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Company of One

Company of One summary by chapter

Paul Jarvis

  1. Defining a Company of One
  2. Staying Small as an End Goal
  3. What's Required to Lead
  4. Growing a Company That Doesn't Grow
  5. Determining the Right Mind-Set
  6. + 8 more chapters
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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind summary by chapter

T. Harv Eker

  1. Introduction
  2. Part I
  3. Wealth File 1
  4. Wealth File 2
  5. Wealth File 3
  6. + 14 more chapters
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The 1-Page Marketing Plan

The 1-Page Marketing Plan summary by chapter

Allan Dib

  1. Selecting Your Target Market
  2. Crafting Your Message
  3. Reaching Prospects with Advertising Media
  4. Capturing Leads
  5. Nurturing Leads
  6. + 4 more chapters
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The 4-Hour Workweek

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Timothy Ferriss

  1. Cautions and Comparisons
  2. Rules That Change the Rules
  3. Dodging Bullets
  4. System Reset
  5. The End of Time Management
  6. + 10 more chapters
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The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power summary by chapter

Robert Greene

  1. Laws 1–3
  2. Laws 4–6
  3. Laws 7–9
  4. Laws 10–12
  5. Laws 13–15
  6. + 11 more chapters
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The Art of War

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Sun Tzu

  1. Laying Plans
  2. Waging War
  3. Attack by Stratagem
  4. Tactical Dispositions
  5. Energy
  6. + 8 more chapters
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The E-Myth Revisited

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Michael E. Gerber

  1. The E-Myth and American Small Business
  2. The Entrepreneurial Myth
  3. Infancy
  4. Adolescence
  5. Beyond the Comfort Zone
  6. + 14 more chapters
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The Magic of Thinking Big

The Magic of Thinking Big summary by chapter

David J. Schwartzβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”

  1. Believe You Can Succeed and You Will
  2. Cure Yourself of Excusitis
  3. Build Confidence and Destroy Fear
  4. How to Think Big
  5. How to Think and Dream Creatively
  6. + 8 more chapters
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The Power of Habit

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Charles Duhigg

  1. The Habit Loop
  2. The Craving Brain
  3. The Golden Rule of Habit Change
  4. Keystone Habits and Paul O'Neill
  5. Starbucks and the Habit of Success
  6. + 4 more chapters
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The Psychology of Money

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Morgan Housel

  1. Introduction
  2. No One's Crazy
  3. Luck & Risk
  4. Never Enough
  5. Confounding Compounding
  6. + 17 more chapters
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The Richest Man in Babylon

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George S. Clason

  1. The Man Who Desired Gold
  2. The Richest Man in Babylon
  3. Seven Cures for a Lean Purse
  4. Meet the Goddess of Good Luck
  5. The Five Laws of Gold
  6. + 5 more chapters
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The Win Without Pitching Manifesto

The Win Without Pitching Manifesto summary by chapter

Blair Enns

  1. We Will Specialize
  2. We Will Replace Presentations With Conversations
  3. We Will Diagnose Before We Prescribe
  4. We Will Rethink What It Means to Sell
  5. We Will Do With Words What We Used to Do With Paper
  6. + 7 more chapters
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Zero to One

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Peter Thiel

  1. The Challenge of the Future
  2. Party Like It's 1999
  3. All Happy Companies Are Different
  4. The Ideology of Competition
  5. Last Mover Advantage
  6. + 9 more chapters
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The Freelancer's Bible

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Sara Horowitz

  1. The Rise of the Independent Workforce
  2. Launching Your Freelance Business
  3. Finding Your Niche and Marketing Yourself
  4. Pricing Your Work and Getting Paid
  5. Contracts and Negotiation Essentials
  6. + 5 more chapters
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Who Moved My Cheese?

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Spencer Johnson

  1. A Gathering
  2. The Story of Who Moved My Cheese?
  3. A Discussion
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Meditations

Meditations summary by chapter

Marcus Aurelius

  1. Debts and Lessons from Others
  2. Preparing for the Day, Accepting Mortality
  3. Living Well in Nature's Order
  4. Mastering the Mind and Its Impressions
  5. Rising to Do a Human's Work
  6. + 7 more chapters
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Built to Sell

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John Warrillow

  1. The Offer That Fell Short
  2. Meeting Ted Gordon
  3. Focus on One Core Offering
  4. Choosing the Right Niche
  5. Productizing Your Service
  6. + 7 more chapters
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People summary by chapter

Stephen R. Covey

  1. Inside-Out
  2. The Seven Habits
  3. Habit 1
  4. Habit 2
  5. Habit 3
  6. + 5 more chapters
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The Power of Now

The Power of Now summary by chapter

Eckhart Tolle

  1. You Are Not Your Mind
  2. Consciousness
  3. Moving Deeply Into the Now
  4. Mind Strategies for Avoiding the Now
  5. The State of Presence
  6. + 5 more chapters
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Think and Grow Rich

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Napoleon Hill

  1. Thoughts Are Things
  2. Desire
  3. Faith
  4. Autosuggestion
  5. Specialized Knowledge
  6. + 10 more chapters
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad

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Robert Kiyosaki

  1. The Rich Don't Work for Money
  2. Why Teach Financial Literacy?
  3. Mind Your Own Business
  4. The History of Taxes and the Power of Corporations
  5. The Rich Invent Money
  6. + 4 more chapters
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari summary by chapter

Robin Sharma

  1. A Wake-Up Call
  2. A Mysterious Visitor
  3. The Wonderful Village of Sivana
  4. The Wondrous Wisdom of the Sages
  5. A Magical Garden
  6. + 10 more chapters
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Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits summary by chapter

James Clear

  1. The Surprising Power of Atomic Habits
  2. How Habits Shape Your Identity
  3. How to Build Better Habits in 4 Steps
  4. The Man Who Didn't Look Right
  5. The Best Way to Start a New Habit
  6. + 15 more chapters
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