Self Development

Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Summary

The SQUEEZE: Becoming a better person is always important for personal growth. Remaining in one emotional, physical, and psychological place will hinder you from moving forward and from fulfilling your potential. This is precisely the sentiment of...

Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others Summary

The SQUEEZE: John C. Maxwell is America’s leadership expert, offering suggestions for how to connect with other people as an influencer. Maxwell’s latest book, Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others, is a test...

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School Summary

The SQUEEZE: Knowing how the brain works is important to improving every day physical and mental performance. John Medina introduces things we need to know about how the brain works in Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work,...

Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure Summary

The SQUEEZE: Today’s financial, economical, and health challenges cannot be solved with traditional “ready-made” solutions. Instead, these challenges require many to solve the problems in their lives by learning how to adapt. Tim Harford’s book ti...

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic Summary

The SQUEEZE: Americans today consider the pursuit of more to be a primary determinant for achieving success. But social critics are increasingly reaching different conclusions. Consumerism is becoming a disastrous condition that is having negative...

Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy Summary

The SQUEEZE: American culture today praises happiness at the expense of sadness. But sadness, or melancholy, is an important aspect to the human experience. It is an essential part of life that has motivated key figures in history to create some o...

Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial Summary

The SQUEEZE: Mastering your body, emotions, personal relationships, and your life in general involves creating a program that will help you to discover your purpose and harness the potential that self-mastery brings. It is within this context that...

Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life Summary

The SQUEEZE: Even though everyday Americans appreciate open-ended political dialogue, they, in fact, work harder to appear to avoid politics altogether. Creating a culture of political avoidance reveals much about the production of apathy among ev...

A Year Without ‘Made in China’: One Family’s True Life Adventure in the Global Economy Summary

The SQUEEZE: A Year Without ‘Made in China’: One Family’s True Life Adventure in the Global Economy is the author’s chronicle of a yearlong experience boycotting Chinese-made products. Sara Bongiorni decides on January 1, 2005, through sheer will ...

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever Summary

The SQUEEZE: Having a vision is important for both business and personal aspirations. Without an actionable plan, don’t expect to accomplish the dreams in your heart. It is within this context that Steve Chandler encourages readers to create posit...
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