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Overview

Actionable Books Summaries help you put ideas from leading business books into action in your life in five minutes or less. Each Summary is two pages in length and provides you with:

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A brief overview on the book,

giving you the “flavour” of the book and helping you determine if its content would be beneficial for you.

2

One great idea from the book (The “Golden Egg”)

Certain books may have 12 great ideas, but our goal is to start you off with one.

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Two concrete ways you can apply the Golden Egg today.

We call these the “GEMs” of the summary, and each one can be implemented in your life in 5 minutes or less.

We’ll send you a new summary each week, so you can improve your Self Management skills incrementally. Imagine the difference that one small behaviour or attitude change each week could make on your ability to manage your time more effectively.

“The Actionable Books summaries are like my weekly ‘booster shot’ – for both personal and professional growth. I’m learning new strategies with practical (and often immediate) application. It’s a quick read over morning coffee – and well worth it! I’m on the weekly newsletter. Thanks AB!”

Dan Holowack

Dan Holowack

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Featured Summary

The Power of Less

We all have far more coming at us than we’re capable of dealing with in a standard business day. Time Management, the ability to prioritize, a healthy work/life balance and planning skills (Collectively, what we call “Self Management”) are a base level requirement for success in the 21st century business environment. We’ve collected some of the world’s best business and personal development books on the various nuances of Self Management, distilled them down to one core concept each, and provided you with two easy ways to put them into effect in your life.

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Author Interview

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Chris met up with Dan Heath at Thompson Hotel’s “Sax” in Chi-city this September. We talk elephants, schizophrenia and how one glass of whole milk = five strips of bacon… and why that matters. There’s a lot going on here for 20 minutes of conversation.

SAMPLE SUMMARIES ON Self Management

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