Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule — the thrilling launch of the Star Wars High Republic era, where Jedi heroes rise to face a galaxy-wide catastrophe and a ruthless new enemy unlike any they’ve encountered before. Book notes, key ideas, and my personal review.
“Long before the events of The Phantom Menace, the galaxy is enjoying a golden era of peace and prosperity under the High Republic. The Republic has spread to the Outer Rim, the Jedi are at the height of their power, and the newly completed hyperspace lanes allow civilizations to connect like never before. It is a hopeful time — but hope is fragile.
When a passenger freighter called the Legacy Run is destroyed in hyperspace, its debris scatters across multiple systems in the Outer Rim, threatening billions of lives. As the Jedi race to contain the disaster, a ruthless and enigmatic new villain emerges from the shadows — and a terrifying enemy unlike anything the Republic has faced before: the Nihil.” -Audible
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$100M Offers by Alex Hormozi — a no-fluff, tactical playbook for crafting an irresistible ‘Grand Slam Offer’ that commands premium prices and makes your ideal client feel foolish saying no. Book notes, key ideas, and my personal review.
“I took home more in a year than the CEOs of McDonald’s, IKEA, Ford, Motorola, and Yahoo combined as a kid in my 20s using the $100M Offers method. It works. And it will work for you.
Not that long ago, though, my business had gotten so bad that I literally couldn’t even give my services away for free. At the end of each month, I would look at my bank account hoping to see progress (but there wasn’t). I knew something had to change…but what?
Over the next 48 months, I went from losing money to making $36 for every $1 spent. In that time period, we generated over $120,000,000 across four different industries: service, ecommerce, software, and brick and mortar.
But, unlike everyone else, we didn’t have great funnels, great ads, or a wealthy niche. In fact, we didn’t even send emails until we had crossed $50M in sales. Instead, we were able to do this one thing really well: We created offers so good, people felt stupid saying no.
Here’s exactly what this book will show you how to do:
How to charge a lot more than you currently are
The tiny market, big money process we use to laser focus on niche markets overflowing with cash
The “unfair” pricing formula: How we multiplied our pricing by 100 (and got more people to say yes…for real)
The value flip…so you never get price compared again (That’s a promise.)
The virtuous cycle of price: Use it to outspend your competition (for good) while using your product to attract the best talent.
How to make your product so good, prospects find a way to pay for it
The unbeatable value equation: to make what you sell worth more than your prospects have ever received
The delivery cube: to make delivering your products and services cost less but provide more
The trim and stack hack: to maximize profit using the absolute best delivery methods. (This has never been shared publicly and was how we made $17m in profit on $28m in revenue in a year when I was 28 years old)
How to enhance your offer so much, prospects buy without hesitating
The scarcity stack: How to use the three different types of scarcity in every offer you make (without lying) to get people to buy the moment you ask
The “everyday” urgency blueprint: to get prospects to buy right now, using everyday life to create real, ethical time pressure
Unbeatable bonuses…and watch your prospects’ hesitations melt away as they begin reading their credit cards to you before you even finish!
God-mode guarantees: So good they make anyone say yes (even people who would never normally consider buying). I’ll show you how to stack and layer all four types of guarantees together. I even give you my 13 favorite guarantees word-for-word to swipe for yourself.
Magic naming formula to get the absolute highest response rates and conversion rates from everything you do to get new clients
And so much more
The methods contained within this book are so simple, so instantaneous, and so effective, it’s as if they work by magic. If you implement even one tactic in this book, you’ll see the change in your prospects’ demeanor. And you’ll know the $100M Offers method worked when you start hearing, “What do I need to do to move forward?” before you even ask for the sale.” -Audible
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“The war for the Metal Islands is over, but the search for survivors has just begun.
After a long and bloody battle, legendary Hell Diver Xavier Rodriguez reigns as the dutiful but reluctant new king of the islands. Advised by a council of former sky citizens as well as Cazadores, he works to assimilate the two societies peacefully. But not all Cazadores have accepted the new order.
