life goals. As humans, we tend to focus on the negatives in life. This negative outlook impacts those you complain to as well as your own beliefs and subsequent actions. This negative mindset and activity prevents you from reaching your goals. StoryShot #1: Our Thoughts Drive Our CircumstancesThe foundation of this book is the reality that our thoughts dominate and drive our circumstances. Your attitude toward your life and the people around you is your window to the world. If you think you can do something, then you can. If you think you can’t, then you can’t. You’re right either way, as your attitude will impact your outcomes. It’s the classic self-fulfilling prophecy. So try to change your attitude to one that is more positive. StoryShot #2: Your Attitude Is a Mental FilterKeller defines attitude as the mental filter through which we experience the world. Some of us see the world through a filter of optimism, while others perceive the world through a filter of pessimism. Some people see the glass as half full and some as half empty. Keller believes you can control your attitude, so you should keep your view of the world clean and clear. To illustrate this point, Keller compares attitudes to windows. Your window is your perspective on the world. We all start with a clean window when we are young. But with age, our window gets covered in dirt from everything life throws at us: criticism, ridicule, rejection and disappointment. This dirt is what makes us doubt our capabilities. Doubt feeds negative attitudes. Our job is to keep our view of the world clean. In other words, try to keep a positive attitude. Use a filter of optimism instead of negativity. Instead of saying “I can’t,” you should be saying “I can.” Then, when your window is clean, you can finally see the world outside is full of positive opportunities.If we can choose our attitude toward our circumstances, we can also choose all our reactions and responses. The example Keller gives is the mindset of Victor Frankl, an author and a concentration camp survivor. Frankl believed that those who were naturally more pessimistic often died in the concentration camps, while those who were optimistic were more likely to find the hope and strength to survive. ---First published in June 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes | PDF & Infographic / Beyond Order is a follow-up to Peterson’s International bestseller, 12 Rules for Life. In Beyond Order, he provides 12 more rules for living happier, more fulfilling, and successful lives.Learn on your terms. Get the PDF, infographic, full ad-free audiobook and animated version of this summary and a lot more on the top-rated StoryShots app: https://www.getstoryshots.comHelp us grow to create more amazing content for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now. What should our next book be? Suggest and vote it up on the StoryShots app.Life gets busy. Has Beyond Order been gathering dust on your bookshelf? Instead, pick up the key ideas now. We’re scratching the surface here. If you don't already have the book, order it here or get the audiobook for free on Amazon to learn the juicy details.StoryShots Book Summary and Review of Beyond Order by Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson is a Canadian YouTube personality, clinical psychologist, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. He grew up in the wastelands of Northern Alberta. He earned his Ph.D. and post-doctorate in clinical psychology from McGill University prior to working as a professor at Harvard University.Peterson’s various TV appearances for commentary on personality, religion, and cultural Marxism put his name on the map. More recently, in 2016, Peterson released a series of YouTube videos that criticized new discrimination laws based on gender identity. Because of these videos, he received significant media coverage ranging from criticism to praise.Peterson describes himself politically as a classic British liberal and traditionalist. He supports individual liberty and maintaining tradition. That said, he doesn’t align with a right-wing ideology, even though he is often mischaracterized as right-wing.Peterson is passionate about exploring the world. He has flown a hammer-head roll in a carbon-fiber stunt plane and explored an Arizona meteorite crater with astronauts. He has also taught mythology to lawyers, doctors, and business people. He has consulted the UN secretary-general and served as an adviser to senior partners of major Canadian law firms.Beyond Order is a follow-up to Peterson’s International bestseller, 12 Rules for Life. In Beyond Order, he provides 12 more rules for living happier, more fulfilling, and successful lives. While 12 Rules for Life offers an antidote to chaos, Beyond Order asks the reader to go further. Neither complete order nor complete chaos will bring you fulfillment. So, Peterson’s 12 rules in Beyond Order encourage the readers to reach out into the domain beyond. Doing so is essential for adjusting to an ever-changing world.Let Innovators Inspire YouAlthough Peterson describes himself politically as a British liberal, he insists liberals need to remember that social institutions exist for a reason. The reason they are maintained over long periods is that they offer many benefits. At the same time, Peterson offers advice to conservatives. Although social institutions are important, conservatives should be open to new ideas and ways of thinking. We should not marginalize those who are seeking to improve and innovate how society works. The world will change, and you have to be ready to adapt.So, Peterson suggests the readers look at successful individuals and creative inventions as inspiration. All thriving societies feature a bottom-up hierarchy. This structure enables having an impact on the world but only on the condition that you accept the balance of society. Once you accept this balance, you must seek beneficial solutions. However, only those solutions to important problems are viable that can be repeated without decay