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Playing BooksSkills Over Passion: How to Get and Keep the Work You Truly Love from Cal Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You.Have you been following your passion in your career? Are you having true fulfillment in your career? Don't you have dissatisfaction from failing to utilize your personality, skills, experience, education, and expertise? Layoffs. Job insecurity. Competitive job market. Massive unemployment. New graduates flooding the job market. Have any of these and other reasons prevented you from pursuing, getting, and keeping your dream job?First, don't follow your passion or focus more on acquiring some needed skills.This podcast guides you through preparing, landing, and keeping the job you have been longing for, but...2025-08-081h 03Playing BooksStories and Lessons of American Pioneer Women: Explore Their Lives, Daring Adventures, Remarkable Stories of Courage, Strength, Struggles, Triumphs, and Lasting Legacies.Discover the extraordinary lives of the women who shaped the American West in our latest podcast episode, Heroic, Courageous, & Intelligent Ways American Pioneer Women Survived the Wild West: Strength, Sacrifice, Stories, & Lessons for Modern Life. Inspired by William W. Fowler's American Frontier, this episode explores the often-overlooked heroism and resilience of these pioneering mothers.Journey beyond the romanticized image of the Wild West and uncover the realities faced by these incredible women: the hardships, the sacrifices, the triumphs, and the profound impact they had on the nation's history. We will explore their strength in the face of adversity...2025-07-2543 minPlaying BooksThe Things We Leave Unfinished: Stories, Love, Sex, Abuse, War, New Beginning, and Legacy by Rebecca Yarros.Do abuses from past relationships influence your emotions and shape your identity? Do you truly empathize with others? Do you feel guilty when you’re indifferent at critical moments? Or are people already judging you for being nosy? Do you have personal stories you’ve left unfinished, and what feelings come up when you think about the stories you haven’t concluded? This episode explores emotional themes, love, loss, resilience, legacy, and the transformative power of storytelling. Personal stories can teach valuable lessons to listeners, but they also transform us, making us actors or main characters in our own narrat...2025-07-2345 minPlaying BooksThink and Grow Rich Still Works: 13 Proven Steps to Success, Riches, Influence, and Power from Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich.This episode is not for reading, discussion, or entertainment. It is for those who earnestly desire success, wealth, influence, and power. Do you have a clear purpose, and do you want to achieve it? Then, this episode is for you.Toil. Labor. Sweat. Long waits. Disappointments. Betrayals. Discomfort. Relationships. Education. Skills. Inheritance. Experience. Background. Location. Each of these plays a crucial role in becoming wealthy, but thinking is the most important factor that determines success, riches, influence, and power.Do you constantly think about poverty, lack, struggles, and insufficiency? Or do you fill your mind...2025-07-221h 09Playing BooksThomas Erikson's 'Idiots' Revolution: Discover the Different Types of Human Behavior, Improve Your Communication Skills, and Achieve Greater Success in Life and Business.This episode is practical, relatable, and helpful. Life depends so much on dealing with people. Relating to others influences emotions, health, finances, decisions, faith, and the future. This episode will help you better understand yourself and people.You will learn how to determine the personality of people, whether they are Red, Blue, Green, or Yellow, and communicate and relate with them accordingly.Best of all, you will first have to learn about your personality, improve yourself, your self-image, communication, and social skills. If you have been asking why you surround yourself with the same types...2025-07-211h 19Playing BooksThe Courage to Be Disliked: How to Break Free from Validation, Embrace Self-Worth, Start Giving Back, and Find True Happiness.Welcome to another practical and applicable episode of the Playing Books podcast. Seeking or affirming the validation of at least one person or some people can largely influence our entire life, decisions, choices, food, accommodation, purchases, education, career, and relationships, like marriage. Living this way is bondage.This episode discusses how to accept yourself and have the courage to be disliked. It takes courage to be your true self in private, public, straining, and comfortable situations.This episode is from Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga's The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows...2025-07-1721 minPlaying BooksHoward Zinn’s Chronicles: Unveiling the Past for a More Reminiscent Understanding of U.S. HistoryThis is a reflective episode. The 2025 Fourth of July Independence Day celebrations have just concluded. Flag parades, barbecues, and fireworks followed the observance. Everyone seems well, happy, hopeful, grateful, and eager to see what the United States will bring to them and the world. We often forget that each time people gather to celebrate any major national holiday in the US, some citizens experience pain and relive oppressive memories. This episode discusses Howard Zinn's ‘A People's History of the United States.’ It aims to inspire a renewed sense of gratitude and privilege in living and enjoying America by viewing the...2025-07-1550 minPlaying BooksRutger Bregman’s Moral Ambition Revolution: Stop Wasting Your Life and Talent - Start Changing Your Life and the World.Since untapped talents, unwritten books, unsung songs, unstarted enterprises, unfulfilled destinies, unbacked mission, and other unused human endowments collectively make the grave the wealthiest place with wealth unparalleled by the oil-rich Middle East and other affluent regions worldwide, this episode presents revolutionary concepts to dare, harness, and utilize human talents and resources in addressing solvable global challenges, thereby contributing to a more improved world, and the grave less weathy.According to Rutger Bregman, moral ambition serves as the solution to the substantial waste of talent. Guilt should not hinder personal development and talent cultivation until one achieves...2025-07-101h 02Playing BooksThe Chimpanzee Test: You Assumed You Are Smarter. Admit and Outsmart Your Assumptions with a Fact-Based Worldview from Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund, and Ola Rosling.This podcast is practical. Your outdated ignorance and assumptions have come a long way enough. Labeling people, assuming there is a them and us, and other biases should come to light for your admission, then, accepting the facts and learning how to be factful in looking at people and things.Ignorance and assumptions prevent the mind from learning the truth about the world, which affects relationships, education, progress, health, and the future. This episode points out what you can do to outsmart wrong generalizations. Hans Rosling and his coauthors offer a fact-based worldview perspective on...2025-06-3038 minPlaying BooksTransform Your Home into a Fortress with a Navy SEAL's Guide: Navy SEAL Bug-In Tactics for Surviving Any Emergency by Joel Lambert.We have an exceptional, practical, and useful episode for you. Emergencies, sudden violence, looting, massive protests, tornadoes, fire, fuel scarcity, and food crises might only get worse. Shouldn't you have a trusted plan, preparation, and an in-house safe place when any of this hits?In the past, people reserved gas for getting away to distant lands where no trace of the disorder they escaped from could tamper with their peace and welfare. Others flee on foot to caves and mountains or climb trees to survive. Many books offer guides on what to pack, how to escape, run...2025-06-231h 17Playing BooksHealthy Living: Food, Genes, Environment, History, Medicine & Choices from The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick: What They Know, Why It Works, and How It Can Work for You by Gene Stone.Everyone cherishes the idea of healthy living without fear of falling sick, dealing with any diagnosis, having anxieties over medical expenses, and going through painful remedy processes. But in reality, only a handful even in advanced countries eat right, avoid smoking, and excessive alcohol; regularly exercise, and speak healthy or positive words on formal and informal bases.Studies show that in advanced economies with access to healthcare, education, and fitness resources, 7 to 8 out of 10 people still fall short of living truly healthy lifestyles according to modern health standards.This podcast attempts to stir you to th...2025-06-1237 minPlaying BooksNikola Tesla Speaks: My Childhood, Inventions, Intuition, Challenges, Perseverance, Faith, Courage & Posterity from Nikola Tesla's My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla.Why didn't Nikola Tesla win the Nobel Prize? Why hasn't the Nobel Committee awarded him posthumously? What is Tesla's legacy? Was Tesla wealthy? Did Tesla invent anything extraordinary? Why is Tesla referred to as the prophet of the electronic age? This episode lets Tesla speak for himself. Based on Nikola Tesla's My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla, this podcast goes far back to Tesla's young age, his earlier attempts at inventions, sustain hunger to continue on the creative path, his notable discoveries: the Rotating Magnetic Field, Tesla Coil and Transformer, Magnifying Transmitter, and the Telautomatics, traumatic...2025-06-051h 07Playing BooksNegotiate to Raise Salary, Win Deals, Persuade like a Top FBI Agent: Insights, High-stakes Negotiation Strategies & Insights from Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss & Tahl Raz.Big conflicts didn't start big. They started small. Small conflicts often went unresolved and escalated into larger conflicts. This podcast is about dealing with small to big conflicts.The episode offers reliable insights, tactics, strategies, and experience for high-stakes negotiations, deals, contracts, critical conversations, and game-changing standoffs. However, the application extends beyond formal occasions to everyday conversations, getting a raise, avoiding police tickets, dealing with confrontations in arguments, building a positive influence, and coming across as a good person.This podcast episode is based on Chris Voss and Tahl Raz's Never Split the Difference. Chris...2025-06-0222 minPlaying BooksDefeat Ego your Greatest Enemy: Understanding Ego & Key Takeaways from Ryan Holiday's Ego Is the Enemy.This podcast discusses the greatest obstacle to lasting success and fulfillment for anyone: ego. Ego leads to self-deception, stagnation, and irreversible defeat, in contrast to humility, which nurtures a positive attitude, opens doors, empowers, and results in continuous victories. Discover why Ryan Holiday uses historical examples to emphasize the importance of combating this fearsome foe, ego. This means consciously choosing to stay out of the spotlight and prioritizing greater goals, like inner fulfillment, over recognition and applause. Today, social media portrays ego as essential and a way to showcase success, but those