While X tries to ease tensions at home, a rookie team of divers, led by Michael Everhart, returns to the skies in Discovery, formerly the ITC Deliverance. Their mission: To locate other human survivors throughout the world and rescue them. But Michael’s team aren’t the only ones searching for survivors. A gruesome discovery reveals that android defectors continue to hunt humans across the globe. And they may not be the only ones.
In a race against time, the Hell Divers may be the only obstacle to enemies bent on wiping out the final pockets of survivors and extinguishing the human genome forever.” -Audible
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“Inheriting your uncle’s supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who’s running the place.
Charlie’s life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.
Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.
But becoming a supervillain isn’t all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they’re coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.
It’s up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.
In a dog-eat-dog world…be a cat.” -Audible
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“Psychotherapist Terrence Real offers an important and compelling look at the silent epidemic of depression among men and shows, with compassion and clarity, what can be done to break this vicious cycle.” -Audible
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“The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a single weekend—and he’s done it seven times. Million Dollar Weekend will show you how.
Now is the best time in history for entrepreneurship. More than ever, the world needs new businesses and it’s cheaper than ever to create them.
And, let’s be frank: most day jobs suck. People spend too much time doing too much work for too little money—and they know it. They want out.
But, if the barriers to starting a business are getting lower and lower, why is it SO HARD TO DO for SO MANY PEOPLE? Why are there so many wantrepreneurs playing at business on social media and so few entrepreneurs actually running them?
Ask yourself:
Do you want to work for yourself or start a side-hustle, but it all feels too risky and unpredictable?
Have you spent time or money on things like websites and logos, but still have no customers?
Are you brainstorming endlessly and waiting for the perfect idea to strike?
All those Frequent Excuses are solvable. The plan is simple—so simple it can be completed in a single weekend, but so powerful that Kagan has used it to build seven businesses now worth more than $1 million:
Find your Creator’s Courage to overcome your fear and have fun!
Use the “Million Dollar Weekend” Process to get customers EXCITED to give you money.
Automate your business so it can grow while you sleep.
By Monday, you’ll have a market-tested, scalable business idea and you’ll be a entrepreneur on the path to seven figures. Million Dollar Weekend is the path to creating your dream life and attaining financial freedom. LFG.” -Audible
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“Humanity has finally found a new home, but the price is blood….
After a long, perilous journey, Hell Divers Xavier Rodriguez and Magnolia Katib discover the Metal Islands, a sunny, habitable zone where thousands of people live by fishing and farming. But this “paradise” is really a violent warrior society ruled by the cannibal King el Pulpo. For the first time in X’s life, he is forced to lay down his arms and surrender.
Back on the airships, the Hell Divers are recovering from a gruesome discovery at Red Sphere, where they learned the truth about World War III. Now, they must fight another war – this time for what remains of their own endangered species. As the battle approaches, alliances will be forged and others broken.
Forced to fight in the Cazador army, X faces his toughest mission yet. Will he help his people come down from the sky and claim the promised land, or will humanity go extinct?” -Audible
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“This book grew out of a series of letters to my daughter concerning various things – mostly about money and investing – she was not yet quite ready to hear.
Since money is the single most powerful tool we have for navigating this complex world we’ve created, understanding it is critical.
“But Dad,” she once said, “I know money is important. I just don’t want to spend my life thinking about it.” This was eye-opening. I love this stuff. But most people have better things to do with their precious time. Bridges to build, diseases to cure, treaties to negotiate, mountains to climb, technologies to create, children to teach, businesses to run.
Unfortunately, benign neglect of things financial leaves you open to the charlatans of the financial world. The people who make investing endlessly complex, because if it can be made complex it becomes more profitable for them, more expensive for us, and we are forced into their waiting arms.
Here’s an important truth: Complex investments exist only to profit those who create and sell them. Not only are they more costly to the investor, they are less effective.
The simple approach I created for her and present now to you is not only easy to understand and implement, it is more powerful than any other.” -Audible
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