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With her own life lessons and struggles, as well as stories from clients and friends, Gabrielle Bernstein teaches the listener to trade fear for love. Through a general view of a personal higher being, she leads with love without stepping on religious ground. Connection to the higher power through love, the greater good, and the individual's pursuit of enlightenment are her goals with this book. Much time is spent on how humans process emotions and default to fear.

Don't miss out on the groundbreaking theory behind Carol S. Dweck's Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. This summary includes full chapter synopses, key takeaways, and analysis to help you quickly soak up the essence of her deep insight. Follow her simple steps to turn your fixed mindset into a growth mindset and change your life!

This FastReads summary offers supplementary material to The Warmth of Other Suns to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, FastReads is here to help. Absorb everything you need to know quickly!

Tim Ferriss distills the tools, philosophies, and practices of some of the most successful people in business, entertainment, and athletics to compile one of the most comprehensive and actionable life guides out there. The captivating tales of ballsy first attempts, costly miscalculations, and unlikely triumphs make this book as enjoyable as it is insightful. Ferriss goes over and beyond to vet each of the ideas he writes about, making Tools of Titans the authoritative go-to reference for most of life's pressing concerns.

Viktor Frankl's memoir, Man's Search for Meaning is about so much more than one man's experiences in a concentration camp. As a book about the Holocaust, it helps to shed light on the day-to-day struggles that inmates faced physically, psychologically, and socially. But it also reaches far beyond camp life and into the meaning of life itself.

Don't miss Greg McKeown's life-changing book, Essentialism. If you have ever felt too busy to get everything done in a day, this book is a must-listen to get your life back under control. Essentialism isn't just another self-help book, it will change the way you live your life.

Please note: This is a summary of The Obesity Code by Jason Fung and not the original book.

Hillbilly Elegy is a powerful, riveting memoir that tells us about J.D. Vance’s journey from a young, troubled boy to a graduate of Yale Law School. He grew up in Appalachia - in a small town that was drug-torn and filled with misery. It’s very difficult to discern the discontent and rage coming from the working-class whites in modern America, but this audiobook helps you understand why they behave the way they do. Yes, they may seem like a "bunch of lunatics," but at the end of the day, they are just like us.

"Labeling yourself is not only self-defeating, it is irrational. Your self cannot be equated with any one thing you do. Your life is a complex and ever-changing flow of thoughts, emotions, and actions. To put it another way, you are more like a river than a statue." - David D. Burns, M.D.

Don't miss out on the blunt and straightforward wisdom of Mark Manson's best-selling book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F--k. Purchase your copy of FastReads' summary with analysis and key takeaways today. Quickly find out the changes you need to make to replace your negative feelings with positive ones. Please note: This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book and not the original book.

This FastReads Summary & Analysis offers supplementary material to Eat That Frog! to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective.

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently. Don't miss Pema Chodron's in-depth look at fear, suffering, loneliness, and the Buddhist-inspired teachings that can help you become the best version of yourself. Accepting the struggle is part of transcending it, and this audiobook will show you how you can do that.

Atul Gawande takes the listener through the chaos of the surgical ward, the intricate design of a skyscraper, and the secretive world of million-dollar investment firms in his search for something everyone is looking for - a solution to information rapidly getting out of control.

In Scott Adam's life-changing book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, the author encourages listeners to invite failure into their professional lives as it is often the raw material for success. He asserts that no matter how many times you fail, you can come out ahead if you learn something in the process.

Lamott takes a conventional approach and uses personal narratives to convey lessons on writing in her time-tested book, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. She paints elaborate pictures of her family, friends and personal struggles. For Lamott, writing and life go hand in hand.

Arianna Huffington's latest book, The Sleep Revolution, examines the ancient, essential, and mysterious phenomenon of sleep and explores the ways sleep can be utilized to regain control over our lives.

Vishen Lakiani's New York Times best-selling book, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind is a combination of the author's philosophy and the life experiences of brilliant thinkers and creators who have achieved greatness in their own lives. It touches on the limiting beliefs that constrain people from living their lives to the fullest.

Don't miss this summary of the first installment of the newest saga in the Harry Potter adventures! J.K. Rowling debuts her first screenplay with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Learn about the world of wizardry in America long before Harry and friends are ever born!

Don't miss this summary of Feldman and Spratt's entertaining and no-nonsense book Five Frogs on a Log: A CEO's Field Guide to Accelerating the Transition in Mergers, Acquisitions and Gut Wrenching Change. This helpful field guide offers valuable insight into what so many CEOs get wrong in the midst of drastic change. Absorb their professional wisdom in minutes along with key takeaways and analysis in this FastReads book summary!

Funny, heart-warming, charming, surprising, honest, and fresh. Fredrik Backman got his start as a Swedish blogger, but the almost instant success of A Man Called Ove has catapulted him into much-deserved fame. With this debut novel, Backman has undoubtedly written the feel-good book of the year.