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Author Michael Pollan digs through decades of research and plays human guinea pig to illustrate the potential of psychedelics to alter the mind. Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. If you'd like to purchase the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.

This ZIP Reads audio summary provides key takeaways and analysis from the best-selling book Genius by Max Lugavere. Lugavere's exhaustive research details the harmful effects of many foods previously thought to be harmless. Take control of your life, and improve your brain health with his comprehensive list of genius foods.

In Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction, Chris Bailey explores the inner workings of your mind and how controlling your awareness is critical to achieving success and happiness. In a world filled with distractions, how is it possible to get any work done? Bailey offers practical solutions you can use every day to boost your productivity and creativity. This is possible by combining the power of hyperfocus and scatterfocus. Please note: This is not the original book.

Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. Feeling burnt out after devoting excessive effort to her job - with none left for her family - writer Shauna Niequist committed to making a life change. From then on, she was going to slow down, accept imperfection, and prioritize peace over productivity, a journey she documents in her self-help memoir, Present Over Perfect.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. World-renowned expert on AI and China Kai-Fu Lee presents a broad look at the current state of AI, China's dramatic progress in the last five years, and the massive social disruption that will occur as AI replaces half the jobs in the world.

In Infinite Powers, Strogatz attempts to show us the link between the universe and calculus. Everything human civilization has created has been based on some form of calculus, including cellphones, radios, HIV drugs, and human genome technology. Strogatz makes a compelling argument that without integral and differential equations, there would be no modern civilization. Infinite Powers is a classic description of the history, development, and future of calculus, as well as the phenomenal mathematicians who mastered it.

John Doerr presents an engaging, easy-to-listen, and practical methodology for realizing your professional goals through OKRs, or, Objectives and Key Results in his bestselling book, Measure What Matters. The OKR goal-setting system provides a robust methodology for helping companies realize their full potential. With case studies from a wide range of organizations, OKRs are presented in a practical way, allowing the listener to implement them in one of a variety of forms.

Anthony William reveals the secrets of mystery illnesses and shares compelling insights from the Spirit on how to heal using the natural power of fruits, vegetables, and spiritual connections.

This is a summary of Anthony William's fourth groundbreaking book revealing the truth about the power of the liver, the myriad mystery illnesses it could be causing, and how to finally heal. He describes in detail the science behind "sluggish liver" and how our neglect of our livers leads to many mystery illnesses. William provides detailed guides to the best foods you can feed your liver and discusses how the latest fad diets have gotten it all wrong.

Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life is a guide to civility, modern etiquette, and treating others with care and respect. Authored by White House social secretaries Lea Berman and Jeremy Bernard, this book gives civility insights alongside White House anecdotes. Don't miss out on this ZIP Reads summary of Treating People Well. Learn how simple etiquette can change your work and life.

Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. In The Second Mountain, political commentator and author David Brooks explains how individuals and societies can transition from selfish individualism to a focus on community. He believes that to achieve solidarity, wholeness and true happiness, we must shift our character from the hyper-individualistic first mountain to the more relational second mountain.

Striking and poignant, this searing exposé unravels the untold stories behind the Soviet nuclear disaster of 1986. Midnight in Chernobyl captures the truth below the molten core which irradiated the tangled web of bureaucracy determined to erase it and ended an era.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. Neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi reviews the link between food and brain function and offers specific recommendations for staying mentally younger, sharper, and fitter in her book Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power.

In their best-selling book, The Coddling of the American Mind, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt explore the culture of fragility and safetyism that has invaded American universities since 2013 and the underlying causes behind it. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

Why is it that some people are able to stand up to pressure while others are not? Todd Herman answers this question by taking us deep into the world of alter egos. The author uses real-life examples of clients he has helped to improve performance in various areas of their lives. He explains how the alter ego effect model and its underlying layers work together to help you build an alter ego that can turbocharge your life. If you have always wanted to unearth the superhero within you and unleash your potential, this book will help you get started.

Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger is a timely and thoughtful exploration into the history of women’s anger and oppression, the revolutions it has led to, as well as the current momentum all of those things in the wake of Donald Trump’s election...Rebecca Traister offers not only a guide for navigating your own anger in a system that was meant to suppress it, but also a guide to the history of feminism, oppression, and social justice movements from abolitions and women's suffrage to the tides of political change today.

Tucker Carlson’s Ship of Fools is a collection of essays presented as a call to change the elite power structure that has grown beyond its usefulness in America. As conservative as Carlson is, he laments the loss of classic liberal values such as worker’s rights and international peacekeeping. The liberal position, he argues, was critical for maintaining the checks and balances necessary to keep a functioning, middle-class society. Carlson argues that we, as America, need to take back our democracy and demand accountability from the "fools" in charge.

Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not these books are for you, this audio summary bundle is here to help. Each summary includes key takeaways and analysis of the original book to help you quickly absorb the author's wisdom in a distilled and easy-to-digest format.

This ZIP Reads summary provides key takeaways and analysis from Pink's number-one best-selling book, To Sell Is Human. This revolutionary look at sales and selling will change the way you think, work, and sell.

This is an audio summary and analysis of Daniel Coyle’s The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. Author Daniel Coyle shares the secrets to creating a successful organizational culture. Drawing from various examples, Coyle shows that everyone from companies to comedy troupes can have success with three simple conditions.