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Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s Extreme Ownership includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and a detailed "about the author" section. Extreme Ownership: How US Navy SEALs Lead and Win is authors Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s guide to approaching leadership in such a way that listeners can walk away with a sense of ownership and control over what happens under their watch.

Brené Brown, noted psychologist and author, has collected thousands of stories about shame from diverse men and women in the United States. Using the data collected from these stories, Brown provides suggestions for readers who want to move past feelings of shame and unworthiness and towards “Wholehearted Living.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson, a former star, amateur wrestler at Harvard who went on to become an award-winning astrophysicist, might be the most well-known science communicator in the United States since the late Carl Sagan. Tyson, who has served as the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City since 1996, had published a dozen books prior to Astrophysics for People in a Hurry; all of them have been aimed at a popular audience. In spite of that, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is probably his most accessible and scaled-down work to date.

Jennifer Rothschild's Me, Myself, and Lies is a self-help book for Christian women. It encourages women to stop berating themselves with disempowering lies. Speaking Christian truth about oneself to oneself helps to bring you closer to God. As a child, Rothschild was a perfectionist, who often chastised herself with negative self-talk. She had been storing ugly ideas and insecurities in her thought closet. However, she learned to look to the Bible for examples of what to say to herself. What she discovered was that the Bible encourages soul talk, or truthful praise of God. By moving from negative self-talk to soul talk, you will clean your thought closet and feel cleansed, free, and empowered.

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger, M.D. with Gene Stone asserts that the major causes of disease in the United States are mostly preventable. To encourage Americans to take control of their medical destinies, Greger examines the broken belief systems surrounding food, some specific interventions by disease, and general dietary recommendations.

In 10% Happier, Dan Harris takes listeners on his journey to adopt meditation and practice mindfulness. The story begins with Harris chronicling a personal panic attack on national television while he was filling in as a News Reader for a colleague. According to the Nielsen ratings data, over five million saw his panic attack, which was the result of an extended period of what Harris calls "mindlessness", where he was focused on professional advancement and adventure.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Travis Stork's The Lose Your Belly Diet: Change Your Gut, Change Your Life includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Gary John Bishop's Unf--k Yourself: Get out of Your Head and into Your Life includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Summary, Analysis, and Review of Melissa and Dallas Hartwig's The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

In Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz cleverly manipulates Big Data to explore the dark underside of American consciousness. Using powerful new methodologies, the author analyzes anonymous Google searches across a wide range of subjects about which people tend to be secretive.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Timothy Ferriss's The 4-Hour Workweek includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull (with Amy Wallace) takes a close look at the special culture that the author helped establish at Pixar, the computer-generated animation studio that he co-founded. Reflecting on his personal career, his management philosophy and the highs and lows of Pixar's history as a company, Catmull discusses strategies for nurturing creativity and diagnoses common problems faced by creative professionals.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Shauna Niequist's Present over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Eric Barker's Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong includes a summary of the book, review, analysis, and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker examines the science behind success.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Al Franken's Al Franken: Giant of the Senate includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Nick Ortner's The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Nick Bilton's American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "about the author" section. Please note: This is an analysis and key takeaways of the book and not the original book.

The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage by Mel Robbins is a self-help book based on a simple psychological tool that the author developed to motivate herself. Using a technique that involves counting down backwards from five to one, she gave herself the extra push she needed to complete dreaded tasks, become more productive, and live a more fulfilling life. She hopes that listeners will follow in her footsteps.