who truly seek la...2025-05-3022 minPlaying BooksTalk Like a Pro to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big & Memorable Conversations with Neil Lowndes.This podcast will give you a headstart in any conversation. You are about to learn how to talk to anyone from Leil Lowndes. Lowndes reveals ninety-two (92) techniques for effective, enjoyable, and memorable communication with anyone.Leil Lowndes teaches communication based on her many years of experience working as a flight attendant. A flight attendant interacts with over 240 people per flight, which is talking to over 720 people per day. This gives a sense of her rich, practical experience. Because she was intentional in learning how best to talk to people, she has acquired some useful knowledge about verbal...2025-05-2943 minPlaying BooksUse Your Positive Thinking Power to Transform your Life: From Dr. Peale's Classic - The Power of Positive ThinkingEveryone thinks. Thinking could be so deep that we start to speak out our thoughts, completely forget the physical activity at that moment, and become enwrapped in the things we are thinking.Thinking does become a reality. If we keep thinking of positive things, over time those things will come true, the same applies to negative thinking.This episode is a serious call to take what we think more than mere thoughts. Thinking has power, a transformative one. We unpack Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking in this episode. You will learn...2025-05-2726 minPlaying BooksNo Layoffs: Fun Ways to Make Money in Any Economy from Odd Jobs by Abigail R. Gehring.Layoffs. Job insecurity. Wage inflation. Tension in the family. Shaky stock market. Uncertainty about the future. All or one to two of these occupy the minds of many right now. Can you still make money in any economy?This podcast is for the curious, diligent, courageous, and shameless who desire to legitimately make good money in any economy. We discuss Abigail R. Gehring's Odd Jobs: How to Have Fun and Make Money in a Bad Economy. Check out this comprehensive guide to unconventional ways to earn income in this episode.Get the book to write...2025-05-2312 minPlaying BooksThe Psychology of Money: How Emotions & Behaviors Influence Your Money Decisions and What You Can Do.Underneath information, education, hard work, intelligence, and rationality about money are emotions and deep-seated behaviors that are largely adverse to true financial success.This podcast about Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money uncovers the realities of emotions and behaviors more than intelligence and formal education in dealing with money.Housel shared nineteen short stories in the book that reveal what people truly think about money. Get the book and start making rational decisions about your hard-earned and smart-gotten money. You can get it on Amazon, https://amzn.to/4moNcln and everywhere books are sold.2025-05-2217 minPlaying BooksReal Talk on Pregnancy: Practical Tips & Must-have Information for Expectant Parent - Heidi Murdoff & Sharon Mazel.Pregnancy. Motherhood. Parenthood. They are all replete with expectations, responsibilities, fears, happiness, and uncertainties. It is tough to be pregnant, both parents feel and bear the demands of this critical phase of family life.Heidi Murdoff and Sharon Mazel write What to Expect When You're Expecting to offer practical advice on each of these emotions, and dimensions of expecting a baby. The right information can empower parents to deal with body changes, financial strains, food, tests, sex, medicals, and properly prepare them for delivery.This podcast helps parents expecting a new chair with a positive...2025-05-2131 minPlaying BooksFrom Fixed to Flexible: Challenge Your Assumptions, Beliefs, & Opinions for Excellence & Wisdom in Life, Relationships, & Career.What is the use of any beliefs, assumptions, and convictions if they make you unrelatable, mean, opinionated, and unprogressive? Anyone can get trapped in their beliefs. That is why criticizing one's beliefs and monitoring what our convictions make of us is so critical.This podcast is about Adam Grant's book, Think Again. Learn the importance of objectively rethinking beliefs, knowledge, convictions, and identities. There are dire consequences for failing to adapt and change for the better.Learn how to become flexible and effectively relate with others even if they disagree with you. You can get...2025-05-2111 minPlaying BooksHow to Make Friends & Influence People: Dale Carnegie's Guide to Better Relationships.Relationships lack what to compare them with and what the lack of great, mutual relationships imply. As social beings, relationships shorten, enliven, dampen, or elongate our lives, work, and future.This podcast is about Dale Carnegie's classic book, 'How to Win Friends and Influence People. Learn timeless principles for dealing successfully with people, which starts with yourself. Do people in a relationship with you think of you and the relationship as great, interesting, mutual, and lasting?Learn what it truly requires to start, sustain, and enjoy having friends and influencing people. Experience what sincere gratitude...2025-05-2028 minPlaying BooksSuccess Simplified: Learn & Apply the ABCs of Success with Coach Bob Proctor.Coach Bob Proctor from diverse experience, vast knowledge, and laws shows readers in The ABCs of Success, the basics of success that any determined, focused, literate, and sincere person can utilize to succeed.This podcast discusses the cores that certainly birth personal and professional success. You will learn success largely comes from taking action with a positive attitude. No one succeeds that didn't overcome fear