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Paul Zak on the Neuroscience of Immersion and Why Every Good Book Is a Sitcom

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Dr. Monifa McKnight on Leading, Surviving, and Thriving as a Black Woman in Education

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Richard Shaull on the Third Option for Business Owners: Exit Without Selling

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Trust Is Your Currency: Physician Brand Rx with Matthew Ray Scott

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Small Changes, Big Transformation: The Self-Care Dare with Carrie Cox

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Ron Thurston on Turning Two Books Into a Paid Speaking Business

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21 Authors, One Book: How Autobahn Built Rock Your Business With Brandon Pipkin

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How to Market Without Marketing: Scott A. Martin's Groundswell Playbook

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Better Than an MBA: How Julie Newman's Book Became Her Strongest Career Lever

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Chase the Light: Becoming Unbreakable After a Head-On Collision with Cesar Perez

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Books to the Big Screen: Alec Roth on Adapting an Author’s Story Into Film

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How a Book Took Cameron Herold's Speaking Fee From $3K to $40K

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Creative Cash: Gino Barbaro on Turning One Book Into a Seven-Figure Real Estate Empire

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Marketing: Atul Minocha on Fake ROI & the Book That Paid for Itself in 6 Months

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The Black Sheep Advantage: Dr. Thom LeBeau on Writing the Book You've Put Off for 20 Years

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Must: Dr. Stephen Rue on Turning Your Pain Into Purpose

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The Brooklyn Paramount Theatre: Michael Hittman on the Shrine Everyone Walked Past

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Sex, Drugs, and Soul: Kristin Birdwell on Writing Through Fear and What a Memoir Sets in Motion

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Brand Currency: Steve Susi on Taste, Time, and Why a Human Should Write the Book

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Invest Like the Best: Chris Belchamber on The Low-Risk Road to High Returns

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Best Team Ever: David Burkus on Turning a Book Into a Speaking Business

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The Venture Capital Alternative: How Matt Moyers Is Fighting for America's Inventors

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The Passionate Workforce: Nicholas Capman on How Your Employees Really Feel

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Positive Politics: Neil Thanedar on Building a Y Combinator for Politics

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Why Is a Verb: Stephen Butler on Turning Purpose into Productivity in the Age of AI

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Glorious Tension: Why Paul Hobby Offered His Radically Moderate Book to a Divided World

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The Adventure Advantage: Mike Boydell on Threshold Moments and Writing Through Change

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Solved in Seven Minutes: How Jim Sholler's Book Saved a Life and Un-Retired the Fixer

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Building the Fort with Chris Heivly

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Drug-Free Crohn's: Hadley Ott on Taking Agency Over Your Health

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Retiring Right: Smart Steps for Exiting Corporate America with Jake Falcon

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Healing Hacks: Bringing Your Body Back to Nature with Ian Hart

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Money Mind: Beyond Speculation with Brayden Sutton

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From Hopeless to Purpose: Army Veteran Devin Fish on Answering the Hard Questions

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Teaching Kids to Live Without You: Yarona Boster on Unspoken Signals

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Mario Simonyan: How He Never Ran a Book Ad and Still Distributed 10,000 Copies

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MyLinh Shattan on How West Point Shaped Two Generations

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Harris Nydick on How Writing a 401(k) Book Became His Firm's Best Business Card

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S. Gale Bleth: How a Retired Crime Prevention Officer Made Decades of Safety Expertise a Bestseller

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Rachel A. Williamson on Turning 30 Years of Store Operations Experience into a Bestselling Book

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From Walk-On to the Big Screen: How Candler Cook's Book Changed His Career and Started a Movie

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Gui Costin: Two Books, Two Dakotaisms, and the Greatest Authentic Hack of All Time

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Deneen Allen: How a Reluctant Author Turned 25 Years of Tourism Expertise Into a Book

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It Really Is All About Relationships: Eddy Arriola

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There'll Never Be a Right Time: Dr. Richard Harris on White Coat, Heavy Soul

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75 Books a Month: How Michael Erath Built a Three-Book Author Ecosystem at Next Level Growth

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Soul Satisfaction: Dr. Laura Brown Turned a Book on Gut Health Into a Five-Year Compounding Asset

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Doctor Incorporated: Tod Stillson on the Book That Catalyzed a 6,000-Member Community

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Why Every Campaign Needs a Book: Jon Henderson on Running for Governor of California

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Matt Shoup: How One Book Unlocked Five-Figure Speaking Gigs

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Tommy Short on What Happens When You Go 365 Days Without a Cell Phone

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Chris Denson: Innovation, Imposter Syndrome, and Writing a Book That Still Opens Doors 8 Years Later

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Adam Castillo on Finding Your Voice

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John Sardella: Grief, Purpose, and What a Book Does Over Decades

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Kyle Thiermann: Everyone Should Interview Their Parents

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Shaan Patel: How to Make a Book Pay for Itself

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John Schachnovsky: 72 Hours That Became My Book

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Adam Skolnick: How "Can't Hurt Me" Led to "American Tiger"

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Rich Kurtzman: How Writing A Book Transformed His Business Abroad

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Sarma Melngailis: Writing Her Truth Beyond "Bad Vegan"

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Cheri Bergeron: "Screw The Fairytale"

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James V Luisi: This Is What Separates Great Thinkers From Everyone Else

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Jeremy Burrows: Building A Personal Brand By Writing For A Niche Audience

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Craig Stanland: Helping One Person And Reaching Thousands

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Julie Newman: Pull Don't Push

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Burden of Pain: Dr. Jay K. Joshi

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The Adventure Advantage: Michael J. Boydell

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Girls Just Wanna Have Funds: Monica Allen

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My Miserable Search for Enlightenment: Mark Shelley Kenzer

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A Fire to be Kindled: Kelly Smith

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The Obsidian Society: Keshara Moore

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Be a Better Team by Friday: Justin Follin and David Butlein Greenspan

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Your Multimillion-Dollar Exit: Wayne M. Zell, JD, CPA

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Done With Broke: Latifat Akintade, MD.

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Speak Up or Stay Stuck: Pam Marmon

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The Art of Being Authentic: T. Mark Meyer

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Losing Weight Is an Inside Job: Katy Landis

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The Financial Freedom System: Daniel White

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No Addict Left Behind: Joey Pagano

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Build The Fort: Chris Heivly

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Shadowed: Julie Whitehead

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The Learn-It-All Leader: Damon Lembi

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Go Big or Go Home: Diana Kander & Tucker Trotter

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Live Beautiful: Renée Marie

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Find Your Clear Vision: Lisa Guillot

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38: Michele Smith

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The 100-Year Savings Solution: Rick Sapio and Teresa Kuhn

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The Death of Best Practices: Susan P. Chen, Ph.D

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Software Profit Streams: Jason Tanner & Luke Hohmann

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You Can Be the Best: John Ply

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Great on Their Behalf: Airick J. Crabill

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Boundless Brothers: Steven S. Lambrecht and Ronald A. Lambrecht

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Doctor Incorporated: Tod Stillson, M.D.

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Brain Gain: Laurie Leitch, Ph.D

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Pillar-Based Marketing: Ryan Brock and Christopher "Toph" Day

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The All-Weather Trader: Tom Basso

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The Patternshift: Dr. Tracy Thomas

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The Holistic Wealth Strategy: Dave Wolcott

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The Answer is a Question: Laura and Dominic Ashley-Timms

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Be The Dawn in The Darkness: J. H. Parker