20 Minute Books
20 Minute Books
300 episodes
Every Tuesday, a new book summary! Embark on a journey of knowledge with the "20 Minute Books" podcast, your free gateway to invaluable insights distilled from best-selling non-fiction books. Spanning categories such as Business, Entrepreneurship, Psychology, and more we transform influential works into engaging (roughly) 20-minute summaries. Perfect for commuters, budding entrepreneurs, or book enthusiasts, join me as I distill key takeaways from a world of wisdom, offering a rich library of book summaries directly to your ears. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your knowledge landscape in a time-efficient manner.
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Find Your Unicorn Space - Book Summary
"Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Eve Rodsky Category: Personal Development
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Creative Acts for Curious People - Book Summary
"How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Sarah Stein Greenberg Category: Career…
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How to Find Fulfilling Work - Book Summary
"The School of Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Roman Krznaric Category: Career & Success
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Difference Makers - Book Summary
"A Leader’s Guide to Championing Diversity on Boards" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Nicky Howe and Alicia Curtis Category:…
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Everyday Ubuntu - Book Summary
"Living Better Together, the African Way" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Mungi Ngomane Category: Personal Development
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Care of the Soul - Book Summary
"A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Thomas Moore Category: Personal…
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Civilization - Book Summary
"The Six Killer Apps of Western Power" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Niall Ferguson Category: Economics
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The Truth About Employee Engagement - Book Summary
"A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Patrick Lencioni Category:…
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Mixed Signals - Book Summary
"How Incentives Really Work" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Uri Gneezy Category: Management & Leadership
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The Third Door - Book Summary
"The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World’s Most Successful People Launched Their Careers" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Alex…
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Broke Millennial - Book Summary
"Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Erin Lowry Category: Money & Investments
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The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias - Book Summary
"How To Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Pamela Fuller &…
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18 Minutes - Book Summary
"Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Peter Bregman Category:…
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Book Summary
"Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ramani Durvasula Category: Psychology
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Happy Money - Book Summary
"The New Science of Smarter Spending" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ken Honda Category: Money & Investments
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New Dark Age - Book Summary
"Technology and the End of the Future" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: James Bridle Category: Technology & the Future
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All You Have to Do Is Ask - Book Summary
"How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Wayne Baker Category: Career & Success
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Remarkable - Book Summary
"Proven Insights to Accelerate Your Career" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: David Kronfeld Category: Career & Success
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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People - Book Summary
"The essential guide for every designer from a behavioral psychologist" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Susan M. Weinschenk…
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The Way We Eat Now - Book Summary
"How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Bee Wilson…
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The Human Edge - Book Summary
"How Curiosity and Creativity are Your Superpowers in the Digital Economy" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Greg Orme Category:…
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The Harvard Psychedelic Club - Book Summary
"How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available…
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The Singularity Is Near - Book Summary
"When Humans Transcend Biology" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ray Kurzweil Category: Science
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The Age of Spiritual Machines - Book Summary
"When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ray Kurzweil Category: Technology & the Future
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The Practice - Book Summary
"Shipping Creative Work" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Seth Godin Category: Career & Success
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The Brand Gap - Book Summary
"How to Bridge the Distance Between Business Strategy and Design" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Marty Neumeier Category:…
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The Book of Humans - Book Summary
"A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Adam Rutherford Category: Nature…
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The Design of Everyday Things - Book Summary
"The cognitive psychology of good design" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Donald A. Norman Category: Creativity
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Win at Work and Succeed at Life - Book Summary
"5 Principles to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller…
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Resurrecting Sex - Book Summary
"Solving Sexual Problems and Revolutionizing Your Relationship" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: David Schnarch Category: Sex &…
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Talk Triggers - Book Summary
"The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word of Mouth" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jay Baer and Daniel Lemin…
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The Rules of Contagion - Book Summary
"Why Things Spread – and Why They Stop" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Adam Kucharski Category: Science
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The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs - Book Summary
"Master the gold standard for presentations" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Carmine Gallo Category: Career & Success
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing - Book Summary
"Violate Them At Your Own Risk!" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Al Ries and Jack Trout Category: Marketing & Sales
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Return on Ambition - Book Summary
"A Radical Approach to Your Achievement, Growth, and Well-Being" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Nicolai Chen Nielsen and…
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The Dreamer and the Fantasy Relationship - Book Summary
"How to have happier relationships and stop being drawn to unavailable men" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Natalie Lue…
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In Pursuit of the Unknown - Book Summary
"17 Equations That Changed the World" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ian Stewart Category: History
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Bounce - Book Summary
"The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Matthew Syed Category: Career & Success
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Content Rules - Book Summary
"How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and more) that Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary…
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Can't Even - Book Summary
"How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Anne Helen Petersen Category: Health & Nutrition
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Antimatter - Book Summary
"A must-read classic of modern science" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Frank Close Category: Science
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Impromptu - Book Summary
"Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Reid Hoffman with GPT-4 Category: Creativity
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The Strange Order of Things - Book Summary
"Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Antonio Damasio Category: Science
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Big Data - Book Summary
"A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and…
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Helgoland - Book Summary
"Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Carlo Rovelli Category: Science
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Proust and the Squid - Book Summary
"The Story and Science of the Reading Brain" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Maryanne Wolf Category: Science
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How Music Works - Book Summary
"How circumstance and creativity collide in tune" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: David Byrne Category: Science
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Keep Going - Book Summary
"10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Austin Kleon Category: Creativity
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The Souls of Black Folk - Book Summary
"An account of the conditions of African Americans after the end of slavery" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: W.E.B. Du Bois…
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Maid - Book Summary
"Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Stephanie Land Category: Biography & Memoir
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