7 Minute Books: Free Book Summaries

“How to Stop Living for Right Now and Start Thinking Ahead” 👉 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 Optimist's Telescope Author: Bina Venkataraman Category: Psychology & Human Behavior, Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement When was the last time you made a decision pur...

“The Quiet, Persistent Love of God: Savannah Guthrie on Faith in Real Life” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Mostly What God Does Author: Savannah Guthrie Category: Faith, Spirituality & Meaning, Personal Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement, Mindfulness & Wellbeing What if...

“Happiness Is a Skill You Can Train” 👉 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 Monk's Guide to Happiness Author: Gelong Thubten Category: Mindfulness & Wellbeing What if happiness isn't something you find, but something you train? Sam and Sophie sit with that question as they unp...

“The Largest Rescue of American Airmen You've Never Heard Of” 👉 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 Forgotten 500 Author: Gregory A. Freeman Category: World History, Philosophy & Big Ideas In 1944, over 500 stranded American airmen were hidden and rescued by Serbian peasants and...

“Success Is a Science, Not Luck” 👉 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 Law of Success Author: Napoleon Hill Category: Motivation & Self-Improvement, Psychology & Human Behavior, Career Growth, Focus, Habits & Productivity What if success followed predictable laws, like physic...

“Recognizing the Devil in Your Inbox: How to Survive Workplace Sabotage” 👉 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 Devil Emails at Midnight Author: Mita Mallick Category: Career Growth, Leadership & Team Building, Decision-Making & Critical Thinking, Motivation & Self-Improvement...

“The Artist’s Brain Isn’t Magic — It’s Just Willing to Wrestle with the Dark” 👉 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 Mind of the Artist Author: William Todd Schultz Category: Memoirs & Life Stories What if the artist's brain isn't magic, but just willing to wrestle with the...

“Why AI Is Really Just Cheap Prediction” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Prediction Machines Author: Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans & Avi Goldfarb Category: Science & Discovery, AI, Data & the Future, Economics & Global Markets What if artificial intelligence isn't abou...

“John Boehner's candid look at the broken House” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: On the House Author: John Boehner Category: Memoirs & Life Stories, Politics & Current Affairs What happens when a conservative Speaker of the House gets called a 'legislative terrorist&#...

“Why Your Boss Is Like a Dictator” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Private Government Author: Elizabeth Anderson Category: Politics & Current Affairs, Workplace & Company Culture, Economics & Global Markets We think we live in a free society, but Elizabeth Anderson argues t...

“Why You Feel Like a Fraud (And How to Stop)” 👉 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 Imposter Cure Author: Dr. Jessamy Hibberd Category: Psychology & Human Behavior, Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement, Personal Growth Have you ever felt like at any moment, someone's...

“Your Brain Isn't Fixed: How to Rewire It for Life” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Smarter Tomorrow Author: Elizabeth R. Ricker Category: Science & Discovery, Creativity & the Arts, Emotional Intelligence, Psychology & Human Behavior Did you grow up hearing 'you...

“Why the Best Organizations Expect to Fail” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Managing the Unexpected Author: Karl E. Weick, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe Category: Workplace & Company Culture, Decision-Making & Critical Thinking, Leadership & Team Building, Business Strategy Why do...

“How Societies Define Madness” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Madness and Civilization Author: Michel Foucault Category: Psychology & Human Behavior, Culture & Society, Science & Discovery, Philosophy & Big Ideas What if the line between sanity and madness isn't d...

“The Myth and Reality of America's Signature Spirit” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Bourbon Empire Author: Reid Mitenbuler Category: Economics & Global Markets, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Culture & Society, World History Did you know that most of what we think about bour...

“The Nerve That Holds the Key to Healing” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve Author: Stanley Rosenberg Category: Health, Food & Nutrition, Psychology & Human Behavior, Mindfulness & Wellbeing What if a single nerve in your body he...

“Building the Future: Why We Need Moonshots, Not Incremental Fixes” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Deep Future Author: Pablos Holman Category: Technology & Innovation, Creativity in Business, Decision-Making & Critical Thinking, AI, Data & the Future What if we're usi...

“The Year Philosophy Exploded: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, and Heidegger in the Weimar Crucible” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Time of the Magicians Author: Wolfram Eilenberger Category: World History, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Politics & Current Affairs What happens when...

“The Moonshot Mindset: How Ordinary People Achieve the Impossible” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Moonshot Author: Mike Massimino Category: Motivation & Self-Improvement, Learning & Education, Personal Growth, Career Growth What would you attempt if you knew you couldn't...

“The Most Important Conversation of the 21st Century” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Superintelligence Author: Nick Bostrom Category: Science & Discovery, Technology & Innovation, AI, Data & the Future What happens when we build a machine smarter than every human brain com...

“How to Seize Power in a Shifting World” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Powershift Author: Daymond John with Daniel Paisner Category: Sales, Branding & Marketing, Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement, Startups & Entrepreneurship What if power isn't about your...

“The Stock Market Was Rigged — and the Guys Who Fixed It” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Flash Boys Author: Michael Lewis Category: Economics & Global Markets, Personal Finance & Investing Did you know that the stock market is basically a rigged game where high-frequency trade...

“The Ancient Strategy Book That Everyone Misunderstands” 👉 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 Art of War (new version) Author: Sun Tzu Category: Leadership & Team Building, Business Strategy What if the most famous military treatise ever written isn't actually about fighting? S...

“Don't Build Before You Know They'll Buy” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Nail It then Scale It Author: Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom Category: Startups & Entrepreneurship Why do most startups fail? It's not a lack of ambition or funding—it's building a solution...

“Your Gut Might Be Running the Show” 👉 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 Gut-Brain Paradox Author: Steven R. Gundry Category: Health, Food & Nutrition, Science & Discovery, Psychology & Human Behavior, Mindfulness & Wellbeing Did you know your gut might actually be the...