and discouragement.Importantly, successful people were ambitious, persistent, and confident. Get the ABCs of success right and watch success become more natural and certain. You can buy the book here...2025-05-2019 minPlaying BooksWomen - The Manual: What Women Want and How to Give It to Them by W. Anton.This podcast unpacks common sense, experience, general knowledge, strategies, and how-tos about men and women to guide men in relating better and as expected with women.Do you have that sweet lady already? Are you wondering how that gorgeous lady can be yours? Do you feel you deserve a virtuous lady? Can your relationship with women be a lot better?W. Anton's The Manual: What Women Want and How to Give It to Them can help you succeed considerably. Get practical steps for attracting women, learn the right conversation styles, master body language, and sustain...2025-05-1916 minPlaying BooksNew Optimism: Struggles, Success, Perseverance & the Mindset of Moving Forward | Dr. Seuss' Oh, the Places You'll Go!Dr. Seuss' Oh, the Places You'll Go isn't for kids, teenagers, students, new graduates, and those starting a career. This belief limits many people from thinking much less using up all the potential, talents, and ideas that are trailblazing and impactful.This podcast inspires you to want an adventurous life with a good attitude to handle the challenges that spring up along life's journey of going places, which stands for potential success and the excitement from the courage to begin and succeed eventually.Wake up. You have many places to go. Learn optimism all over...2025-05-1612 minPlaying BooksJames Clear 'Atomic Habits' Revolution: Discover How to Become a Person of Great Habits and Watch Your Bad Habits Fall Off.You wouldn't easily believe your habits revolve around your identity. But it largely does. This podcast gets you hungry enough to change or sustain a positive identity through great habits over time.Learn the four laws of any habits, good and bad habits. You should get the book, study, write, and make concrete decisions that complement your true great identity.Share, follow, like, and suggest books for the next podcast, please. Thank you.Here is the link to buy the book https://amzn.to/4khLUGJ2025-05-1416 minPlaying BooksBuild Your Best Life Daily: Principles, Inspiration and Actionable Steps from John Maxwell’s ‘Today Matters’.This new episode is deterministic, practical, challenging, and full of encouraging stories. We discuss John Maxwell's 'Today Matters.' Time is up for leaving your life, potential, education, career, family, significant contributions, and important future to chance, which keeps you weak, fearful, anxious, and uncertain.Listen and learn on the go from one of the world's bestselling authors on how to build your best life every day. Start working on your attitude, health, priorities, commitment, relationships, finances, thinking, faith, values, and growth daily and experience empowerment, high sense of purpose, respect, true inner peace, and...2025-05-0714 minPlaying BooksMel Robbins’ Let Them Revolution: Transform Your Life, Unlock Your Potential, Reduce Stress & Improve Relationships with ResultsBuy the book here: https://www.melrobbins.com/book/the-let-them-theory/Life’s challenges and struggles, coupled with negative emotions, external factors, and the actions of others, can weigh you down. If you’re seeking to avoid reaching such a point in life or negatively staying the same, this podcast is precisely tailored for you.Based on Mel Robbins’ groundbreaking book, “The Let Them Theory,” we explore the transformative power of accepting what you can’t control and mastering your response. Join us as we delve into Mel Robbins’ inspiring journey, where she overcame debt, job loss, and fami...2025-05-0225 minPlaying BooksLearn to be Effective II - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ~ Stephen R CoveyThe wrap-up of the habits of highly effective people. The first episode discusses the first 3 habits: Proactive, Begin with the End in Mind, and Put First Things First. This episode picks up from the 4th to the 7th habits: Think Win-Win, Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood, Synergize, and Sharpen the Saw.Practice these habits and other great habits until they are second nature.2025-04-2517 minPlaying BooksUnlocking the Secrets to Wealth: Practical Tips from the Millionaire Next DoorThis podcast deals with money and the right ways to have plenty of it.It starts with belief. If the mind is constantly set on poverty, it can't be wealthy. The reverse applies. The right mindset about money births the hunger to learn, create, and sustain great habits.Becoming wealthy is not out of reach for some people, anyone who is interested can unlock the secrets to wealth and become a true financial success.Americans happen to utilize these universal secrets to wealth more than others. You can learn the practical steps from...2025-04-2419 minPlaying BooksLearn to be Effective - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ~ Stephen R. CoveyYou are effective, 'successful in producing a desired or intended result.' You may have become unaware of it or you are not as driven as before. It could also be your first attempt at becoming an effective person. Stephen R. Covey wrote The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to raise, challenge, revive, and reward your desire to produce excellent results. Listen to the conversation about the core ideas in this timeless book. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a bestseller with over 10 million copies sold worldwide. Executives, the wealthy, top athletes, coaches, laureates, celebrities, musicians...2025-04-1520 min