Audiobooks by Swift Reads

Summary of David Sedaris's The Best of Me

Buy now to get the insights from David Sedaris's The Best of Me. Sample Insights: 1) Nowadays, it’s so common to throw hate and negativity at something because the Internet makes it easier. #2) In the past, if you didn’t like something someone wrote, you’d have to go through the effort of writing a letter by hand and mailing it to them, while now all you need is an email address or social media account.

Swift Reads (Author), Pete Ferrand (Narrator)

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Summary of Maria Konnikova's The Biggest Bluff

Buy now to get the insights from Maria Konnikova's The Biggest Bluff. Sample Insights: 1) The World Series of Poker is a championship open to professional and amateur poker players alike. For ten grand, anyone in the world can enter and take their shot at poker glory: the title of world champion and a prize of around $9 million. 2) Maria Konnikova paid $10,000 to enter the event and then failed to show up due to a really bad migraine. She prepped endlessly the day before, took Advil, meditated, slept a full nine hours, and ate well. As they say, man plans, God laughs.

Swift Reads (Author), Tammy Boyce (Narrator)

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Summary of Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish's Clanlands

Buy now to get the insights from Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish's Clanlands. Sample Insights: 1) Scottish actors Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish set off on a journey together to discover the real Scotland and what it means to be Scottish. Their goal was to learn more about six of the main Highland clans and meet as many interesting people as possible. 2) Their way into Scottish history was through its clans. There is a saying, “Scotland was born fighting,” and feuding is something that the Highland clans have turned into an art form. Venetians have their glass, Persians have their rugs, and the Scots have their feuds.

Swift Reads (Author), Alonzo Rue (Narrator)

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Insights on Stephen R. Covey's The 8th Habit

Download now to get key insights from this book in 15 minutes. In the more than 15 years since its publication, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has become an international phenomenon. Tens of millions of people in business, government, schools, and families have dramatically improved their lives and organizations by applying the principles of Stephen R. Covey's classic book. The world, though, is a vastly changed place. The challenges we all face in our relationships, families, professional lives, and communities are of an entirely new order of magnitude. Being effective as individuals and organizations is no longer merely an option. But in order to thrive, innovate, excel, and lead in what Covey calls the new Knowledge Worker Age, we must build on and move beyond effectiveness. The call of this new era in human history is for greatness; it's for fulfillment, passionate execution, and significant contribution. Accessing the higher levels of human genius and motivation in today's new reality requires a sea change in thinking. The crucial challenge of our world today is this: to find our voice and inspire others to find theirs. It is what Covey calls the 8th Habit. So many people feel frustrated, discouraged, unappreciated, and undervalued, with little or no sense of voice of unique contribution. The 8th Habit is the answer to the soul's yearning for greatness, the organization's imperative for significance and superior results, and humanity's search for its 'voice'. This groundbreaking audiobook of next level thinking gives a clear way to finally tap the limitless value-creation promise of the Knowledge Worker Age. Covey's new audiobook will transform the way we think about ourselves and our purpose in life, about our organizations, and about humankind. Just as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People helped us focus on effectiveness, The 8th Habit shows us the way to greatness.

Swift Reads (Author), Joseph Wells (Narrator)

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Insights on Mike Michalowicz's Profit First

Download now to get key insights from this book in 15 minutes. The author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability. Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: sales - expenses = profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. Just as the most effective weight loss strategy is to limit portions by using smaller plates, Michalowicz shows that by taking profit first and apportioning only what remains for expenses, entrepreneurs will transform their businesses from cash-eating monsters to profitable cash cows. Using Michalowicz's Profit First system, listeners will learn that: ● Following four simple principles can simplify accounting and make it easier to manage a profitable business by looking at bank account balances. ● A small, profitable business can be worth much more than a large business surviving on its top line. ● Businesses that attain early and sustained profitability have a better shot at achieving long-term growth. With dozens of case studies, practical step-by-step advice, and his signature sense of humor, Michalowicz has the game-changing road map for any entrepreneur to make money they always dreamed of.

Swift Reads (Author), Gary Middleton (Narrator)

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Insights on Ned Johnson and William Stixrud's The Self-Driven Child

Download now to get key insights from this book in 15 minutes. A clinical neuropsychologist and test prep guru combine cutting-edge brain science with insights from their work with families to make a radical new case for giving kids more control if you want to unleash their full potential. Many of us know we're putting too much pressure on our kids - and on ourselves - but how do we get off this crazy train? We want our children to succeed, to be their best, and to do their best, but what if they are not on board? A few years ago, Ned Johnson and Bill Stixrud started noticing the same problem from different angles: even high-performing kids were coming to them acutely stressed and lacking any real motivation. Many complained that they had no real control over their lives. Johnson runs PrepMatters, an elite tutoring service that teaches teens how to perform better on standardized tests. Stixrud is a clinical neuropsychologist who helps patients suffering from ADHD, anxiety, eating disorders, and depression. Both have devoted their lives to coaching kids and they have hit on a counterintuitive solution to unlocking their full potential: even at a young age kids need to feel that their views matter. The Self-Driven Child offers a combination of brain science, the latest discoveries in behavioral therapy, case studies drawn from the thousands of children and teens Stixrud and Johnson have helped over the years, and concrete advice that you can act on tonight to teach you how to unlock your children's potential and set them on the real road to success. We can only drive our children so far. At some point, they have to take the wheel themselves. The Self-Driven Child will give you the tools to make sure your children navigate with confidence and determination and find their own path.

Swift Reads (Author), Sally Beth (Narrator)

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Insights on Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski's Burnout

Download now to get key insights from this book in 15 minutes. This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men - and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life. Burnout. Many women in America have experienced it. What’s expected of women and what it’s really like to be a woman in today’s world are two very different things - and women exhaust themselves trying to close the gap between them. How can you “love your body” when every magazine cover has 10 diet tips for becoming “your best self”? How do you “lean in” at work when you’re already operating at 110 percent and aren’t recognized for it? How can you live happily and healthily in a sexist world that is constantly telling you you’re too fat, too needy, too noisy, and too selfish? Sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are here to help end the cycle of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Instead of asking us to ignore the very real obstacles and societal pressures that stand between women and well-being, they explain with compassion and optimism what we’re up against - and show us how to fight back. With the help of eye-opening science, prescriptive advice, and helpful exercises, all women will find something transformative in this audiobook - and will be empowered to create positive change. Emily and Amelia aren’t here to preach the broad platitudes of expensive self-care or insist that we strive for the impossible goal of “having it all”. Instead, they tell us that we are enough, just as we are - and that wellness, true wellness, is within our reach.

Swift Reads (Author), Sally Beth (Narrator)

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Insights on Peter F. Drucker's Managing Oneself

Swift Reads (Author), Adrienne Walker, Sam Scholl (Narrator)

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Insights on Simon Sinek's The Infinite Game

Swift Reads (Author), Adrienne Walker, Sam Scholl (Narrator)

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Insights on David Rock's Your Brain at Work

Swift Reads (Author), Adrienne Walker, Melinda Wade (Narrator)

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Insights on Neil Strauss's The Game

In the mid-2000s, nightclubs in cities like New York, Los Angeles, London, and Melbourne became packed with well-dressed, toned, and tanned men, all spouting the same pickup lines. For these self-proclaimed pickup artists, the goal was not just to take home girls, but to become the world's leading guru in the art of seduction... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Swift Reads (Author), Adriene Walker, Sam Scholl (Narrator)

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Insights on Hector Garcia's Ikigai

Swift Reads (Author), Adrienne Walker, Erica Maity (Narrator)

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