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Learn how to test your next business idea so you don’t waste your time and money. Are you thinking about starting a business? Perhaps you have an innovative idea, but you’re scared to launch it. You are unsure if it will be successful and you don’t want to waste your time and resources on something that won’t fly. Don’t worry! Author Pat Flynn wants to help you explore your idea and help you build the wings you need to launch your business and make it fly. Before you begin any business venture, Flynn will help you explore your ideas and determine if it is the right fit for you. Many entrepreneurs forget this critical step in their startup. They believe that if you have an idea and execute it properly, then they’ll find success! This couldn’t be further from the truth. You’ll never find success if your idea doesn’t align with your values and lifestyle. This is where Flynn will help you. He’ll give you practical step-by-step advice for determining if your idea will work for you. Next, he’ll help you test the market and remove the guesswork that comes with launching a new business. Through Flynn’s simple and practical exercises, you can ensure your success and make your first investment in your big idea. “So place your seat trays in the upright position...it’s time to see if your big idea will fly.” Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com

Learn how to stop worrying about what you should do so you can finish what you need to do and start doing what you want to do. Welcome to Get Your Shit Together, before you keep reading you should know a few things. First, this is not a traditional self-help book. Instead, think about this as more of a “let Sarah help you help yourself” help book. In other words, Sarah is here to offer “help” when your “self” gets in the way. I mean, if you could help yourself, you would’ve done it by now, right? Second, this book is not about cleaning up your physical messes in your life. You won’t be getting tips about how to gather your shit, thank it for its service, and sending it off to the Salvation Army or Goodwill. Instead, you’ll be learning how to tidy up your mental clutter like your career, finances, creative pursuits, relationships, and health. Sarah thinks of this book as a “delightfully profane one-stop-shop for tidying your mind - and making your life easier and better.” No matter where you are in your life, whether you’re in a rut with your career, finances, or your health, you have the power to hoist yourself out of your rut and begin living the life you want, and deserve, to live. As you read, you’ll learn “how to set goals, how to push through small annoyances and thorny obstacles to meet those goals, and then how to imagine and achieve even bigger goals that you may not, until now, have thought possible.” Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com

Happy Ever After (2018) invites readers to deconstruct the social pressures which mold our lives. Exploring the societal pressure to pursue the “right” career, or get married by a certain age, or have a certain amount of children, Happy Ever After unpacks the desires that we’re taught to have and questions their ability to facilitate genuine happiness. Arguing that many of these have desires have been impressed upon us by others, Paul Dolan asks us to look inward and determine whether the goals we’re pursuing are truly our own and provides actionable steps for discovering personal fulfillment. Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com

Learn how to escape from your corporate job and begin building the life of your dreams through entrepreneurship. Are you dreaming of the day you no longer have to work for the man? Perhaps you’re dreaming about the day you can finally work for yourself, the day you can say goodbye to your depressing, stifling cubicle and say hello to a life of freedom and entrepreneurship. The truth is, corporate culture is monotonous, uninspiring, and depressing. You’re expected to work under the watchful eye of your manager, log in 40 hours a week, and make someone else money. It’s time to break away and escape from cubicle nation. However, “the mystique of entrepreneurship is more sexy than the reality. No one wants to hear about how hard it is to finish a product, make a sale, or collect the money. Everyone wants to think they are joining the next Google, and the German and Italian cars are a few months away.” Entrepreneurship is not easy, but it is doable! Now you can begin your own path to success with Pamela Slim’s Escape from Cubicle Nation. Learn how to find your passion, escape your corporate job, and begin building the life of your dreams. Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com

Discover the truth and lies about why we buy. Think about your last shopping trip. Did you go to the grocery store? The mall? Perhaps you purchased a few things online. Think about the items you purchased; more importantly, think about why you purchased them. Can you even remember? What was the rationale behind your purchase? If you’re like most people, you can likely admit that your purchase was a gut-level decision you probably can’t explain. So what motivated you to buy it? Throughout Buyology, you’ll learn the science behind why we make purchases and even why we prefer some brands over others, like Pepsi vs. Coke or Apple vs. Samsung. You’ll find that science reveals that our brains are incredibly complex and companies have long tried to understand our buying habits to sell us their products. However, many companies have gotten it all wrong. In fact, neuromarketing has revealed some surprising facts about advertising. For instance, sex doesn’t actually sell and antismoking ads make smokers want to smoke even more. So if you’re looking to produce a marketing strategy that sells or if you simply want to control your impulse purchases, keep reading to find out how neuromarketing has changed the way marketing will be done forever. Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com

Author Catherine Price discusses the toxicity of social media addiction and the impact of phones on memory, productivity, and relationships. She provides practical steps for setting healthy boundaries with technology and re-engaging with the real world.

With its emphasis on restoring your mental health through a return to the basic health practices of life, Do/Breathe (2015) is not your typical self-help book. Abandoning prescriptive or pressuring models of personal development, Do/Breathe invites readers to take a relaxing step back to the basics of human existence and address our most fundamental needs: eating, breathing, and sleeping. By offering a simple and relaxing guide to promoting work/life balance, Michael Townsend Williams’ research presents a new way to hone your focus and be present and at peace in your everyday life. Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com

If you’ve ever wondered how meditation can improve your professional success and work-life balance, donothing (2018) will teach you how to unlock your potential and inner peace! Offering a first-hand account of the impact and benefits of meditation, author Robe Dube presents executives and business leaders with a toolkit for optimizing their success. Drawing on his personal experience as well as stories from well-known business icons and scientific data which demonstrates the personal and professional benefits of meditation, Dube explains why meditation is so much more than just the latest health craze. Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com

The competing pressures of our daily lives often leave us little time to read, but by applying this life hack, you can improve your reading speed in under 10 days! Written for everyone who doesn’t have the time to read as much as they’d like or for those whose to-be-read pile has taken over their apartment, 10 Days to Faster Reading outlines why our inability to read quickly isn’t formed through overcommitment. Positing that bad habits and toxic mindsets prevent us reading effectively, the joint research of The Princeton Language Institute and author Abby Marks Beale offers practical solutions for tackling those setbacks and developing efficient reading habits. Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com

A new take on Rene Descartes’ philosophy, “I think, therefore I am,” The Mind Club (2016) explores the importance of the mind and cognitive function in our daily lives and interactions. Dissecting the concept of what constitutes a mind and how we perceive other beings as having a mind or not, Wegner and Gray demonstrate how our perception of the human mind impacts our sense of morality as well as our ability to relate to others. Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original book. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and would like us to remove it, please contact us at hello@quickread.com