“So many books, so little time.” — Frank Zappa
Welcome to the Sources of Insight Book Summaries page.
I do book summaries a little differently. I don’t focus on whether I like a book or not. I focus on how you can use it. I look for books that make you think or make you feel and that you can use in some way, in work or in life.
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Featured Book Summaries
- Intelligent Leadership
- The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive
- The First 90 Days
- The Undefeated Mind
- The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power
A- Z Book Summaries
- 10 Steps to Finding Your Happy Place
- 42 Rules for Your New Leadership Role
- Advice is for Winners
- Business Techniques in Troubled Times: A Toolbox for Small Business Success
- Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level
- Green Beans and Ice Cream: The Remarkable Power of Positive Reinforcement
- Intelligent Leadership
- It’s Already Inside: Nurturing Your Innate Leadership for Business and Life Success
- Leadership on the Line
- Living Space: Simple Steps to Transform Your Home
- Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes
- One Year Lived
- Personal Development for Smart People
- Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future
- Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams
- Squirrels, Boats, and Thoroughbreds
- Stories that Move Mountains: Storytelling and Visual Design for Persuasive Presentations
- StoryBranding: Creating Standout Brands Through the Power of Story
- The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive Book Review
- The Complete Guide on How To Negotiate
- The First 90 Days
- The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership
- The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results
- The Leader’s Pocket Guide
- The Power of Starting Something Stupid
- The Six-Figure Second Income
- The Undefeated Mind
- The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power
- What Keeps Leaders Up at Night
- When Can You Start: How To Ace the Interview and Win the Job
About My Book Summaries
My book summaries are more like movie trailers. I share clips and favorite scenes from the book so you can judge whether you like the book or not.
In each book summary, I provide a quick overview of the book, including what you can get out of the book, the chapters at a glance, and key features. Where relevant, I share background on the author. And, I finish with a small set of my favorite highlights from the book, that help give an overall impression of the book, and the author’s style.
