7 Minute Books: Free Book Summaries

“Why Your Day Job Is Your Secret Weapon” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Quitter Author: Jon Acuff Category: Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement What if the smartest move for your side hustle is to keep the day job you've been dreaming of escaping? Sam and Sophie open...

“The Boring Raft That Beats the Speedboat” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing Author: Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore & Michael LeBoeuf Category: Personal Growth, Personal Finance & Investing, Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement W...

“The Diamond on the Beach: Why Great Products Get Ignored” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Obviously Awesome Author: April Dunford Category: Focus, Habits & Productivity, Business Strategy, Sales, Branding & Marketing, Startups & Entrepreneurship Why do genuinely great prod...

“Why Your Inner Critic Is Actually On Your Side” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Monster Transformation Author: Ari Lightman, Rafeh Masood, Gary Hirsch Category: Workplace & Company Culture, Technology & Innovation, Leadership & Team Building, Career Growth What if the voic...

“The Man Who Slept Under a Desk and Still Won” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Pursuit of Happyness Author: Chris Gardner Category: Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement, Memoirs & Life Stories What does it actually cost to keep going when you have nothing left to se...

“The Hidden Labor and Power Behind AI” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Empire of AI Author: Karen Hao Category: Startups & Entrepreneurship, Creativity in Business, Technology & Innovation, Business Strategy What if AI isn't a neutral tool at all, but a sprawling empire wi...

“Eagleton's Surprisingly Warm Answer to the Big Question” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Meaning of Life Author: Terry Eagleton Category: Culture & Society, Philosophy & Big Ideas Terry Eagleton thinks we've been asking the meaning of life question all wrong — so...

“The Walls That Keep Out Love” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Own Your Armor Author: Michelle Brody Category: Public Speaking & Communication, Workplace & Company Culture, Leadership & Team Building What if the walls you built to protect yourself are the same walls keeping...

“The Drowning Child and the Distance Excuse” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Life You Can Save Author: Peter Singer Category: Culture & Society, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Economics & Global Markets Would you ruin an expensive suit to save a drowning child? Almost everyone...

“The King Who Owned a Country and Got Away With It for Years” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: King Leopold's Ghost Author: Adam Hochschild Category: World History, Memoirs & Life Stories What if one man could own an entire country — and the world called him a philanthropist wh...

“Jeff Bezos on Staying Hungry and Never Settling for Day 2” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Invent and Wander Author: Jeff Bezos Category: Memoirs & Life Stories, Technology & Innovation, AI, Data & the Future, Startups & Entrepreneurship What does it mean to stay in Da...

“The Self-Help Industry's Dirty Little Secrets” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Psychobabble Author: Stephen Briers Category: Psychology & Human Behavior, Personal Growth Is the self-help industry actually helping us, or is it just making us feel worse? Sam and Sophie open wit...

“Prem Rawat's Case for Doing Less, Not More” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Hear Yourself Author: Prem Rawat Category: Mindfulness & Wellbeing, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Faith, Spirituality & Meaning, Personal Growth Prem Rawat says the peace you're chasing is alre...

“Moll Flanders: The Art of Reinvention” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Moll Flanders Author: Daniel Defoe Category: Creativity & the Arts, Writing, Language & Storytelling, Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement Is Moll Flanders the most scandalous book we've co...

“The Zebra, the Lion, and Your Inbox” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Author: Robert M. Sapolsky Category: Mindfulness & Wellbeing, Culture & Society Why don't zebras get ulcers? Sam and Sophie open with that question, and the answer turns...

“The Measurement Problem Behind the Inequality Headlines” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Myth of American Inequality Author: Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund & John Early Category: Economics & Global Markets, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Politics & Current Affairs What if the...

“The Pandemic That's Coming, and Why We Keep Forgetting” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Big One Author: Michael T. Osterholm & Mark Olshaker Category: Culture & Society, Health, Food & Nutrition What if the next pandemic isn't a question of if, but when — and...

“Beowulf: Why the Oldest English Epic Still Gets Under Our Skin” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Beowulf Author: Unknown Category: Culture & Society, Writing, Language & Storytelling, Philosophy & Big Ideas A thousand-year-old poem about a guy fighting monsters — why does i...

“Hawking's Case for a Self-Made Universe” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Grand Design Author: Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Category: Science & Discovery, Nature, Climate & Environment Did this book make you feel liberated or a little unmoored? Sam and Sophie o...

“Stop Fixing Yourself and Start Seeing You're Already Whole” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Supercoach Author: Michael Neill Category: Career Growth, Focus, Habits & Productivity, Motivation & Self-Improvement, Leadership & Team Building What if the endless project of...

“The Double Bind and How to Slay Anyway” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Slay in Your Lane Author: Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke Category: Culture & Society What does it mean to be a Black woman in Britain, where every room seems to have a different set of rules for you? Sa...

“The Government Blame Game: Revisiting the 2008 Crash” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Meltdown Author: Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Category: Personal Finance & Investing, Economics & Global Markets What if the 2008 financial crisis wasn't a market failure at all, but a governmen...

“The Self Is a Story Your Brain Tells” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Selfie Author: Will Storr Category: Culture & Society, Psychology & Human Behavior, Philosophy & Big Ideas Why does chasing your "true self" leave you more anxious than ever? Sam and Sophie ope...

“Why Boring Investing Wins and Your Brain Is the Enemy” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: A Wealth of Common Sense Author: Ben Carlson Category: Personal Finance & Investing Why is a book about being sensible so refreshing? Sam and Sophie open with that question, and the answer turns...

“The Access Economy and the Death of the Corner Office” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: YouthNation Author: Matt Britton Category: Sales, Branding & Marketing, Business Strategy What happens to business when a generation stops wanting to own things and starts wanting to experience...