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#1 I had known exactly what my future held, or at least the most important part of it, when I was planning my wedding. But when my fiancée suddenly left me for another man, I was left with no future.
#2 I had gotten into the habit of giving myself pep talks after my breakup, but this was a full-volume aha moment. I knew I was going to find a way to do this no matter...
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#1 The appearance of Mr. Smith as he comes to the breakfast table in 1919 is very different from that of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 1919. The movement of men's fashions is glacial, but Mrs. Smith's suit has become even shorter since 1919, and she has never heard of such dark arts as face-lifting.
#2 The first tabloid newspaper, the New York Daily News, was not released until...
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#1 The buck stops with the CEO of any organization, and they are responsible for the work done by that organization. However, this does not mean that the CEO should be doing work that no one else is doing.
#2 The three focuses of a CEO are Culture, People, and Numbers. Focusing on them exclusively will clarify and inform your work at a level you've never reached before....
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#1 You are the first, and you have often been the only. You are the first Black woman in more educational settings or professional settings than you can count. You have accomplished more than most people in your family and community have.
#2 First and Only is a love letter, a manifesto for progress, and a leadership resource. It is the opening argument to a...
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Get the Summary of David Wessel's Only the Rich Can Play in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: David Wessel's incredible tale of how Washington works-and why the rich keep getting richer-starts when a Silicon Valley entrepreneur develops an idea intended as a way to help poor people that will save rich people money on their taxes. He organizes and pays for an effective lobbying effort that...
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Get the Summary of Brian L. Weiss' Only Love is Real in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Many Lives, Many Masters, a skeptical Dr. Brian Weiss found his life changed profoundly after curing a patient using past-life therapy. Now he takes his research into transcendental messages one breathtaking step further.
He portrays two strangers, Elizabeth and Pedro, who are unaware that they...
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#1 I had three siblings: Gizia, my big, sweet and wonderful sister. She was a beautiful girl with big blue eyes and a noble, serious and quiet character. I loved playing with her dolls. Sarenka was a wonderful baby, but I was jealous of her.
#2 My mother was very active in social circles. She was very proud of me, as I was excellent at math from a young age. I didn't...
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#1 My father, Arthur Millard Jr., was a star football player at Greenville High School. He was offered several football scholarships, but chose to go to Southern Methodist University in Dallas so he could stay close to his girlfriend, Adele.
#2 My dad, a local sports hero, was the proverbial big fish in a small pond, which can be a blessing and a curse. He was the greatest...
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Get the Summary of Chelsey Brooke Cole's If Only I'd Known in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "If Only I'd Known" by Chelsey Brooke Cole is a comprehensive guide to identifying, understanding, and healing from the impact of narcissistic relationships. The book is divided into three sections: recognizing narcissistic traits, reflecting on personal experiences with narcissists, and rebuilding oneself after such encounters....
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#1 The creation of writing was a massive technological breakthrough that empowered us to disseminate important texts to millions of people. This allowed mass education and mass collaboration on a scale never before seen in human history.
#2 The internet changed all that. It made it easy to share information on a massive scale, and this has resulted in an absolute...
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Get the Summary of Rob Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A teen idol at 15, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio, who was uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-'70s Malibu, where he embarked...
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#1 I have many defining stories, but the one that sums up who I am and why I am the way I am is that I have always seen myself as a Debbie Downer. I am a performer, and I live to make sure everyone is happy and having a good time.
#2 My mother's story is that I was a very stubborn child, and that my parents could never control me. I was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago....
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#1 To find your power, you must first break through the delusions you are forced to ignore as a woman of color working in corporate environments. Delusions are so-called rules that have been set up around you. They are stories you have been told to make you believe and act a certain way.
#2 The truth is, Corporate America has never fostered true equity for women of color,...
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#1 The Dark Ages, which lasted from around 400 to 1000 AD, were marked by a lack of intellectual life in Europe, as well as constant warfare and lawlessness.
#2 The Roman Empire was already in a state of collapse by 400, when the Visigoth Alaric led forty thousand Goths, Huns, and freed Roman slaves across the Julian Alps. In 410, his triumphant warriors swept...
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Book Preview: #1 I was not normal, and I had terrible tantrums in Lille. I was a bundle of indomitable will, full of joy and rage. I was not afraid of anything. I wanted to go to school, but my parents did not want me to.
#2 Linda was a puppy that my father bought to protect the house. But she ended up sleeping in the kitchen because the nights were cold in northern France. She was...
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#1 Washington is a state separated into two distinct and dissimilar zones by a spine of rugged mountains, the dramatic, volcanic Cascade Range. The climate is milder and considerably wetter in the lower elevations west of the Cascades.
#2 On January 31, 1974, Lynda Healy went out with her roommates to Dante's, a nearby college bar. She was home by 9 p. m. , but her roommates...
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Get the Summary of Casey Maxwell Clair's An Only Child and Her Sister in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Casey Maxwell Clair's memoir, "An Only Child and Her Sister," recounts her turbulent upbringing and the complex dynamics within her family. Clair's early life was marked by her mother Eve's neglect and her father Eddie's favoritism, which led to a strained relationship with her sister Christine. At thirteen,...
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#1 The answers to many common perplexities are related to what is going on in your man's inner life. They are things he wishes you knew but doesn't know how to tell you.
#2 I wanted to understand what men were thinking and feeling, so I conducted interviews with many different men. I found that instead of being unusual, my character was like almost every man on the...
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Book Preview: #1 If you have a good, working computer, put it to work for you. Create a folder named Budget so you know where all your files go. If you have thoughts about your budget and ways you can save money, note them down and toss them into the Budget folder.
#2 There are many financial software programs out there, and each one claims that it is the only one you need. You can...
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