across repetitions.Imagination Is A Key to SuccessRatingWe rate this book 4.6/5.DISCLAIMERThis is an unofficial summary and analysis.This episode was first published on 8/5/2021. It was updated on 12/3/2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes | PDF & Infographic | Free audiobook | The Theory of Everything by Stephen Hawking offers a concise yet profound exploration of the universe’s mysteries, from the Big Bang to black holes—could the answers within these pages redefine our very existence?Learn on your terms. Get the PDF, infographic, full ad-free audiobook and animated version of this summary and a lot more on the top-rated StoryShots app: https://www.getstoryshots.comHelp us grow to create more amazing content for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now. What should our next book be? Suggest and vote it up on the StoryShots app.StoryShots Summary and Analysis of The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen HawkingGet the full transcript, PDF and animated summary on our free app: https://www.getstoryshots.comStephen Hawking's PerspectiveStephen Hawking was considered one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history. From the Big Bang to black holes, his work on the universe's origins and structure revolutionized the field. Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of doctors. He began his university education at University College, Oxford, in 1959. He received a first-class BA degree in physics. Hawking began his graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1962. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, specializing in general relativity and cosmology, in March 1966. Like Isaac Newton, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009. At age 21, while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Part of his life story was depicted in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything.IntroductionThe Theory of Everything is a series of lectures given by Stephen Hawking. The goal of these lectures is to outline what scientists believe is the history of the universe. As a result, he offers a history of science's understanding of the universe. Additionally, he clearly explains the events that unfolded immediately after the Big Bang. Hawking also covers the cosmological field he is most famous for: the study of black holes.StoryShot #1: The Original Four Ideas About the UniverseAristotlePtolemyCopernicusNewtonDisclaimer: This is an unofficial summary and analysis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes | PDF & Infographic | "Never quit" is a lie. Winners quit all the time. Find out why and how with The Dip by Seth Godin.Read on your terms. Start a free trial of StoryShots: https://www.getstoryshots.com to get the PDF, infographic, extended ad-free audiobook and animated version of this summary of The Dip and 300,000 more bestselling books.Help us grow to create more amazing content for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the StoryShots podcast now. What should our next book be? Suggest and vote it up on the StoryShots app.Order the The Dip here or get the audiobook for free.StoryShots Book Summary and Review of The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin About Seth GodinSeth Godin is an American author and former ‘dot com’ business executive. Seth Godin is the author of over 18 books. Free Prize Inside won Forbes’ Business Book of the Year in 2004, while The Dip was a Business Week and New York Times bestseller. In 2018, Godin was inducted into the American Marketing Association’s Marketing Hall of Fame. He also runs a blog named in 2009, by Time, as one of the 25 best blogs. Introduction to The DipThe Dip builds on Seth Godin’s insights introduced on his blog titled ‘The four curves of want and get.’ Every new project starts out exciting and fun. But after this initial excitement, the project will get harder and less fun. Eventually, you will hit a low point in your pursuits. Seth Godin calls this challenging period a dip. This dip is one of three things: an opportunity, a cul-de-sac, or a cliff. You must quit the cul-de-sacs and cliffs so you can reallocate resources. You must persevere with all other pursuits, no matter how hard, so that you can become the best in your world.StoryShot #1: Be the Best You Can BeOur society obsesses over those who are number one. We give plaudits to the song or sports person that sits at the top of the charts. Similarly, we reward those employees that are performing the best. But the result of this obsession is that rewards are heavily skewed. Godin points out that, on average, first place generally gets ten times the winnings of whoever places tenth. This is Zipf’s law and is found in almost all fields. Zipf’s law suggests a non-linear relationship whereby rewards reduce exponentially. With limited time and opportunity to experiment, we intentionally narrow our choices to those at the top. Therefore, you need to do everything in your power to become the best. If you are not going to be the best, then you should just quit. Crucially, Godin does not necessarily mean the best anybody could ever be. Instead, he explains you need to be the best for you, right now, based on what you believe and know. You need to be the best in your world. StoryShot #2: The World Is ChangingStoryShot #3: The CurvesCurve 1: The DipCurves 2 and 3: The Cul-de-Sac and the CliffThe Cul-de-SacThe CliffStoryShot #4: The Seven Most Common Failures When Pursuing SuccessRelated Books to The Dip Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin When by Daniel Pink The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant Fortitude by Dan Crenshaw Mindset by Carol Dweck Grit by Angela Duckworth Linchpin by Seth Godin Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins Make Your Bed by William McRaven 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin Disclaimer: This is an unofficial summary and analysis.First published on 4/10/2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices